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Looking Behind and Ahead at AISG 2017-18

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AISG students have finally reached the second semester of the year, as well as completed their first round of semester exams. Slowly but surely the seniors are getting ready to depart AISG, whilst the juniors are finally getting used to the IB, and sophomores ... More »

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Ask.Fm & Sarahah: Why?

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In a new age of almost no privacy where young people are becoming increasingly unaware of the significance of their personal privacy, they are publishing posts with their exact location and revealing personal things online. If you haven’t heard of Ask.fm, it i... More »

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Is AISG Sober or Tipsy?

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Alcohol is the main ingredient of many teen hangouts or parties. Some young people feel that it animates the atmosphere. At such events, you will find people exhibiting different levels of tipsiness: some on the ground, some in the bathroom embracing the toile... More »

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Badminton 2018: Ready to Smash

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Badminton season is here! The coach for this year’s team is Ms Wang, and the captains for girls and boys are Michelle Zhu and Mike Chen respectively. The team is currently in pre-season, and official practices will start on February and will end in April. 8 bo... More »

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The Table Tennis Team: Building up Towards APAC

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This is the second year for AISG to have the APAC Table Tennis team. Last year, there were only a few members in the team having three girls to rotate around and play both doubles and singles. However, our AISG team still brought medals home, which resulted wi... More »

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Lang & Lit Student TED Talks

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In Mr. Sinclair’s Lang & Lit HL classes, students performed their FOA in a TED talk style speech in the theater. Here are a few of them, take a look.   Michelle Zhuang: How To Succeed By Failing The Standards? Dennis Liao: The “Spells” of Politicians Eileen Je... More »

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Gold Cup Basketball: We’re Half Way There

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Gold Cup is a new two-day basketball tournament hosted at AISG on Saturday 13 January. Unlike the other tournaments that the basketball team participated in before, this one is a little different. This short tournament is a way for the teams to improve their s... More »

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Uniforms: Do We Want Them?

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Uniforms. Simply the word “uniform” seems to have become a controversial topic in of itself, and whether to have them or not has always been a widely debated topic within schools. As someone who has experienced both ways, there seem to be pros and cons to eith... More »

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Laurie Halse Anderson: Author and Activist

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This year, AISG coordinated a visit with YA author and activist Laurie Halse Anderson. Halse Anderson is from Syracuse, New York and has written many YA novels such as Speak, Wintergirls, and Twisted, and has also written historical fiction novels such as Feve... More »

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Migrant Link’s Annual Valentine’s Day Sale

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Migrant Link will be holding a sale for Valentine’s Day from January 1 to February 1. They will be selling many different types of valentines, ranging from cards to teddy bears. You can get valentines for anyone special in your life, such as your friends, crus... More »

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CAS: Is It Worth It?

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CAS is one of the mandatory requirements to achieving the IB diploma. IB students most complete a range of activities along with staying on top of their academic studies. As well as doing these activities, students must reflect on them and provide essential ev... More »

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Don’t Make a Major Mistake ;-)

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In an ever-modernizing world, where financial success seems to have become the definition of overall success, and the expectations from parents have been increasing, it seems that some of the more “artistic” or “less practical” college majors have experienced ... More »