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November 2017: Some Cool Tunes

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Welcome to the fourth playlist of the month—November 2017. I have compiled the top new songs from this month and some of our old favorites. If you have any recommendations for future playlists or would like us to feature your own personal playlist, leave a com... More »

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The Importance of Disobedience

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From the moment we are born, we are taught to obey and follow the instructions of anyone who has more authority than us. As a result, children obey parents, students obey teachers or professors, privates obey the general, and employees obey the employer. Under... More »

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Quiz Team’s 2nd Place Victory at the Shanghai Invitational

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On October 21, the AISG A Quiz Team participated in the 2017 Shanghai Invitational at SAS Puxi and won second place, qualifying for the High School National Championship Tournament of 2018. For this invitational, AISG sent two teams, AISG A and AISG B. The A t... More »

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APAC XC: Race to the End

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This article is a collaboration between writers Nina Sepahi and Chirag Asnani. This year’s APAC Cross Country was hosted by our very own school on October 20-22. AISG hosted eight guest schools including Brent International School (Manila), Concordia Internati... More »

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Girl’s Super APAC Volleyball: Can’t Stop the Rise

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From October 18th to October 22nd the varsity girls’ volleyball team traveled to Brent International School of Manila to compete in Super APAC. The girls competed against all the schools from the Pacific division pool first, and then went against the other sch... More »

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Super APAC Volleyball 2017: Hustle Hard All Day

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From October 19 to 23, the boys varsity volleyball team travelled to Hanoi to attend the Volleyball Super APAC (Asian Pacific Athletics Conference) Tournament, which was organized by the United Nations International School of Hanoi. Unlike annual APAC tourname... More »

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Vanishing Freedom of Speech: We Need it Back

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In the modern world, democracy is the prevailing form of government. Each country has its own history of combatting monarchy, colonialism, or other brands of authoritarianism to achieve democracy and has created its own constitution to guarantee the rights of ... More »

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Academics or Extracurricular Activities?

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Both! Of course, both! The big question here now is how do we balance them? Here at AISG, we offer a wide variety of extracurricular activities. There are sports, community service groups, and fine arts programs. Students have the choice to participate in any ... More »

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Guest Speaker: A Journey with Henry Evans

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On Monday, October 16, Henry Evans, a scientist studying climate change and marine biology, visited our school. He spoke to our students about the solutions to prevent a large change in climate. He previously visited our school in 2014 and was back again to sh... More »

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This Year’s Visiting Author: Laurie Halse Anderson

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Every year, AISG has a professional author visit and present to the high school English classes. This year’s author is Laurie Halse Anderson, a young adult writer with many popular books, most notably Speak, a National Book Award finalist and New York Times Be... More »

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StuCo Takes on a New Year

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On Saturday, 2 September, the AISG high school Student Council held a leadership workshop at Science Park. Gwen Farm, the executive president, said the main theme for this year’s StuCo was family. She believes that as we spend most of our time in school, schoo... More »

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Gay Straight Alliance: Pride in Our Community

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Sophie Morais and Elly Atwood collaborated to write this article. The Gay Straight Alliance (GSA) is a new community service group at AISG created by sophomores Katie Bauer and Zoe Cheng with junior Maria Elena Little Endara. The teachers in charge of this new... More »