Creating Their Place in the World

As they get ready to go out into the wider world, eighth graders are finishing their CAIS careers strong with an interdisciplinary project about social movements and how to affect...

Sixth Grade Firedragons Win Futsal Playoffs

UPDATE: Girls 6th Grade Futsal wins SFAL Championship 8-1 over Friends! Boys 6th Grade Futsal played their hearts out but fell 9-4 to CDS BLACK in a very competitive final! Boys JV defeated Kittredge 10-5 in the Semi Finals on...

新春愉快 Happy New Year!

In mainland China, where I lived from 1999 to 2010, school children enjoy a month long lunar New Year holiday. Because I worked in a school during those years, I...

Bringing us All Together

We are approaching the biggest holiday of the year in China and in many other parts of Asia–the Lunar New Year or Spring Festival, as it is sometimes called. This...

Word Play for the New Year

Not long ago I received an email from Kevin Chang, our much beloved Chinese Program Director, in which he asked my opinion about a catchy Chinese phrase that he thought...

Understanding New Year’s Greetings

We’re on the eve of the lunar New Year, the most celebrated holiday in China. All week long your kids will be learning about various New Year traditions in their...