June 26th, 2008 by Tim
In preparation for our move from Shanghai to Abu Dhabi and the American Community School, this week I have 
been attending Power School University in Anaheim, CA. Power School is a web-based student information system that is used around the world. Power School offers scheduling, parent communication, attendance, classroom grading, and reporting. It has been useful to get an overview of this system and how it can benefit a school community. It is nice to see a system that works together to keep your grades, does school scheduling and allows parents to access student performance. THE BEST PART is that it is Web Based! That means you can access it anywhere in the world if you have a web browser. Power School University has been top notched with its instructors and learning environment. I am looking forward to working within this system in the near future at ACS
June 23rd, 2008 by Tim
Here is a link to a personality and other psychology tests from the BBC. Quick and user friendly makes this
worth checking out. Neat: there is an activity to see if you can tell if someone is smile genuinely or is faking it.
June 23rd, 2008 by Tim
Another good article in the New York Times by Sam Dillon (4-27-08). Article examines high pressure, highly successful schools in Korea grooming students to attend US colleges, especially Ivy League schools. There is always debates on educational philosophy on how best to produce quality students. A good read for educators, administration and counselors.
May 31st, 2008 by Tim
After five years of waiting to attend China Alive in Yangshou, the trip did not disappoint. Easily the best extended field trip that I have traveled on in my entire career. Pictures to the right and a link to Eli Weiss’s write up in Parent Talk.
A rare opportunity for students and teachers to equally enjoy a week without walls. I enjoyed the hiking and biking along the Li River with towering limestone mountains hovering over you. Caving and slathering cold mud all over to rock climbing, Yangshou is a backpackers haven.
May 26th, 2008 by Tim
A brief video o f Dale Ethridge and a few of his MS friends sing to encourage other students to donate to the Kuai Power for Quick Relief Fund. At this point, the Pudong MS has raised over 12,000RMB to aid relief efforts in Sichuan and Myanmar.
May 5th, 2008 by Tim
There has been some confusion on when the next MYG NYTE will take place. We are set for our final MYG NYTE, “Red Carpet, Part Two” (We will probably call it something else, but that is all I’ve come up with yet) to happen on Friday, May 30th. Permission forms will be available the week after China Alive.
May 5th, 2008 by Tim
Here is a message from Jon Borden, HS Principal. Please let me know if you have any questions.
An Invitation from Pudong High School
Although there have been opportunities this spring for current
Pudong Grade 8 parents to learn about Pudong High School, as the end of the year
approaches I would like to offer you one more! This will be a completely open
agenda - the counselor, activity director, and I will be available to answer any
questions you might have -whether about activities, expectations, homework, or
the orientation program currently being planned for Grade 8 students, or
anything else that may.
The purpose? Sending a child to high school, especially for the
first time, usually raises our “Parental Stress Quotient” a few notches as we
look forward into the next few years. We hope that this final meeting will allow
you to have those final questions answered and thus possibly lower any level of
worry you may have. In this way you can better support your son or daughter as
they prepare for this important new stage of life and education.
When? Tuesday, May 20; 10:30am (just before the Parent
Appreciation Lunch)
Where? Library Lecture Hall
Who? All current Grade 8 Parents
We hope to see you there!
April 6th, 2008 by Tim
Take a look at these suggestions when helping your teenager and school burnout.
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Another successful year of MYG NYTES came to a conclusion last Friday
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