Whole School Events 1. PD (Early Release) – Wednesday, 6th March School buses will leave at 14:30 for staff professional development. Our secondary school will be working on language progression throughout the MYP. Primary school teachers will continue their work on inclusion, focusing on specific barriers to learning. 2. PTA Core Members Meeting – Tuesday, 12th…
Whole School Events 1. Staff PD and Early Release – Wednesday, 1st March Wednesday will be an early release day for students with buses leaving campus at 2:30. XLIS staff will be leading nine different sessions for other staff members. Some of the sessions include lesson planning, inquiry cycle, behavior management and developing assessment rubrics.…
Whole School Events 1.The Second Annual Chang’an Cup – Friday, 11th March – Saturday, 12th March The Second Annual Chang’an Cup will be played on March 11 and 12, 2022. The tournament will feature 15 teams representing seven schools in Xi’an that offer an international curriculum at the senior high school level. The 15 teams…
March 2021 Updated Events 01 – Start of ECAs Tuesday, March 9th ECAs began on Tuesday March 9th, 2021. Each ECA that we offer is structured to provide experiences designed to enrich the intellectual, social, physical and emotional growth of the students. Opportunities for learning and enrichment are prepared in accordance with students’ grade level…
XLIS, celebrated its first Maker Fair on May 18th. Our vision is to lead education through innovation and a student-centered, community driven approach. It was a fair where students had the opportunity to show work they had created and innovated with all kinds of materials, ideas and purposes and work towards our vision. Students also learned from…
On Monday May 29th , the M1 students at XLIS showcased an incredible summative activity that celebrated the diversity of games from around the world! From the exciting Jokgu from South Korea to the acrobatic Sepak Takraw from Malaysia, and the lively Palla from Italy and many more, our students demonstrated the power of games in…
Literacy Week in Primary The Literacy and Culture Week is one of the significant events held in the Primary School, starting several years ago. The goals of this event are to promote a love of reading, to highlight a variety of fun and engaging ways to approach language teaching and learning, and to educate…
Literacy Across the Curriculum Literacy Week in Primary Literacy and Culture Week is celebrated every year at XLIS. Our goals are to foster a love for reading and to bring awareness that there are many creative ways to develop reading and writing. The theme supports the International Baccalaureate’s (IB) philosophy that “all teachers are language…
Dear Community, It has been an incredible six years as the Secondary Principal at XLIS. It is a great pleasure to be part of this community, and I will be here with you right until the last day on June 18th. Over my time at XLIS, we moved from a small school in a modest…