Whole School Events 1. Staff PD and Early Release 1st March (Wednesday) was an early release day for students with buses leaving campus at 2:30. XLIS staff were leading nine different sessions for other staff members. Some of the sessions included lesson planning, inquiry cycle, behavior management and developing assessment rubrics. 2. PTA Core…
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Attention XLIS community! We have some exciting news to share with you. Our school recently had a visit from EducationUSA university representatives, and it was a huge success! EducationUSA EducationUSA is a network of advising centers supported by the United States Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and the US Embassy. EducationUSA is designed…
How will you express yourself? Is it painting or music? Or writing or physical gestures? Are you an expressive person? The theme of this weekend camp at Xi’an Liangjiatan International School was “How We Express Ourselves”. How We Express Ourselves” is also a transdisciplinary theme of the IB PYP. At Xi’an Liangjiatan International…
“The idea of infinity cannot be expressed in words or even described, but it can be apprehended through art, which makes infinity tangible. The absolute is only attainable through faith and in the creative act.”——Andrei Tarkovsky, “Sculpting In Time” How do we define the uniqueness of ourselves within the context of a greater…
I truly felt the power of music through the First Silk Road Music Competition at XLIS last Saturday supported by Overseas Chinese Scholars and Overseas Chinese of Shaanxi Youth Federation. As Dr. Liu mentioned at her closing remarks, music has the power to unite us. Philosopher Nietzsche said that “music starts where language ends.” We…