Principal Email Week 30 – Primary Principal
Dear Parents, I hope that you all had a wonderful holiday last week and enjoyed some time with the family. We are now entering our last 10-week stretch before the summer holidays! We have another event coming up this week where you are invited to come and participate: April 13 Parent Talk from 9:00-11:45am…
April Upcoming Events
Whole School Events 1. PTA Core Member Meeting – Tuesday, 18th April The third monthly PTA core meeting of the second semester will be held on Tuesday, April 18th, and we will notify all PTA members by email later on. 2. Whole School PD Early Release Day – Wednesday, 26th April 26th April(Wednesday) will…
March Updated Events
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…
EducationUSA Visited XLIS
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…
Sleepover at XLIS English Learner Journey
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…
2023 IB DP Visual Arts Graduation Exhibition at XLIS
“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…
Silk Road Music Competition
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…
A Letter to XLIS Community from Head of School – Dr. Liu.
Dear XLIS Community, Greetings! I would like to share the good news that XLIS has successfully completed the staff recruitment for the 2023-2024 academic year, many thanks for the dedicated and collaborative work of the Senior Leadership and Human Resources Department. A secondary drama teacher will join XLIS in August and the performing…
MYP Personal Project Exhibition
Dear Community XLIS Members, We are thrilled to share with you the success of the MYP Personal Project Exhibition that took place on Friday, March 24th. The event was a culmination of months of hard work and dedication from our MYP students who have been diligently working on their projects. The exhibition showcased…
Feel the Charm of Science in Life through Practice
Having a good understanding of ‘How the World Works’ is essential throughout the teaching and learning journey in IBPYP. Students’ daily learning includes not only acquiring theoretical knowledge in class, but also carrying out extracurricular practice. Field trip, one of the most featured practical activities at XLIS, which had been suspended due to the epidemic,…