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…

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…

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,…

AHA Emergency Training

AHA Emergency Training An Initiative Organized by School and Family for the Healthy Growth of Young Generation.     In May 2021, the General Office of the Ministry of Education and the Red Cross Society of China jointly issued the “Notice on Further Promoting School Emergency Rescue Work”. This notice mandates the inclusion of emergency…