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TEEN AUTHORS IN THE MAKING
Publishing an iBook when you’re in sixth grade? This is what our teenagers’ dreams are made of! The sixth grade A-side classes published an interdisciplinary iBook to document their learning from the first quarter of the year. Collaborating, communicating, and working as a team, they were able to launch their book in October.
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SAS DANCING STARS
Congratulations to eighth grader Poppy L. for participating in the ChildAid concert organized by The Straits Times and The Business Times. She competed with her studio, Jitterbugs Swingapore, at the Get the Beat Asia Finals here in Singapore and they won two first places for jazz and tap. Sixth graders Anya H. and Siena Z. who also participated in Get the Beat Asia Finals won in the contemporary duo category and bagged second place for their lyrical duo. Anya H. earned platinum for her lyrical solo.
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SAS CELEBRATES FACULTY GRADUATION
This year SAS faculty members graduated from the University of Northern Iowa with a Masters in Teacher Leadership for International Educators. Congratulations Jared Bildfell, Kate Brundage, Kelli Hannel Buxton, Kevin Donaghey, Tony Greaney, Simon Gustafson, Barbara Harvey, Sally Lean, George Livingstone, Kristoffer Munden, James Shin-Gay, Sean Smith, and Julie Zhang.
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FIFTH GRADERS LAUNCH COLLECTION OF SHORT STORIES
Sometimes the smallest moments in life make the biggest impression. A collection of short stories written by SAS fifth graders, Small Moments from Grade 5 documents the excitement, sadness, frustration, and triumph that come with elementary school. The book was launched in December.
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