Author: Guang Miao

Grade 1 visit BEG Founder As part of their Unit of Inquiry, guided by the central idea “Artifacts and stories reveal shared themes of human life across time,” Grade 1 students explored their personal histories and selected meaningful artifacts to represent themselves. One of the artifacts they chose was their school campus.    Madame Baishan, The […]

Real-World Engineering Design Technology and Physics students visited Honrock, a Qingdao-based transportation technology company. The visit reflects Amerasia’s commitment to providing authentic, real-world learning experiences aligned with the IB MYP and IB Diploma Programme. During the visit, IBDP Design Technology students explored industrial design processes, research and development, and manufacturing practices within a professional engineering […]

CHOOSING THE IB DP – DP Course Selection Fair Qingdao Amerasia International School recently hosted its DP Course Selection Fair, an important milestone supporting students and families as they prepare for the transition from the IB Middle Years Programme (MYP) to the IB Diploma Programme (DP). Stella Zhao, DP Coordinator, and Mr. Jakub Grzeszczuk, MYP […]

1st Place at QISN U19 Basketball Tournament! 🏀🏆   QAIS proudly participated in the annual QISN Basketball Tournament, where international schools from across Qingdao came together for two days of competitive and high-spirited basketball.  The U19 Girls’ Team delivered an outstanding performance, claiming 1st place overall for the fourth consecutive year. Their dominance was sealed in […]

MYP & DP LITERACY WEEK! During Literacy Week, MYP and DP students and staff came together to celebrate the power of language, voice, and storytelling across our school community. Drawing from Amerasia’s rich multilingual landscape, students and teachers shared poetry in their mother tongues, including poems in Welsh, Japanese, Afrikaans, Finish, Persian, Papiamento, Romanian, and […]

Toddler Graduation! Toddler students who have reached certain milestones recently graduated into the Early Childhood program! To support this transition with care and confidence, students first visited a special one-hour Early Childhood class to explore the new environment, routines, and materials. They then returned to their Toddler classroom, where teachers guided reflective conversations to help […]

MYP Language Celebrations! MYP 1 English LANGUAGE & LITERATURE  MYP 1 English Language A students recently completed an engaging unit titled Art for Art’s Sake: Aestheticism in the Stories of Oscar Wilde, exploring how aesthetic literature uses style not only to fill life with art, but also to challenge what society tells us we should value. […]

2026 ACAMIS U19 Basketball Tournament – Xiamen The QAIS U19 Basketball teams proudly represented QAIS at the 2026 ACAMIS Basketball Tournament in Xiamen, competing over three action-packed days of high-level international competition. Both teams demonstrated resilience, growth, and a strong competitive spirit throughout the tournament.  The U19 Girls’ team delivered an outstanding performance, advancing to […]

UNCOVERING COLONIZATION UNCOVERING COLONIZATION Stories that Matter: Grade 5 Uncovers the Legacy of Colonization  Grade 5 students celebrated their unit “Stories of Change: Uncovering the Powerful Legacy of Colonization from Past to Present.” This event marked the culmination of five weeks of deep inquiry into how colonization has shaped societies, influenced the environment, and continues […]

KOREAN LANGUAGE & LITERATURE MYP Korean Language & Literature students welcomed parents to a Unit Celebration that marked the close of the semester and brought together learning from two interconnected units. As a culminating experience, students demonstrated their growth as communicators, thinkers, and reflective learners. Students showcased original poetry and analysis, applying literary techniques and […]