Lion’s Debate Championship
On Saturday, November 13, 2021, AAIA held its first-ever “Lion’s Debate Championship” or #LDC. During LDC, middle and high school students from World Scholar’s Cup and Speech and Debate Club, as well as a few open sign-up students, came together to compete in elimination-style public forum debates. The students all debated the same topic: “Students […]
Thanksgiving Wrap Up
Thanksgiving has officially ended. What did you do this Thanksgiving? Last week, AAIA had a festive week celebrating this wonderful holiday. From traditional roasted turkey, food drive for stray animals, to the charity concert at Jinshan elementary school. We thanked all the students, staff, and faculty who have sponsored and made these events possible!With Thanksgiving […]
2021 AAIA Charity Concert
Every year, AAIA’s orchestra connects with local communities and hosts a charity concert to share love through music. It has been an AAIA tradition since 2017. This year, the AAIA orchestra went to Jinshan elementary school and enjoyed a wonderful morning with students and teachers from Jin Shan. Thanksgiving is all about gathering with loved […]
History Bowl
Kudos to our first-ever history bowl participants – Dylan, Elizabeth, Emery, Jordon, Howard, Ian, Richard, and Tim for their enthusiasm in preparing for this wonderful competition! This event has proved to be a great demonstration of the ESLOs and the AAIA community can not be more proud of your efforts and initiative!
Biology
Biology students have been learning about the gene-editing tool CRISPR. Through our studies, we decided we needed to test what happens to a protein’s function if we alter its structure. Since we don’t have CRISPR technology, we decided to use an enzyme found in potatoes to answer our questions. Each group of three students practiced […]
PawPrints #05
Here comes the newest edition of PawPrints. Be sure to check out important updates and upcoming events! November issue
College Fair
Career and College Fair was a success on Thursday, November 11th. G10 students contacted college representatives on their own, gathered recruitment materials, and played the role of college admission counselors! Both high schoolers and middle schoolers visited different booths and explore various types of college in a fun and educational way. Additionally, based on six […]
Inktober
Each year, students in Studio Art 2D join the rest of the world’s participating artists in the phenomena known as #INKTOBER. This challenge involves completing an artwork in ink every day of the month according to a specific list of prompts. At the end of the month, they complete a sketchbook tour video of their […]
Halloween Recap!
Back in October, AP Macroeconomics students got into the Halloween spirit by drawing spooky graphs. Did better technology shift the PPC or the bats flying overhead? Is that the LRAS curve or a spider about to pounce? Students who were the most creative in their scary design won some class money and bragging rights.
November Awards!
Good morning members of the AAIA community! Let’s begin the first day of the week by congratulating our bright lions who have won some amazing competitions! Eudora (G12) placed first in the MAP International Music Competition 2021. Catherine (G7) placed first in the regional Golf competition. Zoe (G7) placed second in the Taoyuan regional music […]
November Birthday Celebration
We welcomed November, the last month of Autumn, with a birthday celebration–Say bye to October and hi to our November-born lions!
Halloween
The spirit week concluded with a day packed with fun Halloween events led by the HS student council. From the famous annual haunted house to mini-games such as “red, green light”, tic-tac-toe. Students had fun a the Halloween carnival filled with delicious treats. The annual Halloween event ended with students’ favorite scary movies. AAIA thanks […]