Concordia Chronicle

What does it mean to prepare students for the 21st Century? Applied Learning? Technology integration? Inquiry-based learning? Read More

Earlier this month, students in our High School First Tech Challenge (FTC) Robotics club competed in a Robotics scrimmage at the British International School Shanghai, where they performed exceptionally well and gained valuable insights into how to perfect future designs. Read More

Concordia Shanghai’s high school principal recently received a letter from the head of the Advanced Placement Program with some exciting news about one of our graduates from the Class of 2021. Read More

The visual arts program at Concordia encourages students to tap into their innate ability for artistic expression. Whether thoughtfully rendering everyday objects on paper or bringing dimension to shapes conceived in the imagination, students are learning to think creatively. Read More

Over the summer, Shreyas S. & Marcus C., two extremely bright and intrepid middle school students at Concordia Shanghai, made their way to the R&D headquarters of Da-Jiang Innovations (DJI) in Shenzhen, China. Read More

Internships are a valuable feature of Concordia’s high school experience as they introduce students to the working world while helping them build self-confidence and cultivate relationships with professionals who provide insight into a particular field. Read More

This past Saturday, our senior class convened in front an audience of teachers, family and friends to take part in one of life’s most anticipated rites of passage. Read More

Graduating senior Amy Lin was elected by her peers to deliver the senior address at this year's Concordia High School graduation ceremony. Here is her speech in its entirety. Read More

The commencement address at this year's graduation was delivered by Concordia Shanghai high school teacher Erik Paulson. Mr. Paulson was chosen by the senior class for this honor. Here is his speech in its entirety. Read More

Our AP Art & Design culminates in each student completing an art portfolio which demonstrates their exploration of the concept of 2D design and Drawing. Students engage in purposeful decision making about how the elements and the principles of art and design are intentionally used in their artwork in an integrative way. Read More

Our spring CCA offerings have been quite popular among our students this spring. Today, we would like to highlight some of the STEM-related activities that our ES students have been taking part in so far this semester. And judging from these photos, they have been having a lot of fun exploring different activities related to science, tech, engineering and math! Read More

In Guatemala, the birthplace of the Mayan civilization, there stood a little village situated next to Atitlán lake, one of the most beautiful lakes in the world. It was the village of Santa Catarina Palopó and it was a collection of cold, grey buildings that faded dully into its surroundings. Read More

This spring, Concordia students, led by high school teacher Dr. Peter Tong, participated in their third big data conference of the school year. However, this one was unique in that it was the very first big data conference and workshop organized by students for students. Read More

For this week's Road to College, we meet a student whose scientific interests are as numerous as his college acceptances. It seems, however, he has narrowed his choices to a major and a school that he feels will fit him best. Read More

Kelso's Choices is our chosen ES conflict-management curriculum for students that teaches problem-solving strategies; thus, students can ultimately be self-directed and learn how to solve smaller problems independently. Read More

Last year, Concordia students in Dr. Peter Tong’s high school Honors Pre-Calculus class were tasked tocreate an infographic summarizing one of the chapters theyhad been studying. Read More

Math has always been a subject that attracts much attention from parents. They want to know: How and what are students learning in math class? What materials are they using? How do webest foster student interest in math and STEM? Read More

For this week’s Road to College, we hear from a student whose passion for the written word hasbeen a mainstay throughout her high school career and the driving force behind her best-fit college choice. Read More