Shanghai American School – Puxi Middle School

Dear Parents,

Later today an email will be sent to you from powerschool.saschina.org that has information about creating your new Powerschool account with Shanghai American School. After you create your new account, you will be able to login with a username/password that you have created and you will be able to access all of your children under that single sign in account.

You will need information in the email that is being sent to you as it has usernames/passwords you have already been using to access information about your children as well as newly created parent account information.

Please watch the following three videos for a tutorial about:

• how to create your new single sign on account in Powerschool
• how to link your children to your account
• how to add a newly accepted child in SAS to your account
• how to change your username/password at anytime
• how to access your username/password at anytime
• how to link the parents to your account

Note: Parents are considered students in PowerSchool so we can store your data.

Video 1: Creating your parent account and linking children to the account

Video 2: Signing in for the first time, changing profile information and adding children/parents to the account

Video 3: Accessing your forgotten usernames/passwords

Greetings Puxi Students, Parents and Teachers!

Please click here to download the 2011-12 Middle School Student Handbook.

Greetings from Shanghai!

It is with great pleasure that we welcome you to Shanghai American School Puxi Campus. The Puxi Middle School is a great place and we hope that you are looking forward to becoming part of our community. Please download the document below for important information regarding new student orientation.

MS_New_Student_Orient_Letter_Jun_2011

Microsoft Word – Student Supply List

Download the above document for a list of supplies each student should have at the start of the school year.

Grade 8 Mr. Erni.  The videos were for review purposes for our last unit – “Work, Power and Simple Machines”.  There were nine different topics with each group making a video on a different topic.  These were then emailed to each student.

We were learning the Quadratic Formula in math class and our teacher asked us to make a movie or something that would be fun and help us remember it. So, we did!

A SAMS News report on the Middle School Dance, Dodgeball tournament and Habitat for Humanity.

Dear SAS Parents:

It is re-enrollment time again for the 2011-2012 school year — a required process for all returning students. All components of the enrollment/re-enrollment packet must be completed by the start of school on Wednesday, August 17, 2011,_ through the PowerSchool Parent Portal. This year, families new to SAS are included as part of our ongoing effort to refine and improve this process.

We continue to test and examine the Parent Portal capabilities to make sure this important data for all parents and students is securely stored. We ask that all student and parent documentation be reviewed annually and updated as needed. This helps the school verify that proper passport, residency and visa documents are on file for each student and parent.

In addition, we ask you to reread and sign the Enrollment/Re-Enrollment Agreement, update any new immunizations, make any changes to your student’s medical history and update the emergency contact information. All new students and returning students entering grades 3, 6, 9, or 11 are required to get a physical examination in addition to updating their medical information.

The following links contain detailed, step-by-step instructions to guide you through the process of re-enrollment.

Click here for English: http://gallery.mailchimp.com/1e2c001e7323bba58b5fbf241/files/Re_Enrollment_2011_12.English.pdf

Click here for Chinese.http://gallery.mailchimp.com/1e2c001e7323bba58b5fbf241/files/Re_Enrollment_2011_12.Chinese.pdf

Click here for Korean. http://gallery.mailchimp.com/1e2c001e7323bba58b5fbf241/files/Re_Enrollment_2011_12.Korean.pdf

It is very important to familiarize yourself with these steps before you begin.

Also, make sure that you are using Safari, Firefox or Chrome as your web browser. When you log into the PowerSchool Parent Portal  http://powerschool.saschina.org/public the Enrollment/Re-Enrollment Process icon is located at the top of the page. Click on it and follow the detailed instructions.

Before you get started, be sure to have both student and parent passports, visas and student medical documents ready.

Included in the attached instructions is complete school contact information in case you have any questions along the way. Thank you so much for your cooperation with the re-enrollment process. We look forward to welcoming you to school next year.

Sincerely,

T.K. Ostrom

Director of Admission

Ms. McGuiness’ Spanish 3 students made Spanish commercials in class.  They had fun advertising a product of their choice in an interesting way whilst using appropriate Spanish vocabulary and grammar.  They did a terrific job!

The Spanish 1 produced music videos that either explained verb conjugation or verb meaning.  Some of my students even used the instrumental version of popular songs and made their own lyrics!  They had a fabulous time and were very creative.

Here is a playlist of the 8th grade videos: http://portal.saschina.org/video/playlist/EspanolCommercials/

Here is a playlist of the 6th grade videos: http://portal.saschina.org/video/playlist/espanolverbos/

To view other My Hand. My Story. artwork and reflections, go to this link: http://portal.saschina.org/video/playlist/myhandmystory/