Written by Agnes Desouza '28 | Edited by Sophia Kim '26 Code-switching, the practice of adapting your language, tone, or behavior to fit a social context, is a skill most students at Shanghai American School have mastered. In a school where holding multiple passports is ordinary and "where are you from?" rarely has a simple answer, code-switching isn't an exception. It’s the norm. For third-culture kids, moving fluidly between languages and cultural registers is a survival in

Written by Mia Peng '28 | Edited by Anna Nonaka '27 The SASPX campus was definitely not the same as what you usually see at 8:00 PM. The field was busy; students running laps under the night sky, music playing from performances taking place near the Pizza Hut stage, friends huddling together in their blankets and hoodies, trying not to fall asleep while having a great time. However, behind all the activities lay an even more important goal. Movement is a 24-hour overnight pro

Written by Darren Li '29 | Edited by Ikhee Lee '26 For centuries, well-off nations, though formally bound by borders, have in practice reached and governed far beyond them. Across the developing world, millions rely on a global system that simultaneously constrains them—one shaped by trade regimes they did not design, exposed to financial forces they did not consent to, and made vulnerable by decisions taken in distant capitals. What presents itself as an international order

Written by Christina Chen '28 | Edited by Rudy Chau '28 From April 19th to 21st, our sister campus SAS Pudong hosted the annual Association for Music in International Schools’ Middle and High School Orchestra Festival (AMSHSO). The event drew over 23 international schools from across Asia, bringing together an ensemble of diverse student musicians from cities like Manila, Beijing, Seoul, and Singapore. For our group of SAS Puxi high school students, the journey was much short

Written by Terry Wang '28 | Edited by Nicole Wang '27 Historically, football (soccer) has never achieved relative success at Shanghai American School Puxi compared with other sports. Since the founding of APAC in 1995 and later JPAC, SAS Puxi has won only two football championships, one from APAC boys and one from APAC girls. Generally, football has been less emphasized at SAS than other sports, with fewer players and no year-round programs. With the founding of Eagles Academ