KL Educator Dixie Beadle Takes a Personalized Approach

Teaching since 2002, KL Educator Dixie L. Beadle offers a personalized approach in her SMS Pinghu classroom, one that motivates her students and keeps them interested in learning.

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Celebrating a Wonderfully Successful School Year

We love having the opportunity to bring our KL International School (KLIS) community together to celebrate, and what better occasion than the end of another successful school year in Chongqing!

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Popular Chinese Children’s Show Chooses KLIS Campus to Film

During the May Labor Day holiday, the crew of Legend of Talents and ten young Chinese actors and actresses between the ages of 7 and 8 arrived at KL International School (KLIS) in Chongqing to film season three of their popular children’s sitcom.

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Community Service Day in Guiyang: A Teacher Reflection

Jim Fielder, KL Science Educator on our SMS Guiyang campus in Guiyang, Guizhou, China, recently took his 12th graders on a Community Service Day to a local elementary school to participate in their Special Olympics. “It sweetly reminded us that we have far more in common than the fact that we have differences.”

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Community-Building at KLIS: The Importance of School-Home Collaboration

As Academic Principal of KL International School (KLIS), Katharine Hummel is deeply aware of the unique educational, cultural, and language backgrounds and needs of her students and their famhttp://chongqing.klschool.orgilies, and believes strongly that communication is key. Read on to learn how she keeps KLIS parents involved in their children’s progress with touch points throughout the academic school year. “When parents and educators collaborate, students benefit.”

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An English Carnival at KL International School

KL International School (KLIS) in Chongqing held its first English Speech and Leadership Competition on April 15th, with more than 30 candidates participating from the U.S., China (Mainland, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan), Canada, South Korea, and Slovakia. Highly-esteemed educators from the U.S., China, and Australia served as the judges for this unique English event. It truly was an international academic gathering.

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Student as Teacher: Lessons from Volunteering

Frida Erichsen, an 11th grade student from KL’s SMS Wuhan campus, shares her inspiring story of leading a tutoring and enrichment program at the Wuhan City Library. When I was offered the opportunity to work in a library as a volunteer, I never thought I was going to have a transformative experience learning the joys and difficulties of teaching. One weekend, when I was organizing books in Wuhan City Library as usual, the staff asked whether I could volunteer to teach English classes for primary school children. Without a moment’s hesitation, I agreed. (more…)

Five Steps to Adapting High School Teaching to Middle School Students

Samantha Butler, a Social Studies and English teacher at the KL International School (KLIS) in Chongqing, shares the challenges and rewards she has experienced teaching middle school.

Education seems to be an ingrained forced within me. When I was in elementary school, if I ever found out anything new or exciting, I would gather a group of avid followers and tell them this information. This continued into high school when I took over Advanced Placement (AP) test prep courses and created my own curriculum to train my classmates and myself.

I have always wanted to educate, which is why when I found myself being offered a position to teach middle school instead of the position for high school I applied for, I didn’t hesitate. (more…)