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CAIS Theater Club wrapped up its 2026 season last weekend with two performances of The Gum San Trilogy. This was the culmination of almost a year’s worth of work, starting…

Cultivating Kids’ Creativity: A Conversation with Newbery Medal–Winning Author Dave Eggers CAIS is proud to be hosting the spring SPEAK event featuring Newbery Award-winning author Dave Eggers. Tuesday, April 28…

I am excited to announce that after an extensive international search, we have appointed Ms. Xinyi Xu to be CAIS’s next Middle School Director. In sixteen-plus years and dozens of…

Each year CAIS’s fantastic Family School Alliance (FSA) organizes our community’s involvement in the San Francisco Chinese New Year Parade. Our very own “stampede” of CAIS parents and students of…

I first walked into the theater in October 2020, it was the height of the pandemic, and the campus had just gone on the market. I remember thinking how cool…

A perennial point of curiosity among prospective parents—which can sometimes even linger for current parents—is whether Mandarin immersion comes at the expense of achievement in English. The great news from…

Held once again in the Ang Athletic Center, Mass Greeting 2026 on Thursday, February 12 capped off a week of spectacular activities focused on Chinese traditions celebrating the Lunar New Year. Students and faculty were…

Holidays mean different things to different people. In recent years in the US, I’ve noticed the emergence of a kind of genre in the popular press focusing on how stressful…

In the natural rhythm of a school year, February is a singular month. Our hallways are alive with a specific kind of magic: the “mid-year quickening.” The tentative steps of…

In December 2025, I provided an update on our strategy-making process, which you can find here. Since that time, our 35 member Task Force has completed five reports that have been…