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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…

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…

1. Lunar New Year is also called Spring Festival (春节 Chūn jié) in Chinese tradition. It means the first day of the lunar calendar that cycles through 12 signs of…

This year’s Middle School production is a departure from the narrative storylines of the past few productions. This year, the students are presenting a collection of dramatic scenes and musical…

As you know, our school is in the process of developing our strategy for the coming years. The timing couldn’t be more appropriate—it follows the move to our new campus…

Every year, as I sit down to write my December family update, I am reminded of how quietly, yet swiftly, time passes. Here we are again, at the close of…