Hi everyone! We are Ray Yi Cao and Kevin Wang from the Applied Learning Global Development Studies (AL GDS) class.

In our project for AL GDS, we focused on improving the education of children and adults in our local Jinqiao community.

On the weekend of April 8-9, my teammates, Iris Lee and Annie Lim, and I went to the World Scholar’s Cup Shanghai regional round. 

Effort, Trust, and Care.” The three words that were constantly repeated to us before meets, in the beginning of each practice, and imprinted on everyone's uniforms. As we stepped foot on the TAS campus, the feeling of unfamiliarity intimidated us. 

On Saturday morning, as the school began bustling with the arrival of everyone through the Huangyang gate, both delegates and admins were ready to showcase what they had been preparing for months, or days if they were procrastinators. 

With Concordia’s emphasis on community service, we’ve discovered that we can make a difference, even as a small group of high schoolers.

Thrifting and up cycling clothes: learn more from the Shanghai Styles crew about how to make more sustainable clothing decisions. 

Members of the HS Lily Project are working to destigmatize menstruation while also opening dialogue about sustainable period solutions and ways to end period poverty. 

HS GIN students continue growing a sustainable composting project with local farm partners. 

GIN Amity members advocate for human rights and inspire high school peers. 

How can we reduce plastic consumption to live more sustainably? This is something that the GIN Bye Bye Plastic Bags group members think about a lot. Check out this creative video from a recent challenge that the BBPB group created for themselves. 

Motivated GIN students gather for Saturday workshop to pair active global citizenship with storytelling.