Shanghai American School

Our Directors of College Counseling from both SAS’ Pudong and Puxi campuses sit down to talk through some of the trends they’ve noticed in the last few years, and what to expect in the near and now. 

Learn more about who we are at SAS through the voices of those within it via our "In Our Own Words" series, where students, teachers and our community share their stories, in their own words. 

Welcome to our two-part story about the transitions our students undergo between elementary, middle, and high school. This article will cover Shanghai American School’s middle school to high school transition program.

Welcome to our two-part series about the transitions our students undergo between elementary, middle, and high school. In this first part, we take a quick peek at what happens in the last year of elementary school to help grade 5 students get ready for the next phase of their school life. 

Every newcomer must undergo a welcome interrogation first, even if you are the new Head of Campus of Pudong campus at Shanghai American School. Dr. Krista Zavits comes to SAS Pudong from serving as Elementary Principal at the American International School of Budapest, where she lived for ten years. Before then, her career has also taken her around the world from Canada to the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Indonesia, Poland, and Hungary.  

Families from 44 countries and six different continents call Shanghai American School home. One of them is the Chens, whose daughter Georgia, and son Ryan, attend our Pudong campus. Hear what they have to say about their SAS experience, and what they appreciate about the American education system.