High School Updates & Information - November 28th to January 30th
Read about some of the upcoming events for the high school.
High School Community Updates 2025-26
Please take a few moments to review the biweekly updates here. These will be updated on Friday, Oct. 17th: High School Community Updates 2025-26
High School Biographies are Available!
The High School Teacher Biographies are available for viewing. Please take a moment to read about the HS Faculty and Staff for the 2025-26 school year here: HS Biographies for 2025-26
Upcoming Dates and Events
- November 27 - 29th: ACAMIS Table Tennis in the PC and HS Gyms
- December 3: Band and Strings Concert (3:00 pm) and Choir Concert (7:30 pm) - see below and watch for more details from your child's performing arts teachers.
- December 8 - 11th: Exam Week (more details to follow)
- December 12th: Early release for students at 11:30 am
- January 5th: Return to School
- January 6th: Alumni Insights: A Parent Connect
- January 16th: End of Semester 1
- January 16 - 18th: CISSMUN, No school on January 16th for students
- January 19th: Start of Semester 2
- January 28th to Feb 1st: Season 2 APAC Athletics
Holiday Concerts Coming December 3rd!
We are very excited to update you on the upcoming Band, Strings, and Choir concerts. These will take place on December 3rd at thenew venue, the U12 Theater in Pudong. The HS Band and Strings will perform at 3:00 pm and the Choir will perform at 7:30 pm. Please watch for information from your performing arts teachers for more specific details for you child's performance and travel to the venue.
Attendance Policy Updates
As we continue to educate our parents and students, with email communication, we want to remind our parents that we are working with the current policy for attendance. We expect our parents, not students, to communicate absences for illness or long-term absences with the high school office. This communication allows us to document and explanation for the absence. As we continue to support our students, our goal is to ensure that they meeting our standards for academics as well as participating as a holistic student in their activities.
As a reminder, all student tardies or absences are considerd "Explained" not "Excused" when a parent communicates with the school. As all absences and tardies count, we want our students to understand why students are absent. This information is used when discussing attendance waivers or exceptions. However, all absences count towards the 15% attendance level.
Please take a moment to review the information shared in the email and attached here for more information on how the school supports students through out attendance policy: High School Attendance Policy 2025-26
Exam Week for High School - December 8th to 11th
Concordia's semester exam week will be held from December 8th to 11th. Students will have two exam blocks on these days of 120 minutes each. These are still recorded classes, and students are required to be in attendance. The exam blocks may involve seated semester exams or written papers, project work, presentations, or other work associated with the course. All classes will have assignments due during these blocks. Students who miss an exam will make it up the morning of the next day. Students may work on campus in the morning and study by theselves or in groups or work with teachers. Teachers will have posted office hours and scheduled times to meet.
8:00 - 10:00 am: Student work time, group study sessions, office hours
The schedule for the exam week is shared here:
| Dec. 8 | Dec. 9 | Dec 10 | Dec. 11 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10:00 - 12:00 | Block F | Block G | Block A | Block B |
| 12:00 - 1:00 | Lunch | Lunch | Lunch | Lunch |
| 1:00 - 3:00 | Block H | Block I | Block C | Block D |
Updates and Reminders
It is that time of year when all of our students bring their Apple laptops, Black Backpacks, Concordia Blue Hoodies, and Black instrument cases to school. We are starting to see students who are having items "stolen" or "taken". In most cases, these items are simply picked up by another student accidentally, thinking that the Concordia Hoodie was theirs. We encourage students to put their name on their items, or put something on their bag or case that is identifiable as theirs.
In the event that you do have an item misplaced, please have your child backtrack to the last places they had. Check in our lost and found areas and speak with teachers where they had the item. If they are unable to find it, please contact Everett Hill, Assistant Principal at: everett.hill@concordiashanghai.org for assistance.