High School Updates & Information - Nov. 14 to Dec. 14

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 13 - 15th: APAC Fine Arts Season 1
  • November 17th: No School for Students (Professional Development Day for Staff)
  • November 22nd: Christmas Bazaar (11:00 - 4:00 pm)
  • November 22nd: Christmas Tree Lighting (5:00 - 5:30 pm)
  • November 27 - 29th: ACAMIS Table Tennis in the PC and HS Gyms
  • December 3: Band and Strings Concert (5:00 pm) and Choir Concert (7:00 pm) - watch for more information soon.
  • December 8 - 11th: Exam Week (watch your email for details)
  • December 12th: Early release for students at 11:30 am

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.  

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 

Attendance Emails - Update

For the past few weeks, we have worked with our Technology Department to ensure that the communication about attendance is increased with families.  Parents will receive emails at 5 and 7 absences in a class and starting at 5 tardies, repeating at every additional 5 tardies, for the semester.  These are informational emails, which may be followed by further communication from the school as needed.  Students who are absent 5 or 7 times will receive communication from the school to update the parents on their child's progress and attendance.  Please feel free to reach out to Assistant Principal Everett Hill if you have any questions.

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.