SOAM Day

Friday was School On A Mission (SOAM) Day, when the Shanghai American School brings together faculty and all staff from both campuses for collaboration and professional development.  We were all sent to the high school gym where we were each given a number to a corresponding table.  Five people were assigned to each table.  We watched a brief clip from Give a Hand, an organization that provides prosthetic hands to people who have lost their own to land mines or birth defects.  We were then instructed to open a packet on our table.  It contained the parts and tools necessary to make a prosthetic hand.  Each table group was tasked with working together to assemble a hand.  Our school's mission is to inspire in all students: a lifelong passion for learning, a commitment to act with integrity and compassion, and the courage to live their dreams.  Additionally, collaboration is a major focus of the school this year.  This activity tied directly into these objectives, demonstrating how important similar opportunities are to student learning.  All together SAS constructed 130 prosthetic hands.