We are dedicated to shining a spotlight on our community - students, teachers, alumni, parents and friends of CAIS who are adding vibrancy to CAIS.
CAIS Spotlight series amplifies the inspiring stories of our dynamic community.
1500+ CAIS family members | 1 culturally diverse learning community
We are dedicated to shining a spotlight on our community - students, teachers, alumni, parents and friends of CAIS who are adding vibrancy to CAIS.
CAIS Spotlight series amplifies the inspiring stories of our dynamic community.
1500+ CAIS family members | 1 culturally diverse learning community
CAIS Physical Education Teachers on pushing boundaries
Physical Education is one of the best examples to help us reimagine the physical setting of a learning space during Covid.
Rising to the challenge of reaching new heights: Richard Nadar
"Have you heard the plan?" "No, not the dinner or weekend plan, although a nice chicken shawarma meal or a weekend getaway does sound enticing."
Rising to the challenge of student leadership: Hannah Tam
The CAIS Peer Tutoring Club (PTC) initiative understands the anxiousness of students getting the help and support when they need it the most.
Reminiscences of an IB education
Hae In Kim is a Grade 2 homeroom teacher at CAIS and as a student studied the IB curriculum which will be available for the final two years of high school students at CAIS starting academic year…
Rising to the challenge of unlocking students’ leadership potential
Leadership theories are meaningless unless they can inspire students to grow, lead and make an impact on our community.
Rising to the challenge of getting the ball rolling for STEM learning
Our teachers were recently invited by the school to share updates on their latest professional accreditations and accomplishments that they attained as part of an annual reminder encouraging everyone…
Meet the Teacher Infusing New Purpose into Art Education
In the summer of 2017, Robin Schortgen began her career as an art teacher at Christian Alliance International School.
Meet CAIS teachers: Sophie Chen and Agnes Fung
Agnes Fung and Sophie Chen are the Chinese Language Team Leads for primary and secondary sections respectively at Christian Alliance International School (CAIS) where it offers the most robust and…
Making Things Happen: The CAIS Tech Team
CAIS Tech Team is an absolute team player and has changed the perceptions of what role students play at schools.
How CAIS Student Services help us embrace differences in a year like no other
With 2020 having just days left to run, many of us are looking forward to celebrating the new year.
What life lessons can we learn through a virtual science classroom
When CAIS High School Science teacher James Sandy took his class online during this year’s pandemic, he knew he was going to face challenges getting his students
Celebrating a unique transformative educational experience
While Phase I supports students’ academic development, Phase II will be a powerhouse of ideas to inspire creativity and motivate students to learn beyond classrooms.
CAIS Innovates: Digital Literacy Program
The coronavirus pandemic has changed every aspect of our lives and the world has turned to technology to provide solutions and gain new insights to help us fight the virus.
Meet the next generation of innovators
Marko Choi | Class of 2020
Meet the Next Generation of Law Enforcement
David Lau | Class of 2019
Meet the Next Generation of Civil Engineering
Tobias Ng | Class of 2018
CAIS Behind the Scenes: The Pilgrim’s Progress
CAIS Christian Ethics Teacher Mr Richard Nadar teams up with Dr Jonathan Johnson, Pastor at Island Baptist Church to launch a book study project. The Pilgrim's Progress is the first book they picked…
Violin Virtuoso Adrian Anantawan
One of the equalizers about music is that it's not how you look but it's how you sound. Being able to think that someone can close their eyes and just hear rather than seeing someone who is missing a…
Navigating the Education Maze: a parent’s perspective
Mr Cheung has firsthand experience with different curriculum systems beginning with his own education. We asked him to share with us his experience.
Samuel Lee, Primary Homeroom Teacher
Los Angeles/ Hong Kong
Richard Vanderpyl, Head of School
New Zealand
May Ren, Chinese Teacher
Tianjin
Elaine Wu, Primary Homeroom Teacher
Hong Kong
Charles Grayson, Senior Student Services Manager
Pennsylvania
The Connoisseurs – A Fantasy Story by Janis Ho (Grade 4C)
“I don’t think... I can take it anymore...” Queen Aquarius, the connoisseur of magic struggled to say.
The Journey of a Student Through the Sea of Life
Like sports, art has long been a unifier. The artworks at CAIS’s campus at Butterfly Valley have not only given colours to the school’s interior spaces, the messages behind these creative works have…
A passion for music and music education #7 of 7
There was a little bit of a music culture in our family. My uncle played the violin as an amateur and from a very early age, I heard him practicing and I was fascinated by the instrument...
A passion for music and music education #6 of 7
In Hong Kong I think that parents want their children to cultivate their creativity and they look to music and art to help cultivate it but sometimes the decision is then imposed on the child.
A passion for music and music education #5 of 7
I did not start out with the bassoon. I started out at age 6 playing the violin but after a year, I gave up. I found that the posture to play the violin to be too awkward for me so I gave up. At age…
A passion for music and music education #4 of 7
I am Izumi Nikaido and I am a flutist. I was born in Kagoshima City, Japan and started to play the piano when I was 3 years old.
A passion for music and music education #3 of 7
When I graduated from High School, I enrolled in the Senior Program at APA and spent the next 4 years there. In 1993, I was recruited to be the associate principal Horn for the Korean Symphony…
A passion for music and music education #2 of 7
I was born and grew up in Taiwan. When I was a child, my mother strongly encouraged my two sisters and me to learn playing piano. One day she discovered that I was able to play all the pop songs…
A passion for music and music education #1 of 7
She is an acclaimed young virtuoso of the new generation started learning the cello when she was ten at the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts.
The role of hope in our lives
Napoleon Bonaparte once said, “A leader is a dealer in hope.” In my opinion, so too, “Teachers are dealers in hope.”
“Praise the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits.”
Recently I received an email from an airline company informing me that they were ‘elevating my benefits’! That surprised me considering I have not travelled in the past 18 months!
Future-proofing students
In 1991 American scientists began an amazing experiment, the world’s first ‘Closed Biosphere’ enclosure.
A reflection on Easter
In ‘pre-covid’ times, many churches would hold two Easter services, one on Good Friday and one on Easter Sunday.
“It is well with my soul”
One of my favourite Christian hymns (song) is one titled, “It is well with my soul”, written by Horatio Spafford in the 18th century.
Hope
As I follow the news about Coronavirus and its impact on people, and communities, it is easy to begin to despair. Questions quickly rise, such as ‘when will this end?’, ‘Is the vaccine safe?’, ‘When…
The Power of Decluttering
A number of years ago, I read a book that had, and still does, an impact on me and I would like to share some thoughts from it with you. The book, by Bill Hybels, is called ‘Simplify – 10 practices…
Advent
This Sunday is the second Sunday in advent as we celebrate the coming of Christ as Saviour.
Advent
When our children were very young, we lived in a different part of New Zealand to where their grandparents lived. I can still remember their reaction when my wife and I would say ‘Grandma and Grandpa…
The heart of Christian Education
Last Saturday, if the Parent Teacher Interviews were taking place at school, I was to give a talk on “The heart of Christian Education.”
Canadian Thanksgiving Day 2020
This coming Monday, 12th October, Canadians will celebrate Thanksgiving Day. (Jour de l'Action de grâce).
NERVE TO SERVE
“Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others, as faithful stewards of God’s grace in its various forms.”
CAIS Physical Education Teachers on pushing boundaries
Physical Education is one of the best examples to help us reimagine the physical setting of a learning space during Covid.
Rising to the challenge of reaching new heights: Richard Nadar
"Have you heard the plan?" "No, not the dinner or weekend plan, although a nice chicken shawarma meal or a weekend getaway does sound enticing."
Rising to the challenge of student leadership: Hannah Tam
The CAIS Peer Tutoring Club (PTC) initiative understands the anxiousness of students getting the help and support when they need it the most.
Reminiscences of an IB education
Hae In Kim is a Grade 2 homeroom teacher at CAIS and as a student studied the IB curriculum which will be available for the final two years of high school students at CAIS starting academic year…
Rising to the challenge of unlocking students’ leadership potential
Leadership theories are meaningless unless they can inspire students to grow, lead and make an impact on our community.
Rising to the challenge of getting the ball rolling for STEM learning
Our teachers were recently invited by the school to share updates on their latest professional accreditations and accomplishments that they attained as part of an annual reminder encouraging everyone…
Meet the Teacher Infusing New Purpose into Art Education
In the summer of 2017, Robin Schortgen began her career as an art teacher at Christian Alliance International School.
Meet CAIS teachers: Sophie Chen and Agnes Fung
Agnes Fung and Sophie Chen are the Chinese Language Team Leads for primary and secondary sections respectively at Christian Alliance International School (CAIS) where it offers the most robust and…
Making Things Happen: The CAIS Tech Team
CAIS Tech Team is an absolute team player and has changed the perceptions of what role students play at schools.
How CAIS Student Services help us embrace differences in a year like no other
With 2020 having just days left to run, many of us are looking forward to celebrating the new year.
What life lessons can we learn through a virtual science classroom
When CAIS High School Science teacher James Sandy took his class online during this year’s pandemic, he knew he was going to face challenges getting his students
Celebrating a unique transformative educational experience
While Phase I supports students’ academic development, Phase II will be a powerhouse of ideas to inspire creativity and motivate students to learn beyond classrooms.
CAIS Innovates: Digital Literacy Program
The coronavirus pandemic has changed every aspect of our lives and the world has turned to technology to provide solutions and gain new insights to help us fight the virus.
Meet the next generation of innovators
Marko Choi | Class of 2020
Meet the Next Generation of Law Enforcement
David Lau | Class of 2019
Meet the Next Generation of Civil Engineering
Tobias Ng | Class of 2018
CAIS Behind the Scenes: The Pilgrim’s Progress
CAIS Christian Ethics Teacher Mr Richard Nadar teams up with Dr Jonathan Johnson, Pastor at Island Baptist Church to launch a book study project. The Pilgrim's Progress is the first book they picked…
Violin Virtuoso Adrian Anantawan
One of the equalizers about music is that it's not how you look but it's how you sound. Being able to think that someone can close their eyes and just hear rather than seeing someone who is missing a…
Navigating the Education Maze: a parent’s perspective
Mr Cheung has firsthand experience with different curriculum systems beginning with his own education. We asked him to share with us his experience.
Samuel Lee, Primary Homeroom Teacher
Los Angeles/ Hong Kong
Richard Vanderpyl, Head of School
New Zealand
May Ren, Chinese Teacher
Tianjin
Elaine Wu, Primary Homeroom Teacher
Hong Kong
Charles Grayson, Senior Student Services Manager
Pennsylvania
The Connoisseurs – A Fantasy Story by Janis Ho (Grade 4C)
“I don’t think... I can take it anymore...” Queen Aquarius, the connoisseur of magic struggled to say.
The Journey of a Student Through the Sea of Life
Like sports, art has long been a unifier. The artworks at CAIS’s campus at Butterfly Valley have not only given colours to the school’s interior spaces, the messages behind these creative works have…
A passion for music and music education #7 of 7
There was a little bit of a music culture in our family. My uncle played the violin as an amateur and from a very early age, I heard him practicing and I was fascinated by the instrument...
A passion for music and music education #6 of 7
In Hong Kong I think that parents want their children to cultivate their creativity and they look to music and art to help cultivate it but sometimes the decision is then imposed on the child.
A passion for music and music education #5 of 7
I did not start out with the bassoon. I started out at age 6 playing the violin but after a year, I gave up. I found that the posture to play the violin to be too awkward for me so I gave up. At age…
A passion for music and music education #4 of 7
I am Izumi Nikaido and I am a flutist. I was born in Kagoshima City, Japan and started to play the piano when I was 3 years old.
A passion for music and music education #3 of 7
When I graduated from High School, I enrolled in the Senior Program at APA and spent the next 4 years there. In 1993, I was recruited to be the associate principal Horn for the Korean Symphony…
A passion for music and music education #2 of 7
I was born and grew up in Taiwan. When I was a child, my mother strongly encouraged my two sisters and me to learn playing piano. One day she discovered that I was able to play all the pop songs…
A passion for music and music education #1 of 7
She is an acclaimed young virtuoso of the new generation started learning the cello when she was ten at the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts.
The role of hope in our lives
Napoleon Bonaparte once said, “A leader is a dealer in hope.” In my opinion, so too, “Teachers are dealers in hope.”
“Praise the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits.”
Recently I received an email from an airline company informing me that they were ‘elevating my benefits’! That surprised me considering I have not travelled in the past 18 months!
Future-proofing students
In 1991 American scientists began an amazing experiment, the world’s first ‘Closed Biosphere’ enclosure.
A reflection on Easter
In ‘pre-covid’ times, many churches would hold two Easter services, one on Good Friday and one on Easter Sunday.
“It is well with my soul”
One of my favourite Christian hymns (song) is one titled, “It is well with my soul”, written by Horatio Spafford in the 18th century.
Hope
As I follow the news about Coronavirus and its impact on people, and communities, it is easy to begin to despair. Questions quickly rise, such as ‘when will this end?’, ‘Is the vaccine safe?’, ‘When…
The Power of Decluttering
A number of years ago, I read a book that had, and still does, an impact on me and I would like to share some thoughts from it with you. The book, by Bill Hybels, is called ‘Simplify – 10 practices…
Advent
This Sunday is the second Sunday in advent as we celebrate the coming of Christ as Saviour.
Advent
When our children were very young, we lived in a different part of New Zealand to where their grandparents lived. I can still remember their reaction when my wife and I would say ‘Grandma and Grandpa…
The heart of Christian Education
Last Saturday, if the Parent Teacher Interviews were taking place at school, I was to give a talk on “The heart of Christian Education.”
Canadian Thanksgiving Day 2020
This coming Monday, 12th October, Canadians will celebrate Thanksgiving Day. (Jour de l'Action de grâce).
NERVE TO SERVE
“Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others, as faithful stewards of God’s grace in its various forms.”