Since 2012, groups of Shanghai American School Grade 8 students have taken four-week journeys to the village of Xizhou in Southwest China's Yunnan Province as participants in the school's Microcampus program. As representatives of their campuses, these students leave the "bubble" of their home city of 22 million people and become immersed in a new community of 2000 people, 2000 kilometers from home, at 2000 meters above sea level.
The Voyagers group--the twenty-second--arrived in Xizhou on March 10th and will stay through April 6th, 2018. Guests from around the world are encouraged to follow their journey--reading about, responding to, and joining in the learning adventure.
Featured Projects
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I want to find out the way the people in the village use the valuable resource water. These days I am also researching about water problems in the world. There are three main problems of water right now, they are: ownership, pollution and diversion. I want to know how people in... more
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The topic of Bai Minority Cuisine is important to me because I have always loved cooking, and I want to experiment with different styles of cooking. In addition to just cooking these dishes, I want to explore the history of the dish. If the dish symbolized anything, and if it... more
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For my inquiry project, I plan to focus on education in rural China. I specifically want to focus on the tools, supplies and technology they use at Xizhou and how it affects their learning. I want to... more
