Since 2012, groups of Shanghai American School middle school 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 next group of the 2014-15 school year students will in Xizhou on March 7, 2015. Guests from around the world are encouraged to follow their journey--reading, responding to, and joning the learning adventure.
Featured Projects
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I plan to investigate Bai Minority architecture. I am always fascinated by the different architecture around the world. This started off when I started getting more interested in the history of building when I went traveling in Europe with my parents. I also enjoy noticing... more
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I have narrowed my ideas to religious life of the Bai people. Religion has always been interesting to me. So I think that this topic stuck out to me because I love learning about new religions and being able to contrast them to others. This topic is important to me because I... more
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I chose to study the most valued possessions of the XiZhou residents because I want to get to know them on a deeper level. I feel that with this topic, I will not only be getting to know what they do, but who they are, and what makes them that person. I am very eager to see... more
