Preview Mode Links will not work in preview mode

The WAB Podcast

Join members of the Western Academy of Beijing community for conversations about innovative learning, activities, and community initiatives.

May 26, 2022

Jimmy Chen joined WAB as a Grade 5 student and graduated in 2012. He attended the University of Southern California and earned both a bachelor's and a master's in electrical engineering. Jimmy then went on to work as a software development engineer at Amazon for more than 4 years and is now progressing his career in the...


May 19, 2022

In a school workshop, Grade 6 students were invited to collaborate directly with teachers to create a new interdisciplinary study, covering multiple subject areas.

The outcome was a unit in math, science, and humanities classes that resulted in the construction of a vegetable garden on campus.

Today we’re joined by...


May 12, 2022

Things got pretty groovy in the Middle School Math and Design classes last month, as students learned to do the robot.

No, the students themselves weren’t dancing, but an interdisciplinary unit created by teachers in the Math and Design departments had them programming robots to weave their way through mazes or...


May 5, 2022

At a global education conference last week, it was once again WAB students teaching the teachers.

At the Learning2 Conference, a group of WAB high schoolers presented a workshop to an audience of dozens of teachers around the world. The students explained strategies and actions teachers can implement to make their...