bodyType

customContents

entityId

printArticlePageQuery

filter

article

body

urlAlias

articleSectionsContent

articleSeoArticle

articleSourceHeaderArticle

contentSchemaRenderContent

contentSubHeadlineContent

contentHeadlineContent

mainImagePrintArticleArticle

authorBlockPrintArticleArticle

contentSponsorTagContent

articlePianoPaywallContent

scmpYoutubeContent

hooksTrackPageViewArticle

query printArticlePageQuery(
  $entityId: String!
  $customContents: [CustomContentInput]
  $bodyType: BodyFormatTypeEnum
) {
  article(filter: {entityId: $entityId}) {
    entityId
    body(customContents: $customContents, type: $bodyType) {
      json
    }
    urlAlias
    ...articleSectionsContent
    ...articleSeoArticle_3o8td4
    ...articleSourceHeaderArticle
    ...contentSchemaRenderContent
    ...contentSubHeadlineContent
    ...contentHeadlineContent
    ...mainImagePrintArticleArticle
    ...authorBlockPrintArticleArticle
    ...contentSponsorTagContent
    ...articlePianoPaywallContent
    ...scmpYoutubeContent
    ...hooksTrackPageViewArticle
    id
  }
}

fragment articlePianoPaywallContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  ...hooksPaywallPromiseContent
}

fragment articleSectionsContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  sections {
    value {
      ...helpersCheckIfNewsSectionInFirstIndexSection
      ...entityLink
      name
      id
    }
  }
}

fragment articleSeoArticle_3o8td4 on Article {
  ...hooksArticleSeoArticle
  ...helpersCheckIsPostiesArticle
  ...helpersGetArticleTypeArticle
  entityId
  publishedDate
  updatedDate
  summary {
    text
  }
  subHeadline {
    text
  }
  body(customContents: $customContents, type: $bodyType) {
    text
  }
  keywords
  sections {
    value {
      name
      id
    }
  }
  topics {
    name
    entityId
    id
  }
  urlAlias
  authors {
    name
    id
  }
  images {
    style(filter: {style: "768x768"}) {
      url
    }
  }
  readingTime
}

fragment articleSourceHeaderArticle on Article {
  urlAlias
  ...entityLink
}

fragment authorBlockPrintArticleArticle on Article {
  ...defaultArticleDateContent
  ...authorNamesArticle
}

fragment authorNameAuthor on Author {
  ...entityLink
  name
  entityUuid
}

fragment authorNamesArticle on Article {
  authorLocations
  authors {
    entityId
    location
    ...authorNameAuthor
    id
  }
}

fragment blockquoteQuoteContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  ...contentShareWidgetContent
}

fragment checkersCheckContentContainsStarlingImageContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  topics {
    entityId
    id
  }
}

fragment contentHeadlineContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  headline
  socialHeadline
  ...contentHeadlineTagContent
  ...helpersUseContentSponsorContent
}

fragment contentHeadlineTagContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  ...hooksContentHeadlineTagContent
}

fragment contentNewsletterWidgetContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  topics {
    relatedNewsletters {
      ...helpersMassageToNewsletterItemNewsletter
      id
    }
    id
  }
  sections {
    value {
      relatedNewsletters {
        ...helpersMassageToNewsletterItemNewsletter
        id
      }
      id
    }
  }
  ... on Article {
    relatedNewsletters {
      ...helpersMassageToNewsletterItemNewsletter
      id
    }
  }
}

fragment contentSchemaRenderContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  ...blockquoteQuoteContent
  ...imageContent
  ...inlineWidgetContent
  ...photoGalleryWidgetContent
  ...scmpYoutubeContent
}

fragment contentShareWidgetContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  entityId
  urlAlias
  shortUrl
  socialHeadline
  headline
}

fragment contentSponsorTagContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  ...helpersUseContentSponsorContent
}

fragment contentSubHeadlineContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  subHeadline {
    json
  }
  summary {
    json
  }
  ...contentSchemaRenderContent
}

fragment defaultArticleDateContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  ...hooksArticleDateUtilsContent
}

fragment entityLink on BaseWithApplicationAndUrlAlias {
  __isBaseWithApplicationAndUrlAlias: __typename
  __typename
  entityId
  entityUuid
  urlAlias
  urlRedirect {
    toUrl
    id
  }
  application {
    entityId
    id
  }
  ... on Section {
    fullSectionPath {
      entityId
      id
    }
    parentSection
  }
  ...helpersAppBarVariantBase
  ...helpersApplicationBase
  ...helpersCheckIsPlusArticle
  ...helpersStyleSectionContent
}

fragment helpersAppBarVariantBase on BaseWithApplicationAndUrlAlias {
  __isBaseWithApplicationAndUrlAlias: __typename
  ...helpersCheckIsLiveArticle
  ...helpersCheckIsPlusPage
  ...helpersCheckIsPostiesArticle
  ...helpersCheckIsPostiesPage
  ...helpersCheckIsPostMagazineArticle
  ...helpersCheckIsStyleArticle
  ...helpersSectionContent
  ...helpersStyleSectionContent
}

fragment helpersApplicationBase on BaseWithApplicationAndUrlAlias {
  __isBaseWithApplicationAndUrlAlias: __typename
  ...helpersCheckIsPostiesArticle
  ...helpersCheckIsPostiesPage
  ...helpersCheckIsPlusPage
}

fragment helpersCheckIfNewsSectionInFirstIndexSection on Section {
  name
}

fragment helpersCheckIsAmpEnabledArticle on Article {
  entityId
  types {
    value {
      entityId
      id
    }
  }
  sections {
    value {
      entityId
      id
    }
  }
  disableOffPlatformContent
  sponsorType
  published
  ...helpersCheckIsPlusArticle
  ...helpersCheckIsPostiesArticle
}

fragment helpersCheckIsLiveArticle on Article {
  flattenTypeIds
  liveArticle {
    status
    id
  }
}

fragment helpersCheckIsMainTopicContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  topics {
    entityId
    id
  }
}

fragment helpersCheckIsPlusArticle on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  ... on Article {
    paywallTypes {
      entityUuid
      id
    }
  }
}

fragment helpersCheckIsPlusPage on Page {
  urlAlias
}

fragment helpersCheckIsPostMagazineArticle on Article {
  sections {
    value {
      entityId
      id
    }
  }
}

fragment helpersCheckIsPostiesArticle on Article {
  sections {
    value {
      entityId
      id
    }
  }
}

fragment helpersCheckIsPostiesPage on Page {
  urlAlias
}

fragment helpersCheckIsStyleArticle on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  sections {
    value {
      entityId
      id
    }
  }
}

fragment helpersGetArticleTypeArticle on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  ... on Article {
    types {
      value {
        entityId
        id
      }
    }
  }
}

fragment helpersMassageToNewsletterItemNewsletter on Newsletter {
  entityId
  name
  alternativeName
  description {
    text
  }
  summary {
    text
  }
  homepageDescription {
    text
  }
}

fragment helpersSanitizeArticleTypeEntityIdsArticle on Article {
  types {
    value {
      entityId
      id
    }
  }
}

fragment helpersSanitizeAuthorTypesArticle on Article {
  authors {
    types
    id
  }
}

fragment helpersSanitizedAuthorEntityIdsArticle on Article {
  authors {
    entityId
    id
  }
}

fragment helpersSectionContent on Section {
  fullSectionPath {
    entityId
    id
  }
}

fragment helpersStyleSectionContent on Section {
  fullSectionPath {
    entityId
    id
  }
}

fragment helpersUseContentSponsorContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  topics {
    entityId
    sponsor {
      ...sponsorTagSponsor
      name
      type
      id
    }
    id
  }
  ... on Article {
    sponsorType
  }
  ...helpersCheckIsMainTopicContent
}

fragment hooksArticleDateUtilsContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  createdDate
  publishedDate
  updatedDate
}

fragment hooksArticleSeoArticle on Article {
  ...helpersCheckIsPostiesArticle
  ...helpersCheckIsPostMagazineArticle
  ...helpersCheckIsStyleArticle
  ...hooksContentHeadlineTagContent
  ...helpersCheckIsAmpEnabledArticle
  entityId
  headline
  socialHeadline
  types {
    value {
      entityId
      id
    }
  }
  authors {
    entityId
    id
  }
  images {
    generic_og: style(filter: {style: "og_image_scmp_generic"}) {
      url
    }
    styles(filter: {styles: ["og_image_posties_article", "og_postmag", "og_image_style", "og_image_scmp_analysis", "og_image_scmp_explainer", "og_image_scmp_editorial", "og_image_scmp_fact_check", "og_image_scmp_debate", "og_image_scmp_live", "og_image_scmp_obituary", "og_image_scmp_opinion", "og_image_scmp_review", "og_image_scmp_series", "og_image_scmp_generic"]}) {
      url
      style
    }
    type
  }
  urlAlias
}

fragment hooksContentHeadlineTagContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  __typename
  ... on Article {
    types {
      value {
        name
        entityId
        description {
          text
        }
        id
      }
    }
    ...helpersCheckIsStyleArticle
  }
  flag
  sections {
    value {
      name
      id
    }
  }
  ...hooksContentHelperContent
}

fragment hooksContentHelperContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  ...helpersSanitizeArticleTypeEntityIdsArticle
  ...helpersSanitizeAuthorTypesArticle
  ...helpersSanitizedAuthorEntityIdsArticle
  flag
}

fragment hooksPaywallPromiseContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  entityId
  ...helpersCheckIsPostiesArticle
}

fragment hooksTrackPageViewArticle on Article {
  entityId
  publishedDate
  headline
  sections {
    value {
      name
      id
    }
  }
  urlAlias
  authors {
    name
    id
  }
  entityUuid
}

fragment imageContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  headline
  ...checkersCheckContentContainsStarlingImageContent
}

fragment inlineWidgetContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  ...contentNewsletterWidgetContent
}

fragment mainImagePrintArticleArticle on Article {
  images {
    title
    url
    isSlideshow
    size_652x446: style(filter: {style: "652x446"}) {
      url
    }
  }
}

fragment photoGalleryDialogContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  __typename
  ...contentShareWidgetContent
}

fragment photoGalleryWidgetContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  ...photoGalleryDialogContent
}

fragment scmpYoutubeContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  entityId
  urlAlias
  publishedDate
}

fragment sponsorTagSponsor on Sponsor {
  name
  type
  images {
    url
  }
}


sections

types

disableOffPlatformContent

sponsorType

published

headline

socialHeadline

authors

images

publishedDate

updatedDate

summary

subHeadline

keywords

topics

readingTime

authorLocations

entityUuid

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Innovation is a global focus in an ever-changing world. The past two years of the pandemic have only highlighted this critical need for novel ideas more than ever. Education has evolved to position students as successful leaders and changemakers of tomorrow. No longer can students focus on subjects in isolation. Students need to work across multiple disciplines and be inspired to become future innovative leaders. The transformation of learning approaches develops students with the skills they will need to be successful in today's careers by fostering multiple social-emotional skill sets and technological competencies.


At the core of a Stamford education are four I's-Innovation, International, IB-Centric, and Individualized. Innovation lives in the Stamford American School Hong Kong DNA through the embedded STEMinn curriculum (science, technology, engineering, math, and innovation), the Cornerstones hands-on project-based mentorship program, and experienced faculty leveraging the latest technologies and tools to deliver future-proof education.
STEMinn: Delivering Relevant Education
In 2020, the World Economic Forum published data on the most in-demand skills, demonstrating a need for technological literacy combined with various higher-order thinking skills. The STEMinn program at Stamford builds these core skills at every grade level using age-appropriate technology and integrating the core units of students. Hands-on and project-based, the students must collaborate, problem-solve, and display resilience as they work to achieve challenging and exciting outcomes.

In addition to the core units, students are stretched each year by two innovation-focused project weeks: "Mission Inspire" and "Sustainable Stamford." Students from Pre-primary to Grade 12 focus on a school-wide theme to encourage knowledge sharing and collaboration that builds a community of innovators across grade levels. Students have delivered unique projects during Sustainable Stamford (focusing on sustainability), including underwater vehicles with embedded AI technology to track ocean garbage and cultivate alternative food sources to combat food scarcity.
During Mission Inspire, which encompasses a variety of inspiring themes, Grade 10 students explored the "diddley bow" that influenced the development of the blues. After devising a plan, measuring, and prototyping, students constructed their final product with a wide range of tools and incorporated electrical transduction, and tested their final electric bows, tweaking a necessary. This project demonstrates how a simple machine can bring about historical change while allowing students to experience the design cycle firsthand.

Learning from Industry Experts
The Cornerstones Program inspires Grade 9 and 10 students by pairing them with industry experts to learn firsthand from their work experience while growing each student's portfolio and confidence. Students undertake four unique semester-long opportunities for course credit. Students showcase a culminating project supported by a faculty advisor each semester fully integrated into the curriculum. 
This year, Stamford offered students eight project options: architecture, future-focused design thinking, e-commerce entrepreneurship, game design, journalism, student leadership, technical arts, and visual art.
Some of the student projects included redesigning Millennium Plaza in Sheung Wan to improve the use of space and sustainability. In the AI stream, one student invented the concept of a "VendAI" machine that diagnoses and dispenses medical treatments to people living in rural areas where medical facilities are not readily accessible. “You can really find your passions through the Cornerstones Program! In my recent Cornerstones project about trends that will shape our future, I had the pleasure of working with a different group of schoolmates to generate new ideas for a skit on AI and climate change, which really challenged me to be more communicative, collaborative and creative.” shared Mike Y,  Grade 10 Stamford American School student.

Innovative Teachers
The Cornerstones Program inspires Grade 9 and 10 students by pairing them with industry experts to learn firsthand from their work experience while growing each student's portfolio and confidence. Students undertake four unique semester-long opportunities for course credit. Students showcase a culminating project supported by a faculty advisor each semester fully integrated into the curriculum. This year, Stamford offered students eight project options: architecture, future-focused design thinking, e-commerce entrepreneurship, game design, journalism, student leadership, technical arts, and visual art.
Some of the student projects included redesigning Millennium Plaza in Sheung Wan to improve the use of space and sustainability. In the AI stream,  one student invented the concept of a "VendAI" machine that diagnoses and dispenses medical treatments to people living in rural areas where medical facilities are not readily accessible.
Innovative Teachers
Faculty are the most significant predictor of student success at school. Staff receives support from an in-house team of STEMinn and educational technology experts, plus the latest technologies to deliver innovative teaching and learning. As part of the Cognita Schools Group of 90+ schools globally, teachers can also share the latest cutting-edge teaching and learning practices to continue innovating their practice. Being surrounded by a culture that embraces innovation, students are inspired and access the best available modern teaching and learning.
Innovation also leads to more effective teaching. Stamford staff recently designed an all- in- one dashboard, "Perspectives," that collates multiple student data points to revolutionize data-driven education. At a glance, teachers immediately spot challenge and growth areas to personalize learning quickly and effectively. The system creates a "student profile," which provides a view of the whole child that is also parent-friendly and draws upon academic achievement, growth, and success drivers, including well-being, to truly support all areas of student growth using advancements in technology.
"Data is one of our greatest tools to understand students; by making it easy to collate, analyze and share, our teachers can spend more time using it to support student needs rather than trying to work across multiple systems. If we encourage students to innovate, we must also continue to do so ourselves to drive the best learning outcomes for students." shared Michael Galligan, IB Coordinator and a vital driver of the Perspectives data project.
The Result?
Student growth has not suffered even during peaks of the ongoing pandemic; students at Stamford continued to perform 15% above the global average in the Measures of Academic Performance Assessment (MAP). The MAP assessment measures literacy, math and sciences showing that an innovative approach to teaching and learning can lead to fantastic outcomes whether physically or virtually in the classroom.
 
As a school at the forefront of 21st learning, Stamford will continue to evolve education practices to meet the needs of a changing world.
 


Innovation: The DNA of Modern Education

The PP students play some matching games using Osmo Reflectors to consolidate their learning about the 5 senses.

During Mission Inspire Week, grade 5 students took their coding skills to the next level and constructed VexGo Rovers to travel and sustain life on Mars.

The Cornerstones Program offers unique hands-on learning experiences under the guidance of faculty and industry mentors.