Parent Coffees and Programs: Videos

Date: Februrary 14, 2025
Length: 12:46:43

This SAS parent session outlines the high school course registration process, highlighting student ownership, support systems, and strategies for balanced academic planning.

Date: August 29, 2024
Length: 1:32:03

Date: October 2, 2023
Length: 1:17:19

The purpose of this presentation is to aid parents in understanding the issues teens and parents encounter with technology, with an overview of psycho-social development, cognitive development, and operant behavior(s) to help parents have a "context" for the appeal of tech in teens' lives. Read the summary here.

Date: August 17, 2023
Length: 0:57:45

Date: November 7, 2022
Length: 1:17:00

This session provides parents with updates for SAS Reimagined in the high school division and the impact these improved spaces will have on our student and educator experiences over the next several years, as well as updates regarding our Quest Program and Interim Semester 2023. 

Date: October 5, 2022
Length: 1:18:08

This session gave parents a firsthand look at our problem-based mathematics approach to teaching and learning as they got to experience a math lesson led by our math department chair, Emily Leipold, and math specialist, Darlene Poluan.

Date: September 5, 2022
Length: 1:05:52

Parents heard from school leaders who shared information about several of the previous reviews we have conducted and about the current status of this work. Click here to view the slide deck.

Date: August 18, 2022
Length: 1:15:05

Singapore American School's personal academic counselors welcomed all high school parents and introduced various elements of our school program and community.

Date: September 9, 2020
Length: 51 minutes
This is a discussion for the senior year parents from the perspectives of both the student and the parent—a special session for parents with children in twelfth grade.

Date: August 12, 2020
Length: 1:03
This high school presentation held on Wednesday, August 12 is an introduction to the wonderful team of professionals helping students enjoy an optimal experience in high school, high school technical platforms, special events, and activities.

Date: September 10, 2019
Length: 1:29
This is a discussion for the senior year parents from the perspectives of both the student and the parent—a special session for parents with children in twelfth grade.

Date: August 20, 2019
Length: 1:19
This “Nuts and Bolts” of high school presentation held on Tuesday, August 20 is an introduction to high school technical platforms, special events, and activities, as well as how course and credits work toward graduation.

Length: 1:12
This parent coffee covered high school technical platforms, special events and activities, as well as how course and credits work toward graduation.

Date: March 03, 2025
Length: 1:37:03

This parent coffee session at SAS guides families through the course registration process, emphasizing student-led decision-making, balanced academic planning, and available support resources.

Date: Februrary 5, 2025
Length: 1:35:51

This session introduces the SAS High School Program Planning Guide, offering insights from administrators, counselors, teachers, and a student on how to navigate course selection with balance, purpose, and long-term academic planning in mind.

Date: October 15, 2024
Length: 0:40:40

Date: September 10, 2024
Length: 1:11:08

Date: August 28, 2024
Length: 1:00:18

Date: April 8, 2024
Length: 0:53:13

Date: March 4, 2024
Length: 1:15:35

Date: March 4, 2024
Length: 1:15:34

The video and slidedeck of the session include timelines, tips, and other Course Planning Resources.

Date: February 27, 2024
Length: 0:50:43

Date: February 14, 2024
Length: 1:35:44

Date: February 5, 2024
Length: 1:27:00

Date: February 5, 2024
Length: 1:26:59

Learn more about the 2024–25 PPG and how the PPG can be used as a valuable resource to explore many of the academic opportunities and course pathways, as well as guide discussions at home as we head into course registration. Here's the video and the slidedeck.  

Date: October 2, 2023
Length: 1:17:19

The purpose of this presentation is to aid parents in understanding the issues teens and parents encounter with technology, with an overview of psycho-social development, cognitive development, and operant behavior(s) to help parents have a "context" for the appeal of tech in teens' lives. Read the summary here.

Date: August 29, 2023
Length: 1:10:54

Length: 2:49
This is a discussion with the founder of International Family Transitions and author of The Global Nomad's Guide to University Transition, Tina Quick, about launching a child to university— a special session for parents with children in eleventh and twelfth grade.

Length: 1:15
This coffee talk discussed how you can support your child in their transition to high school by covering topics such as: academics, navigating our online systems, and our clubs and activity programs.

Length: 1:19:14
Learn more about the ongoing and upcoming work in high school mathematics and learning support.

Date: April 7, 2021
Length: 1:00:03
The college counselors gave a virtual presentation on financial aid at US colleges.

Date: March 16, 2021
Length: 1:01:39
The college counselors gave a virtual presentation on US college athletics and recruitment. Click here to access the tips sheet.

Date: March 10, 2021
Length: 1:09:23
Applying to college can be stressful, but there are things you can do to lessen the pressure and make the process a bit more manageable.

Length: 1:23:12
Learn more about how we provide feedback to high school students on their learning.

Date: February 10, 2021
Length: 0:55:27
This “big picture” session is designed to give sophomores and their parents a broad overview of college admission. You will learn about high school courses and grades, advanced courses, extracurriculars, admission testing, and all of the other elements that come together on a college application.

Length: 1:29:59
We share the exciting opportunities that will be available to high school students in the 2021-22 high school program planning guide.

Date: January 12, 2021
Length: 1:02:00
High school college counselors had an introductory meeting about college counseling and the college admissions process.

Length: 1:24:07
This special parent coffee covers the powerful learning opportunities available to students through Quest.

Date: November 24, 2020
Length: 1:30:44
The college counselors invited all junior parents and guardians to a college kickoff meeting at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, November 24.

Date: November 10, 2020
Length: 54 minutes
College counselors invited all junior parents and guardians to a virtual program that introduced them to Cialfo, the SAS college counseling research and data management platform.

Length: 1:19:52
Learn more about the updates regarding some of the programs that are designed to help us to achieve our school's vision.

Date: October 6, 2020
Length: 1:01:45
College counseling department shared three unique perspectives on what parents might want to be thinking about as their children plan for the leap from high school to college in the US. 

Length: 1:13:06
We share how best to access and make use of information on our school and on student learning.

Date: September 23, 2020
Length: 1:01:25
This second session is joined by a panel of representatives from several highly selective US colleges and universities.

Date: September 9, 2020
Length: 51 minutes
This is a discussion for the senior year parents from the perspectives of both the student and the parent—a special session for parents with children in twelfth grade.

Date: August 12, 2020
Length: 1:03
This high school presentation held on Wednesday, August 12 is an introduction to the wonderful team of professionals helping students enjoy an optimal experience in high school, high school technical platforms, special events, and activities.

Length: 1:00:25
This parent coffee is for current parents of twelfth grade students covering senior events and senior year timeline.

Date: September 8, 2020
Length: 59 minutes
This session is joined by a panel of representatives from several highly selective US colleges and universities.

Length: 1:16:50
Get to know the high school team, our hopes for the high school, and our work towards a safe, positive, and inclusive culture. 

Date: August 11
Length: 1:09:21

The college counselors invited families of seniors to the college timeline meeting to discuss timeline during senior year.

Date: March 17
Length: 48:37

The college counselors invited families of students in grade nine to eleven to our college parent coffee on Admission Practices Around the World on Tuesday, March 17, at 9:00 a.m. in the drama theater. This presentation covered the topic of preparing for and applying to universities in Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, the Netherlands, Singapore, and the UK.

Date: November 26, 2019
Length: 1:12:54
The college counselors invited all junior parents and guardians to a college kickoff meeting at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, November 26, in the drama theater. 

Date: November 11, 2019
Length: 1:10:44
The college counselors invited families to an Introduction to Cialfo, our college research and application management database. The program is primarily for parents of children in tenth and eleventh grade.

Date: October 8, 2019
Length: 1:06:24
The college counselors invited all high school parents and guardians to a presentation on Trends in Global Admissions.

Date: September 25, 2019
Length: 49:21
This is a high school art department program on the preparation of portfolios for college admissions, intended for all seniors who are applying to art or architecture schools or who are preparing supplemental portfolios for university submission.

Date: September 16, 2019
Length: 58 mins
The college counseling department invited admissions representatives to discuss the college admissions process and what they look for during admission.

Date: September 10, 2019
Length: 1:29
This is a discussion for the senior year parents from the perspectives of both the student and the parent—a special session for parents with children in twelfth grade.

Date: August 20, 2019
Length: 1:19
This “Nuts and Bolts” of high school presentation held on Tuesday, August 20 is an introduction to high school technical platforms, special events, and activities, as well as how course and credits work toward graduation.

Date: September 16, 2019
Length: 56 mins
High school college counselors had an introductory meeting about college counseling and the college admissions process.

Date: April 6, 2019
Length: 53 mins
This session will give students and parents strategies for self-reflection, researching colleges, and how to have effective family conversations about college options. 

Date: April 6, 2019
Length: 48 mins
This “big picture” session is designed to give sophomores and their parents a broad overview of college admission. You will learn about high school courses and grades, advanced courses, extracurriculars, admission testing, and all of the other elements that come together on a college application.

Date: April 6, 2019
Length: 40 mins
This conversation with Yale-NUS Professor Nancy Gleason will explore the relevance of a liberal arts education to today’s society and the ways in which a liberal arts education prepares students for life after college.

Date: April 6, 2019
Length: 46 mins
This session will provide a quick snapshot of Non-US country’s testing and coursework expectations, plans for programs of study, the application process, and more.

Date: April 6, 2019
Length: 40 mins
This session will help you determine the pros and cons of taking time off between high school graduation and college enrollment. You will also gain some tips and ideas from parents of those who took a gap year, students themselves, and some professionals in the gap year industry. 

Date: April 6, 2019
Length: 51 mins
Hear firsthand about the college admissions process from parents of current SAS seniors. Our parents provided tips about managing (and surviving!) the college application process.

Length: 47 mins
This parent coffee is designed for current grade eight through grade ten parents who are seeking general information about our SAS Advanced Studies program. Advanced Studies includes both our Advanced Topics and Advanced Placement courses.

Length: 53 mins
High school college counselors had an introductory meeting about college counseling and the college admissions process.

Length: 55 mins
Parents of students in tenth and eleventh grade are invited to an introduction to Cialfo, Singapore American School's new online platform for college research, record-keeping, and application submissions.

Length: 1:09
Parents of eleventh grade students learned more about the college process for families.

Length: 1:12
This parent coffee covered high school technical platforms, special events and activities, as well as how course and credits work toward graduation.

Length: 48 mins

Length: 13 mins
Our guest speaker, Susannah Murphy, discussed sexual consent on college campuses. This highly engaging and relevant presentation was reviewed by SAS dean of student life, Ms. Sue Nesbitt.

Length: 1:03
This parent coffee was for grade nine through eleven parents with information on summer programs for students and basic program planning guide advice for parents as course selections begin.

Length: 1:43
During this PTA coffee we share our 2018-19 program planning guide highlights and the course sign-up process. There will be information about our world class activities and athletics program as well as what is trending at the high school.

Length: 1:09
Our college counselors talked to parents of ninth graders about how to help their child navigate high school in preparation for college.

Length: 2:49
This is a discussion with the founder of International Family Transitions and author of The Global Nomad's Guide to University Transition, Tina Quick, about launching a child to university— a special session for parents with children in eleventh and twelfth grade.

Length: 31 mins
This parent coffee is for families with students interested in enrolling in Canadian colleges.

Length: 1:40
Our high school administration and PTA representatives discussed our advanced studies offerings, specifically advanced topics (ATs), and answered your questions from our October gathering.

Length: 1:46
This parent coffee focuses on three things—service at SAS, self-paced AP Economics, and what’s trending in high school.

Length: 59 mins
The college counseling department invited four representatives from four colleges, to discuss on college admissions process and what they look for during admission.

Length: 1:31
During the coffee, we heard about progress report from both college and personal and academic counseling departments on their work this year as well as a forecast of upcoming events. The Quest team discusses opportunities for junior students in Quest as well as sign-up procedures.

Length: 1:01
This college counseling parent coffee highlighted on US financial aid—how US colleges award aid, how the colleges evaluate what they are awarding and understanding college principles.

Length: 1:29
This parent coffee focuses on Interim Semester where Dan Skimin and Sebastian Wong will share information on recent changes in the program and safety and risk procedures.

Length: 1:15
This coffee talk discussed how you can support your child in their transition to high school by covering topics such as: academics, navigating our online systems, and our clubs and activity programs.

Length: 1:41
Dr. Fahrney started the coffee with a brief talk about high school success indicators, and the faculty working to ramp up for the 2017-18 school year.