Shanghai American School

Shanghai American School
Shanghai American School
Simplified Chinese	上海美国外籍人员子女学校
Traditional Chinese	上海美國外籍人員子女學校
Literal meaning	Shanghai United States Foreign Personnel Children's School
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Shànghǎi Měiguó Wàijí Rényuán Zǐnǚ Xuéxiào
Alternative Chinese name
Simplified Chinese	上海美国学校
Traditional Chinese	上海美國學校
Literal meaning	Shanghai United States School
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Shànghǎi Měiguó Xuéxiào

Shanghai American School
Shanghai American School
	Puxi campus
Location
	1600 Lingbai Highway, Pudong; 258 Jinfeng Road, Minhang, Puxi; Shanghai; China
Information
Former names	American Private School (1941–42); Community Private School (1942–43); Chapei Civilian Assembly Camp school (1943–45); Shanghai American Private School (1945–46); Private American School (1949–50);
Type	Private, not-for-profit
Motto	Possumus Quia Posse Videmur; ("Since we think we can, we can.")
Established	1912
Chair	Emily Chan
Campus Director	Krista Zavits (Pudong); Christopher Henry (Puxi)
Head of school	James Nelligan
Faculty	388 from 51 countries
Grades	Pre-K-12
Enrollment	3047
Campus size	22 acres (Pudong); 29 acres (Puxi)
Colors	Schoolwide; Red; Blue; White; Puxi; Gold; Pudong; Silver;
Athletics	Asia Pacific Activities Conference; Association of China and Mongolia International Schools; China International Schools Sports Association;
Nickname	Eagles
Affiliations	Western Association of Schools and Colleges; College Board Advanced Placement; International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme; Principal Training Center;
Website	www.saschina.org

Shanghai American School (SAS; 上海美国外籍人员子女学校) is a private school for children of foreign personnel, located in Shanghai, China. Founded in 1912, SAS has two campuses.