Summer Break, Final Report Card, and Enjoy Water Safely

Summer Break and 2025-2026 Year at a Glance
Key dates and holidays for the 2025-2026 school year are available. The school year begins on Monday, August 11. Printed school calendars will be distributed to all students on the first day of school. We look forward to welcoming your child(ren) to the new school year. Have a fantastic summer break!

Yearbook Distribution
Each student has received a hard copy of the yearbook.

Final Report Card Available on PowerSchool
To keep parents informed about the student’s academic performance, the school will provide a digital copy of students’ final report card, which will be available through PowerSchool from Friday, June 20. Once you log into PowerSchool, click the “Student Reports” icon in the left menu. Please contact Mr. Eddie Yu, Registrar, at registrar@yhischina.com if you have further questions.

Shark Times May & June, 2025
The Student Newspaper Club has published a newspaper for May & June. The student journalists have worked hard to keep you informed about what happened in May & June and to deliver exciting stories and interviews to you.

IXL Service Temporary Unavailability
Our student IXL accounts sync with PowerSchool, which will be undergoing end-of-year data maintenance from July 1 to July 15 (approximate dates). As a result, IXL will be temporarily unavailable during this period. We apologize for any inconvenience and appreciate your patience and understanding.

Medical Report for Students Entering G1, G6, and G9
All new and returning students entering Grades 1, 6, and 9 for the upcoming school year are required to complete a Student Medical Report (SMR) and submit it by the end of the first week of school.

If a student was newly enrolled in Kindergarten, Grade 5, or Grade 8 and completed the SMR upon admission, another medical examination is not required at this time.

For your convenience, we recommend the following local hospital for health screening. It is located near the campus and has printed SMR forms available specifically for our students:

KunLunShan Hospital (烟台市昆仑山医院)
Address: 山东省烟台市福山区昆仑山路88号
Work hours for health screening: 7:30–11:00, 13:30–16:30 on Monday - Friday
Cost: 60 RMB

Chinese Level Placement Test
All elementary and secondary students in Chinese classes are required to take a Chinese placement test during the first week of the new school year. To ensure appropriate class placement, there will be a one-week adjustment period. Please note that Native Chinese classes are exempt from the placement test. If you have any questions, please contact the Chinese Department at chinese@yhischina.com.

Enjoy Water Safely
This announcement is designed to proactively raise awareness of water safety ahead of summer outdoor activities.

1. Supervision is rule #1. Kids must be watched whenever they're around water, no matter what their swimming skills. This is true whether the water is in a bathtub, a wading pool, an ornamental fish pond, a swimming pool, a spa, an ocean, or a lake. Even kids who know how to swim can be at risk for drowning. For instance, a child could slip and fall on the pool deck, lose consciousness, and fall into the pool and possibly drown.

2. Young children are especially at risk. They can drown in less than 2 inches (6 centimeters) of water. That means drowning can happen in a sink, toilet bowl, fountains, buckets, inflatable pools, or small bodies of standing water around your home, such as ditches filled with rainwater. Young kids and weak swimmers should have an adult swimmer within arm's reach to provide "touch supervision."

3. Look out for lifeguards. If you’re looking for a place to cool off always find a lifeguarded swimming site.

4. Currents in the water can be very strong. If you find yourself caught in a riptide – don’t swim against it – you’ll tire yourself out. Swim with the current and call for help.