Whole-person education is an integral part of Pao School's mission. Pao School believes in encouraging students to pursue their interests in a wide variety of areas. Drama is an important co-curricular activity at Pao School, and over the years, the school has cultivated some outstanding young drama talent.
During the weekend of 25-26 March, The Educational Theatre Association of China organised the annual National Young Thespian Festival in Kongjiang Middle School in Shanghai. Attracting drama talents from all over China, this year's festival had over 300 contestants from 46 school in 9 provinces. Ten of YK Pao School's Senior Secondary drama students including myself participated in three individual categories.
The two-day competition was a great experience for us, as we had the chance to meet and learn from other talented actors and actresses from across China. With participants in all three categories - monologue, duologue and improvisation - we were all very delighted to make it into the semi-finals and ended up with five groups that made the finals. Compared to other schools, we are definitely new to the festival but we made a good impression on the judges and other contestants. Coming back to school with eleven trophies, we feel very honoured to be recognised as an outstanding group by Educational Theatre Association China and feel proud to be representing YK Pao School's drama talents.
Student reporter: Sammi Lu
Pao School's Awards
Monologue
*2 students made the finals, 6 chosen out of 116 contestants
Duologue
* 2 groups made the final round, 7 chosen out of 62 groups 61
Improvisation
*1 student made the final round, 8 chosen out of 44 contestants
