The Sugar Land Branch launched a debate club in Spring 2020. This club, founded and led by Andrew Lian, focuses on helping elementary school students develop skills in critical thinking, collaboration, persuasion, and communication. Today I split the students into two rooms. The first was where students who haven’t finished their cases stay and work, […]

On March 21, the Sugar Land Branch premiered its sixth virtual concert for a local nursing home. The theme was “duet music.” Because the coronavirus pandemic has prevented in-person performances, members prerecorded their pieces, which Emma Jiang and Albon Wu edited into the final video. The video was premiered live on the AYLUS Sugar Land […]

Over the past few months, members of the Sugar Land Branch have been sprouting seeds at home for a city project. A new road connecting the Sugar Land Memorial and Brazos River Parks is under construction, along which landscaping is required. The plants have since started sprouted; on March 20, the Sugar Land Branch gathered […]

The Sugar Land Branch initialized a bullying prevention project in 2020.  The aim of the project is to help kids better understand how to take action to stop bullies and to prevent becoming bullies themselves.  The first activity of the project is to develop a picture book about anti-bullying.  The target readers of the book […]

On March 17, Sugar Land Branch continued the Stay Fit At Home Exercise Sessions. The session started off with a cardio warmup which included jumping jacks, high knees, butt kicks, and lunge switches. The next set consisted of alternating between ab exercises and cardio exercises. After completing that set twice, instructors moved on to the […]

The Sugar Land Branch launched a debate club in Spring 2020. This club, founded and led by Andrew Lian, focuses on helping elementary school students develop skills in critical thinking, collaboration, persuasion, and communication. Today most of the students were able to finish their other cases. We spent around 45 minutes working on it while […]

On March 13, Sugar Land Branch continued the Stay Fit At Home Exercise Sessions. The workouts in this session focused on arm strength and abs. Instructors began with a warmup of various cardio exercises including jumping jacks, high knees, and butt kicks. The first main set was alternating between 10 pushups (bend knees) and an […]

Our 12th unit is from 3/1/2021 to 3/31/2021; the Sugar Land Branch Junior Support Program, led by Branch’s junior leader Alvin Zhou, has continued offering free lessons to Pre-K kids. We started math class on 1/15/2021. The class is an introductory mathematics course for 1st graders and below. We decided to teach twenty-six lessons in […]

The Sugar Land Branch launched a debate club in Spring 2020. This club, founded and led by Andrew Lian, focuses on helping elementary school students develop skills in critical thinking, collaboration, persuasion, and communication. Today we played a game which included preparing them for crossfires, and fast responses during it. Afterward we worked on the […]

On March 6, Sugar Land Branch continued the Stay Fit At Home Exercise sessions. Everyone first did some warm-up movements including leg stretches and rolling out the ankles. Instructors led participants through two main workout sets. Both sets had a mix of exercises, but heavily emphasized leg strengthening. In between abs or cardio, AYLUS members […]

Our 12th unit is from 3/1/2021 to 3/31/2021; the Sugar Land Branch Junior Support Program, led by Branch’s junior leader Alvin Zhou, has continued offering free lessons to Pre-K kids. We started math class on 1/15/2021. The class is an introductory mathematics course for 1st graders and below. We decided to teach twenty-six lessons in […]

On March 3, the Sugar Land Branch continued the Stay Fit At Home Exercise sessions. Participants first began with a quick warmup consisting of lateral squats, mountain climbers, and plank jacks. Then instructors led participants through two main workout sets. The first one mixed cardio with some abs such as jump squats and bridge ups, […]

The Sugar Land Branch launched a debate club in Spring 2020. This club, founded and led by Andrew Lian, focuses on helping elementary school students develop skills in critical thinking, collaboration, persuasion, and communication. Today we worked on making cases. I split everyone off into different rooms with their partners to work on them. I […]

Our 11th unit is from 2/1/2021 to 2/28/2021; the Sugar Land Branch Junior Support Program, led by Branch’s junior leader Alvin Zhou, has continued offering free lessons to Pre-K kids. We started math class on 1/15/2021. The class is an introductory mathematics course for 1st graders and below. We decided to teach twenty-six lessons in […]

Our 11th unit is from 2/1/2021 to 2/28/2021; the Sugar Land Branch Junior Support Program, led by Branch’s junior leader Alvin Zhou, has continued offering free lessons to Pre-K kids. We started math class on 1/15/2021. The class is an introductory mathematics course for 1st graders and below. We decided to teach twenty-six lessons in […]

Our 11th unit is from 2/1/2021 to 2/28/2021; the Sugar Land Branch Junior Support Program, led by Branch’s junior leader Alvin Zhou, has continued offering free lessons to Pre-K kids. We started math class on 1/15/2021. The class is an introductory mathematics course for 1st graders and below. We decided to teach twenty-six lessons in […]

The Sugar Land Branch launched a debate club in Spring 2020. This club, founded and led by Andrew Lian, focuses on helping elementary school students develop skills in critical thinking, collaboration, persuasion, and communication. Today we worked on our block file and introduced the new student, Leo.  We also played a game where we would […]

Our 11th unit is from 2/1/2021 to 2/28/2021; the Sugar Land Branch Junior Support Program, led by Branch’s junior leader Alvin Zhou, has continued offering free lessons to Pre-K kids. We started math class on 1/15/2021. The class is an introductory mathematics course for 1st graders and below. We decided to teach twenty-six lessons in […]

Our 11th unit is from 2/1/2021 to 2/28/2021; the Sugar Land Branch Junior Support Program, led by Branch’s junior leader Alvin Zhou, has continued offering free lessons to Pre-K kids. We started math class on 1/15/2021. The class is an introductory mathematics course for 1st graders and below. We decided to teach twenty-six lessons in […]

On February 20, the Sugar Land Branch continued maintaining the Sugar Land Memorial Park Butterfly Garden. Members collaborated with the Sugar Land Parks and Recreation Department to remove and store the tarp they had placed a week prior to protect the garden plants from freezing temperatures. They folded the tarp and stored it securely under […]

On February 14, the Sugar Land Branch uploaded a Valentine’s Day concert to YouTube. Members recorded a variety of solo Valentine-themed pieces and dances and compiled them into a continuous concert. The tracklist is below: Tong Wang – “What Falling In Love Feels Like” Nicole Wu – “Anyone” Justin Chang – “Enchanted” Albon Wu – […]

Our 11th unit is from 2/1/2021 to 2/28/2021; the Sugar Land Branch Junior Support Program, led by Branch’s junior leader Alvin Zhou, has continued offering free lessons to Pre-K kids. We started math class on 1/15/2021. The class is an introductory mathematics course for 1st graders and below. We decided to teach twenty-six lessons in […]

February brought historically low temperatures for the whole state of Texas. A debilitating winter storm caused record-low temperatures, complete with snow and ice, for weeks. Because the onset was so sudden–and because plants native to Texas are better adapted to withstand extreme heat than extreme cold–much of the Sugar Land vegetation was at risk of freezing […]

Our 11th unit is from 2/1/2021 to 2/28/2021; the Sugar Land Branch Junior Support Program, led by Branch’s junior leader Alvin Zhou, has continued offering free lessons to Pre-K kids. We started math class on 1/15/2021. The class is an introductory mathematics course for 1st graders and below. We decided to teach twenty-six lessons in […]

Our 11th unit is from 2/1/2021 to 2/28/2021; the Sugar Land Branch Junior Support Program, led by Branch’s junior leader Alvin Zhou, has continued offering free lessons to Pre-K kids. We started math class on 1/15/2021. The class is an introductory mathematics course for 1st graders and below. We decided to teach twenty-six lessons in […]

The Sugar Land Branch launched a debate club in Spring 2020. This club, founded and led by Andrew Lian, focuses on helping elementary school students develop skills in critical thinking, collaboration, persuasion, and communication.   Today we reviewed old blocks and ended our 6th official tournament. The winner was decided to be Linus, Ethan, and […]

Our 10th unit is from 1/1/2021 to 1/31/2021, the Sugar Land Branch Junior Support Program, led by Branch’s junior leader Alvin Zhou has continued to offer free lessons to Pre-K kids. Started from 1/15/2021, we started math class. This is a basic mathematics course for grade 1st and under. We will have 26 lessons in […]

Today we started our first 2 tournament rounds which everyone did especially well including the two new students. We played the wheel game before each round started to help everyone warm up and had a lot of fun! Jan 27 1 hours 30 minutes Coaches: Andrew and Sherry

There was a new online lesson had been established by Alvin Zhou at Sugar Land Branch Junior Support Program, the Intensive Reading,  It was targeting 4th-5th graders, and detail of numerous of books would be talked as a 6-8 person group. The first four books those we will discuss are Refugee by Alan Gratz, Wonder […]

On January 23, Sugar Land Branch continued the Stay Fit At Home Exercise Sessions. Instructors randomly chose twenty exercises. For the first set, instructors led participants through 15 seconds of each exercise. For the second set, we combined two exercises from the first set for 30 seconds each. Lastly, participants followed AYLUS members for a […]

Our 10th unit is from 1/1/2021 to 1/31/2021, the Sugar Land Branch Junior Support Program, led by Branch’s junior leader Alvin Zhou has continued to offer free lessons to Pre-K kids. Started from 1/15/2021, we started math class. This is a basic mathematics course for grade 1st and under. We will have 26 lessons in […]

On January 20, Sugar Land Branch continued the Stay Fit At Home Exercise Sessions. Instructors lead a warm to get ready with high knees, bridge ups, jumping jacks, crunches, and planks. For the first set, participants followed an ab set including ups and tricep dips. Next, they were introduced to starfishes and alternated starfish and […]

Today we continue working on the case. Everyone was split up into groups with their partner and the coach went to each room to help them. We are looking forward to the tournament next week! Jan 17 2021 2 hours Coaches: Andrew and Ray

On January 16, the Sugar Land Branch continued the Stay Fit At Home Exercise Sessions. AYLUS volunteers first led a stretch and warm-up for participants. Next, instructors led a set that consisted of alternating between 30 seconds of plank hold and an ab-strengthening exercise. Ab exercises included V-ups, russian twists, and sit-ups. Following, instructors demonstrated […]

junior leader Alvin Zhou has continued to offer free lessons to Pre-K kids. We were teaching science class this week. This class based on the widely used science book at Elementary schools in Texas, and had been designed for kids from Pre-k to 1st grade. There will be 10 units, including How scientists work, Technology […]

On January 13, the Sugar Land Branch continued the Stay Fit At Home Exercise Sessions. The session began with a set aimed to strengthen one’s arms consisting of WM rotations, small/big forward and backward arm circles, then Supermans, and tricep dips. To follow, the next set worked out their whole body with exercises that included […]

This week we introduced two new students to the class, and assigned partners. We also worked on both the con and pro cases together. Jan 11 2021 2 hours 15 minutes Coaches: Andrew and Ray Jan 10, 2021, New student orientation 2 hours Coach: Andrew Reported by Andrew Lian

On January 9, AYLUS Sugar Land Branch continued the Stay Fit At Home Exercise Sessions. First, instructors led participants through a cardio warm-up including jumping jacks, high knees, and butt kicks. Next, participants followed through alternating 30 seconds of plank and 5 push-ups. The set was repeated with alternating 20 seconds of plank and 5 […]

Our 10th unit is from 1/1/2021 to 1/31/2021, the Sugar Land Branch Junior Support Program, led by Branch’s junior leader Alvin Zhou has continued to offer free lessons to Pre-K kids. We were teaching science class this week. This class based on the widely used science book at Elementary schools in Texas, and had been […]

On January 6, AYLUS Sugar Land Branch continued the Stay Fit At Home Exercise Sessions. First, instructors led participants through a short leg warmup consisting of squats and lunges. Next, participants followed through an ab set of burpees sit ups, mountain climbers, plants, etc. The set was done 3 times with 1 minute of break […]

On January 2, the Sugar Land Branch organized the first Stay Fit At Home Exercise Session of the new year. Since there was a two week break since the last session, this session had longer breaks in between each set to ease back into exercising regularly. Instructors demonstrated whole-body exercises.  Exercises included plank, jumping jacks, […]

Our 9th unit is from 11/30/2020 to 12/31/2020, the Sugar Land Branch Junior Support Program, led by Branch’s junior leader Alvin Zhou has continued to offer free lessons to Pre-K kids. Reading Lesson by Michael Levin was introduced to Pre-K kids in this unit. The Reading Lesson is a bestselling program that teaches young children […]

On December 27, the Sugar Land Branch resumed its live performances for the Inspired Living senior living center. This marked the first real-time concert that members had given since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. The performance was held over video conference and featured several performers playing pieces ranging from holiday-themed songs to classical repertoire. […]

On December 20, the Sugar Land Branch started a project to assist the City of Sugar Land Parks and Recreation Department in providing landscaping for a new road connecting the Memorial and Brazos River Parks. Members received seeds from the city, after which they planted and watered them in small containers at home. The participating […]

On December 22, the Sugar Land Branch released its virtual Christmas Concert for 2020. The concert consisted of a variety of performances, including solos, duets, and ensembles. Members performed a mix of Christmas carols, holiday songs, and classical repertoire. Some members gave live concerts at Memorial Park, as they did a week prior, but also […]

Today we started working on our blocks, which stored arguments that the students could use freely. The assignment was to make an argument for each pro and con. Everyone finished and we relaxed a bit, considering it was winter break. Dec 22 2 hours Coaches: Andrew and Ray Reported by Andrew Lian

There was a new online lesson had been established by Alvin Zhou at Sugar Land Branch Junior Support Program, the Intensive Reading,  It was targeting 4th-5th graders, and detail of numerous of books would be talked as a 6-8 person group. The first four books those we will discuss are Refugee by Alan Gratz, Wonder […]

Our 9th unit is from 11/30/2020 to 12/31/2020, the Sugar Land Branch Junior Support Program, led by Branch’s junior leader Alvin Zhou has continued to offer free lessons to Pre-K kids. Reading Lesson by Michael Levin was introduced to Pre-K kids in this unit. The Reading Lesson is a bestselling program that teaches young children […]

On December 18th, the Sugar Land Branch performed at the Sugar Land Memorial Park. Members separated into ensembles and performed their respective pieces for parkgoers around the area. The repertoire consisted of string arrangements of Christmas carols and other pieces. The performance lasted for an hour, with performers occasionally switching locations throughout the park to […]

This week we debated our final round. It was very rigorous and stored a lot of tension. In the end, Andrea and Sarena won. Which means they are our 5th tournament winner. Dec 15th 2 hours Coach／Judge: Andrew Reported by Andrew Lian

Our 9th unit is from 11/30/2020 to 12/31/2020, the Sugar Land Branch Junior Support Program, led by Branch’s junior leader Alvin Zhou has continued to offer free lessons to Pre-K kids. Reading Lesson by Michael Levin was introduced to Pre-K kids in this unit. The Reading Lesson is a bestselling program that teaches young children […]

On December 5, the Sugar Land Branch concluded the Fall Stay Fit At Home Exercise Sessions. Since this was the final session of this year, AYLUS instructors created a variety of workouts including cardio, abs, legs, and arm strengthening, and some stretches at the end. Instructors encouraged participants to do some exercises on their own […]

On December 2, the Sugar Land Branch continued the Stay Fit At Home Exercise sessions. Participants first followed instructors for a short warmup consisting of small jumps back and forth. This session mainly focused on arm and ab muscle building. Arm building exercises included arm circles and bicep curls. Ab strengthening exercises included one leg […]

On Dec 1 2020, we started the debate tournament for our current topic: Should kids have privacy online. We quickly finished writing a block, and luckily all the students finished writing their cases so next week we could start our rounds. Reported by Andrew Lian

Our 8th unit is from 11/1/2020 to 11/30/2020, the Sugar Land Branch Junior Support Program, led by Branch’s junior leader Alvin Zhou has continued to offer free lessons to Pre-K kids. We started new science class this week. This class based on the widely used science book at Elemantary schools in Texas, the Science class […]

On November 25, AYLUS Sugar Land continued the Stay Fit At Home Exercise Sessions. To celebrate the last day of Planksgiving, members allowed participants to choose the exercises they wanted to do. Participants chose cardio and ab exercises, including frying fish. At the end of the session, participants and AYLUS instructors held a 1 minute […]

On November 21, the Sugar Land Branch continued the Stay Fit At Home Exercise Sessions. This session consisted of ab and cardio exercises. Instructors introduced new exercises including one-arm-press and sprinter crunches. Participants finished off the exercises with holding a 1 minute 30 second plank for Planksgiving. At the end of the session, instructors introduced […]

On November 20, the Sugar Land Branch continued volunteering at the Memorial Park Butterfly Garden. This time, members focused on pulling weeds and extraneous grass to clear room for the planting of several new wildflowers on the edge of the garden. Members gathered a huge pile of weeds and grass and disposed of them appropriately. […]

On November 18, the Sugar Land Branch continued the Stay Fit At Home Exercise Sessions. The session began with a set aimed to strengthen one’s arms consisting of WM rotations, small/big forward and backward arm circles, then Supermans, and tricep dips. To follow, the next set worked out their whole body with exercises that included […]

On Nov 17 2020, the debate club started preparing for their tournament by reviewing the debate terms, formats, and arguments they created. We also reviewed what the new tournament is going to be like and what the structure will be after Thanksgiving break. We have the tournament pairing released and students are preparing for the […]

On November 14, AYLUS branch continued Stay Fit At Home Exercise Sessions. This session mainly focused on building leg and and core muscles. Instructors led participants through various exercises such as squats, lounges, sit-ups, crunches, v-ups, and leg raises. At the end, participants held a 1 minute and 15 seconds plank for Planksgiving. Each week, […]

Our 8th unit is from 11/1/2020 to 11/30/2020, the Sugar Land Branch Junior Support Program, led by Branch’s junior leader Alvin Zhou has continued to offer free lessons to Pre-K kids. We started new science class this week. This class based on the widely used science book at Elemantary schools in Texas, the Science class […]

On November 13, AYLUS Sugar Land volunteered at the Sugar Land Memorial Park Butterfly Garden. This week’s volunteering expanded on previous weeks’ establishment of trenches. Members connected two existing trenches far apart in the garden, allowing plants in between to be watered. Additionally, the participants refined the existing trenches to make water flow and irrigation […]

On November 11, the Sugar Land branch continued Fall Stay Fit At Home Exercise Sessions. This session consisted of one set that worked out the whole body. Members consecutively did knee to elbows, burpees, leg raises, mt climbers, bridge ups, supermans, pushups, jumping jacks, right/left leg bridge ups, high knees, and sit ups, for 30 […]

On November 7, Sugar Land Branch continued the Stay Fit At Home Exercise Sessions. This session was an all-out workout that strengthened arm, leg, and core muscles, in addition to building stamina. Participants first did various arm exercises with weights including bicep curls. Nicole and Isabella introduced new movements such as “Up-Side-Down Raises” and “one […]

On Nov 10 2020, I split the different teams into each separate breakout room to work on the cases they didn’t finish last week. After they we’re finished I reviewed their work and helped them fix the errors and further improve their cases. Reported by Andrew Lian (2 hours)  

There was a new online lesson had been established by Alvin Zhou at Sugar Land Branch Junior Support Program, the Intensive Reading,  It was targeting 4th-5th graders, and detail of numerous of books would be talked as a 6-8 person group. The first four books those we will discuss are Refugee by Alan Gratz, Wonder […]

There was a new online lesson had been established by Alvin Zhou at Sugar Land Branch Junior Support Program, the Intensive Reading,  It was targeting 4th-5th graders, and detail of numerous of books would be talked as a 6-8 person group. The first four books those we will discuss are Refugee by Alan Gratz, Wonder […]

On November 8, the Sugar Land Branch continued its maintenance at the Memorial Park Butterfly Garden. Members focused on digging trenches to the far side of the garden, allowing the garden’s windmill to pump water to all areas. Using a trowel and a mattock, the participants extended the existing irrigation system to allow for future […]

Our 8th unit is from 11/1/2020 to 11/30/2020, the Sugar Land Branch Junior Support Program, led by Branch’s junior leader Alvin Zhou has continued to offer free lessons to Pre-K kids. Reading Lesson by Michael Levin was introduced to Pre-K kids in this unit. The Reading Lesson is a bestselling program that teaches young children […]

On November 4, the Sugar Land Branch continued the Stay Fit At Home Exercise Sessions. This session began with a short warm-up consisting of high knees, shoulder raises, and tricep dips aimed to strengthen participants’ arms and legs. To follow, members led participants in an ab workout consisting of burpees, shoulder raises, flutter kicks, planks, […]

On Nov 3 2020, we continually worked on developing cases for the new topic. Today, the students and I decided to finish at least one case during today’s meeting. Luckily everyone was able to finish early so we played a drawing-guessing game for the last few minutes of class. The homework I assigned them was […]

Starting from Nov 2nd, the Primary Mathematics 1A class was launched by Shaopan Gao through the Kids College organization. The basic mathematics course for grades Kindergarten and under has been able to help many in learning math. In the class, we used number lines, pictures, and daily life examples to introduce and explain the basic […]

On Halloween, AYLUS members Isabella, Nicole, and Jialu organized a fun activity for participants to enjoy. Participants first followed along for a short cardio workout including jumping jacks, high knees, butt kicks, and burpees. The rest of the time was dedicated to playing a fun Halloween-themed game called Skribbl, which is similar to draw-it-out. Participants […]

On October 30, the Sugar Land Branch continued its project of maintaining the Memorial Park Butterfly Garden. Members added two new trenches to the irrigation system, extending the watering capabilities to the second half of the garden. Also, members continued to break and remove dead branches from restricting the growth of other plants. The participating […]

Our 7th unit is from 10/1/2020 to 10/31/2020, the Sugar Land Branch Junior Support Program, led by Branch’s junior leader Alvin Zhou has continued to offer free lessons to Pre-K kids. Reading Lesson by Michael Levin was introduced to Pre-K kids in this unit. The Reading Lesson is a bestselling program that teaches young children […]

On October 28, Sugar Land AYLUS branch continued the Stay Fit At Home Exercise Sessions.  Instructors began with a build-up cardio workout. Participants started with 30 seconds of jumping jacks and eventually built their way up to 2 minutes, with rest in between. Following, participants did a mix-set including pushups, mountain climbers, and burpees. Participating […]

On Oct 27, 2020, the debate club made a block file which was a file full of arguments to use during a debate match. During the end of class we gave everyone an assignment to add at least 1 argument for the pro and con side. Reported time: Oct 12: 1.5 hours (Coach: Andrew/Sherry) Reported […]

There was a new online lesson had been established by Alvin Zhou at Sugar Land Branch Junior Support Program, the Intensive Reading,  It was targeting 4th-5th graders, and detail of numerous of books would be talked as a 6-8 person group. The first four books those we will discuss are Refugee by Alan Gratz, Wonder […]

The Sugar Land Branch continued the Stay Fit at Home Exercise Session on October 24. The session consisted of a cardio workout and a difficult abdominal workout. First, Isabella led participants through burpees, jumping jacks, mountain climbers, and high knees with knee to elbow movements between each exercise. For the ab workout, Nicole and Isabella […]