On August 22, the Sugar Land Branch continued the Fall Stay Fit At Home Exercise Program. Members led participants through leg strengthening exercises including lounges and squats, calf exercises, and arm exercises including plank taps, plank jacks, and bicep curls. At the end of the 30 minute session, participants followed instructors in doing sit ups […]

Throughout the month of August, the Sugar Land Branch has continued Unit 5 of its international academic lessons. On the 3rd week of 5th unit from 8/16 to 8/22, Alvin organized meetings, meanwhile Emily and Daniel joined as presenters. Sight words and All the o’s had been taught to Pre-K students on 8/17/2020 and 8/21/2020, […]

On Wednesday August 19, the Sugar Land Branch continued the Fall Stay Fit At Home Exercise Sessions. This 30 minute session consisted of arm strengthening exercises with weights mixed with some cardio movements and a combination of arm and ab exercises. There were 16 attendees. The participating members were Nicole and Isabella Wu. Reported by […]

In response to many requests following the end of the Summer Stay Fit At Home Exercise Program, the Sugar Land Branch launched the first session of the Fall Stay Fit At Home Exercise Program on Saturday August 15. Since this was the first session, members created a full-body workout consisting of an arm circle warm […]

On 2nd week of 5th unit from 8/9 to 8/15, Alvin organized meetings, meanwhile Derek and Ethan joined as presenters. All the a’s and all the I’s had been taught to Pre-K students on 8/10/2020 and 8/14/2020, respectively. Reported by Alvin Zhou

On August 14, the Sugar Land Branch continued its butterfly garden maintenance project. As usual, the priorities were watering the plants and pulling weeds. Members pulled an exceptionally large pile of weeds, disposed of them accordingly, and watered the whole garden. The participating members were Elliot Yeh, Nicole Wu, Serena Li, Emma Jiang, and Albon […]

On August 11th, the coach introduced new concepts such as weighing and extending.. The students were sent into different groups and the coach went into each room to teach them how they could do literature research for their contentions.  The coach also created a discord server for the students to interact with each other after and […]

Our 5th unit from 7/28/2020 to 8/29/2020, has ended very quickly and 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. Before the starting of 5th unit, all volunteers had a meeting organized by Alvin on 07-30-2020, the teaching plan was […]

Friday August 7 marked the final Stay Fit At Home exercise session for the Summer. To celebrate the end of the summer program, members created a game that lasted the entire session. Participants were split into two groups. In each round of the game, each group sent one representative to guess a number 1-50. Whoever […]

On August 6, Sugar Land Branch continued the Summer Stay Fit At Home Exercise Sessions. AYLUS members led participants through different jump exercises to improve stamina and strengthen legs. Next, participants followed instructors in a combination of arm and leg strengthening movements. The remainder of the session consisted of core strengthening exercises including what members […]

The plants and weeds of the Sugar Land Memorial Park Butterfly Garden have been growing relentlessly throughout the summer. Throughout the sweltering month of August, members of the Sugar Land Branch have continued maintaining the garden mainly through watering and weed pulling. Members met again on August 6 to continue routine maintenance. The participating members […]

On August 5, Sugar Land Branch continued the Summer Stay Fit At Home Exercise Sessions. The 30 minute session consisted of back exercises, challenging ab movements, and a cardio set. The session concluded with a horse stance competition that tested participants’ leg strength. It was a close tie, but the winner persisted through almost three […]

On August 4th, the Sugar Land debate club started the new topic, which was “Can Online classes replace Traditional Classrooms?” We reviewed the topic together and the coach helped the students think of arguments they could use for their contentions for the new topic.  After that we still had a few minutes of class time […]

On August 4, Sugar Land Branch Continued the Stay Fit At Home Exercise Program. In this 30-minute session, members led participants through exercises that improved stamina and activities to strengthen arms, legs, and calves. Participants were encouraged to use weights (less than six pounds) or anything they could find such as books, water bottles, or […]

On Monday August 3, the Sugar Land Branch began Week Two of Summer Stay Fit At Home Exercise Sessions. To get their blood pumping, participants warmed up with some jumping jacks. AYLUS members then led them through various ab exercises and cardio movements. Finally, participants followed instructors for a leg raise combination to the beat […]

With social distancing precautions, people are limited to travel. Stuck at home, many children, teens, and adults are lacking an important necessity: exercise. On August 3, Sugar Land AYLUS members Nicole Wu and Isabella Wu launched a two-week Stay Fit At Home Exercise Sessions to be held Monday to Friday, each session lasting for 30 […]

On August 2, the Sugar Land Branch continued the Summer Stay Fit At Home Exercise Program. Members hosted a special challenge session in celebration for the end of the week. For the entire session, members led participants through a burpee variation challenge. Participants were split into two groups, each group led by a different AYLUS […]

In continuing with the virtual series, Sugar Land Branch produced their 2nd virtual concert on August 1, which contains performances by different instruments including violin, oboe, piano, and harp. Members presented the performance online to the senior citizens for whom we have missed live-performance during the pandemic. The performers were: Albon Wu, Emma Jiang, Angela […]

On August 1st, the Sugar Land Branch continued volunteering at the Memorial Park Butterfly Garden. Due to the frequent rain recently, members mainly focused on pulling weeds from around the plants, but also sporadically watered some plants and surrounding trees. Their efforts have caused the garden to attract the attention of the City of Sugar […]

On August 1, Sugar Land AYLUS continued the Summer Stay Fit At Home Exercise Sessions. To get everyone’s blood circulating, members led participants through a challenging ab and cardio workout. For the last half of the session, AYLUS member Emma Jiang hosted a yoga session to teach participants the importance of stretching and relaxing our […]

On July 29, members of the Sugar Land Branch continued the Stay Fit At Home Exercise Program. First, members led participants through an arm and wrist stretch in preparation for pushups and planks. Participants followed along through an arm strengthening set, a cardio set (consisting of burpees and jumping jacks), a sit-up and crunch set […]

On July 28, Sugar Land Branch continued the Summer Stay Fit At Home Exercise Program. Members first demonstrated how to do warm up leg stretches in preparation for the upcoming workout. After the short stretch, members led participants in leg strengthening exercises such as various types of lunges and squats. Next, participants followed AYLUS members […]

With social distancing precautions, people are limited to travel. Stuck at home, many children, teens, and adults are lacking an important necessity: exercise. To combat this obstacle, Sugar Land Aylus members Nicole Wu and Isabella Wu launched the first online Stay Fit At Home Exercise Session on Monday July 27, 2020 via Zoom. Members prepared […]

This month was a very enjoyable month. We had 5 new members join and we were able to invite them to do the tournament despite how new they are. We had a new debate topic for the tournament, which is “Parents should take parenting classes before having a child” and we are currently deciding the […]

Our 4th unit from 6/22/2020 to 7/27/2020 has ended very quickly and 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. Last unit, Alvin Zhou, Shaopan Gao, Erin H, Philina Zhou, Daniel Hu, Fiona Qiao, and Derek Su provided science lessons. […]

The Sugar Land Branch has routinely volunteered at the Sugar Land Memorial Park Butterfly Garden for almost a year. Members started with planting the garden’s flowers and trees last year and have continued to maintain them by removing dead branches, watering, and pulling weeds etc. through the summer. The garden had attracted many butterflies and […]

Starting from April 16, the Sugar Land Branch Junior Support Program led by Junior Leader Alvin Zhou offered free online Basketball lessons for kids who want to have a healthy body and learn more moves during the COVID–19 quarantine. This program teaches kids new Basketball moves each lesson. The lessons are 50 minutes long, and […]

On July 17, the Sugar Land Branch continued volunteering at the Memorial Park Butterfly Garden. The plants were heavily dehydrated, so members continued to water them to prevent them from drying out. Members also pulled many weeds from around the plants and watered the surrounding trees. These efforts have caused the garden to attract the […]

The Sugar Land Branch continues the bullying prevention project this month. A group of members co-developed a picture book about anti-bullying. The book is about how a new student handled bullying and eventually became friends with his bully. The participating members are Andrew Lian, Fiona Qiao, Andrea Shih, Sarena Cheng, Liliah Liu, Shaoting Gao, Nathan […]

On July 10, the Sugar Land Branch continued maintaining the Butterfly Garden at Memorial Park in Sugar Land. The plants have required constant watering since the start of summer, so members have increased the frequency of garden visits from biweekly to weekly. The work involved routine weed pulling as well as plant watering.    

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Sugar Land Branch has been unable to continue its usual weekly music performances at nursing homes. In response, members put together a virtual concert for the seniors consisting of a performance of “See You Again” by Charlie Puth. Because participants were to play together simultaneously in an ensemble, members […]

On July 6, the Sugar Land Branch continued maintaining the Memorial Park Butterfly Garden. As Texas summers have peaked in temperature, the plants have required constant watering to avoid becoming dehydrated. Thus, the participating members’ main goal was watering the plants to ensure their survival. By now, many flowers have bloomed and attracted numerous visitors […]

It’s finally the time to celebrate the Chinese Dragon Boat Festival! While the Covid-19 pandemic lingers on, the AYLUS Sugar Land Branch launched its very first culture-related event of the year. In preparation of this noteworthy day, members of the Sugar Land Branch held several discussions through virtual meetings and stumbled across with the idea […]

The debate club in the Sugar Land Branch is working on a new topic for this unit: “Should all parents have parenting classes before raising a child?”. The students had intensive discussions about pros and cons of this topic. Students were re-paired with new partners. Homework assignments were given to each team and the coach […]

On June 21, the Sugar Land Branch continued maintaining the Sugar Land Memorial Park Butterfly Garden. Members sawed dead branches hindering the plants’ growth, in addition to completing routine weed pulling to give the plants room to grow. By now, most plants have started blooming; combined with the recently cleared paths, the garden attracted many […]

June 15 is National Nature Photography Day, designated by the North American Nature Photography Association. It aims to promote environmental conservation and awareness through photographically capturing the beauty of nature. In response to National Nature Photography Day, the Sugar Land Branch volunteered to photograph the stunning scenery of two local parks: Memorial Park and Brazos […]

The Sugar Land Branch initialized a bullying prevention project.  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 will be […]

Our 3rd unit from 5/29/2020 to 6/15/2020 has ended very quickly and the Sugar Land Branch Junior Support Program, led by our branch’s Junior Leader Alvin Zhou has continued to offer free lessons to Pre-K kids. Last unit, Alvin Zhou, Shaopan Gao, Erin H, Philina Zhou, Daniel Hu, and Derek Su provided science lessons. Fiona […]

Starting from April 16, the Sugar Land Branch Junior Support Program led by Junior Leader Alvin Zhou offered free online Basketball lessons for kids who want to have a healthy body and learn more moves during the COVID–19 quarantine. This program teaches kids new Basketball moves each lesson. The lessons are 40 minutes long, and […]

On June 9, the Sugar Land Branch collaborated over video conference to make a poster promoting the upcoming National Nature Photography Day on the 15th. Members designed a digital poster from scratch providing details for an upcoming nature photography event celebrating the national day and disseminated it on social media. The participating members were Yijia […]