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 – […]