International School of Beijing
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| International School of Beijing 北京顺义国际学校 | |
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| Coordinates | 40°04′42″N 116°31′08″E / 40.078375°N 116.518761°E |
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| Other name | ISB |
| Type | Private international day school |
| Established | 1980 |
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| Head of School | Daniel K. Rubenstein |
| Faculty | 193 full-time, 9 part-time |
| Grades | PK3–12 |
| Enrollment | 1,710 |
| Campus size | 13 hectares (32 acres)[2] |
| Campus type | Suburban |
| Color(s) | Blue and white |
| Mascot | Dragon |
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| Website | www |
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| Simplified Chinese | 北京顺义国际学校 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 北京順義國際學校 | ||||||
| Literal meaning | Beijing Shunyi International School | ||||||
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The International School of Beijing (ISB, Chinese: 北京顺义国际学校[4]) is a non-profit international coeducational day school in Beijing, China. The school was founded in 1980 and offers a dual English and Chinese language program for students from Early Years to Grade 5. ISB is recognized by the Beijing Education Commission (BEC) as an independent school for expatriate children.
History
[edit]In the 1970s, a small foreign school was established in Beijing, under the auspices of the United States Liaison Office in Beijing, precursor to the US Embassy. Classes were held in a hallway of a diplomatic apartment compound in Sanlitun, with 8 students and 2 certified teachers.
In 1980, the US Embassy merged its school with those of the British and Australian embassies. The Canadian and New Zealand embassies joined in, and the five nations together formally founded the International School of Beijing. Located on the grounds of the US Embassy, the school provided education for the children of the five founding embassies; eventually, as space allowed, children from other embassies were permitted to enroll. Bound by the strict requirements imposed on diplomatic schools, the founding embassies worked to meet educational needs of the growing expatriate community in Beijing.
In 1988 under new regulations, China's Ministry of Foreign affairs officially registered ISB as a "school for diplomatic children." The campus moved to the Lido complex of offices and housing units, and the school was permitted to accept applications from all expatriate residents of Beijing.
In 1991 ISB became the first school in Beijing to offer the full Diploma Program of the International Baccalaureate Organization. And in 1997, the school was accredited by WASC (in the United States).
In January 2002, the Beijing Municipal Education Bureau allowed ISB to be restructured as an "independent school for foreign children". In the same year, the school moved to a 13-hectare (32-acre), purpose-built facility in the Shunyi district, a northeastern suburb of Beijing. The following year, ISB was accredited by the Chinese authority NCCT. It was awarded full accreditation from CIS, NEASC (United States), and again from NCCT (China) in 2007.
ISB completed the construction of a detached sports facility in 2017, complete with two pressurized domes with air filtration, providing indoor tennis courts and a playing field area.[citation needed]
Campus
[edit]ISB is situated on a 13-hectare (32-acre) campus in Shunyi district,[5] approximately 30 minutes from downtown Beijing and close to expatriate residential compounds. Two purpose-built sports domes sit side by side over 8,500 square meters. The sports domes have H-14 grade filtration systems. In addition, ISB has four fully equipped gymnasiums (one with a climbing wall); baseball and softball diamonds; two full-sized turf soccer fields; a rugby pitch, running track, and a 665-seat stadium and an aquatics center with a 25-meter pool and diving boards.
In the main school building are 12 science labs, a student cooking lab, a visual arts wing in middle and high school, and art studios in elementary school. The performing arts wing consists of a 600-seat theater, Black Box theater, rehearsal space, and studio stage. The main school building also has two library-media centers with more than 82,000 volumes and over 160 magazine subscriptions. ISB supports a one-to-one MacBook laptop program for each student in grades 2 through 12.
In 2020 the ISB opened four new facilities: an early years learning center, an elementary school arts and theater, middle and high school performing arts center, and a middle and high school art and design center.[citation needed]
In 2023, ISB added a Middle School Playground, Golf Simulators, and Solar Panels, aligning with the school's sustainability goals.
In 2024, a new main entrance was constructed, in efforts to make the school more welcoming to parents of the ISB community.
Organization
[edit]ISB is a non-profit school governed by a 12-member Board of Trustees. These 12 volunteers are responsible for setting and approving school policy, overseeing ISB's financial status, recruiting, supporting and evaluating the Head of School and guiding strategic direction of the school, and sets goals to fulfill its responsibilities and establishes standing committees to manage its work.
Accreditations
[edit]The ISB is accredited with the New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC) in the United States; the Council of International Schools and the International Baccalaureate Organization in Europe; and the National Center for School Curriculum and Textbook Development (NCCT) in China.[6]
ISB is a member of the East Asia Regional Council of Overseas Schools (EARCOS) and the National Association of College Admissions Counselors (NACAC) and the Asia Pacific Activities Conference (APAC).
Notable alumni
[edit] | This article's list of alumni may not follow Wikipedia's verifiability policy. (March 2021) |
- Joe Alexander – American-Israeli professional basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
- Camille Cheng – Olympic swimmer[7]
- Yu Shuran – Figure skater
- Dyah Roro Esti Widya Putri - Member of Parliament, Indonesia at the People's Representative Council
References
[edit]- ^ Address in Chinese: 北京市顺义区安华街10号 邮编101318
- ^ "About Us – Our Campus". isb.cn.
- ^ "CAISA Directory of Schools - New England Association of Schools and Colleges: Commission on American and International Schools Abroad (CAISA)". New England Association of Schools and Colleges. Archived from the original on 8 July 2012. Retrieved 15 April 2011.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2 November 2014. Retrieved 25 February 2014.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ Leung, Sarah. "Beijing schools get thumbs up." South China Morning Post. Saturday 10 June 2010. Retrieved on 3 October 2015.
- ^ "CAISA Directory of Schools - New England Association of Schools and Colleges: Commission on American and International Schools Abroad (CAISA)". Archived from the original on 8 July 2012. Retrieved 15 April 2011., New England Association of Schools
- ^ "Camille Cheng." Swim Swam. Retrieved 2017-06-14.
External links
[edit]- High schools in Beijing
- Private schools in Beijing
- International schools in Beijing
- International Baccalaureate schools in China
- Schools in Shunyi District
- Association of China and Mongolia International Schools
- Australia–China relations
- Canada–China relations
- China–New Zealand relations
- China–United Kingdom relations
- China–United States relations
- 1980 in Beijing