The International Chemistry School focuses on students and pays attention to their all-round development. The school not only pays attention to teaching subject knowledge, but also attaches importance to cultivating students' learning ability, communication and cooperation ability, independent thinking ability, etc. In addition, international schools carry out small class teaching, teach students in accordance with their aptitude, respect their interests and hobbies, and give them personalized training. Therefore, international chemistry schools have attracted more and more Chinese families' attention and choice.
On April 13, the Sina Weibo 2024 International Education Spring School Selection Tour, jointly sponsored by Sina Education, Weibo Education and School Choice, was held in Tianjin. The school selection exhibition, together with high-quality international chemistry schools in Beijing, Tianjin and other places, helped Tianjin families consult and understand high-quality international education resources in both places; At the exhibition site, several principals of international chemistry schools and international education celebrities shared educational dry goods and the latest educational concepts, helping the families present to prepare for school entrance planning. Among them, Zhang Lumin, assistant principal and director of enrollment of Xicheng School, shared a speech themed "Respecting the Diversity of Access to Higher Education" on the spot. The following is the transcript of the speech:
Zhang Lumin:
Hello, everyone. First of all, what do you think is the difference between Xicheng School and other schools in Beijing and Tianjin? I hope you will pay attention to Xicheng's educational philosophy. Xicheng School hopes to replace the gap with difference, and promote internal drive with autonomy. Xicheng School does not judge the quality of students by any achievement ranking, and does not do utilitarian education to compensate for the short term. Instead, it does education to promote the long term, hoping to find the advantages of each child and help him to play to the maximum, This is a very core educational concept of Xicheng School.
The nature of Xicheng School is essentially different from that of all private bilingual schools on the market. Xicheng School is a 100% state-owned international high school. Although it is a private school, it is a state-owned institution. The reason is that Yu Xicheng School is a school jointly approved and registered as a public institution by the Education Commissions of Xicheng District and Daxing District, and its superior unit is the Financial Street Capital Group, without any involvement of private capital. Therefore, Xicheng School has higher stability and credibility.
Xicheng School was renamed and transformed into a private school in 2022. It was founded in 2012. There are two education highlands in Beijing, one in Xicheng District and the other in Haidian District. The predecessor of Xicheng School is the International Department of a key high school in Xicheng District. Its founding principal is also Mr. Zhu Jianmin, the principal of the public senior high school and the International Department of No. 35 Middle School. As the Financial Street Group is recruited nationwide or even nationwide, in order to solve the problem of some non Beijing registered senior executives' children's schooling in Beijing, we will turn to private property in 2022, renamed Xicheng School, and can accept students with non Beijing registered permanent residence. Xicheng School not only solves the students' academic problems, but also solves the employment problems of students after returning home. The reason is that our parent company, the Financial Street, has nearly 100 invested enterprises. Students who go out of Xicheng School will provide you with internship opportunities for invested enterprises after returning home. For example, Beijing's famous Caibai Jewelry and CICC are among the enterprises invested in Financial Street, There are also some high-tech industries, including chips, artificial intelligence, new materials, etc. Therefore, we support students' lifelong development, which is also a unique resource of the school.
Today, I would like to introduce some unique orientation and projects of Xicheng School. First, the school has set up four classes. If students want to go to Britain and the United States, they can enter the British American direct train, which is divided into two directions. If they want to go to Britain and Australia, or North America (Canada, the United States), they can enter the project class. Second, the school also has a unique project in Germany, and there are no more than five schools in Beijing in this direction. Third, it is aimed at art students, including students of pure art and music. Fourth, if the children have a clear goal of going abroad in the future, they can also enter our high school preparatory class.
In the through train program class of famous universities in Britain and Australia, students who go out through this class are exempt from standardization, do not take IELTS scores, do not need to take any preparatory courses, and are admitted to an official British university. Such students are guaranteed to enter the top 100 universities in the world. This project has sent off many graduates for many years and has been successfully run for many years. It was initiated by the University of Manchester in the UK. There are 49 joint universities and colleges in the project list, excluding the G5 universities in the UK. The University of Manchester is basically the best choice. Taking this project can shorten the time of one year compared with A-level, and it is a very good channel for further education. This project is also a project class that Zhu School has been working on since the International Department of the 35th Middle School became public. It guarantees the top 100 QS colleges. This year, there are five universities in mainland China that have entered the top 100 in QS, including Qingbei University, Zhejiang University, and Hong Kong. Why do we say that international education is overtaking at curves? There is no need to cross the single wooden bridge with thousands of troops. International applicants can enter institutions of higher learning such as the Northern Qing Dynasty or even more excellent institutions of higher learning. In the UK and Australia direction, including the University of Southwest Wales, Southwest Wales and Sydney tied for the 19th place in the QS world this year.
The AP curriculum system targets American colleges and universities, the most basic courses of American schools, Regular course, Honor course, and American university information course. The difficulty is equivalent to the difficulty of American freshmen. There are also disciplines, such as AP mathematics, AP English, and AP physics. What are the differences between these courses? It's about students' course selection. If two students get the same GPA, both of them are 3.8 GPA, whose is better? If there is a course of "honor" in the course selection, an h will be added after the subject of "honor" in the transcript, which means that the course you choose is more difficult. If you get 4 or 5 points of AP, it means that your academic level is higher. Similarly, if you get 3.8 GPA, your course selection is more difficult, it means that your academic level will be stronger.
Xicheng University has provided our students with unique courses, giving them the opportunity to learn the American double point curriculum. Its concept is that all courses can be used as a part of the transcript of senior three to apply for college. At the same time, if the goal is the United States or Canada, this credit can reach a conversion rate of more than 90% to convert into freshman credits, This means that students can enter this project class and eventually go straight to sophomore level in the United States and Canada. Because the universities in the United States and Canada are based on a grading system, they can complete their studies ahead of time and graduate ahead of time. This project class will greatly save your time and financial costs. One year's tuition and living expenses in the United States cost more than 60000 and 700000 yuan. This program is also standard free. If the GPA has not reached a good level in the past few years or the TOEFL has not scored more than 100 points in time, this program will be guaranteed to enter one school in California, and the best schools in California will be in this program. Calmly, if you want to apply to a school outside the program, you can also apply to a related school with a separate TOEFL score plus the score of the last year. The more suitable direction is California or Canada. The top three schools in Canada are all in the program, including Duoda and UBC.
Third, let's introduce the unique German project of Xicheng School. Germany is a big industrial country. If children are very strong in science and engineering, they can choose German projects. The biggest advantage is that more than 90% of German universities are public universities, which means there is no tuition at the university stage. If the family budget is not sufficient, the students' science and engineering are very strong, The German direction is a very good choice. Is it said that German universities are difficult to graduate? Here's a detailed explanation. There was only one way to go to Germany before, and we had to go college entrance examination You can exchange the admission notice of 985 and 211 for admission to German universities. If you have two or three universities besides 985 and 211, you need to study in Germany for an additional year. This is the way to apply to German universities in the past. Why do you think it is difficult to graduate from Germany? Students who go abroad for the college entrance examination have not experienced the process evaluation stage of international education. They may fail once they relax in the university. The make-up examination of German universities is limited, which is why it is said that German universities are difficult to graduate. In fact, if they go through international learning in high school, they can enter German universities smoothly. Xicheng is the only German study abroad program brand that cooperates with Carl Duisburg (CDC) in Beijing. To apply with AP scores, you need four AP3 scores and German B2 level to meet the graduation requirements.
The fourth is the art project. Students in the art class usually follow the British American class from Monday to Thursday, and they will go to the corresponding studio on the last Friday. Art actually falls into 64 categories. Design alone falls into a dozen categories, including jewelry design, clothing design, and architectural engineering design. We are equivalent to one-on-one teachers matching the art direction you want to study, going to the most advanced studio, and learning master classes with masters. If your direction is Lunyi, as long as you come into this project class, you will step into Lunyi. UAL is also the best art school in Britain, and our Xicheng School cooperates with Lunyi's office in Beijing. Of course, if you want to go to a top art school in the United States, it is also possible. We will also help you to apply for a regular art school.
If the child is studying in the second or third day of junior high school, do you want to switch now or after the completion of the high school entrance examination? High schools in the United States and the United Kingdom are four-year systems, and only four years in the senior high school can ensure the normal connection with foreign university courses. If the children's goal has been set to go abroad in the future, there is no need to prepare for the middle school entrance examination in the third day of junior high school, and the results of the middle school entrance examination are not included in the scores of university applications. This year, I hope to improve my English and math skills in advance to better link up the curriculum of three years of senior high school. If children have clear goals, they can choose to come to Xicheng School one year or half a year in advance to attend the preparatory class for senior high school.
Xicheng hopes to cultivate the world people with Chinese feelings and the Chinese people with world minds. In the era of knowledge explosion, knowledge is changing every year. If only the traditional teaching of students' academic and subject knowledge can not meet the pace of future world change and development, we hope to cultivate students who must have their own learning ability and evolutionary ability to cope with world development. We hope to cultivate capable students, not students with excellent academic achievements, This is the essence of education. Xicheng School has a clear concept that it does not do any ranking and academic problem writing, but prefers the American classroom. Group discussion is the main form in the classroom, and students are the masters of the classroom. They can raise questions and participate in various discussions at any time in the classroom. In addition, Xicheng is also a modern school. It is a lifelong policy. Many parents care about what textbooks students will learn after they arrive? According to the degree and situation of each student, the school will distribute teaching materials for each class through the integration of Chinese courses and Meigao courses, including preliminary preparation, mid-term academic content, and later consolidation exercises and assignments. The evaluation model of Xicheng School is consistent with that of most international schools. It focuses on process evaluation. GPA 60% depends on the usual performance. Whether there is class, homework or interaction, which accounts for 60% of the whole score, and mid-term and final examinations account for 40%. This is also the international education evaluation model. Xicheng School has a very powerful expert resource of the academic committee. The teaching and research team leader of the Beijing High School Entrance Examination and the College Entrance Examination participated in the polishing and teaching and research of all courses in Xicheng School. We hope that students will not learn foreign courses directly, but have some more knowledgeable and open-source courses to bring Chinese culture to the world.
The students of Xicheng School do not attend classes regularly in the afternoon, but visit the most advanced technology industry invested in the Financial Street and attend classes in the most cutting-edge laboratory. This is an early career exploration. Xicheng hopes that every student can go to different industries and enterprises every semester to see what the current society is like, and whether this industry and this position are what they want to do in the future, so that they can feel and experience in person, rather than preaching to tell them what is better.
Every teacher in Xicheng School has a graduate degree or above, 23% of the doctoral team, 62% of the returnees graduated from overseas. When you come to Xicheng School, you don't need to spend money to go outside to find an intermediary to apply for foreign universities, and the school provides all of them.
What kind of empowerment can schools give students? The way to train students is to grow up first, learn general education courses first, and then understand what the world is like. Only by building a model can we truly achieve academic success. The physical education courses of Xicheng School are basically all ball games, as well as standard runways and football fields. It is also a boarding school. Students in Tianjin have special buses to Beijing South Railway Station every Friday. Five career integration, which integrates high school studies and future careers to achieve five career integration, as well as career education and the concept of mentor. One mentor brings six to seven students, with a high degree of attention, and zero distance communication with teachers. Xicheng School pays special attention to the style of study. Its predecessor is the Public International Department. 90% of the students are from public schools. The school spirit is simple. Moral education management is a top job of the principal.
The educational philosophy of Xicheng School insists that what we are doing and what we continue to do is to hope to replace the gap with difference, to promote internal drive with autonomy, and to do the education of discovery and awakening.
