Shanghai Pinghe School

Shanghai Pinghe School (or Shanghai Pinghe Bilingual School, Chinese: 上海平和学校, 上海市民办平和学校) is a private, boarding school in Shanghai, China.[1] The school is located in Jinqiao, Pudong. The school consists of an elementary school department (Grades 1 - 5), a middle school department (Grades 6 - 9) and a high school department with both International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme and OSSD program from Ontario, Canada (Grades 10 - 12).[1]

Shanghai Pinghe School
上海平和学校
Address
261 Huangyang Rd

Shanghai
,
Pudong
,
201206

China
Information
School typePrivate Boarding
Established1996
PrincipalMr. Wei Wan
Grades1 - 12
GenderCo-ed
EnrolmentAround 1500
Education systemLocal, International Curriculum, International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme
LanguageChinese (Local Program), English (IB and International Curriculum)
Campus size24,770 square metres (266,600 sq ft)
Campus typeSuburban, International Community
Color(s)Red and Green
AccreditationIB World School, CITA
Websiteshphschool.com

History

Shanghai Pinghe School was established in September, 1996. The school was initially operated and owned by Shanghai JinQiao (Golden Bridge) Group Ltd, a state-owned enterprise. The school offers Grade 1 - Grade 12 education and has an International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme. Pinghe has Elementary, Middle School, IB High School and International Program departments. The total enrollment of the school is 1,500 students which includes more than 260 international students from United States, Japan, Korea (Republic of), Italy, Canada, Singapore, United Kingdom, Taiwan, Hong Kong (S.A.R.) and Macau (S.A.R.) etc.

Accreditations include the IB World School,[2] Commission on International and Trans-Regional Accreditation;[3] North Central Association of Colleges and Schools;[4] and Bilingual School in Shanghai (by Shanghai Municipal Education Commission) [5]

Campus

Teaching facility

Pinghe School has a total area of 24,770 m2. There are 4 libraries, 3 computer labs, 2 indoor gyms, one indoor swimming pool, a theater with 150 seats, a 250-m track, and a dining hall with 800 seats on campus. Four classroom buildings on campus: main (elementary department), Local middle school, International Curriculum middle school, and high school. All classrooms inside these buildings are equipped with overhead projectors. The high school building, in use after September 2004, includes two physics labs, an assembly hall, an English-language library, offices and classrooms.

Dormitories

The newest building on campus is the Dormitory Complex which was finished in 2005. It includes a high rise for high school students and teaching faculty and a 4-story building which is for students in middle school.
The other dormitory is connected to the main building which is only for elementary department. Dorms are usually single gender with the exception of Grade 1's.

Activities

Pinghe School holds annual competitions including poetry, debate and singing competition.[6] The Voice of Pinghe is also a known annual competition where four teams with a total of 24 singers directed by teachers compete with each other and the best singer among them may receive the award.[7]

Every year students from different classes and clubs with their parents and teachers put up stalls on the playground that provide various entertainments, activities or souvenirs celebrating the school's anniversary in September.[8] Performances including singing, dancing and musical instrument ensembles are also given in the theater hall and the playground.[9] Celebrations of the school's 20th year, 2016, included participation from several alumni of the school with lectures by some renowned social figures like professor Chuan He at the University of Chicago,[10] animal protection activist Hongxiang Huang[11] and Wall Street investor Jim Rogers.[12]

The school also has its own souvenir store, Pstore, on campus.[9]

Departments[1]

Primary School (Elementary) and Middle School (Junior High)

The two departments offer traditional Chinese-style education in addition to great amounts of involvement of English teaching. The curriculum includes three major parts: compulsory subjects, electives, and special "learn and grow" lessons. Meanwhile, a variety of festivals and activities (such as English Festival and Musical Gala) are also rendered.

Compulsory subjects: Chinese, Math, English, Science (IT), Music, Physical Education (including swimming), etc.

Electives: over 60. Examples include "Reading Traditional Chinese Poems," "Elementary Course of Spanish," "Factory of Scientific Experiments," "Computer Programming," "Calligraphy," "Chinese Martial Arts," "Piano," and "Saxophone." There are also some clubs, such as those for baseball and ocean investigation.

"Grow and Learn": these lessons aim for the all-round growth of students' basic living abilities (like tidying up clothes), safety awareness, etiquette, social knowledge, etc. There are now 650 students and 59 teachers in the primary school department, whilst 441 students and 41 teachers in the middle school department.

The vice dean of the primary school department is Ms. Xu Yun. The dean of the middle school department is Mr. Li Chunlei.

High School

The high school department offers both International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme and OSSD program from Canada to students. Before enrollment, students have to take a test to decide which program they will be in.

IBDP

The program was established in 2002 and officially accredited by International Baccalaureate Organization in 2003. The school has successfully finished its first 5-year evaluation. The official school code is 001458 from International Baccalaureate Organization.

The school offers following subjects:

OSSD

This program is accredited by the Education Authority of Ontario, Canada. Students will learn basic IBDP courses of Science, Math, Chinese Literature, Physical Education, TOK and Visual Arts in Years 10 and 11. In addition, foreign teachers from Canada will also teach basic courses from the Canadian curriculum.

International Division (now coalesced into Primary School and Junior School)

With an eclectic mix of students from over 40 countries including Australia, Canada, Greece, Japan, India, Netherlands, New Zealand, South Korea, Spain, Turkey, USA, and UK, Pinghe School International Department builds a feeling of a "world community". The staff is equally diverse, and shares a passion for high expectations and global tolerance. There are approximately 30 staff members, 10 of which are from foreign countries including Australia, Bahamas, Canada, Colombia, South Africa, the United States, and the United Kingdom. The Dean of the International Department is Ms. Sue Chenjie, and the Head of the Foreign Staff is Mr. Christopher Hayes. A secular-based education is taught with elements of curriculum drawn from USA, UK, Singapore, Hong Kong, and Canada. The International Division has classes from grade 1 (aged 5/6) to grade 9 (aged 13/14). People with Chinese disabilities will learn in a lower grade. The same goes with English.

In School Year 2017, under the requests of the Education Authority of Shanghai which limit the space of International Schools teaching foreign curriculums before Year 9, during the period of the so-called "Nine-Year Compulsory Education," the International Division changes its name to “Division of Integrated Education," and coalesces into Primary and Junior School departments.

School Activities

The school offers a wide variety of extracurricular activities. Activities include Student-Run TV Station (PTV), Model United Nations (MUN), community service (as to fulfill the CAS requirement of IBDP), Radio Station, Associated Students Body, Newspaper, Roots and Shoots, Volvo Adventure, World Scholar's Cup (WSC), Scripps Spelling Bee, etc. The last Shanghai round of WSC was held at the school during one of the weekends in April.

Meanwhile, students are encouraged to establish and work in their own clubs. Despite clubs for subject disciplines, such as Biology, Physics, Mathematics, and History, others for dance, tennis, literature, and even psychology and neuroscience also exist.

See also

References
  1. Archived 2017-02-06 at the Wayback Machine
  2. "Shanghai Pinghe School".
  3. "Web Page Under Construction". www.citaschools.org.
  4. http://oracle.advanc-ed.org/reporting/Reports/LocatorReportCITA.aspx?AssociationID=CITA&CoAccredAssoc=NCA&IsInternational=true&SchoolName=&City=shanghai&GovernanceID=&SchoolTypeID=&State=&CharterTypeID=%5B%5D
  5. "上海教育门户网站欢迎您！". www.shmec.gov.cn.
  6. "Pinghe School". 6 February 2017. Archived from the original on 6 February 2017.
  7. http://www.shphschool.com/213/447.html
  8. "About Pinghe School". Archived from the original on 2014-04-06.
  9. http://www.shphschool.com/204/1804.html
  10. "The Eighth Activity of PHenomenon".
  11. "Sixth Activity of PHenomenon".
  12. "Fifth Activity of PHenomenon".

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