Hangzhou International School
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| Motto | Once a Dragon, Always a Dragon! |
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| Type | Private School |
| Established | 2002 |
| Director | Jeffry R. Stubbs |
Academic staff | 90 |
| Students | 725+ |
| Postgraduates | 200+ |
| Location | Hangzhou, Zhejiang , China 30°10′45.27″N 120°7′52.41″E / 30.1792417°N 120.1312250°ECoordinates: 30°10′45.27″N 120°7′52.41″E / 30.1792417°N 120.1312250°E |
| Colors | Navy and gold |
| Nickname | HIS Dragons |
Sporting affiliations | ACAMIS Gold |
| Mascot | Dragon |
| Website | www |
Hangzhou International School (杭州国际学校 hángzhōu guójì xuéxiào) is a nonprofit Early Years through Grade 12 (2–18 years of age) accredited educational institution serving over 725 students from the local expat population in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China. It is the only fully accredited and authorized school in Hangzhou to offer all three IB Programs: the Primary Years Program (PYP), Middle Years Program (MYP), and Diploma Program (DP). The school is located in the affluent Binjiang District along the Qiantang River where the G20 Summit was held in 2016 and the Asian Games will be held in 2022. HIS will move to a purpose-built campus within the same Binjiang District in August 2022. The school is fully equipped and staffed to offer a comprehensive international program. The curriculum is taught in an English-medium and is specifically designed for international students from over 50 nationalities. HIS benefits from the cooperation of its sister schools of the International School Development Foundation (ISDF) and Shanghai Community International School, who work together to standardize resources and programming. Hangzhou International School has been accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) since 2005 and has been authorized as an International Baccalaureate (IB) World School since 2014. It is also a member of the East Asian Regional Council of Schools (EARCOS) and the Association of Chinese and Mongolian International Schools (ACAMIS).
History[]
Hangzhou International School was founded in 2002 as a sister school to the Shanghai Community International School.[1] HIS currently serves over 725 students in Early Years through Grade 12. HIS had its first graduating class in 2006 and is now serving over 30 students in each high school grade level. Graduates have gained acceptance in over 150 other universities in over 20 countries, notably in prestigious national universities throughout the world such as:
- Vanderbilt University
- Emory University
- Carnegie Mellon University
- Cornell University
- Georgetown University
- University of Notre Dame
- Berklee College of Music
- Fordham University
- New York University
- Tulane University
- University of California: Berkeley, Davis, Los Angeles, San Diego, and Irvine
- University of Massachusetts Amherst
- University of North Carolina: Chapel Hill
- University of Pennsylvania
- University of Southern California
- William and Mary University
- McGill University
- University of Toronto
- University of British Columbia
- RMIT University Melbourne
- University of Sydney
- Imperial College London
- King's College
- London School of Economics
- University of London
- Berlin Business School
- Bocconi University of Milan
- Toulouse School of Business
- University of Amsterdam
- NHL Stenden University
- Hong Kong University
- Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
- National University Singapore
- New York University, Shanghai
- Seoul National University
- Yonsei University
- Peking University
- Shanghai Jiao Tong University
- Zhejiang University
- Tsinghua University
School facilities[]
Hangzhou International School is a fully equipped school with two artificial turfed soccer fields, a children's playground, several 4-story learning buildings, a creative space, visual and performing arts spaces, and an indoor basketball gym with fully equipped changing rooms, dance room and a fitness center. A new campus is currently in construction and scheduled for completion in Spring of 2022.
Athletics and co-curricular activities (CCAs)[]
Students participate in a series of sporting events held under the jurisdiction of Hangzhou International Schools Athletics Conference (HISAC). A typical HISAC schedule of athletic events includes tournaments in volleyball, soccer and basketball, and includes some invitational events, such as cross-country, badminton and swimming. High school students participate at the Junior Varsity (JV) level or at the Varsity level. HIS is also part of Association of China and Mongolia International Schools (ACAMIS), Shanghai International Schools Athletics Conference (SISAC), China International Schools Sports Association (CISSA), and the Shanghai Swim League (SSL).
Additionally, HIS offers Co-Curricular Activities (CCAs), including various academic enrichment clubs, sports, Chinese language groups, Student Council, Model United Nations, Drama, Musicals, Dance Club, Music Bands, Coding, Reading Clubs, Creative Writing, Robotics Club, National Honor Society (NHS), National Junior Honor Society, and Global Issues Network (GIN).
See also[]
- List of international schools
- List of international schools in China
- Shanghai Community International Schools
References[]
- Schools in Zhejiang
- Association of China and Mongolia International Schools
- International Baccalaureate schools in China