Shekou International School

Shekou International School/ SIS 蛇口国际学校
Parkside Campus of Shekou International School
Location
Shekou , Guangdong The People's Republic of China
Information
Type	Private Non profit; governed by International Schools Services, Princeton, New Jersey
Established	1988
Director	Robert Stearns
Principal	Middle And High School Principal - Phil Rogers, Elementary Principal - Harish Kanabar, Elementary Assistant Principal - Matthew Johnson, ECLC Principal - Kasey Burns, Director of Curriculum - Carlene Hamley, Director of Learning Innovation - Rob Cormack.
Faculty	105
Years offered	Nursery to grade 12
Enrollment	nearly 900
Average class size	1:15
Campuses	Jingshan, Bayside
Color(s)	Black, red and white
Athletics	member of the ACAMIS regional leagues for high school and the SDRC regional leagues for middle school
Athletics conference	ACAMIS Div. III
Mascot	Gecko
Website	sis-shekou.org

Shekou International School (Chinese: 蛇口国际学校) is a private, not-for-profit international school in Shekou, Nanshan District, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China.^[1] It serves students in Nursery through to Grade 12 across two campuses.

The administrative offices and primary school are in the Jingshan Campus (formerly the Mountainside Campus,^[2] located in the Jing Shan Villas ^{[note 1]} development. The secondary students attend the Bayside.^[3] There is also a Parkside campus.^{[citation needed]}

As of 2018 it is one of eight schools in Shenzhen designated for children of foreign workers.^[4] The school includes a section for French primary school students.^[5]

Shekou International School is fully accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) and offers the IB Diploma program in the high school. The school is also a member of the East Asian Council of Overseas Schools (EARCOS), the Association for the Advancement of International Education (AAIE) and a member of All-China and Mongolia International School (ACAMIS) organization.

History[]

The school was opened in 1988, funded by four oil companies: Amoco, Arco, CACT and Phillips.^[6] Shekou International School presently has over 800 students representing 40 countries. Among them 20% are American, 55% are Asian and 20% are European. The faculty consists of over 90 teachers coming from the United States, France, Canada, U.K., New Zealand, Australia, the Philippines, and China. The student–staff ratio is under 10:1.

It is Shenzhen's oldest international school.^[7]

Curriculum[]

Elementary school[]

Students in K through 3 have access to shared iPads and high speed internet access to support learning. Students in grade 4 and 5 participate in a 1:1 iPad learning program. All students are exposed to the following curriculum areas in the elementary school.

• Chinese
• English
• French
• Physical Education
• Art
• Music
• Math
• Language Arts
• Science
• Social Studies

Middle school[]

Students in grade 6 through 8 participate in a 1:1 iPad learning program. All students are exposed to the following curriculum areas in the middle school.

• Chinese
• French
• Physical and Health Education
• Art
• Music
• Math
• Science
• Humanities
• Gecko Core

High school[]

Students in grades 9 through 12 participate in a 1:1 MacBook learning program.

Subjects

• Chinese
• English
• French
• Physical Education
• Art
• Drama
• Music
• Design
• Math
• Language Arts
• Theory of Knowledge
• IB: Psychology, Physics, Biology, Chemistry, Math, Languages, Language Arts, Art, Music (Solo Performance, Group Performance, Composition) (Six IB courses for each student)
• Life Skills

Campuses[]

SIS provides physical education classes by leasing an off-site gymnasium owned by another entity.^[8]

Coordinates:

• K-5 Campus (Parkside and Mountainside) 22.484943,113.9061
• 6-12 Campus (Bayside) 22.487555,113.921362

See also[]

• Shenzhen Yucai

Notes[]

References[]

External links[]

• "Shekou International School website". Retrieved 2008-10-01.