校長(zhǎng)寄語(yǔ)
Dear Visitor:
On 1 September 2016, The International Department will enter its fourth year stronger and better than ever.After a formative founding period of three years where we successfully implemented a very strong American - Chinese dual academic program in which our students achieved great results on the huikao, AP, SAT, TOEFL, and IELTS examinations leading our first graduating class of 54 students to receive over 220 college offers and more than $1.6 million in scholarship award monies to attend colleges in the USA, Canada, and the UK, we are proud to share our department with you.
More importantly than their performances on any standardized examinations, our students also achieved exceptional results in their academic coursework conducted equally in both English and Chinese.Our students take pride in the knowledge that they earn realistic grades (based on a scale of standards adopted from expectations at elite independent schools in the United States) in very challenging classes where not everyone can earn an A no matter how hard he or she works.This is a really difficult concept for many of our students and parents to accept or realize is possible at first.Yet, in the western world, a course in which every student can earn an A is thought to be too easy or too low level.Therefore, the courses are taught with demanding expectations, rigorous requirements, detailed writing and lab reports, and lots of projects.The net result is that earning a C or B is considered a very good grade, and earning an A is considered an exceptional grade–reserved only for those very top students who perform far above average.All of this hard work to achieve a realistic grading system and real grades has earned the Department an outstanding reputation with foreign universities who visit our school and know of our reputation.This has allowed our students in the class of 2016 to be accepted into colleges overseas that vastly exceeded the expectations of their parents and our school administration.
Certainly the support and dedication to the students from our world class, international faculty and leading-edge quality Chinese Class Teachers made this possible.Equally critical, however, was the complete devotion of our parents to their kids and the support for and confidence in the expertise of our department.Most realized quickly that attending classes in our school, rather than spending endless hours at test preparation centers was more beneficial to the their collegiate placement results and fundamental thinking and learning.
In addition, our department's first graduating class was guided in their college admissions process to great collegiate success by a college counseling plan that began back in tenth grade with general parent and student coaching assemblies held with the college counselors, then transitioned to twice-weekly college counseling classes in the spring of junior year where a complete college application curriculum was set and delivered, and culminated with their assignment to 27:1 ratio of students to counselors in the fall of senior year to guide, advise, and coach them in their actual application process to "best fit" colleges and universities in Australia, Canada, Europe, and the USA. The faculty generated incredibly detailed letters of recommendation based on having taught the students in small class sizes, coached the students in dynamic and interesting co-curricular activities where students individual talents can shine, and advised them as official academic advisors as part of our 3-year-old advisory program based on model programs in exceptional independent schools in the United States.
We are very pleased with and proud of our students who demonstrate a true passion and love for deep thinking and problem-solving, who work tirelessly to master knowledge and build a strong foundation for future academic success where ever they may go in their future.We know they will leave us as stronger, more thoughtful, and more daring and dynamic young people set to go abroad as excellent ambassadors of their home country and prepared to participate actively in building a great future for this planet and beyond based on their individual strengths and their common bond.
We welcome you to visit our school and learn all about what we are doing, and why we believe we have the best international program in the city.
大家好：
2016年9月1日，國(guó)際部將迎來(lái)更好更壯大的第四年。在前三年的奠基下，我們成功實(shí)現(xiàn)了中美融合的課程體系，學(xué)生在會(huì)考、AP課程、SAT、托福和雅思的考試中均取得了良好的成績(jī)。我們第一屆的畢業(yè)班包括54名學(xué)生，共收到了美國(guó)、加拿大和英國(guó)220余所大學(xué)的錄取通知書(shū)，榮獲的獎(jiǎng)學(xué)金超過(guò)160萬(wàn)美元。與您共享國(guó)際部的榮譽(yù)，我們倍感驕傲。
比起學(xué)生在標(biāo)準(zhǔn)化考試中的表現(xiàn)，更重要的是他們?cè)趯W(xué)術(shù)課中展現(xiàn)出的中英文雙語(yǔ)能力同樣出色。在一些非常具有挑戰(zhàn)性的課程中，學(xué)生以學(xué)到的知識(shí)為傲，取得了實(shí)際成績(jī)（課程的設(shè)置基于美國(guó)頂尖私立學(xué)校系列標(biāo)準(zhǔn)），但不論多努力，也不是每個(gè)人都能獲得A的成績(jī)。這對(duì)于很多學(xué)生和家長(zhǎng)來(lái)說(shuō)，剛開(kāi)始都是很難接受也很難相信的。然而，在西方，如果每個(gè)學(xué)生都能在某門(mén)課上獲得A的成績(jī)，那么這門(mén)課程不是太過(guò)簡(jiǎn)單就是水平太低。因此，這些課程都具備很高的期望和很?chē)?yán)的要求，涵蓋了復(fù)雜的寫(xiě)作和實(shí)驗(yàn)報(bào)告以及諸多課程。獲得C或B的凈學(xué)分已經(jīng)是非常好的成績(jī)，A是很罕見(jiàn)的，只有遠(yuǎn)高于平均水平的尖子生才能獲得。我們努力實(shí)現(xiàn)真正的分級(jí)制度和真實(shí)的成績(jī)，這一切都為國(guó)際部帶來(lái)了杰出的榮譽(yù)，訪問(wèn)我校的國(guó)外大學(xué)皆知國(guó)際部良好的聲譽(yù)，讓2016屆的畢業(yè)生能順利進(jìn)入國(guó)外知名高校，這遠(yuǎn)遠(yuǎn)超出了家長(zhǎng)和學(xué)校的期望。
當(dāng)然，我們國(guó)際班、國(guó)際師資團(tuán)隊(duì)和頂尖的中方課程教師支持學(xué)生、全力奉獻(xiàn)，才讓這一切變?yōu)榭赡堋Ｍ瑯又匾氖羌议L(zhǎng)對(duì)學(xué)生的傾力奉獻(xiàn)和國(guó)際部對(duì)專(zhuān)業(yè)知識(shí)的大力支持與絕對(duì)自信。大多數(shù)學(xué)生認(rèn)識(shí)到在八一上課更利于大學(xué)預(yù)科成績(jī)，更有助于培養(yǎng)思維意識(shí)與學(xué)習(xí)能力。而不是在備考中心浪費(fèi)無(wú)窮無(wú)盡的時(shí)間來(lái)準(zhǔn)備考試。
此外，國(guó)際部第一批畢業(yè)班在升學(xué)指導(dǎo)中心的指導(dǎo)下，在入學(xué)時(shí)取得了優(yōu)異的考學(xué)成績(jī)。高一時(shí)，所有父母和學(xué)生就要參加由升學(xué)指導(dǎo)組織的輔導(dǎo)會(huì)；緊接著在高一第二學(xué)期變?yōu)橐恢軆纱危€會(huì)確定申請(qǐng)大學(xué)的課程，到了高二第一學(xué)期，根據(jù)成績(jī)按27:1的比例分配學(xué)生和班主任，在實(shí)際申請(qǐng)大學(xué)的過(guò)程中進(jìn)行指導(dǎo)、建議、輔導(dǎo)以考入最合適的大學(xué)（澳大利亞、加拿大、歐洲和美國(guó)）。學(xué)校老師會(huì)以小班形式教課，教授有趣的中英雙方課程，學(xué)生在這些課程中都能發(fā)揮個(gè)人才能，老師還會(huì)作為學(xué)生導(dǎo)師給出建議，給出三年制的課程建議，這個(gè)課程建議是基于美國(guó)頂尖私立學(xué)校的課程標(biāo)準(zhǔn)；老師會(huì)依據(jù)以上這些寫(xiě)出非常詳細(xì)的推薦信。
那些熱愛(ài)深度思考和解決問(wèn)題的學(xué)生，那些孜孜不倦學(xué)習(xí)知識(shí)給未來(lái)和今后的成功添磚加瓦的學(xué)生，我們?yōu)槟銈兏械綗o(wú)比欣慰與自豪。我們深知畢業(yè)后他們會(huì)成為更強(qiáng)大、更深思、更果敢、更有活力的年青人，他們會(huì)作為出色的中國(guó)使節(jié)踏上留學(xué)的征程，將用個(gè)人和集體的力量為世界創(chuàng)造美好的未來(lái)。
我們歡迎您來(lái)本校參觀，了解我們所做的一切，了解我們?yōu)楹蜗嘈艊?guó)際部在北京市擁有最好的國(guó)際教育項(xiàng)目。
