| Tsinghua International School | |||||||||||
| Type: | International School/Private School | ||||||||||
| Grades: | Grade 1-12 | ||||||||||
| Director: | Alicia Jones (primary school), Scott Pare(secondary school), Ming Weng (college counseling) | ||||||||||
| Principal: | Ping Shi (executive principal), Wenping Li (assistant principal), Maxine Klimasara (academic assistant principal) | ||||||||||
| Principal Label: | Division principals | ||||||||||
| Enrollment: | 430 | ||||||||||
| Campus Type: | Large private campus | ||||||||||
| Mascot: | Spartans | ||||||||||
| Newspaper: | The Spartan Times | ||||||||||
| Colors: | Purple, White | ||||||||||
| Location: | Zhongguancun North Rd. Haidian, Beijing 100084 | ||||||||||
| Website: | www.this.edu.cn | ||||||||||
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Tsinghua International School (THIS,) is a non-profit,[1] WASC-accredited international school in Beijing, that was founded in 2009. THIS is attached to one of Beijing's top public secondary schools, Tsinghua Fuzhong. Tsinghua Fuzhong is the secondary school affiliated to Tsinghua University. THIS shares some facilities with Tsinghua Fuzhong, but remains an independent school. The school has around 430 students in grades 1-12.
THIS is in the Advanced Placement program and its courses are derived from the Common Core State Standards Initiative. The colleges attended by alumni are impressive for a small school, including names like Columbia University, Brown University and MIT.
THIS has an elementary school, middle school, and high school. They recently finished the construction of their teaching building with modern classrooms and science labs. In addition, the school just finished construction of an indoor gym. Other facilities include:
The US-based high school curriculum prepares students for colleges in the United States, Canada, and other western countries. Multiple advanced placement courses such as AP World History, AP English Language and Composition, and AP Physics are available, while new courses are being introduced in the future.[2]
THIS teachers provide a variety of after-school extracurricular activities[3] for all elementary school, middle school, and high school students. Activities, including sports, are held every day from 3:30 to 5:30.
THIS is a member of ISAC (International Schools Athletic Conference) and has recently also joined ACAMIS (Association of China and Mongolia International Schools). Middle school and high school extracurricular activities include:
The catering services[4] at THIS provide breakfast, lunch, and dinner for middle school students, high school students, and faculty members. They serve a variety of dishes that are reasonably priced. Some dishes include noodles, Japanese tofu, and stir-fried rice.
Elementary students have lunch prepared for them beforehand and are given morning snacks every day.
Daily school buses[5] at designated pick-up points before and after school are provided for elementary school, middle school, and high school students. THIS has eleven bus routes for students to choose from across Beijing.