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Nord Anglia Chinese International School Shanghai Shanghai American School 1399 Jinhui Road Minhang District, Shanghai Tel: [phone] Email: [email protected] www.nacis.cn Pudong Campus Shanghai Links Executive Community, 1600 Lingbai Road, Sanjiagang, Pudong, Shanghai 201201 Tel: [phone] Principal: Benjamin Lee International Principal: Nick West Head of Primary: Sue Gu Head of Secondary: Jenny Yan Description: Our Strategic Alliance with Nord Anglia Education gives us a special advantage. Working together, we can achieve more than we can individually. Nord Anglia Education has a wide range of resources and support to enhance our school’s success. Unique opportunities such as the Global Campus, Nord Anglia University, and collaborations with The Juilliard School, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and King’s College London benefit both our students and staff. Students aged 6 to 18 years old are welcomed into our progressive and internationally-minded school community. We offer a distinctive bilingual, blended curriculum learning programme leading to the International Baccalaureate Diploma. Number of Teachers & Assistants: 57 Teacher/student ratio: 1:11 Hours: 8.30am-3.30pm Curriculum: Shanghai National Curriculum extended with International Elements leading to the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme. Features: Blended bilingual curriculum, Global Campus, The Juilliard— Nord Anglia Performing arts programme. Facilities: Science Labs, Learning Resource Centre, Theatre, Dance Studio, Black box Theatre, Recording Studio, Music Suite. Puxi Campus 258 Jinfeng Road, Huacao Town, Minhang District, Shanghai 201107 Tel: [phone] Principal: John Muldoon Email: [email protected] www.saschina.org Head of School: Marcel G. Gauthier Description: SAS is China’s largest international school, with just under 3000 students from 40 countries. We offer a pre-kindergarten through grade 12 programme based on an American core curriculum. We are a private non- profit and nondenominational school set on two purpose-built campuses. We take pride in being a top-tier benchmark school in China and that 98 per cent of our graduates move on to colleges and universities of their choice around the world. We are committed to our programme that reflects both our school community’s high expectations for academic rigor and the needs of our multinational student body. We are also deeply committed to our mission, which encourages all students to live their dreams. Number of Teachers & Assistants: 362 Hours: 8am-3pm Curriculum: Students on both campuses have the option of taking the International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma programme or taking courses from the Advanced Placement (AP) Programme. Extensive college preparatory support is provided for all students by our team of experienced guidance counsellors. Uniform: Yes Age students begin to learn Mandarin as Second Language: 2 years old School Lunch Available: Yes Other Languages Available: French and Spanish. Boarding: Yes Accreditations: International Baccalaureate candidacy school. Fees: (2018-19) Primary Boarding Fee Grades 6-9 Boarding Fee Grades 10-12 Boarding Fee RMB 72,675 RMB 9,400 RMB 84,575 RMB 9,400 RMB 100,000 RMB 9,500 Facilities: We support our programme with state-of-the-art facilities that include gymnasiums, IT centres, science laboratories, music and art rooms, playing fields, outdoor tracks, two stunning Performing Arts Centres, black box theatres, and two aquatic centres. Our combined libraries contain the largest English-language collection of books in Asia. SEN Support: We have limited resources to support students who, due to severe disabilities (i.e. learning, physical, and/or behavioral), require major staffing, curricular or assessment modifications. All decisions regarding admissions for students with special needs are made on an individual case- by-case basis. Admission: Online application. Uniform: No Transport: School bus is available. School Lunch Available: Yes Parents: The school has an active School Community Association (SCA). Scholarships: No Boarding: No Accreditations: Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC), College Board Advanced Placement (AP), International Baccalaureate Organisation (IBO) for Diploma Programme. Fees: Pre K3-Pre K4 Kindergarten-Grade 5 Grades 6-8 Grades 9-12 RMB 210,000 RMB 259,500 RMB 265,000 RMB 277,500 The School Book 2019-2020 171