Western International School of Shanghai

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The Western International School of Shanghai (WISS) is an international school located in Xujing Town in the Qingpu district on the western side of the Huangpu River, Shanghai. WISS has more than 50 different nationalities represented in the school community. [1]

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WISS is an International Baccalaureate (IB) World School which educates students from preschool through high school. WISS offers the Primary Years Programme (PYP), Middle Years Programme (MYP), Diploma Programme (DP) [2] , and IB Career-Related Programme (IBCP)

The school campus is spread across a 16-acre (65,000 m2) site which was designed by Weimar Architects of the Bauhaus University in Weimar, Germany. The school facilities consists of a theatre, gymnasiums, swimming pools, large field, soccer turf pitch, outdoor basketball court, science labs, art studios, dance studios, tech labs, computers labs, open-plan library, cafeteria, fine arts wing, three playgrounds, and large classrooms. [3]

History

WISS was granted approval by the Ministry of Education in Beijing in 2004 and opened its doors on September 6, 2006. WISS caters to children of expatriates in Shanghai who want an international education. Their curriculum offers a robust but balanced academic program and is unique as the first and only full continuum International Baccalaureate (IB) World School in Mainland China.  WISS offers students the Primary Years Programme (IBPYP), the Middle Years Programme (IBMYP), the Diploma Programme (IBDP), and the Career-related Programme (IBCP).

Languages

The Western International School of Shanghai offers English as the main language of instruction. As part its programme offering the school offers Mandarin, Spanish, French, and German in the Secondary School. Other afterschool mother tongue programmes that may be offered on campus in Dutch, French, German, Spanish, Finnish, Slovakian and Swedish. [4]

Activities and Sports

WISS offers sports and activities for Nursery through to Grade 12 in conjunction with the school curriculum.

These include but are not limited to: Basketball, Volleyball, Swimming, Soccer, Rugby, Badminton, Ping Pong (Table Tennis), Gymnastics, Wushu, Dance, Piano, Multi Sports, Computer Club, Art & Craft, Jewellery Making, Cooking, Girl Scouts, Lego Engineering Workshop, Chinese Poetry, Ballet, Model Making, school newspaper.

The soccer program is done by Stoke City FC, with coaches from the Premier League-club in United Kingdom. [5]

Affiliations

WISS is authorized and affiliated to many other groups:

IB – International Baccalaureate (Accredited)

CIS - Council of International School (Accredited)

ISTA - the International Schools Theatre Association

WASC – Western Association of Schools and Colleges (Accredited)

SISA – Shanghai International Schools’ Association

UCAS – University and College Admissions Service

CISSA – Chinese International Schools’ Sports Association

ACT – American College Testing (Approved Examination Center)

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References

  1. Hirano, Roger (2018-01-12). "WESTERN INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF SHANGHAI (WISS)". Newsweek.
  2. "Western International School of Shanghai (WISS)". www.ibyb.org. Retrieved 2021-12-18.
  3. "Home Page". Western International School of Shanghai. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
  4. "Western International School of Shanghai (WISS) | SmartShanghai". Smart Shanghai.
  5. Family, Urban. "Q&A: Stoke City's Soccer Summer Camp Organiser Angela Smith". Urban Family.

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