Western International School of Shanghai

The Western International School of Shanghai (WISS) is an international school located in Puxi, Shanghai.

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), and Diploma Programme (DP). WISS has over 40 different nationalities represented in the school community and has programmes in the arts as well as community projects. 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 consist 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.

History

WISS was granted approval by the Ministry of Education in Beijing in 2004 and opened its doors on September 6, 2006. WISS was opened to cater for expatriates in Shanghai who want an international education based on the full continuum of the IB, being the first International school in Shanghai to offer all three IB Programmes.

Mission

WISS mission states that it aims to "cultivates healthy, balanced, confident and ethical people; striving to challenge and stimulate students to inquire, wonder, discover, and create each day. WISS aims to send into the world brave, compassionate, internationally minded global citizens with the skill and intellect to help shape the future."

The current director is Mr. Tom Kline.

The WISS Core Values are as follows:

•Child Focused (nurturing and inspiring our young people to achieve)

•Compassionate Spirit (caring community)

•Balanced Curriculum (well-rounded - academic, sports, arts, music and Chinese)

•Diversity Driven (open-minded, individualistic and tolerant)

•Future Orientated (progressive and pioneering for the future)

Languages

WISS has a second language programme in Mandarin and offers Spanish, French, and German in the Secondary School. Afterschool mother tongue programmes are offered on campus in Dutch, French, German, Spanish, Finnish, Slovakian and Swedish.

Activities and sports

WISS offers sports and activities for Nursery through to Grade 10 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.

Affiliations

WISS is authorized and affiliated to many other groups:

IB – International Baccalaureate

WASC – Western Association of Schools and Colleges (Candidate School)

SISA – Shanghai International Schools’ Association

UCAS – University and College Admissions Service

CISSA – Chinese International Schools’ Sports Association

ACT – American College Testing (Approved Examination Center)

References

External links

Western International School of Shanghai

International schools in Shanghai

Operating	Bond Canadian Academy Canadian International Academy Canadian Trillium College Lycée Français de Shanghai German School Shanghai Shanghai Japanese School International Philippine School Shanghai Russian Consulate School in Shanghai Shanghai Korean School Shanghai Singapore International School Nord Anglia International School Shanghai Pudong The British International School Shanghai, Puxi Campus Dulwich College Shanghai Britannica International School Shanghai Wellington College International Shanghai Shanghai American School Shanghai Community International School Shanghai Livingston American School Concordia International School Shanghai Fudan International School Maple Leaf International High School — Shanghai Shanghai Pinghe School Shanghai United International School The SMIC Private School Shanghai World Foreign Language Middle School Western International School of Shanghai YK Pao School Yew Chung International School of Shanghai

Defunct	Shanghai Rego International School

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