“How is your English so impeccable,” his friends often ask him. According to Zuyan Fu (or Toti as he is known to his seventh-grade classmates and teachers on our Ningbo campus), he has been honing his English language skills in clever and different ways since the time he was two.
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Our global campuses pride themselves on being academic environments that nurture students’ practical skills and hands-on abilities, something perfectly reflected in Chemistry teacher Ellen Tyrell’s class at our Bashu Ivy School in Chongqing. To ensure that each student has sufficient opportunities to participate and practice in the experimental laboratory, Ms. Tyrell arranges 1-2 chemistry experiments per week, like this one that asked students to pair up and measure the reaction of magnesium and hydrochloric acid.
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Yeqing Ni has earned quite a reputation for himself at our Ningbo School. While known for having the strongest business savvy among his science and engineering peers, he is alternately known as having the strongest science and engineering skills in business competitions. A versatile STEM student, Yeqing spent his high school years merging his love of math and science with his strong business acumen. The result? He is now a patent holder on his way to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) in the fall. “I believe my wide interests and rich experiences really helped me to stand out,” he says.
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Chenyu Zhang, who transferred to our Ningbo School from his traditional Chinese high school, and is headed to Case Western in the fall, says transferring was the best decision he ever made. “Many Chinese students prefer to stay in traditional schools which are unsuitable for them,” he says. “When they reach graduation, they find that they are further and further away from who they want to be. But by then it’s too late.” Compared to many of his Ningbo campus peers, Chenyu entered one semester late but he quickly made up for lost time.
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Knowing how much our KL educator community loves Chinese culture, our team of Chinese teachers on our Ningbo School campus often plan engaging professional development sessions that encourage them to enjoy the local customs and apply them to their daily lives. With the Spring Festival approaching, they took the opportunity to host a Chinese New Year party in advance of winter break, and share some holiday traditions.
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Bringing his own style of teaching history to students on our Barstow Ningbo campus, Laurence Foster does far more than give his class historical facts. He guides them towards using their critical thinking skills, taking a multi-angled view of historical events, and deeply analyzing history both horizontally and vertically.
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Yichen Zheng is a typical science and technology student. With great scores in math, he excels at data programming, assembling machines, and designing model aircrafts. He is also founder and president of the Ningbo School Dance Club. A master of hip-hop, and a Latin dance competition champion in his province, Yichen shined in his recent college interview thanks to his well-rounded interests.
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Amie founded a weekly tutoring club providing support to children in remote areas. Fiona led a creative business club offering product design and marketing experience as well as practical hands-on training. Three years together in our Barstow Ningbo campus, Amie and Fiona helped and encouraged one another, and their future is bright. Amie is headed to New York University while Fiona is headed to Babson College. We sat down with them both to learn more how they reached their goals.
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On December 1st, Chen Zhu (Katherine), a student on our Barstow Ningbo campus, received an early decision (ED) offer from Wake Forest University – the earliest student to receive such an offer from a Top 30 US school. An excellent student with strong leadership, communication, collaboration, and creation skills, Katherine shared with us another path to success: helping others with your heart.
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We sat down with KL educator Christine Hilt, elementary school teacher on our global campus in Shunde, to hear how she’s been settling in to her new role, and to learn more about her experiences and her teaching style. “I am finding a way to make English interesting for my students,” she says. “And I hope they will continue to develop their enthusiasm for it”.
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