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WISS Achieves Excellence in International Education

Recently, the Western International School of Shanghai was granted membership in the Council of International Schools (CIS), which is the first step towards obtaining a CIS Accreditation. The Council of International Schools (CIS) is a membership community working collaboratively o shape international education through professional services to schools, higher education institutions, and individuals. As an […]

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The Harbour School Clinches First Runner-Up in Prestigious Harvard Book Prize Essay Award

Hong Kong – October 10, 2019 A high school student from The Harbour School (THS), has won the runner up prize for the coveted Harvard Essay Award for excellence in English writing. Chiara Machin-d’Arbela is a Grade 12 student at the school and her winning entry “Are you guilty of ‘phubbing’?” discussed moral and ethical

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Relocating to Singapore: choosing an international curriculum

If you’re relocating to Singapore and looking for an international school for your child, the wide variety of educational options here can seem overwhelming. Singapore boasts more than forty international schools, and there are considerable variations in the curricula they follow. The International Baccalaureate (IB) programme is a popular choice for many families, especially those

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TASIS to Open New School in Portugal

Find a beautiful property, both house and surroundings…fill this setting with young people from all over the world, because the world has become so very small. Fill all their waking hours with commitment to study, sports, the arts, and responsibility to others. Instruct—stretch them in all areas. Place in this ‘house’ very special human beings

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Dragon’s den

On Wednesday, June 5th the Shanghai Community International School’s 10th graders presented their entrepreneurial Pitch to a panel of judges in our first-ever Dragon’s Den. The Dragon’s Den experience is formatted to simulate the types of investment pitches that entrepreneurs need to make to investors – and it follows the model of the TV show

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