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mlecher

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Posted: Oct 18, 2004 - 10:34 AM
Post subject: Children's Education

We are moving to Shanghai and are curious about the Shanghai Rego and the Shanghai Community International schools. Does anyone have any advice? Also, I have seen some posting regarding a school called Pinghe(?). Does anyone have further information, including website?

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nicklar
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Posted: Oct 18, 2004 - 02:46 PM

SCIS is a much more established school with three campuses and an American based curriculum. SRIS is 2 years old with a British based curriculum. It also has a sister school in Tianjin. Both seem to have reasonable reputations. A friend of mine investigated Ping He for her son but was turned off by it's very long school day.

heyhunts

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Posted: Oct 27, 2004 - 07:56 PM

my son goes to SCIS -the big campus at changning. I like the environment, and he seems happy. there are always going to be issues at all of the int'l schools here - so do your own investigation and find out for yourself. i had minor issues with the school, but when i voiced them, they listen, and take action. i think that's impt. anyway, my son's learning very fast there, and socially happy, so that make us happy too. he's only 5, so perhaps that's why we can't say too much about the curriculum.

#1VoIPFan

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Posted: Oct 28, 2004 - 01:58 PM

check out my posting on this site also, titled as:
"Excellent and Inexpensive School-From K-12".

The school is called SMIC.

My son went to Ping He last year for one semester, too. Yes, the long school day is also a thing I transferred him out to SMIC.

But that also depends on which language primarily you want your child to learn. In Ping He, no doubt Chinese; in SMIC, you can choose native speaking Chinese or as a second language type of material. ...etc...

Very tough choices.

karnex420

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Posted: Oct 28, 2004 - 07:25 PM

We enjoyed homeschooling our seven children in Canada but would have been sore tempted to give them a go in the local Chinese schools had we been here. Could you speak to the Ping He school about early release? New suggestions are actually considered here.

http://www.shanghaihomeschool.com/

http://www.holtgws.com/misc.writingbyho.html

Perhaps a good example:
http://www.sfwaldorf.org/aboutus/

Montessori in Shanghai:
http://www.amshq.org/jobs_international.htm#china

CLEP:
http://www.collegeboard.com/student/testing/clep/about.html
Much of your study material can be for free through your library.