BASIS Bilingual School Shenzhen
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BASIS Bilingual School Shenzhen BASIS Bilingual School Shenzhen is our first bilingual school in China. It will open in September 2020 in Shenzhen’s Futian District for Pre-Kindergarten to 5th-grade students. When the campus is completed in 2021, it will add middle-school grades and eventually offer courses through 12th-grade. Initially opening with state-of-the-art classrooms, multi-activity space and office facilities; in 2021, the campus will add a gymnasium, indoor swimming pool, 200-meter track and soccer field, Apple computer lab, theater and additional classrooms. BASIS Bilingual School Shenzhen will combine the core of the BASIS School Curriculum with much of the language, history, culture and values of the traditional Chinese curriculum. Our multi-national team of teachers will work alongside each other to build an environment where students and faculty thrive. “At BASIS Bilingual School Shenzhen, we are an energetic campus where teachers love working with children. We partner with students to get better each day, each month, and each year.” –Thomas Davison, Head of School FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA: jobs.basisinternationalschools.com Why Guangzhou Shenzhen? ■ Shenzhen is one of the fastest growing economic centers in the world, and Futian has it all on display with a beautiful, lighted skyline. About a mile from campus is Coco Park Shenzhen Mall with a movie theater, children’s playground, and numerous international restaurants, bars and shops—such as Gap and Uniqlo. Hong Kong ■ Shenzhen shares its border with Hong Kong, and in about Macao 15 minutes you can travel from the Futian train station to Hong Kong’s West Kowloon station. ■ Love books and music? About 2 miles from campus is the Shenzhen concert hall designed by Japanese architect Arata Isozaki, which attracts musicians from around the world. Across the plaza, is a huge complex housing the Shenzhen Library (9 million volumes of items) and the mega Book City that has its own English- language bookstore. ■ If you want a staycation: the school is just steps from the Shenzhen Golf Course, the Four Seasons and Ritz-Carlton Hotels are 1.5 miles away, and three amusement parks are about 5 miles away. FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA: jobs.basisinternationalschools.com.