WESTERN ACADEMY OF High School Profile 2020-2021 CEEB Code: 694203 • IB Code: 2162 PO Box 8547, 10 Lai Guang Ying Dong Lu, Chaoyang , 100102, Beijing, China Tel: + (86 10) 5986 5588 • www.wab.edu

Head of School School Description Dr. Marta Medved Krajnovic Western Academy of Beijing (WAB) was established in 1994 as an international, Director of Innovation independent, English-language, coeducational day school for foreign children Stephen Taylor in Beijing that offers a challenging, caring, and community-based educational experience from Early Years through Grade 12. English is the language of instruction. Principal WAB is a school that confidently believes that excellence and inclusiveness can both Melanie Vrba thrive in the same place. Vice Principal Brent Abrahams WAB is proud of its international reputation as a global leader in innovation of learning and teaching. Our High School offers the IB Middle Years Programme IB Curriculum Coordinator (MYP), the IB Diploma Programme (IB DP) and an American accredited High School Scott Lindner Diploma. Every graduate earns an accredited Western Academy of Beijing High Dean of Students School Diploma. The Class of 2021 (99 students) will be the 15th graduating class in Lis Wilson the 26-year history of the school. High School Counselors Michelle Chow-Liu (Head of HS Counseling) [email protected] Anibal Bogliaccini [email protected] Ben O'Brien [email protected] Natasha Tavares [email protected]

Destinations for Class of 2020 (104 students) Others: Includes Gap Year and National Service

Accreditations Memberships HIGH SCHOOL CURRICULUM WAB Expects full DP student to enroll in no more than thee course at high level and three courses at standard level. (IB AND BEYOND) WAB only allows 12 applications to universities each academic cycle. WAB started the 2020-2021 school year in a hybrid model of online and face to face teaching for both students and faculty. WAB reports student disciplinary infractions that include On September 1st, 53% of IB teachers and 70% of student were on academic malpractice, as well as suspensions and/or campus. WAB additionally has plans in place to adjust our learning expulsions to institutions which require this information. experience to respond to any changes in the health and safety requirements for our community. CAPSTONE PROGRAM The Capstone program is selective and students must apply. WAB students are encouraged to take the most challenging The Capstone program is an academic self-directed learning courses in which they can be academically successful. program for students in Grades 11 and 12. Students take five English is the language of instruction. Each course meets for IB or WAB courses and opt for a passion course as their sixth 70 minutes on an alternate rotating day schedule throughout subject: the Capstone. Students determine their Capstone the school year, which runs from August through June. The core learning areas for study, create an extended project, academic year is divided into two halves, with an interim and and are involved with an internship element over two years. a final grade being reported on the transcript. Students can earn credits with a final determination of level All Grade 9 and 10 students study eight courses each year. of achievement made at the end of the one or two-year In Grade 10, students complete the MYP Personal Project program. outside of class time. The project exposes students early on to independent research and critical reflection. WABX EXTRACURRICULARS, In Grades 11 and 12, students can participate in the GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP, AND CHINA International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme, Capstone ENGAGEMENT Program or the Individualized Curricula Program (a selection of IB and high school courses that best meets students future In order for students to receive goals). The full IB DP Diploma is open to all WAB students. the WAB High School Diploma, all students commit to global citizenship projects. Students in Grades 11 and 12 participate in CAS projects with clearly defined IB learning objectives. An annual China Studies field trip for each grade level is a key element in engaging students with our host country while supporting the High School curriculum. Full IB Diploma students choose from six subject groups that include a broad range of courses with three at standard level From February 2020 to February 2021, WAB students had limited access to school-based co-curricular activities; many and three at higher level. In addition, students must take the student-led activities had to be canceled or postponed. Theory of Knowledge (TOK) course, complete an Extended Despite this, students were able to develop independent Essay, and fulfill Creativity, Activity, and Service (CAS) and individual ways to continue their involvement in sports, commitments outside of class time. service, and the creative arts.

COURSE OFFERINGS: 2020-2021 All courses are IB unless specifically denoted as High School (HS) courses.

ENGLISH SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY THE ARTS MYP: English A Language & MYP: Science (Integrated Biology, MYP: Art, Dance, Drama, Film, Music Literature, English Language Chemistry, and Physics lab DP: Visual Arts (SL/HL), Dance (SL/ Acquisition sciences), Technology: Product HL), Theatre (SL/HL), Film Studies (SL/ DP: English Literature (SL/HL), English Design & Digital Design HL), Music (SL/HL), HS Art & Design Language & Literature (SL/HL), DP: Biology (SL/HL), Chemistry English B (HL), HS English (SL/HL), Physics (SL/HL), Design PHYSICAL EDUCATION Technology (DT) (SL/HL), MYP: Health and Physical Education HUMANITIES Environmental Systems & Society MYP: Individuals & Societies (SL), Sports, Exercise & Health OTHER DP: Economics (SL/HL), Geography Science (SL), HS Integrated Science DP: Theory of Knowledge (TOK), (SL/HL), History (SL/HL), Information HS Capstone Technology in a Global Society LANGUAGES (ITGS) (SL/HL), Psychology (SL/HL), HS MYP: Mandarin, Spanish, French Global Issues Foundation, Standard, Advanced levels Students who are non-native MATHEMATICS DP: Mandarin Ab Initio SL, Mandarin English language speakers MYP: Mathematics (Studies, Literature A (SL/HL), Mandarin are assessed to determine Standard, and Extended levels) Language and Literature A (SL/ whether ELA support is DP: IB Mathematics Analysis & HL), Mandarin B (SL/HL), Spanish Ab required. Approaches (SL/HL), IB Mathematics Initio SL, Spanish B (SL/HL), IB French Applications and Interpretation (SL/ B (SL/HL), Self-Taught (SL) (School HL), HS Mathematical Applications Supported), HS Conversational Chinese Western Academy of Beijing WAB is inclusive with regard to admission to the IB Diploma Programme. Approximately 86% of students choose the full IB IB Diploma Results Diploma Programme.

Percentage of WAB Number of WAB Students Graduating IB DP WAB Mean World Mean DP Candidates Who Who Earned a Bilingual Class Candidates Earned the Diploma Diploma 2020 83 34 29.92 96% 22 2019 83 34 29.63 94% 29 2018 97 34 29.76 90% 15 2017 84 34 29.78 95% 19 2016 103 34 30.06 98% 23

WAB Graduation Requirements Grading System (1-7 Scale) College Preparatory General Studies Diploma The WAB assessment system follows the established IB Diploma (minimum 24 (minimum 14 credits) criteria and conversion table, whose descriptors are credits) 3 English noted below: 4 English 2 Science North American 3 Science Grade Descriptor 2 Mathematics Conversion 3 Mathematics 2 Humanities 7 A+ Excellent 3 Humanities 2 Health and Physical 2 Arts Education 6 A Very Good 2 Health and Physical 2 Arts 5 B Good Education 1 Elective 4 C Satisfactory 2 Technology 3 Electives 3 D Mediocre 2 Other Language 2 F Poor Credit is given at the end of a school year with a grade 1 F Very Poor of 3 or higher. Transfer students will have their previous transcript verified and credit is awarded (not stated on WAB transcript). Students may be waived certain Class of 2021 SAT Scores Summary requirements only if transferring in mid-way through high school. WAB does not rank or calculate Grade Point Averages (GPA).

During online learning, from February 3 to June 13, 2020, WAB adopted an assessment policy that allowed students Standardized Tests & External Exams to earn a P (Pass) for demonstrated learning in a given WAB offers the following external exams on site: course.

Due to the global effects of the pandemic, standardized testing options for International students were severely curtailed for the class of 2021. Even where testing was available, sudden test cancellations, center closures, and poorly-functioning registration systems adversely affected students’ abilities to follow their planned or ideal testing schedules. MATRICULATION - UNIVERSITY/COLLEGE: CLASSES OF 2017-2020

ASIA University College Twente (NL) James Madison University * University of Amsterdam (NL) (5) ***** Lafayette College Beijing Language & Culture University (China) (9) *** University of Groningen (NL) * Lewis & Clark College Central University of Finance & Economics University of Maastricht (NL) Loyola University, Chicago (China) * University of Navarra (SP) Loyola Marymount University * Communication University of China (China) University of New York in Prague, S.r.o (CZ) Lynn University Hokkaido University (Japan) University of Szeged Medicine (HU) Massachusetts College of Pharmacy & Hong Kong University of Science & Vrije University Amsterdam (4) ** Health Sciences University * Technology (5) (Hong Kong) New York University (9) *** Mahidol University (Thailand) KOREA New York University Abu Dhabi (2) * University (China) Advanced Institute of Science and NYU Tisch School of the Arts Nagoya University (Japan) Technology (KAIST) Northampton Community College New York University (Shanghai Campus) Korean National University of Arts Northeastern University (4) * (China) Korea University (2) Northwestern University The Chinese University of Hong Kong Seoul National University (5) Ohio State University (Hong Kong) Sogang University (2) Ohio University (China) Yonsei University (6) ** Otis College of Art and Design University of Hong Kong (HK) Parsons School of Design - Waseda University (Japan) (4) ** UNITED KINGDOM The New School (7) ** Yale-NUS College (Singapore) Arts University Bournemouth (2) Pennsylvania State University Birkbeck University of London Pitzer College AUSTRALIA Imperial College, London (3) * Pratt Institute – Main * & NEW ZEALAND King’s College of London (3) Princeton University * Loughborough University (2) Purchase College, SUNY Australia National University Newcastle University Purdue University (2) Blue Mountains International Hospitality Nottingham Trente University Rhode Island School of Design * School Royal Holloway, University of London Ringling College of Art and Design Monash University Sussex University * Rochester Institute of Technology * University of Adelaide University College London (7) San Francisco State University University of Auckland University of the Arts London Santa Monica College University of Brisbane University of Bath Savannah College of Art and Design (3) * University of Canberra University of Bristol School of Visual Arts (5) * University of Melbourne University of Cambridge - Medicine Stanford University (2) University of Queensland (2)* University of Edinburgh (3) * St. Edward’s University University of Sydney (2) University of Glasgow (3) * Stony Brook University Queensland University of Technology University of Leeds Swarthmore College University of London (1) Syracuse University (2) * CANADA University of Manchester (2) Trinity College (2) * Carleton University * University of Oxford Tufts University (3) Fraser International College University of Sheffield * University of California, Berkeley (5) McGill University (3) * University of Warwick University of California, Davis McMaster University University of California, Irvine Memorial University of Newfoundland * UNITED STATES University of California, Los Angeles (5) * Queen’s University (1) University of California, San Diego (3) American University University of British Columbia (11) ***** University of California, Santa Cruz Arizona State University University of Toronto (9) * University of Chicago * Austin College University of Waterloo (4) ** University of Colorado Colorado Springs Barnard College (2) Western University * University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (5) Berklee College of Music (3) * University of Hawaii at Manoa * Boston College (3) University of La Verne (2) * EUROPE Boston Conservatory University of Maryland, College Park Aalto University (FN) (1) Boston University (6) * University of Michigan - Ann Arbor * Delft University of Technology (NL) * Brandeis University (2) * University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (2) Dutch Filers Academy (NL) Brown University (5) University of North Carolina, Charlotte Ecole Hoteliere de Lausanne (CH) Brigham Young University University of Pennsylvania Erasmus University College * Bryant University University of Rochester Erasmus University Rotterdam (NL) (2) * California College of the Arts * University of San Francisco Fontys University of Applied Science (NL) * California Institute of the Arts University of Southern California (9) * Haaga-Helia University (SE) Carleton College (2) * University of Texas, Austin (2) Hanzse University of Applied Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University * Groningen (NL) (2) * University of Washington Chapman University (2) IE University (SP) University of Wisconsin, Madison Colorado State University – Fort Collins * IESEG School of Management (FR) Vanderbilt University Columbia University Kedge Business School (FR) Virginia Commomwealth University * Concordia College at Moorhead * Les Roches Schools of Hotel Management, Washington University in St. Louis Cornell University (2) (CH) (2) * Wellesley College Emory University (3) ** Lund University (SE) Wesleyan University Emory University, Oxford College (2) NHL Stenden University of Applied Sciences * Westminster College Fordham University Rotterdam School of Management, Yale University Full Sail University Erasmus University (NL) George Washington University Royal Insititute of Technology in Stockhom * Denotes Class of 2020 (one * per (KTH) (SE) Georgetown University matriculation) The American University of Paris (FR) Grand Canyon University * Australian, European, and Korean matriculation The Complutense University of Madrid Grinnell College numbers are still being processed - offers The Hague University of Applied Sciences (NL) Illinois Institute of Technology continue to arrive, and student disclosure contributes to a tracking challenge.