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January-February 2021 Beijing’S Essential International Family Resource January-February 2021 January-February 2021 Beijing’s essential international family resource January-February 2021 WHAT’S IN A NAME? You may have noticed a slight change in the cover of our magazine this issue: our name has been shortened from beijingkids to simply Jingkids. What is this sorcery, you may ask? Is this a knockoff product produced by pirates? Have we been taken over by some external force? Are we leaving Beijing? Nope, it’s still us, the same beijingkids you’ve come to know and (hopefully) love for a decade and half. The name change is something we’ve anticipated for over a decade, and believe it or not, marks the fourth (!) name we’ve used for this magazine in the 14 years since we published our first product. We produced four of these This lasted for 17 months to great fanfare. Reader Back in 2006, we launched until we expanded the name demand moved us to a full- as a small quarterly hand- to deepen the connection on monthly magazine the book called Kids in Beijing, to Beijing, by rebranding next year, which we named which was part of our now- as beijingkids at the same tbjkids (using the “tbj” from discontinued Immersion time Beijing was hosting the thebeijinger, from which we Guides book series. 2008 Olympics. sprung). We soldiered on with that name until we decided to launch our Chinese edition in 2012, which we named Jing – not the “jing” from the word Beijing (京), but the homonym Jing (菁), which is a component of words such as essence, luxuriant and elite. Since that time, our Chinese brand Jing has grown by leaps and bounds, expanded to Shanghai, and become more and more of a central brand. Though the contents of each magazine are entirely independent, much of what we do – such as our school choice expos and our school choice guides – are joint efforts, and thus it only made sense for us to unify our efforts into one brand. Our commitment to you as Beijing’s Essential International Family Resource remains the same. You can still find us at our URL at www.beijing-kids.com and on WeChat at bjkids, and you can reach us at our same email addresses. Thanks for your continued support! Michael Wester CEO and Co-Founder, True Run Media This lasted for 17 months until we expanded the name to deepen the connection to Beijing, by re- branding as beijingkids at the same time Beijing was hosting the 2008 Olympics: CONTENTS 12 20 10 SCHOOL CHOICE GUIDE 2021 FEATURES SCHOOL INDEX 6 What Age Should You Send Your Child 27 School Index to Preschool? List of schools in the guide and their page numbers ECE Experts Engage on Ideas 28 Preschools and Kindergarten 8 Dealing With Deadlines 47 Up to Elementary or Middle School The Ultimate Guide For Teens by Teens on Assignments, 53 Up to High School Pressures, and Stress 60 K-12 Schools 10 Better Eating, Better Earth 101 COVID-19 Protocols Checklist How Schools Make Dining Sustainable — and How You Can Do 102 A Parent’s Guide to Open House Visits Your Part 104 Tour Your Top Schools – Virtually! 12 What’s the Right Preschool/Life Balance? ECE Educators Help You Bring Learning Home 14 Homework: What is it Good For? ESSENTIALS Two Teacher’s Tips to Get It Done Without a Fight 5 A Note to Our Readers 16 From Vintage to Virtual E-learning Lessons for Schools to Retain 18 Is There Ever a Good Time to Move Schools? Beijing Educators Weigh In 20 Introducing the AP Capstone Program Developing Good Character and Academic Rigor at AISB-Hope ON THE COVER: International 22 Beijing Curriculum Guide School Choice as Chess: International Comparing Curriculums for All Age Groups School of Beijing (ISB) Student Loviise Puntso displays all the options available to students in Beijing. Photographed by Dave Hanssen of Dave’s Studio 图书在版编目（ＣＩＰ）数据 国际教育 / 《菁系列丛书》编委会编 . -- 昆明 : 云南科技出版社, 2020.11 （菁系列丛书） ISBN 978-7-5587-2561-6 SHANGHAI INCOMING BEIJING PISTES PERTH CAPITAL JAZZ Ⅰ. ①国… Ⅱ. ①菁… Ⅲ. ①国际教育 Ⅳ. ①G51 中国版本图书馆CIP数据核字(2020)第210932号 菁系列丛书——国际教育 JING XILIE CONGSHU GUOJI JIAOYU 《菁系列丛书》编委会 编 THE YEAR FROM 责任编辑：洪丽春 EVERY ANGLE 助理编辑：曾 芫 张 朝 封面设计：Susu Luo 责任校对：张舒园 责任印制：蒋丽芬 书 号：ISBN 978-7-5587-2561-6 Since 2001 | 2001年创始 印 刷：广州培基印刷镭射分色有限公司 thebeijinger.com 开 本：889mm x 1194mm 1/16 印 张：6.5 字 数：134千字 版 次：2021年1月第1版 印 次：2021年1月第1次印刷 定 价：30.00元 出版发行：云南出版集团公司 云南科技出版社 地 址：昆明市环城西路609号 网 址：http://www.ynkjph.com/ 电 话：0871-64190889 版权所有 侵权必究 Since 2006 | 2006年创始 Beijing-kids.com Advertising Agency 国际教育 · 家庭生活 · 都市资讯 Beijing Agenda Advertising Co., Limited 广告代理 北京爱见达广告有限公司 Telephone/电话: 5941 5499 Advertising Hotlines/广告热线：5941 0368 Chief Manager Mina Yan Deputy Manager Cindy Marie Jenkins 2018年10月刊 1 Digital Planner Mark Allan Karanja Since 2012 | 2012年创始 Contributors XueFei Liu, Robynne Tindall, Julie Wolf Jingkids.com CEO and Founder Michael Wester 国际教育·家庭生活·都市资讯 Owner and Co-Founder Toni Ma Marketing Director Victoria Yang Marketing Team Echo Wang, Kris Wei NEW YEAR Brand Manager Christina Cao CONCERT Art Director Susu Luo Production Manager Joey Guo Graphic Designer Michelle Zhang Photographer Uni You Sales Director Irene Yan Sales Team Gladys Tang, Crystal Yue, Sharon Shang, Alex Wang, Liu Yue, John Nuega, Adam Liu Since 2014 | 2014年创始 Magazine Marketing Robynne Tindall Jingkids.com IT Team Alexandre Froger, Yan Wen Finance Judy Zhao, Vicky Cui, Susan Zhou HR & Admin Tobal Loyola, Cao Zheng DM Logistic Cao Zheng General Inquiries 5941 5499 Contact: Follow us on Wechat General Information: [email protected] Magazine: [email protected] Sales: [email protected] International www.beijing-kids.com Marketing: [email protected] beijingkids Digital & Magazine Marketing: [email protected] beijing-kids DM Logistic: [email protected] @beijingkids or #beijingkids Directories: [email protected] The jingkids Board Tim Coghlan Tim first came to China in 2001 and has made Beijing his home for the last 10 years. He specializes in new market development for the world’s most iconic consumer brands, I have vivid memories of marking up the School Choice previously helping luxury brands enter and expand in Guide back in 2018, cross referencing disciplines and school China, and now helping a Chinese technology company visions against the map of the vast city I was soon to call build their global business. He enjoys outdoor adventures my own. We couldn’t have foreseen the trials that our with his two young children, and time permitting, vlogs in Chinese under the moniker of “Kangaroo Daddy”. community would overcome last year, or how schools would band together across time zones and inside our various living spaces to make e-learning valuable for students. Our Mike Signorelli challenges continue. But we are stronger together. Mike Signorelli arrived in Beijing in 1994 as a student and On our campuses, administrations worked more closely has called China home ever since. He has held several senior management roles over the past 20+ years, including his with security, operations, custodial, and medical staff than last corporate job with NBA China. Mike is the founder of ever before. The different protocols that had to be created Signature Wine, an independent subscription wine club. and followed (p 101) so that everyone’s dream of reopening Contact him at [email protected]. schools could manifest were awesome in the strict definition of the word: “extremely impressive or daunting; inspiring Marianne Daquet great admiration, apprehension, or fear.” In Beijing for 12 years, Marianne Daquet has But no fear was needed as schools took valuable lessons always been passionate about art and education. from e-learning back into their classrooms, and three of our She founded Atelier Art School 6 years ago with the mission to pass on her strong belief that esteemed speakers from October’s Jingkids International creativity can change the world. She and her French School Expo (JISE) relate their experiences (p 16). Moreo- husband have two daughters. You can reach her at ver, the community had time to reflect on our environment, [email protected]. which encouraged schools to move faster towards sustain- ability efforts in cafeterias (p 10). Tara Gillan But new parents still face old problems: At what age Tara is from England, UK, and been in China over should I enroll my child in preschool (p 6)? What kind of 14 years where she is raising third culture, bilingual curriculum will be the best environment for them to thrive kids. She has a passion for education in China, and in (p 22)? And how can we support their young journeys in is a lifelong learner still trying to master Mandarin. In between, work, study and being a mum, you will our home environment and parenting (p 12)? find her looking for her next adventure! We also hear from Contributing Teen Writer XueFei Liu, who helps teenagers deal with all the stress thrown at them (p 8). Among these stresses is homework, and two educa- Caroline Nath tors give parents the most valuable advice on the topic I’ve Caroline Nath moved to Beijing as a teenager after having grown up in the US, Canada, France, heard in years (p 14). and India. She is a filmmaker, radio host, Parent Most importantly, we celebrate our schools via this year’s Effectiveness Training teacher, founder of Bonne School Choice Guide, where we present to you the best Nani Jams, and an organic food promoter. She has that Beijing offers, so that you can take your notes and two multi-ethnic and multi-lingual children.
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