SMIC PRIVATE SCHOOL -International (SMIC-I) High School Profile 2019-2020

VISION STATEMENT Educating and nurturing students to become global citizens of honor and self-discipline who are committed to independent thinking and service to others.

MISSION STATEMENT The heart and soul of the school is a combined partnership with families and community to provide positive, student-centered education that balances academic excellence with physical, HONOR  EXCELLENCE social and emotional well-being using both an American-style curriculum and Chinese cultural  COMMUNITY  JOY traditions.

CEEB CODE: 694240 HISTORY www.smicschool.com The SMIC Private School was established in 2001 by Semiconductor Manufacturing No. 169 Qingtong Road International Corporation (www.smiscs.com) to accommodate educational needs of the New Area children of its local and foreign employees. Of middle/high school students, approximately 18% are children of SMIC employees. The school graduated its first senior class in June of 2006 and China 201203 has had 596 graduates since 2006. (Tel): 86-21-2033-2588 (Fax): 86-21-5855-7462 THE SCHOOL Shanghai SMIC Private School-International (SMIC-I) combines the emphasis of Chinese value International K-12 Principal for education with the resourcefulness of American creativity to provide students with a school Kelley Ridings, Ph. D. that offers the best of the East and West. SMIC-I is recognized and accredited by China’s (86-21) 2033-2589 Ministry of Education, and by the US accreditation agency, the Western Association of Schools [email protected] and Colleges (WASC). SMIC-I is a member of the College Board and an SAT and ACT testing center. Students enroll in one of two academic tracks. The SMIC-I follows an American-based Senior Director of High School Grade K-12, college preparatory curriculum. It enrolls foreign passport holders who have Dr. Darshana Hegde demonstrated proficiency to study core subjects in English including math. The school also has (82-21) 2033-2548 a Chinese Track which administers China’s national curriculum and is open to both foreign [email protected] (non-Chinese) as well as local students.

Director of Counseling SMIC College Counselor A SCHOOL OF SPECIAL REGONITION Keith G. Sieg  2018 – East Asia Regional Council of Schools (EARCOS) membership granted (86-21) 2033-2558  2016 – Shanghai SMIC Private School-International receives full six-year Accreditation [email protected] from the Western Association of Schools and Colleges  2015 – SMIC Chancellor, Dr. Shu-Kuang Hu was recognized by the Shanghai government SMIC College Counselor with the Magnolia Silver Award for outstanding contributions by a foreigner to the Standardized Testing economic, social, and educational development of our city Coordinator  2014 – National Exemplary School from the China Private School Association Phil Chu  2013 – National Avant-garde Pioneer in Innovative Education from the China Association (86-21) 2033-2558 for Non-government Education [email protected]  2009 – Exemplary Private Elementary, Middle and High School Award (2009) from China’s Ministry of Education, the SMIC Private School received the “Exemplary Private Elementary, Middle and High School Award” from China’s Ministry of Education

EXPECTED SCHOOL-WIDE LEARNING RESULTS (ESLRs) – The SMIC Private School is committed to significant local regional, national and international partnerships with families and communities that prepare students to be:  Global Citizens: Students will engage in positive, active citizenship through respect for the environments, commitment to charitable causes and appreciation for cultural diversity.  Persons of Character: Students will consistently choose to respect self and others.  Motivated Learners: Students will demonstrate a passion for learning and an intellectual curiosity through creativity, initiative, collaboration and problem solving.  Healthy Individuals: Students will make appropriate choices that reflect physical well-being as well as social and emotional maturity.

and universities. Students from both tracks also combine for some weekly assemblies and school-wide events.

GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS FACULTY PROFILES Graduation requires 23 credits and 100 hours of community Full-time Middle/High School service. To meet graduation requirements, credits earned from Teaching Faculty: 73 previous schools must be evaluated by a department head and Average years of teaching experience: 13 be approved by the Senior Director of High School. Student : teacher ratio: 9:1

Median class size (grades 9-12): 22 English 4 credits Countries Represented by Faculty Science 3 credits Number Percentage Social Studies 3 credits US 36 49 Mathematics 3 credits Canada 6 8 Foreign Language 3 credits China 11 7 Technology 1 credit Other 14 19 Visual & Performing Arts 1 credit* Physical Education 1 credit* .5 credit x 2 yrs* Highest Degree of MHS Faculty and Staff Life Skills 1 credit* .25 credit x 4 yrs* Doctorate 5 Co-Curricular 1 credit Master’s 31 Additional Courses 2 credits Bachelor’s 37 *Not computed in GPA *Grade 6-12 Faculty G.P.A. AND CLASS RANK

G.P.A is calculated on a weighted 4.0 scale on courses beginning STUDENT PROFILES in the ninth grade. Accelerated courses carry an additional half 2019-20 SMIC-I Enrollments grade point, and AP courses carry an additional full grade point Grades 1-5 704 for calculation purposes. Grades from courses completed at Grades 6-8 307 other schools are not counted in SMIC Private School’s G.P.A. Grades 9-12 249 The school does not calculate class rank. Class of 2019 62 ADVANCED COURSES

Countries and Regions Represented by Students* The school currently offers 28 accelerated and Advanced United States 21% Placement courses: (Note: Pre-requisites required) Taiwan, China/Hong Kong, China 18% Korea 22% English Canada 5% - Accelerated English 9 - Accelerated English 10 Singapore 3% - AP English Language & Composition China** 19% - AP English Literature & Composition Other 12% Mathematics *Grade 6-12 Students - Axiomatic Geometry Honors - AP Calculus AB **With PR from other countries - Algebra 2 with Trigonometry - AP Calculus BC CALENDAR - Pre-Calculus Honors - AP Statistics Academic Technology The school year has two semesters beginning on September 2nd - AP Computer Science A and ending on June 29th with a total of 180 school days. Classes Science meet for 40 minutes per period, 8 periods a day. The school day - AP Biology - AP Chemistry begins at 7:55AM and ends at 3:25PM. The school follows a four- - AP Physics I - AP Physics II quarter, two-semester grading system. Credit is awarded for - AP Environmental Science final grades of 60% and above. History/Social Studies - AP United States History - AP Human Geography ACADEMIC PROGRAM - AP Comparative Government - AP Psychology SMIC-I’s unique curriculum and diploma offered within the - AP Macroeconomics -AP Research context as a school within a local Chinese school allows students - AP Seminar to receive a U.S. college-preparatory education while Language maintaining exposure to elements of the local Chinese - AP Chinese Language and Culture - AP French - Chinese Literature Accelerated - AP Spanish educational program. Visual and Performing Arts SMIC-I and High School students participate in a curriculum - AP Studio Art that fulfills entrance requirements for North American colleges

INTERNSHIP COLLEGE APTITUDE TESTS Internship is an unpaid, career-focused experience that allows the students to become directly involved in a All SMIC-I students applying to universities worldwide are required to take workplace setting with 20 companies. This experience the SAT or ACT no later than the spring of their junior year. Students provides the student with an opportunity to apply the skills learning English as a foreign language are expected to take the TOEFL in learned in the classroom and real world work situations. The addition to the SAT. internship experience including self-reflection and analysis purposefully links classroom learning with the application SAT Results for the Class of 2019 of knowledge in an applied work or professional setting. Subject Score Mean Score This highly competitive opportunity is available only to Evidence based Reading Writing 540-800 711 Math 580-800 754 upperclassmen. SAT Score Range 1120-1560 1465 ATHLETICS SAT Subject Results for the Class of 2018

Our school provides students the opportunity to participate Subject Number of Tests Taken Mean Score in athletics through our status as a founding member of Biology 10 740 SISAC, the Shanghai International Schools Activities Chemistry* NA 703 Conference. The conference focuses on season-based sports Chinese w/ Listening* NA 788 competitions in a variety of sports. SMIC-I students English Literature* NA 633 participate in sports such as , , soccer, French* NA 720 track, cross country, table tennis, badminton, and Math 1* NA 695 tennis. Our students learn many life lessons through the Math 2 26 748 Physics* NA 746 athletic endeavors that the school provides. It is our goal to US History* NA 685 create healthy individuals who have been enriched by the *These results had fewer than 10 student scores. For confidentiality reasons, we cannot publicly character building life applications found in team sports. publish these results Our league began in 2004, and SMIC-I students have won ACT Results for Class of 2019 multiple city championships in basketball, soccer, table Subject Score Mean Score tennis, badminton, tennis, and track & field. Having ACT w/ Writing 25-36 NCAA (National Collegiate Athletic Association) recognition, several of our graduates have gone on to NCAA ADVANCED PLACEMENT EXAMINATION RESULTS division athletics at the collegiate level. In 2019, a total of 428 Advanced Placement examinations were taken, with CO-CURRICULAR 93.2% results scored 3 or higher.

The School offers a variety of extra-curricular activities for AP Results (Administered May 2018) students. One format that the school employs to offer these % Students’ opportunities is through the structure of students clubs. Subject 5 4 3 2 1 scores of 3 or These club opportunities include but are not limited to: higher Student Athletic Council, Cookies for Kenya, Computer Biology 8 8 3 100 Club, Community Service Club, Creative Writing Club, Calculus AB 17 3 1 95 Dance Club, Debate Club, Environmental Club, Homework Calculus BC 16 100 Club, Journalism & Broadcasting Club, Korean Culture Club, Chemistry 17 6 2 100 Model United Nations, Film making Club, Mu Alpha Theta Chinese Language 14 1 100 (Math), Seniors Event Club and Student Council. Other Computer Science A 10 6 5 2 1 88 clubs are created based on student interest and involvement. English Lang. & Comp. 8 14 6 1 1 93 All clubs are observed and evaluated based on the club English Lit. & Comp. 5 1 3 100 activities, attendance, treasurer’s log submission as well as Environmental Sciences 4 5 2 100 participation in school events. French Lang. & Culture* NA 100 The school has two major student publications: the Xin Lang Human Geography 4 8 2 1 93 Scholar (newspaper) and the School Yearbook. Xin Lang Macroeconomics 18 10 6 8 5 72 Microeconomics* NA 100 Scholar, the English language student newspaper, received Physics 1: Algebra-Based 10 4 5 2 90 awards from the American Scholastic Press Association in Physics 2: Algebra-Based 7 7 1 100 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2010, and 2006. The School Physics C: E & M* NA 100 Yearbook, also offered as an SMIC-I class, is designed by Research 6 6 4 100 both Chinese and English Track Students. Psychology 16 11 5 86

Seminar 6 2 5 100 SUPPORT SERVICES Spanish Lang. & Culture* NA 100  Personal counseling support with the school’s Statistics 24 11 1 1 97 Counseling Office (in combined partnership with Studio Art: 2-D Design NA 100 students, families, and faculty) is provided based on Studio Art: 3-D Design NA 100 student need. Studio Art: Drawing NA 100  College guidance and counseling services are also U.S. History 5 7 3 100 provided through the Counseling Office. Total Exams 231 113 55 20 9  A comprehensive Child Protection Policy is in place and Percentage of total 54 26 13 5 2 has been implemented. *These results had fewer than 10 student scores. For confidentiality reasons, we cannot publicly  International Association for College Admissions publish these results Counseling (IACAC)

2019 UNIVERSITY ACCEPTANCES

UNITED STATES University of California, Berkeley 4 HONG KONG Amherst College 1 University of California, Davis 6 Chinese University of Hong Kong 2 Arizona State University 2 University of California, Irvine 3 City University of Hong Kong 2 Bard College 1 University of California, Los Angeles 1 Hong Kong Polytechnic University 4 Boston University 5 University of California, Riverside 2 Hong Kong University of Science & Technology 4 Baylor University 1 University of California, San Diego 7 University of Hong Kong 6 Brandeis University 1 University of California, Santa Barbara 5 Carnegie Mellon University 3 University of California, Santa Cruz 8 JAPAN California College of the Arts 1 University of Colorado, Boulder 1 Temple University Japan 1 Boston College 1 University of Connecticut 1 Yokohama National University 1 DePaul University 1 University of Illinois: Chicago 1 Dickenson College 2 University of Hawaii at Manoa 1 SOUTH KOREA College of William and Mary 2 University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign 10 KAIST 1 Drexel University 3 University of Minnesota, Twin Cities 2 Korea Aerospace University 2 Duquesne 1 University of Pittsburgh 1 Korea University 2 Franklin and Marshall 1 University of Southern California 1 Sungkyunkwan University 2 Fordham University 3 University of Virginia 1 Yonsei 2 George Mason University 1 University of Washington, Seattle 3 George Washington University 2 University of Wisconsin, Madison 4 SINGAPORE Georgia Institute of Technology 1 University of Texas, Austin 3 Nanyang Technological University 2 Grinnell College 1 University of Vermont 1 National University 2 Indiana University Bloomington 2 Wake Forest 1 Singapore Management University 3 Illinois Institute of Technology 1 Washington University St. Louis 1 Loyola Marymount 1 Virginia Commonwealth University 1 AUSTRALIA Maryland Institute College of Art 1 Virginia Tech 1 Australia National University 1 Michigan State University 2 Monash University 1 Muhlenberg College 1 CANADA University of Melbourne 1 New York University 3 McGill University 1 University of New South Wales 2 Northeastern University 2 University of British Columbia 4 University of Sydney 4 Pennsylvania State University 2 University of Toronto 4 Pepperdine University 3 MIDDLE EAST Pratt Institute 4 UNITED KINGDOM/EU Amity University 1 Purdue University 7 Royal Conservatoire of Scotland 1 Middlesex University 1 Rice University 1 University of Amsterdam 1 Emirates Academy of Hotel Management 3 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 1 University College London 1 Rutgers University 2 University of Exeter 1 CHINA Savannah College of Art & Design 2 University of Leeds 1 New York University (Shanghai) 1 School of the Art Institute of Chicago 3 University of Loughborough 1 Tsinghua University 2 School of Visual Arts 2 University of Nottingham 1 Seton Hall 1 Santa Clara University 2 Smith College 1 SUNY Stony Brook 1 Syracuse University 1 Temple University 1 The Ohio State University 4 Tufts 1 University of Arizona 3

2008-2019 UNIVERSITY MATRICULATION Highlights UNITED STATES Brown University Georgia Institute of Technology University of California-Los Angeles California College of the Arts Johns Hopkins University University of California-San Diego Carnegie Mellon University Pepperdine University University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Case Western Reserve University Pratt Institute University of Notre Dame Chapman University Princeton University University of Southern California Claremont McKenna College Rhode Island School of Design University of Texas at Austin Cornell University The George Washington University University of Washington Dartmouth College Tufts University Vassar College Emory University United States Air Force Academy Yale University Georgetown University University of California-Berkeley

CANADA CHINA HONG KONG Mc Gill University Shanghai Chinese University of Hong Kong University of Alberta Tsinghua University City University of Hong Kong University of British Columbia UM & SJTU-Joint Institute Hong Kong Polytechnic University University of Toronto Fudan University Hong Kong University of Science & Technology University of Waterloo The University of Hong Kong UNITED KINGDOM KOREA Imperial College London Yonsei University King’s College London Seoul National University University College London University of Edinburgh Oxford University