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SCHOOL PROFILE 2024-2025
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Located on a beautiful, ten-acre lakeside campus adjacent to the ancient water town of Zhujiajiao in Shanghai’s western Qingpu district, SHBS was founded in 2018 by a group of life-long international educators. Our residential campus offers state-of-the-art resources, including science and STEAM laboratories; an arts center with painting, digital arts, and ceramics studios; music practice, performance, and recording spaces; and recreational facilities for a range of sports, including basketball, tennis, tai chi, golf, and crew. With our values of dignity, honor, respect, and integrity, students’ personal and intellectual discovery is fostered through a rigorous course of study grounded in discussion- and inquiry-based learning.
SHBS offers a comprehensive US-AP curriculum as an affiliate of Griggs International Academy; GIA approves and audits all elements of instruction, including faculty credentials, course material, and exams. SHBS is independently accredited by Cognia, is an authorized ACT test center, and is a Cambridge International School. We are also a proud InitialView Partner School and intend for all students to engage in the interview process as part of their personal growth and self-reflection in the college application experience.
GRIGGS INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY is owned and operated by Andrews University and is accredited by Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools. GIA issues final transcripts and upon completion of graduation requirements, students receive a Griggs diploma. SHBS is GIA’s sole licensed partner in Shanghai; for more information, visit www.griggs.edu.
ACADEMIC LEADERSHIP
AND COUNSELING
Executive Principal Wenguo ‘Bowen’ Chen was a founding member of the administrative team at Shanghai High School, International Division, and spent more than twenty years in leadership positions helping to establish it as one of the most highly regarded international schools in the country. He spearheaded the introduction of AP and IB curricula in China, is a distinguished physics teacher, and consults regularly on the development of international schools for Chinese students.
Foreign Principal Christopher Moses held a number of roles at U.S. independent schools, including as Associate Director of College Advising at St. Paul’s School in New Hampshire, and as Dean of Students at Berkeley Carroll in Brooklyn, before moving to Shanghai. This is his twelfth year as a leader in an international school. He attended Reed College, where he then worked in admissions, before pursuing graduate studies in history at Princeton University.
Ms. Chuman Lin is Director of Academic Programs and Student Advising and leader of our college counseling and academic affairs team. With more than ten years’ experience working in international education, Chuman is integral in creating innovative learning opportunities for students. An MA graduate of the University of Georgia, she is also an highly experienced AP Micro and Macro Economics teacher. Her email address is linchuman@shbs.org.cn
Mr. Nicholas Han is Assistant Director of Student Advising and has five years’ experience guiding students and leading career discovery programs. A business graduate of Jiangnan University and having studied computer science at University of Alberta, he was most recently the International Program director for China at Downing College, University of Cambridge. His email address is: hanchao@shbs.org.cn
Ms. Wendy Li is Assistant College Advisor and works closely with students to enable their discovery of greater purpose and curiosity. A graduate of the University of Edinburgh with a Masters Degree from Peking University, she also directs our peer tutoring programs and teaches economics. Her email address is: liwanting@shbs.org.cn
Ms. Maggie Fan is Advising & Academic Affairs Coordinator, offering vital support to the counseling team. She is a graduate of Shanghai Institute of Technology where she studied business administration. Before joining SHBS, she coordinated import export operations at a large multinational corporation. Her email address is: fanfen@shbs.org.cn
The class of 2025 will have 40 graduates and there are 260 underclassmen enrolled in grades nine (75), ten (110), and eleven (75). All are Chinese nationals and 95% live on campus.
155 alumni from our first six graduating classes are currently enrolled at schools including (*denotes multiple):
ArtCenter College of Design
California College of the Arts
Claremont-McKenna College
Colorado College
Dartmouth College
Davidson College
Emory University*
Franklin & Marshall College*
Grinnell College*
Macalester College
Mount Holyoke College*
New York University*
Northeastern University*
Occidental College
Pitzer College
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute*
Tulane University*
UCLA
UC—Davis*
UC—Irvine*
University College London (UCL)*
University of Edinburgh
University of Rochester*
University of Southern California
University of Sydney*
University of The Arts London*
University of Toronto*
University of Virginia
University of Warwick
Waseda University
TEACHING FACULTY
Sixteen international educators, primarily from the US and UK, and thirty-two bilingual Chinese nationals who pursued studies in the Anglophone world, compose our faculty, with more than 75% holding graduate degrees, for a student to faculty ratio of six-to-one.
AP COURSES 2024 – 2025
Biology (3.8)
Chemistry (4.2)
Human Geography (4.0)
Macroeconomics (4.5)
Music Theory
Physics 1 (4.2)
Psychology (4.1)
Calculus AB (4.4) / BC (4.6)
Computer Science A (4.3)
Language & Comp. (3.7)
Microeconomics (4.6)
U.S. History (4.1)
Physics C: Elect. & Mag. (4.4)
Statistics (4.2)
(if more than 5 test results SHBS’ average score is given in parentheses)
GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS
AND CURRICULUM
English: 4 units, non-ESL, including American Literature: Honors-level courses begin with English II and elective courses include Women’s Literature and Contemporary Literature.
Science: 3 units, including Biology: after a ninth-grade integrated science course, all subjects are offered at Honors- and AP-levels.
Social Studies: 3 units, including U.S. History and Government: electives include Economics, Human Geography, and Psychology, as standard and AP courses.
Mathematics: 3 units, with standard-level courses in Geometry, Algebra II, Precalculus, and Financial Algebra, and Honors and AP courses in Geometry, Precalculus, Calculus, and Statistics, with Honors Further Math as our highest-level, post-AP course.
Fine Arts: 1 unit, including Intro. Fine Arts, Music Appreciation, Theater and Drama Arts, Advanced Studio Arts, Advanced Performing Arts, and Music Theory.
Electives: 4 units, including Technology (Intro. and AP Computer Science), Health, and Physical Education.
Building Shanghai: each year, all students participate in one of a dozen project groups for a week-long, immersive learning experience that includes extensive off-campus engagement and service.
ACADEMIC ASSESSMENT
SHBS has a rigorous curriculum with efficacious assessment of students’ performance. GPA is calculated on a 4.0 scale, with Honors and AP courses weighted by 0.4 and 0.8 points, respectively. Students are not ranked; reference can be made to our average student GPAs which reflect a conscientious effort to avoid inflation.
Avg. Unweighted Avg. Weighted
G12 3.14 3.59
G9-G11 3.02 3.42
APPLICATION INTEGRITY
The school only submits academic credentials directly, either via a secure platform like Common App, Cialfo, or Parchment, or from an @shbs.org.cn domain email. No letters are provided to students nor does the school accept references written on their behalf. GIA issues official transcripts and they are clearly indicated as such.
GLOBAL CONNECTIONS
SHBS values international citizenship as essential to its mission. We partner with World Leadership School to offer programs in Morocco, India, and Tanzania, and have travel exchanges with schools and communities in Germany, Italy, Spain and the US.
Address: 178 Kezhiyuan Road, Zhujiajiao Town, Qingpu District, Shanghai, China 201713
Phone: +86 21 59268666
CEEB: 694713
Web: www.shbs.org.cn
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Instagram: shbschina
