We provide a caring and supportive learning environment with a culture that encourages students to ask questions, be innovative, and make mistakes, while respectfully accepting each individual for who they are. A student-centered holistic philosophy is implemented in all of our programs and activities to ensure that every student can be seen.
Why Choose Wahaha International School?
At Wahaha International School, we strive to deliver education with heartfelt sincerity and creative enrichment and establish a high-quality international school where students are empowered and grow into global ambassadors. A community that is evolving into a family with a shared vision and goals.
Our curriculum is based on the philosophies and framework of the International Baccalaureate (IB) Program, enriched by Chinese and International curricula, which integrate worldwide standards and resources, providing students with cutting-edge international education.
At WIS, we offer an immersive English environment richly interwoven with Chinese culture, so that our learners can freely understand and appreciate both Chinese and Western cultures. We are committed to empowering our learners to be global ambassadors who can make the distinct Chinese voice heard and facilitate cultural and intellectual dialog. As they explore the world, they can confidently communicate who they are within a global context.
Student-Centered Holistic Education
Extensive Foundation in Chinese Language and Culture
The school-based textbooks for the Chinese course are compiled by seven famous teachers from Zhejiang Province led by Mr. Zhang Huawan, the national special-level expert. After finishing our Chinese program, our learners’ Chinese literacy and understanding of Chinese culture can not only meet the Chinese national curriculum standards, but also establish connections with the real world, improve the ability to use language in real life.
Math Co-teaching & Shared Resources
Our math teaching materials are selected from IB, Cambridge Mathematics, the English National Curriculum, Singapore Mathematics, Shanghai Education edition, and other resources from other countries. It not only retains the essence of Chinese math teaching, but also integrates the best parts of global mathematic research and best practices.
Math co-teaching between Chinese and International teaching aims to stimulate students’ interest in learning, lay a solid foundation in mathematics and cultivate mathematical thinking.
Immersive and Rigorous English Language Academic Program
WIS implements a rigorous globally focused English language academic program that develops strong speaking, listening, reading, and writing skills for our students.
The language arts program utilizes a balanced and flexible approach to literacy, meeting the individualized needs of our learners. Within the English Language classes explicit and directed reading and writing strategies are delivered through purposeful and impactful reading and writing workshops, alongside word study components that deliver authentic growth and understanding.
21st Century Learning to Foster Innovative Mindset
At WIS, we are future-focused and ensure we go beyond typical STEAM education toward 21st-century learning skills.
Science at WIS combines the strengths of Chinese and global teaching strategies and concepts. It emphasizes scientific foundations and hands-on ability, and encourages students to apply the skills they have learned across disciplines.
Equally, we offer programming and design courses to our learners, providing them the opportunities to develop key skills increasingly required in the digital age.
Student Support Team Offering Extra Support for Language and Counselling
WIS delivers holistic care and development for our learners through both the Student Support and Language Support teams. Simultaneously, the WIS Student Support Team will also collaborate with teachers of various subjects to provide detailed differentiated teaching.
Our rigorous EAL (English as an Additional Language) and CAL (Chinese as an Additional Language) programs ensure that all students are well supported in accessing the curriculum.
Differentiated Teaching to Meet the Needs of Individual Learners
We are dedicated to meeting the needs of each individual student through purposeful differentiation. Differentiation is intended to improve both student engagement and achievement. Teachers are able to effectively call on key information that pinpoints what students know now, and what they are ready to learn next.
Restorative Practice & Positive Discipline
The restorative practices and positive discipline approaches used throughout WIS is a strong community-centered philosophy. Students at WIS have a voice in the creation of class and school rules and are held accountable through empowerment.
Through restorative and positive discipline, all children are able to manage their emotions more successfully and are able to deal with stress in healthy ways.
Experienced Educators & High Student-Teacher Ratios
WIS benefits from small classes with a class size of no more than 22, more than 50% of the academic team has a master’s degree or above and more than ten years of teaching experience.
Each class is equipped with an international homeroom teacher, a Chinese teacher and other professional teachers. Regardless of whether parents are proficient in English and/or western culture, there are many tools available to communicate well with the school.
Diversified Future Pathways & Various Placement Projects
WIS has customized an international global education path for students so they can access high school programs worldwide, which includes:
- NEIA, Wahaha Schools’s sister IB school in Boston
- WBS High School (English immersivecourse, smoother connection with IB MYP)
- Top IB High Schools in the world
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