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Dear applicants and families,

We live today in an increasingly globalized world economy. As an open and international city, Beijing has become an ideal place for more and more foreigners and their off-spring to choose to live. To meet the needs of these international students, we have opened Tsinghua International School.
It is well known that Tsinghua High School enjoys great prestige in China and abroad due to its 90 years of history, its unique educational philosophy and the great number of well-known alumni. With all the resources available to us, we have started Tsinghua International School, where we have introduced an advanced international pedagogical system and absorbed the best ideas in education. In Tsinghua International School, a western educational model, emphasizing the combination of Chinese and western culture and a comfortable and appealing learning environment is provided to allow the international students to enjoy a first-class education in a first-class school in China.
We sincerely hope that every student at Tsinghua International School will develop affection for the homeland, a sound personality, an optimistic attitude towards life, a deep and thorough understanding of the world and a spirit of creativity.
Today, you are proud of Tsinghua International School. Tomorrow, Tsinghua International School will be proud of you!

Yours Sincerely,

Wang Dianjun
Principal of Tsinghua High School
Principal of Tsinghua International School

 

Dear applicants and families,

As you know, Tsinghua High School enjoys great prestige due to its more than 90-year-history, unique school philosophy and great number of well-known alumni. The Tsinghua International School we are presenting you today is a Western-style school directed by Tsinghua High School and opens to expatriate students studying in China. Different from the main campus, in the international school we will be aware of the cultural backgrounds, educational demands and future development needs of the students and provide them with a similar way of education as in their native countries. Certainly, we will also enable our students to learn deeply about Chinese history and culture.
Based on Tsinghua Affiliated Middle High School’s excellent foundation and credit of running a school, with the support of Tsinghua University and Ministry of Education,with the environmental advantage we have here in west Beijing with a dense population of high-tech and intelligent personnel, based on our good relationship with many educational institutions at home and abroad, we will build the Tsinghua International School with high standards. Our goal is to educate good citizens and to train the future leaders of the world, and to that end we will offer the best education available anywhere.
Thank you for your interest in Tsinghua International School, and please share with others that might be interested your impressions of THIS. We invite your input and suggestions, and we know that with your support THIS will be an exceptional success.

Yours Sincerely,

Liu Jun
Deputy Principal of Tsinghua High School
Executive Principal of Tsinghua International School

 

Wang was born in June 1954. He graduated from Tsinghua University in 1977 with a degree in Technology English. Later he went to work as a visiting teacher in Minnesota from 1984-1985. He served as teaching and research staff in the Haidian District since 1985. During 1987-1989, he was studying in the department of Philosophy at Peking University and received his bachelor of philosophy degree. He was teaching and was named the head of the English department in Tsinghua High school during 1990 to 2009 August. He was evaluated as the leader of the English subject in the Haidian District continuously ever since 1994. He was named the teacher of specification in 1997 by the Beijing municipal government and was appointed one of the academic members of Committee of Experts in China Science Education Association in the year 2002. In 2005, he served as an academic committee member of the Beijing Municipal Education Society. In October, he became an Academic committee member of the experimental centre of basic education of the national foreign language education research centre. In addition, he was head of the honour English teacher workstation in the Haidian district in Beijing. In Nov .2007, he was invited as the master student tutor of the Capital Normal University. In March 2008, he was invited as the part-time tutor of the fundamental education development institute of Capital Normal University. He has been teaching for 32 years and has edited a few dozen teaching reference books, and has published and translated many teaching articles. He was awarded national and municipal scientific research prizes 4 times. Many of his students have won prizes among National and Municipal English awards. Currently, he serves as the vice principal of Tsinghua international school and the principal assistant of Tsinghua High School..

Building a New Generation

“Education should face modernization, should face the world and should face the future.” We should view today’s education with a view to the future. We must make it possible for our students to win in the face of fierce competition in the future. We should build a new generation. This generation should exemplify a balance of “morality, intelligence, physical education, aesthetics and socialization.
Our students should also develop expertise in some area. Although they carry on our traditions, they will also infuse this legacy with learning from modern thought. Although they may be born in China or in other countries, they should surely have a keen understanding of the entire globe. Our students should have a common nature, characterized by the following:
1. Never be content. Be eager to have more knowledge. Continue always with life-long learning.
2. Never be selfish. Be actively engaged in pursuit of the common interest and willing to dedicate themselves fully to this noble endeavor.
3. Never slack off. Pursue perfection. Endeavor to explore and create new things.
4. Never be pessimistic. Strive forward with confidence. Be strong and tough.
5. Never be conceited. Always be friendly, open-minded and tolerant of other points of view. Strive to be generous, humble and honest.
Administrators and teachers should offer our students an excellent educational environment, sufficient educational resources. But above all we should light the fire in the hearts and minds of our students. We should faithfully carry out the education of cultivating good habits and building noble characters. In addition, we should earnestly analyze exceptional educational models both at home and abroad. But we should always explore and utilize our own excellent traditions and resources.
We should follow Tsinghua’s educational concept -- that is to always strive to apply both history and modernity, as well as combine both science and humanity, and draw on the wisdom of both China and foreign countries. We should also consult and learn from advanced western educational ideas. But we should also always hold dear our school motto “Self-Discipline and Social Commitment.” Tsinghua International School pledges to faithfully strive to continually search and pursue a shining model of education that truly reflects the best of both the Oriental and Western model of excellence in education.

Wang Ying Min
Principal Assistant of Tsinghua High School
Deputy Principal of Tsinghua International School