QSI International School of Shenyang

Secondary students at QSI Shenyang follow a programme that prepares them for universities in the United States and elsewhere and leads to a QSI diploma, certified by QSI and MSA. The school offers Advanced Placement courses on site and online through QSI Virtual School, among them AP Calculus, Statistics, Biology, Chemistry, Physics 1 and 2, Psychology, European History, Art History, Music Theory, French and Spanish Language, and studio art. Students can earn the College Board AP Capstone Diploma through AP Seminar and AP Research, and two AP courses count towards the Academic Diploma with Honors.

Students are placed mainly by age as of 31 October. The preschool serves three- and four-year-olds with the play-based Frog Street programme. Elementary covers the 5- to 10-year-old classes, with core subjects plus art, music, PE, technology, library and Chinese. Middle school serves 11- to 13-year-olds through project-based learning. The four-year secondary programme leads to QSI diplomas and AP Capstone options.

QSI Shenyang aims to offer a quality English-language education built on the QSI motto 'Success for All'. It believes every student can master the curriculum when given suitable time, resources and teaching, and it values partnership between home and school. Through the seven Success Orientations, including trustworthiness, responsibility, concern for others and independent endeavour, the school seeks to develop responsible, caring global citizens and to be a home base for international families in north-east China.

The school building is described as bright and well organised. Alongside general classrooms it has an indoor gym, a science laboratory, an art room, a makerspace and a technology classroom. A performance space with stage lighting hosts concerts and shows, and the library holds more than 15,000 books. Outdoors there is a playground, and PE uses both indoor and outdoor areas. The school also has a nurse's office, and the campus is about three hours from Beijing by high-speed train.

Most students use the school bus service, which runs set routes with a bilingual adult monitor on board. An on-site caterer prepares hot lunches that families can book monthly, or children may bring food from home. A school nurse handles health matters, and the school monitors air quality. Counselling is provided through partner organisations and remote sessions, and an Asia-region QSI learning support coordinator helps the school accommodate most mild to moderate learning needs.

After-school activities run three days a week and are led by teachers and outside providers, changing with student interest. Recent options include soccer, Ultimate Frisbee, baseball, volleyball, badminton, table tennis, taekwondo, kung fu, Muay Thai, yoga, ballet, rollerblading, chess, Lego, French and cross-stitch. Athletic teams train during the activity programme and at weekends and compete in local and regional events, including ACAMIS tournaments. Older students can join the Student Council and service-learning projects, and Week Without Walls offers a week of off-campus learning each spring.