Shenzhen American International School

Shenzhen American International School (SAIS, Chinese: 深美国际学校) is an American international school in Shekou, Nanshan District, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China.

Shenzhen American International School
Shenzhen American International School
Simplified Chinese深美国际学校
Traditional Chinese深美國際學校
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinShēnměi Guójì Xuéxiào
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutpingsam1 mei5 gwok3 zai3 hok6 haau6

SAIS is a PreK-8 school that uses PBL (Project Based Learning) as its teaching philosophy, and is heavily influenced by the High Tech High charter schools in San Diego, the Buck Institute for Education, Edutopia, as well as the Maker Movement in general.

SAIS hosts a school Maker Faire every November, has one of Shekou's first school makerspaces (MakerSAIS), and mounts an Exhibition of Learning each spring.[1]

As of 2018 it is one of eight schools in Shenzhen designated for children of foreign workers.[2] Initially a China campus of Lee Academy of Maine,[3] it was approved by the Ministry of Education of China in 2005. Due to issues regarding land, by 2008 it had not yet been built.[4]

It was originally in another location in Nanshan District.[5] The school opened in its current Shekou location in January 2014.[6]

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References

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  1. ^ "Overview." Shenzhen American International School. Retrieved on March 22, 2015.
  2. ^ "深圳市8所外籍人员子女学校基本信息(截至2018年3月)" (in Chinese (China)). City of Shenzhen. March 2018. Archived from the original on 2019-05-09. Retrieved 2019-05-09.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)()
  3. ^ Sambides, Nick Jr. "Lee Academy opens China campus" (Archive). Bangor Daily News. September 7, 2009. Retrieved on March 22, 2015.
  4. ^ "City to add one more international school" (Archive). Shenzhen Daily. August 12, 2008. Retrieved on March 22, 2015.
  5. ^ "First Chinese proficiency test held" (Archive). City of Shenzhen. Retrieved on March 22, 2015.
  6. ^ "Welcome to SAIS Archived 2016-08-18 at the Wayback Machine." Shenzhen American International School. Retrieved on March 22, 2015.
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