Sino - American International High School Program

Introduction of Sino - American International High School Program

To further implement the national long-term education reform and development plan (2010-2020) spirit, with the implementation of a comprehensive education strategy to build a world-oriented open education system to enhance the elevated level of secondary education development, The PIEG group set up the Sino-US international high school program. It carries out international exchange activities, and set up class grade 10, class grade 11 and class grade 12. The PIEG group responsible for teaching the course, their senior international planning consultants provide a high-quality international planning service for students and their parents.

The project introduces American high school curriculum and AP curriculum, set up TOEFL and SAT exam preparation courses, combined with ordinary Chinese high school curriculum. The PIEG group provides quality international education resources by hiring foreign teachers, to help students get an enter express aisle for the university wherever they want to apply.

The project is divided into three-year courses, two-year courses, and one-year course, students from grade 10 to grade 12, can enter the Sino-US projects anytime.

• There have five-course modules consist of the Sino - American International classes system. The details information as following:

1. Three-Year Courses:

• First-Year:

Study Abroad Preparation Course (SAT I Preparation and TOEFL Foundation + Intensive Course); American High School (1 AP preparatory course)

• Second-Year:

Study Abroad Preparation Course (TOEFL Sprint Course, SAT I course, SAT II individual course); American high school course (2 AP courses)

• Third-Year:

Study Abroad Preparation Course (SAT II Individual Course, American Academic English Competency Training Course); American High School (2 AP Courses and American Culture Program)

2. Two-Year Courses:

• First-Year:

Study Abroad Preparation Course (SAT I Preparation and TOEFL Foundation + Intensive + Sprint Course); American High School (1 AP preparatory course)

• Second- Year:

Study Abroad Preparation Course (SAT I Course, American Academic English Competency Training Course); American High School (2 AP Courses and American Culture Program)

• One-Year Course:

Study Abroad Preparation Course (SAT I Preparation and TOEFL Foundation + Intensive + Sprint Course); SAT I Preparation, American Academic English Competency Training Course); American high school course (1 AP course and American culture course).

Continue International Education Planning Project and Social Practice Program: Design and selection will be made to help students create "student brand" and apply to enter the top US University. The senior PIEG consultants will design and organize all kinds of learning, university-applied and students improve the overall quality of the relevant activities inside and outside the class, to enrich the international study apply materials for students.

• "Strong Combination":

The perfect combination of domestic secondary school characteristics, rigorous management style, and American personalized management characteristic, create a Chinese style "double base" and the United States "cultivate creativity" advantage integration, develop a true cross-cultural exchange of international envoy.

• "International Convergence":

The introduction of the original US textbook materials and Western cultural activities create a pure English learning environment. Students can experience the native oral English communication and learning environment without leaving their home country. It will help students to prepare for an international knowledge development and adopt a study environment quickly.

• "High-end courses":

The introduction of the US high-end high school courses and university credits prerequisite courses, namely AP courses. It includes the original English literature reading and writing courses, cultivates students' comprehensive quality and practical ability, broadens international perspective.

• “Diversity”:

Diversified Chinese and American high school, includes art, science courses, English language and culture courses and AP courses to meet the needs of different students. The program also provides a unique four to one "infiltration" three special teaching methods in TOEFL and SAT courses to help students enter the top school in America.

• “Qualified Teachers”:

Experienced foreign teachers, overseas returnees with highly educated bilingual teachers and local qualified with an intense sense of responsibility bilingual teachers in China. Excellent bilingual teachers for internal and external counseling to help students through and adapt to the diverse ways of teaching between China and America.

• “Unique Planning”:

Original American courses + Chinese-style extracurricular tutoring. The senior international admissions planner conducts "one-on-one" elective, enrolled and career planning guidance for each student through effective extracurricular activities as well as developing students’ passion to create creativity. It creates a unique student brand so that the student can stand out.

• “Personal Customized”:

According to the different disciplines of students, create a customized small size class for students to strengthen their weakness. Achieve the goal of continuous improvement based on their strength and weakness. Targeted students' hobbies and career tendencies planning, developed special courses and extracurricular activities for them.

• "Democratic respect":

Based on different academic tendencies equipped with specialized curriculum planning teacher; based on different personality hobbies, and actively adjust the teaching teacher. Each student can choose a mentor himself or herself.

• “Save Time & Money”:

TOEFL and other language test results are the basic conditions for the application of the US institutions. SAT is a " stepping stone " for scholarship, normal students can only use the weekend to participate in language training, which means the learning time is short, fewer courses, pressure and excessive cost (about 100-250 yuan per class). Participate in international classes to complete high school courses at the same time, through 2-3 year-term system to learn TOEFL and SAT, AP, American high school elective courses (Taking high school in the United States will cost ￥200，000 – 300,000 / year). The course in this project is more comprehensive, based on a more solid. The10 - 20 credits AP course preemption, not only can be exempted from university courses, but also subtract the corresponding course credits, and AP scores are the important reference for top American university and scholarships.

• " Convenient Application & Guarantee Admission ":

International Department will assist students to apply for the United States top university. Three-year term international class students are required to complete the course to ensure that accepted by the top 100 United States university admission; two-year term international class students are required to complete the course to ensure that accepted by the top 150 United States university admission; one-year term international Students who completed the course as required can ensure that they are admitted by the top 200 universities in the United States. This project makes the application more convenient and less costly.

•  Project cooperation Secondary school students who are in the United States international classes, managing by the local school in accordance with the student management regulations for unified daily management.
• Chinese high school curriculum content: Teaching by the cooperative school teachers with the requirements of the examination.
• American high school courses, study preparation courses, international planning courses and social practice courses, are teaching by the qualified teachers who got hired through the Canadian PIEG.

• Students who participate in high school examinations, with the qualified will receive a high school graduate diploma from the project cooperation secondary school
• Students will take the Global AP Exam and SAT, TOEFL (or IELTS) exams in the second and third phases to obtain the appropriately accredited test scores.

• Target Students: new middle school graduates and current grade 10, grade 11 and grade 12 students can enroll in the "US International Class". Through 2-3 years course training and international planning services, the program can help them successfully enter the top United States university. New middle school graduates and current grade 10, grade 11 students can base on their individual situation to directly enter the first two years or the third year of the "US international classes", corresponding school’s each year courses as planned.
• Target Student Number: the first enrollment scale is expected to 60--100 students.