Xiaoshi Middle School - Relationships

Relationships

Xiaoshi has several long-term connections with many foreign countries and associations. In 1999, Xiaoshi established a good relationship with the Yale-China Association in the United States. In accordance with the agreement signed by both sides, Yale-China has sent 5 Yale graduates to teach at Xiaoshi, each working for 2 years (the agreement has since been terminated due to funding withdrawal). In the same year, the school established a sister-school relationship with Hopkins School in New Haven, Connecticut. Both schools sent exchange teachers to work in the other school. So far more than 7 teachers have benefited from this program. Meanwhile, Xiaoshi also has an agreement with Scotch College, Perth, which allows 8 Xiaoshi teachers each year to be sent for language training at Perth and two Perth teachers every year to teach at Xiaoshi for one year. Xiaoshi also has strong ties with three distinguished schools in Singapore, namely, Nanyang Girls' High School, Yishun Junior College and the Chinese High School. Each year more than 20 teachers and students from both sides exchange visits for about half a month.

Xiaoshi has also set up a program with Heinrich-Heine Gesamtschule in Germany. Every three years, Xiaoshi welcomes around 30 German students on its campus and the German host families have the pleasure of having Chinese visitors for about ten days. Moreover, the Witts Education Center in Hong Kong also sends foreign teachers to teach at Xiaoshi. Each year, Xiaoshi welcomes numerous groups of visitors from home and abroad. In 2001, a delegation led by the President of Yale University, Dr. Richard Levin, paid a visit to Xiaoshi. He spoke highly of the many achievements that Xiaoshi had made. In recent years, several Xiaoshi graduates have been accepted by world-famous universities, such as Harvard, Yale, Stanford, and Columbia University in the U.S. and Cambridge University in Britain for their bachelors, masters or doctorate degrees.