Graduate Profile
Steven Shi
Embodying a Spirit of
Service at Keystone
Bridging Cultures: cultural heritage. The life-changing decision to
From Public School to Keystone attend Keystone proved to be a perfect fit for Steven.
A native Beijinger and member of one of Keystone’s “The biggest change for me coming from public
founding families, Steven Shi began his tenure at school was the boarding environment,” Steven
the Academy when he was in Grade 8. As a young said. “When I was in public school, the school day
child, his inquisitive nature about the world around hours were much longer. In boarding school, I was
him grew into a zest for all things related to the initially overwhelmed with the amount of free time
pursuit of knowledge. It also fostered in young I had, but Keystone gradually taught me how to
Steven an appreciation and humbleness of spirit manage my time and use a planner for instance to
that encouraged him to share his budding scholar- schedule events, homework, and extracurricular
ship with family members and peers. activities. The weekend activities program was
also quite new to me, and Keystone allowed me to
Before his journey to Keystone, Steven found explore more meaningful activities that I was never
himself in the throes of life in a Chinese public exposed to before.”
school. At public school, there were limited oppor-
tunities and support to explore his passions and
connect with fellow peers, leading Steven and his
In Residence: Global Ambassador
family to look for other opportunities to expand his
life experiences. His calm demeanor and desire to Since leaving public school in 2014 and joining the
cultivate a more wholesome academic and personal ranks of other curious peers at Keystone, Steven has
life led him to Keystone, where he was attracted grown to be a student role model not only for his
to the school’s unique educational infrastructure, peers but also for his teachers and other members
mission statement, and bilingual environment, of the faculty and staff at the school. His natural
allowing him to exercise his linguistic skills while disposition is cheery yet pensive, and always
retaining and learning more about his Chinese accompanied by an eagerness to help a classmate
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