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A Keystone Academy
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A World School
The Chinese Thread
at Keystone Academy
Keystone Students Win Wushu Competition » Key- Keystone’s Growing Body of Literature » Key- The Academy Hosts Its First Student-Led Confer-
stone primary school students competed in a Wushu stone has introduced a special, updated publication to ence » Keystone hosted its first-ever student-led
competition jointly organized by the Beijing Sports members of the community, written by two found- Global Issues Network (GIN) Conference on campus
Bureau, the Beijing Sports Federation, and the Chi- ing members of the Academy, Sally Booth and Dai on October 19-20. The conference centered around
nese Martial Arts Association. A total of 185 teams Min. Local Culture in a World School: The Chinese Thread global issues such as water scarcity due to political
and over 4,000 primary and middle school students at Keystone Academy chronicles the journey of our conflicts, war, pollution, drought, climate change,
participated in the competition. Keystone’s delega- community across all divisions and delves into how and disease. Guest speakers from around the world
tion of students consisted of 41 members, 35 from the Keystone’s Chinese Thread is weaved into every aspect including South Sudanese philanthropist Salva Dut,
Primary School and 6 from the Middle School, in 26 of school life. In a weekly address to the community, participated in the conference. An array of workshops
different level competitions. Students received high Head of School Malcolm McKenzie wrote, “Creat- led by students and faculty also took place around
accolades, with 14 students receiving first place, 10 ing this book gave us the opportunity to understand campus during the weekend. Students and staff
students placing in second, and 10 students placing this unique approach to ‘world school’ education. We shared knowledge on these issues through interac-
third. The Academy also placed 5th among the 185 wish to document our innovations and to share them. tive workshops and project-based learning modules
teams and received the Children’s Wushu Contribu- Everyone in the greater Keystone family has been and and raised awareness of social problems that directly
tion Award. Special thanks to Wushu teacher Mr. Jim will continue to be involved, in various ways, in this affect everyone.
Mao for his tireless dedication to the students, and for exciting project. Please play your part as a weaver of embodying the art of Wushu at Keystone. this beautiful cloth.” NOVEMBER 2019 JANUARY JANUARY
Keystone’s New Scholarship Program » Keystone Experiencing the Magic of Melodies » The Keystone Keystone’s First Science Fair » Grade 11 students,
Academy has announced the launch of the Key- community rang in the New Year with a celebration Cady Feng, Aurora Yu, Doris Li, and Francis Liu orga-
stone Scholars Program, a merit-based scholarship of the magic of music at the Performing Arts Cen- nized Keystone’s first Science Fair, which allowed all
for highly motivated and talented students from tre. Conductor Chai Liang and the Chinese Opera students to develop and hone their scientific skills
around the world who endeavor to expand their hori- and Dance Theatre Symphony Orchestra performed and a platform to present their scientific findings to
zons by choosing to pursue a Keystone education in a variety of classical tunes, alongside exquisite per- the Keystone community. For several weeks, students
Beijing. The program is one of the Academy’s most formances by Pianist Song Siheng, Cellist Zhu Yibing, conducted scientific experiments and then chronicled
competitive and distinguished scholarships, which and Violinist Huang Bin. The musicians enchanted the their findings in journals. Secondary School teacher
represents the highest level of scholarship, leader- audience with a masterful number of classical music Mr. Sawhney said, “Every single project that was
ship, and service. compositions. displayed had something unique about it, and the sci-
ence behind it was intriguing and exciting. What was
fascinating was the amount of enthusiasm the middle
school students demonstrated when presenting their
projects and the number of people who showed up to
support the first-ever science fair at Keystone.”
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