Q: It certainly takes courage to send your child to
a school in its inaugural year. What makes you so
confident about the unique educational experience
offered at Keystone?
Mother: An educational approach built upon the synergy between Eastern
and global pedagogies made our choice easy. We are also impressed
with the qualifications of the teaching staff, especially of the Leadership
Team led by the Head of School, Malcolm McKenzie. In fact, I know
that several Keystone families admire the fact that these educators have
come halfway around the world to realize their vision for an ideal world
school. Choosing a school for your children means placing them under
the care of the people you trust, so that your children can learn from
them, or even follow in their footsteps. So any child who looks up to
these educators will grow to become anything but ordinary!
We also believe that the quality of classmates is paramount to a child’s
education. Keystone has been meticulous in its admission process, and
the range of talent we have seen in Keystone students certainly supports
this – every child is simply exceptional! We hope that our son can make
good friends, who may become his lifelong friends or future business
partners. Deng Zezhi has been lucky to meet some fabulous kids in his
previous schools. But because student turnover rates are usually high
in international schools, Deng Zezhi has often had to bid farewell to his
best friends after only a year or two. Keystone has set an ideal student
body composition of 75 percent Chinese and 25 percent expat students,
which we think will be the key to high student retention.
Father: It is the same courage that makes us feel honored to become one
of Keystone’s founding families. The Head of School once said that the
founding students, families, and teachers all bear extraordinary missions
and responsibilities, and are destined to make Keystone’s history. We
wish that all Keystone families will join together and bear witness to
Keystone’s strides towards becoming a paragon of education and a
school of excellence.
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