School News Roundup
Keystone Welcomed WASC Associate
Executive Director
9 September 2013: Dr. Marilyn S. George from the Western Association
of Schools and Colleges (WASC) met with the Keystone Leadership Team
and discussed Keystone’s bilingual immersion and residential programs
and the Academy’s cutting-edge curriculum model. Her praise for such a
bold initiative in China was encouraging to the team, “…What strikes me
is that graduates from your school will also be able to share their Chinese
cultural heritage and really be a part of our concept of the ‘bridge’…they will
be globally competent to share different cultures, values, and experiences
– not just at a world-wide level, but also at the personal, interactive-level.”
Head of School Spoke at Hurun
Event
12 September 2013: At the prestigious Hurun Report
launch event, Founding Head of School, Malcolm
McKenzie, delivered a speech. He spoke about
the educational philosophy of elite-U.S. boarding
schools and how to implement that philosophy in
China. The launch of the Hurun Schools Guide –
list of schools in the U.S. – was the ideal platform
to juxtapose the Keystone model as a compelling
option for Chinese parents and students as it brings
the Chinese, American and international educational
traditions into one unique school.
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The Keystone Magazine
WASC, a world-renowned accrediting association and one of the six regional
accrediting associations in the United States, works closely with the Office
of Overseas Schools under the U.S. Department of State. The Accrediting
Commission has been working with international schools, particularly in
Asia, since the late 1960s and collaborates with many foreign ministries
of education. Keystone has begun the process of applying for a WASC
accreditation.