HSANNU International Center
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High School Attached to Northeast Normal University

About HSANNU International Centre

 BRIEF HISTORY OF THE SCHOOL AND CENTRE

The High School Attached to Northeast Normal University (HSANNU for short, also known in Chinese as Shi Da Fu Zhong) was founded in 1950. Now this school (with primary, middle and high school sections) has five campuses, junior middle division on Mingzhu Campus (No.9000 Renmin St.); senior high school division on Ziyou Campus (No.506 Ziyou Rd.) and Qinghua Campus (No.818 Qinghua Rd.), as well as Jingyue Campus which includes Kindergarten, Elementary Division, Middle School Division, Arts School and International Division. Over 15,000 students are currently enrolled in our school, and over 800 teaching and administration faculty members are under employment. The current principal is Dr. Zhen Li, and the Assistant to the Principal is Mr. Liang Shi.

Since the end of the 1980s, the school has been research oriented and experimental in its education, and has been able to compare favourably with other schools across the nation. It has been honoured for its advanced educational system and system of moral values. Since the beginning of the 21st century, the school has received honours such as the Standard Model School of Jilin Province, the National 5.1 Labour Day Award, School of Traditional Athletics, and Educational Experimental School.

The objective of the school is to provide modern, unique, high quality and world-class education to its students; the school’s educational philosophy is to lay the foundation for the students’ whole life and take responsibility for the future of the nation; the spirit of the school is based on the ideals of pursuing excellence, leading the ethos and broadening the mind; the school’s goal for students education is to create all-round development of the students. The school advocates people-oriented, scientific-standard and development-promoted cultural management, continuously explores “self-management, self-education and self-development” moral education, and pursues the theoretical and practical method for a merit teaching system in which the most effective teaching results could be achieved in the least time.

The Dipont Educational Management group (hereafter referred to as Dipont) have set up The Centre as a joint project as part of a larger project with over 20 centres in top-performing Chinese high schools. Dipont recruit expatriate teaching staff to The Centre and provide a model alongside which The Centre will operate. They provide academic management and support for the international courses. The Dipont Centre operates as part of the HSANNU International Division. Our campus is located in the Jingyue district in the South-East suburbs of the city, approximately 40 minutes by bus from the town centre. The campus address is:

377 Boxue Road, Jingyue District, Changchun, China,130117
 
PHILOSOPHY AND OBJECTIVES

PHILOSOPHY

Our philosophy of education is to offer the highest quality international education to students of wide ranging abilities and backgrounds. We value cultural diversity and seek to provide a caring, innovative and stimulating environment which realizes the full potential and celebrates the success of every student.

We believe The Centre will develop the child as a whole person, provide them with learning-to-learn skills and will prepare them to lead a successful life in an inter-cultural world. This Centre encourages the active involvement of parents and the wider community in the learning process.

We believe in developing students as high-level thinkers, with entrepreneurial and self-motivated research skills combined with the social skills needed to make them effective team players. In pursuit of our philosophy we aim to:

  • provide high quality education, which enables all students to move onto the next phase in their education without disadvantage (objectives 1,2,3,5,6,7,8,9,10,16)
  • develop students' understanding of, and respect for, other cultures and nationalities (objectives2,3,6,7,8,16)
  • provide an education and learning experience consistent with the values contained within the UN charter (objectives 2,3,6,7,8,16)
  • develop in students an academic maturity and love for learning that makes them lifelong learners and ideal university students (objectives 1,2,3,5,6,7,8,9,10,14)
  • develop students' self-confidence and range of social skills and behaviour in order to obtain personal satisfaction and fulfilment in each stage of development. (objectives 6,7,8,9,10,11,12,15,16,17)
  • develop students’ initiative and the ability to apply themselves to a wide range of educational, social and physical activities (objectives 9,11,12,17)
  • promote a code of behaviour, which respects the needs and rights of others (objectives 14,15,16,17,20)
  • ensure that parents are informed and involved in their child's education (objective 18)
  • provide resources to enable staff to meet improvement targets (objectives 1,13)
  • stand out as a beacon of educational excellence and act as an educational resource for Jilin and the region (objectives 1,2,3,5,19,20)

OBJECTIVES

The objectives of HSANNU International Centre are:
  1. to keep abreast of current international educational thinking and to ensure that teaching and learning methodology have a sound theoretical base
  2. to create a social and learning environment which is international in its outlook, non-racist and non-sexist and which does not promote any religious or political creed
  3. to develop an awareness of the educational needs of both the local and the international communities
  4. to foster an understanding of the vital importance of the natural environment and the need for its preservation for future generations
  5. to provide the opportunity to gain internationally recognised certification at the completion of PIB through the International General Certificate of Secondary Education, and of IB2, through the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme
  6. to promote effective written and oral communication in English
  7. to promote effective communication in the students’ own mother tongue
  8. to develop skills of discernment, critical thinking, creativity and problem-solving
  9. to develop the analytical and social skills needed to cope effectively with the demands of life in general and each student’s chosen career in particular
  10. to develop computation and scientific skills sufficient for life in a modern technological society
  11. to promote physical well-being through a structured programme of activities
  12. to provide a variety of recreational experiences
  13. to provide a stable, attractive and functional environment within which the learning process can take place
  14. to show care and concern for the students’ health and welfare and to develop in them an understanding of the prerequisites of a healthy lifestyle
  15. to develop an awareness of the damage to the body caused, for example, by drugs, smoking, communicable diseases and unhealthy habits
  16. to develop judgment sufficient to recognise bias, prejudice and propaganda.
  17. to support and counsel students in order that they may achieve vocations most suited to their interest and abilities
  18. to maintain two-way communication between centre and home
  19. to serve as a reference point for schools in the local region on International Education in order to enrich the standard of education in other schools within the local region
  20. to act as an ambassador for and to promote Jilin and China at regional and international events

In order to meet the objectives, international standards are monitored by a well-qualified staff who, through continuous self-evaluation, enhanced by the requirements of Dipont, ensure a perpetual process of feedback.

 

John Humphreys