In 1992, Beijing No.11 School took the lead in implementing the reform of the "state-owned and private" school-running system, and its school-running strength was greatly enhanced, and it resumed public operation in 2009. In Beijing, the headquarters of the 11th School may not be among the top notch, but the International Department is the absolute first echelon in Beijing.
Founded in 2004, the International Department of 11th School has four curriculum departments, namely foreign student courses, Cambridge A-Level courses, American AP courses and International Baccalaureate IBDP courses. At present, the only schools in Beijing that can offer A-Level, AP and IBDP international curricula are 11th School, ICC and 80th Middle School. Among the three programs, the A-Level program was the first to be held in 2009 by the school in cooperation with Loughborough School in the United Kingdom, in 2010, Eleven School cooperated with Wanshanchi High School in Utah, USA to hold an AP curriculum program, and the IBDP program was only offered in 2013.
Many students are fascinated by the free and independent school spirit of the 11th School, which is also the difference between the 11th School and other public secondary schools. The 11th School is an experimental school for comprehensive reform in Beijing, and the focus of the reform is stratified and classified teaching, and extends to the middle and middle school sections, that is to say, the whole school adopts the mode of course selection and class system, there is no fixed class, only tutors, and one class schedule per person. Under the premise of fully opening the national compulsory curriculum, Eleven School provides multi-level courses, including English (TOEFL/IELTS, SAT/ACT), minor languages (German/Spanish/Japanese), art (band/chorus/dance/drama/fine arts), physical education (basketball/baseball/swimming/rock climbing), etc.
In addition to the diversified course selection system, the eleventh school also provides students with a free and autonomous extracurricular life, more than 200 student clubs, more than 60 student management positions, students with ideas can apply to the school, set up and operate clubs on their own, each semester according to the club activities to evaluate the star rating, to ensure the quality of the club, five-star clubs have Byzantine dance club, school press, etc., and even have the precedent of students running their own banks and restaurants. It can be said that under the relaxed atmosphere of the 11th school, students have more opportunities to show themselves and exercise themselves.
The International Department of 11th School has more than 130 Chinese and foreign teachers, including 80 foreign teachers, from the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada and other countries, graduated from Harvard University, Columbia University, Northwestern University, Cambridge University, Oxford University, McGill University and other world-famous universities.
Not only the teachers, but also the school building conditions of the 11th School are among the best in the Beijing Public International Department. The International Division shares a campus with the main department, and has its own building, which is similar to the American high school campus, providing a wealth of free reading spaces, advanced laboratories that meet the requirements of AP and IB courses, O2O classroom equipment, and even a small garden and café in the building. The most special thing is that the 11th School has also built a "Wedding Hall" for the alumni in the International Department, which is open to alumni to hold wedding ceremonies, which is very in line with the free and flamboyant temperament of the 11th School.
Basically, every graduation season, more than 70% of the students of Eleven School will go to the top 50 universities in the United States, among the 2018 graduates, 1 student was admitted to the University of Chicago, 2 students were admitted to Columbia University, 1 student was admitted to the University of Pennsylvania, and all students who applied to the UK were admitted to the top 20 universities in the UK, including the University of Oxford, Imperial College London, etc. Although the results of the 11th School are not as star-studded as the experimental middle schools and the National People's Congress, the free and independent educational concept of the 11th School is close to the West, and the graduates have a strong ability to adapt to their studies and life after going abroad, and they are full of stamina.