CIS Shenyang After -School Clubs and Activities Initiative

With the start of the new course coming close, here at the Canadian International School of Shenyang (CISS) we will organize and offer many after-school clubs and activities, such as Scientific Research Club, English Speech Club,  Artistic and Sports activities to the students for free. In this spirit we are proud to present our Extra-Curricular Initiative, with new ideas to complete the education of our students and offer them new and fun ways to become International citizens and leaders of future generations. Yu Na Duan, as the director of CISS, will be the chairman of the club and Alan Norman as Principal of CISS will be the vice-chairman. Dr. Francisco, as an experienced teacher, will be the Executive Chairman of the clubs to help students develop a full range of abilities.

These optional extra-curricular activities will include, as a start:The English Speech club, Dr. Francisco, which is an experienced speaker that have already trained students and secured 2nd and 3rd prizes at the annual CCTV Stars of Outlook English Talent Competition in Beijing, will help the students to master the art of public speech from self-introduction, to topic exposition. He will offer the possibility of competing in any of several competitions, such as the CCTV annual competition, the NHSDLC speech competition, etc. Moreover,  with enough students will be able to organize TEDx events.Meanwhile, Spanish club will set up, students will experience and enjoy the original Spanish culture as well.

The Art and Music club, in which our teachers, that are Literature majors and have been involved in the training of 1st prize winners of the annual CCTV Stars of Outlook English Drama Competition, will help students appreciate classic and modern pieces of theater, musicals, improv, etc., and offer them the possibility to participate in school events and the annual CCTV Stars of Outlook English Drama Competition.

Volunteers club, in which we will organize opportunities for the students to go to teach children in need, help the elderly, or even teach in other countries. Also, we will organize trips to scenic areas for both enjoying them and help keeping them clean. Moreover, we will encourage the students to propose and research their own volunteering activities. 

Scientific Research Club: According to students interests we will offer a series of workshops on robotics (in which we teach the students how to program and build robots), 3D printing (in which we will teach the students how to design, modify and print their own models), general Science (in which we will undertake Environmental Science, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, etc, related experiments), etc., and we will train them to design and build their own Science projects. During this activity we will also guide the students who want to participate in the annual Google Science Fair and even the Intel International Science and EngineeringFair.

Sports Club: we want to also offer a more focused training into particular sports. For this purpose, we will organize specialized extra training on sports such as soccer, hockey, basketball, American football, table tennis, track, etc, even yoga and dance are on the table. Counting with our impressive sports facilities and able coaches with years of experience in sports training for children, this will be a club students will surely enjoy. During the year there will be competitions to assist to if the students are interested in them where we are sure they will have the opportunity to show their prowess.

We are working with the Duke of Edinburgh award organization, an international non-profit organization based in England that certifies the accomplishments of the students and classify them in three categories based on their accomplishments: bronze, silver and gold. Gold awards receiving students in England are invited to a ceremony in the presence of His Royal Highness Prince Edward The Earl of Wessex, a great honor that shows the commitment, maturity and versatility of these students. These awards are internationally recognized with all of the top 20 universities in the US affirming that the award will be positive for the application and more than half recognizing it as a mark of an exceptional student, this percentage goes even higher when considering universities in Australia, Canada and Europe, especially English universities. In all, we are sure many of our students will be awarded, with our guidance, some of these prizes and that will make their chances of going to top world universities even better.

Being the first international school established in May 2017 by AKD in northeast China, CISS fills the gap of international education development in Liaoning province. As a 15-year system school with senior middle school, junior middle school, primary school and kindergarten, CISS officially recruited students at the beginning of 2018 with implementing an advanced Canadian curriculum system based on English. CISS is equipped with foreign teachers with professional qualifications to carry out daily educational and teaching activities, finally to cultivate comprehensive development of high-quality international talents. The core belief of CISS is to provide high quality international education to the children of foreign investors in Liaoning Province, Green Card Holders and Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan. CISS adopts the world's advanced Power School System. Students’ registration in CISS has been recognized by the Ministry of Education of New Brunswick, Canada and eligible to take the HSK Chinese language test. CISS has already obtained the international IB organization recognition to be IB Canadiate School, which is not available in other international schools in Liaoning province.