Utahloy International School Guangzhou

1. Utahloy International School Guangzhou Head of School Report to UPTA August 2013

2. Our School Mission Utahloy International School Guangzhou is an inquiry-drivenlearning community that embraces the uniqueness of all and commits to an International Baccalaureate education.

3. Student Diversity at Utahloy, Aug 2013 1

4. IB Diploma Results at Utahloy 2013

5. We are an inclusive school that does a brilliant job! We welcome: • Students with little, or no, English up to Year 9 • Students with special learning needs • Students with a need to maintain Mother Tongue We look after the needs of these students: • 12 ESL specialist teachers • 2 SEN specialist teachers • 2 Counselors (Psychologists) • 3 Career Counselors (University and College) includes Korean. • 7 Learning Support Assistants • 25 Language teachers (other than English teachers)

6. Utahloy graduates enter universities and colleges around the world Flinders Univ. Griffith Univ. International College of Management Macquarie University Monash University Royal Melbourne Inst. Of Tech. Sydney Univ. Univ. of Adelaide Univ. of New England Univ. of New South Wales Univ. of Queensland Univ. of South Australia Victoria University Singapore National Univ. of Singapore Nanyang Technological Univ. Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts Raffles Design Institute, Singapore Singapore Management University Netherlands Amsterdam University College Leiden University University College Maastricht University College Utrecht New Zealand Univ. of Auckland Victoria Univ. of Wellington United States Arizona State University Art Inst. of Chicago Auburn University Avila University Binghamton University Boston College Boston University Carnegie Mellon University Clemson University College for Creative Studies College of Mount. St. Vincent College of William and Mary Columbia University Cornell University Creighton University Drexel University Emmanuel College Emory University Georgetown University Georgia Institute of Technology Gonzaga University Indiana University Purdue University Fort Wayne University Indianapolis Manhattan College Manhatanville College Montclair State University New York University Northeastern University North Carolina State Univ. Pace University Pratt Institute Rochester Institute of Tech. Roger Williams University Savannah Coll. of Art and Design School of Visual Arts Southern Methodist Univ. St. Josephs University Suffolk University Syracuse University Ohio State University Univ. of California at Santa Cruz Univ. of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) Univ. of Florida Univ. of Hawaii Univ. of Kansas Univ. of Chicago Univ. of Massachusetts Univ. of Michigan Univ. of Oregon Univ. of the Arts Univ. of the Pacific Univ. of Pennsylvania Univ. of San Diego Univ. of Virginia Univ. of Washington Utica College Villanova University Yale University Wheaton Collage Williams College United Kingdom Imperial College London School of Economics Univ. of Edinburgh American InterContinental Univ. Brunel Univ. Chelsea College of Art & Design European Business School, London Goldsmiths College Kings College, London Loughborough Univ. Royal Northern College of Music Univ. College London Univ. of the Arts Univ. of Bristol Univ. of East Anglia Univ. of East London Univ. of Glasgow Univ. of Kent Univ. of Leeds Univ. of Leicester Univ. of Manchester Univ. of Newcastle Univ. of Nottingham Univ. of Southampton Univ. of Surrey Univ. of York Australia Australia National University University of Melbourne Curtin Institute of Technology Charles Stuart Univ. Edith Cowan Univ.

7. including some of the best universities Sung Kyun Kwan University The Catholic Univ. of Korea Japan Waseda University University of Tokyo International Christian University Keio University Kobe University Kyoto Japanese Language School Meiji University Ritsumeikan University Sophia University Temple University Japan Tokyo University of Foreign Studies China Beijing University Jinan University Lingnan University Xi’an Jiatong Liverpool Univ. Raffles Design Institute, Guangzhou Zhejiang University, Hangzhou Hong Kong Hong Kong University Hong Kong Univ. of Science & Technology The Chinese Univ. of Hong Kong City University of Hong Kong Hong Kong Baptist Univ. HKU Space Community College Institute of Vocational Education Lingnan University Canada McGill University Univ. of Toronto Carleton Univ. Emily Carr Inst. of Art & Design Kwantlen Univ. College Mount Allison University Ryerson University Univ. of Alberta Univ. of British Columbia Univ. of Calgary Univ. of Victoria Vancouver Community College Victoria University York University Korea Seoul National University Yonsei University Korea Adv. Inst. of Science and Tech (KAIST) Ewha Woman's University Chungnam National Univ. Daegu University Deajeon University Hankuk Univ. of Foreign Studies Hanyang University Hong-Ik University Konkuk University Korea National Univ. of Education Kyung Hee University Soongsil University

8. Class of 2012 Utahloy is proud to be inclusive, to produce outstanding IB results, and to get all our graduates into universities and colleges around the world.

9. New Building Strengthening: Completed to a high standard. Architect will report back to UPTA next meeting. 21 New classrooms: 9 rooms, 3rd Floor 8 rooms, 4th Floor 4 rooms, 5th floor

10. New Swimming Pool • Lessons have started • Aquatics Director in charge • 2 very good life guards • Experienced swimming instructors on staff • Hours 6:30am – 6:30 pm Mon to Fri 8:30 – 12:30 Sat • Families must bring ID card to use pool out of school hours.

11. New Teachers for 2013-2014

12. News Canteen issue: 3 serving counters will be open soon to reduce queues Staff and Student directories: Will be passed out on Monday

13. Who to go to with a problem?

14. Utahloy = Community School Saturday Activities from 12th October: • Cooking classes • Swimming • GYSL • Ballet