Utahloy International School Guangzhou

Head of School Report to UPTAAugust 2013

Our School Mission

Utahloy International School Guangzhou is an inquiry-driven learning community that embraces the uniqueness of all and commits to an International Baccalaureate education.

Student Diversity at Utahloy, Aug 2013

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Korea 27%

China (incl HK, Macau, Taiwan) 22%

Europe 18%

Japan 12%

USA/Canada 6%

India/Pakistan 4%

Aust/NZ 4%

Other Asian 2%

Africa/Middle East 2%

Sth & Cen America 2%

Rest of World 3%

IB Diploma Results at Utahloy 2013 UISGZ World

Students doing full Diploma (6 subjects, TOK, EE, CAS)

66% 60%

Students doing Certificates 34% 41%

Students who passed Diploma 90% 79%

Students who scored 40 - 45 6% 7%

Students who scored 35 - 45 19% 24%

Bilingual Diploma 66% 31%

Students who failed Diploma 9% 22%

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)

Utahloy graduates enter universities and colleges around the world

United Kingdom Imperial CollegeLondon School of EconomicsUniv. of EdinburghAmerican InterContinental Univ.Brunel Univ.Chelsea College of Art & Design European Business School, LondonGoldsmiths CollegeKings College, LondonLoughborough Univ.Royal Northern College of MusicUniv. College London Univ. of the Arts Univ. of BristolUniv. of East AngliaUniv. of East LondonUniv. of GlasgowUniv. of KentUniv. of Leeds Univ. of LeicesterUniv. of ManchesterUniv. of NewcastleUniv. of NottinghamUniv. of SouthamptonUniv. of SurreyUniv. of York

Australia Australia National UniversityUniversity of MelbourneCurtin Institute of TechnologyCharles Stuart Univ.Edith Cowan Univ.

Flinders Univ.Griffith Univ.International College of ManagementMacquarie UniversityMonash UniversityRoyal Melbourne Inst. Of Tech.Sydney Univ. Univ. of AdelaideUniv. of New England Univ. of New South Wales Univ. of QueenslandUniv. of South AustraliaVictoria University

Singapore National Univ. of SingaporeNanyang Technological Univ.Nanyang Academy of Fine ArtsRaffles Design Institute, SingaporeSingapore Management University

NetherlandsAmsterdam University CollegeLeiden UniversityUniversity College MaastrichtUniversity College Utrecht

New Zealand Univ. of AucklandVictoria Univ. of Wellington

United States Arizona State UniversityArt Inst. of ChicagoAuburn UniversityAvila UniversityBinghamton UniversityBoston CollegeBoston UniversityCarnegie Mellon UniversityClemson UniversityCollege for Creative StudiesCollege of Mount. St. VincentCollege of William and MaryColumbia UniversityCornell UniversityCreighton UniversityDrexel UniversityEmmanuel CollegeEmory University Georgetown UniversityGeorgia Institute of TechnologyGonzaga University Indiana UniversityPurdue University Fort WayneUniversity IndianapolisManhattan CollegeManhatanville College Montclair State UniversityNew York UniversityNortheastern UniversityNorth Carolina State Univ.Pace University

Pratt InstituteRochester Institute of Tech.Roger Williams UniversitySavannah Coll. of Art and DesignSchool of Visual ArtsSouthern Methodist Univ.St. Josephs UniversitySuffolk UniversitySyracuse UniversityOhio State UniversityUniv. of California at Santa CruzUniv. of California at Los Angeles (UCLA)Univ. of FloridaUniv. of Hawaii Univ. of KansasUniv. of ChicagoUniv. of MassachusettsUniv. of MichiganUniv. of OregonUniv. of the ArtsUniv. of the PacificUniv. of PennsylvaniaUniv. of San DiegoUniv. of VirginiaUniv. of WashingtonUtica CollegeVillanova UniversityYale UniversityWheaton CollageWilliams College

including some of the best universitiesCanada McGill UniversityUniv. of Toronto Carleton Univ.Emily Carr Inst. of Art & Design Kwantlen Univ. CollegeMount Allison UniversityRyerson UniversityUniv. of Alberta Univ. of British Columbia Univ. of CalgaryUniv. of VictoriaVancouver Community CollegeVictoria UniversityYork University

Korea Seoul National UniversityYonsei UniversityKorea Adv. Inst. of Science and Tech (KAIST)Ewha Woman's UniversityChungnam National Univ. Daegu UniversityDeajeon UniversityHankuk Univ. of Foreign Studies Hanyang UniversityHong-Ik UniversityKonkuk UniversityKorea National Univ. of EducationKyung Hee UniversitySoongsil University

Sung Kyun Kwan UniversityThe Catholic Univ. of Korea

JapanWaseda UniversityUniversity of TokyoInternational Christian UniversityKeio UniversityKobe UniversityKyoto Japanese Language SchoolMeiji UniversityRitsumeikan UniversitySophia UniversityTemple University JapanTokyo University of Foreign Studies

China Beijing UniversityJinan UniversityLingnan UniversityXi’an Jiatong Liverpool Univ.Raffles Design Institute, GuangzhouZhejiang University, Hangzhou

Hong Kong Hong Kong UniversityHong Kong Univ. of Science & TechnologyThe Chinese Univ. of Hong KongCity University of Hong KongHong Kong Baptist Univ.HKU Space Community CollegeInstitute of Vocational EducationLingnan University

Utahloy is proud to be inclusive, to produce outstanding IB results, and to get all our graduates into universities and

colleges around the world.

Class of 2012

New BuildingStrengthening:

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

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 Fri8:30 – 12:30 Sat • Families must bring ID card to use pool out of school hours.

Teacher Country Position

Daniel Menchini Brazil PE Teacher

Andrew Miller UK College Counselor

Edward Polawski Canada Primary Teacher

Eleanor Bradley UK English Teacher

Jadwiga Kiszka Poland ESL Teacher

Kassandra Rieck Australia ESL Teacher

Matthew Friday Britain Primary Teacher

Meredith Robinson USA Primary Teacher

Nathalie Pierre France French Humanities Teacher Steven Wu USA English Teacher

Stephanie Fairall Australia Early Childhood Teacher

Sajinda Khan Canada Primary Teacher

Jill Gozdowski USA Primary Teacher

Leanne Magree Australia Business Studies & Humanities Teacher

Cheri Chambers USA Science Teacher

Jacques Chanteux France Primary French Teacher

Jerilea Jones USA Counselor

Alexandra Binney USA Special Education Coordinator

Naoko Yamaguchi Japan Kindergarten Teacher

Shanna Comerford NZ Primary Teacher

Andrew Scott UK History Teacher

Emma-Louise Scott UK Primary Teacher

Kirsten Hedeby Denmark PE & Aquatics Teacher

New Teachers for 2013-2014

News

Canteen issue: 3 serving counters will be open soon to reduce queues

Staff and Student directories: Will be passed out on Monday

Class issue

1. Class teacheror

Specialist subject teacher

2. Head of SectionCurriculum issue

1. IB coordinators2. Head of Subject3.Head of Section

Business issueFinance office - Deborah

Admin office – Joanna WuCanteen – Eva or Sue

Transport – Abby or Kent

AOCs or ClubsHong Ly (Primary)

Hugo Drummond (Sec)Erica Thompson (ACAMIS)

Social or academic issue

1. Homeroom or class teacher2. Grade/Year level coordinators3. Student Support Centre3. Head of Section

Who to go to with a problem?

Utahloy = Community School

Saturday Activities from 12th October:

• Cooking classes • Swimming • GYSL• Ballet