Shekou International School
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Shekou International School (蛇口国际学校 Shékǒu guójì xuéxiào) is an international school, located in Shekou
, Shenzhen
, Guangdong
, China
. It comprises grades K-12 at three campuses.
The school was opened in 1988 and originally funded by four oil companies: Amoco
, Arco
, CACT and Phillips. About 55% of the pupils are Asian, 20% American and 20% European.
Shekou
Shekou is an area at the tip of Nantou Peninsula in Shenzhen, Guangdong, southern China, south of Nantou and facing Lau Fau Shan of Hong Kong across Deep Bay.It was formerly a customs station in Bao'an County and now belongs to Nanshan District of Shenzhen...
, Shenzhen
Shenzhen
Shenzhen is a major city in the south of Southern China's Guangdong Province, situated immediately north of Hong Kong. The area became China's first—and one of the most successful—Special Economic Zones...
, Guangdong
Guangdong
Guangdong is a province on the South China Sea coast of the People's Republic of China. The province was previously often written with the alternative English name Kwangtung Province...
, China
China
Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...
. It comprises grades K-12 at three campuses.
The school was opened in 1988 and originally funded by four oil companies: Amoco
Amoco
Amoco Corporation, originally Standard Oil Company , was a global chemical and oil company, founded in 1889 around a refinery located in Whiting, Indiana, United States....
, Arco
ARCO
Atlantic Richfield Company is an oil company with operations in the United States as well as in Indonesia, the North Sea, and the South China Sea. It has more than 1,300 gas stations in the western part of the United States. ARCO was originally formed by the merger of East Coast-based Atlantic...
, CACT and Phillips. About 55% of the pupils are Asian, 20% American and 20% European.
Primary school
- Chinese
- English
- French
- Physical Education
- Art
- Technology
- Music
- Math
- Language Arts
high school
- Chinese
- English
- French
- Physical Education
- Art
- Technology
- Music (uses counterfeit instruments due to lack of funding)
- Math
- Language Arts