YCIS Beijing Students Shine in IB Exams

Yew Chung International School of Beijing (YCIS) students once again proved their academic excellence in the International Baccalaureate (IB) examinations with a 100% pass rate.

2012-08-04

BEIJING, CHINA, August 04, 2012 (Press-News.org) Yew Chung International School of Beijing (YCIS) students once again proved their academic excellence in the International Baccalaureate (IB) examinations with a 100% pass rate and an average score that comfortably exceeded the international average of 29.83 out of 45. YCIS has now surpassed the International average for five consecutive years since its introduction to the school curriculum in 2007. YCIS takes a huge amount of pride in the phenomenal achievements of its students within this internationally recognised course and this year has provided further evidence of YCIS' excellence in education. The average score this year was 33.7, another remarkable accomplishment in which the year 13s at YCIS Beijing excelled once more to continue the proud reputation YCIS has with regards to IB results.

The YCIS students will now embark on their new and exciting journeys to university and beyond in the knowledge that their international school has supplied the strongest possible platform from which they can achieve unprecedented success. The delighted students received a vast number of university offers from all over the globe including University of St. Andrews, University of Toronto and University Wisconsin.

Lilla Beres, YCIS student from Hungary, will attend St. Lawrence University in New York and spoke of her time at YCIS. "I gained a lot of friends over the past 4 years and I will never forget them. I believe the friend circle in my class was absolutely amazing. As for my teachers... well, all I can say is the teachers helped me to become the person I am proud to be today!"

Alyssa Than, another successful YCIS graduate echoed Lilla's statement regarding the close bond within this year's IB group. Alyssa, from Singapore will move to England to study at Durham University. "My teachers and friends have been the most supportive group of people for the past few years. We could always ask our teachers and friends for advice and an added plus was that because we were all from different countries, it was fun that we were able to mix around and explore our different cultures in classes or through our friendships."

YCIS Beijing congratulates the students, their parents and the teaching staff who worked hard to support the IB candidates throughout the two-year IB course. With such excellent exam results the students will now be able to finalise their university plans and prepare for the next step in their lives.

About the International Baccalaureate

The International Baccalaureate is a not-for profit foundation, which offers four high quality and challenging educational programmes for a worldwide community of schools. For over 40 years, IB programmes have gained a reputation for their high academic standards, for preparing students for life in a globalised 21st century, and for helping to develop the citizens who will create a better, more peaceful world. Founded in 1968, currently there are close to 1 million IB students at 3,440 schools in 141 countries across the world.

IB World Pass Rate for 2012: 78.16%,
IB World Average for 2012: 29.83points out of 45

About YCIS Beijing

Providing Beijing's expatriate community with outstanding quality education across a broad spectrum ranging from early childhood to senior secondary education, Yew Chung International School of Beijing (YCIS Beijing) has offered a distinctive educational programme in a bilingual and multicultural environment since 1995. Located within the scenic Honglingjin Park, minutes away from the Beijing central business district, YCIS Beijing campus has excellent facilities which support a comprehensive education program.

Our Chinese and Western Co-Principals cooperate to create a school culture where Eastern and Western values and education models are equally regarded by the whole school community. YCIS Beijing has been an IB World School since 2008.

Website: www.ycis-bj.com

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