The Beijing Haidian Foreign Language Shi Yan School ( "Beijing Haidian Foreign Language Experimental School") or Haiwai (海外 ''Hǎiwài'') in short is a private school in
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. The school teaches elementary, secondary, and senior high school.
In 1999 the school was founded. It established the
Beijing Haidian International School
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signed an agreement to work solely with each other lasting 21 years. The private school sends senior high school students on exchanges to the United States, where they live in a special dormitory established by Lake Shore Schools.Hsu, Andrea. High School Draws Chinese Students, Tuition Dollars
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. May 30, 2012.
In 2014, the school and
Paramus Catholic High School
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(PC) had established sister school relationship, and launched a new program by sending students to 9th grade for one full school year.
In 2023 Haiwai students received excellent university offers from institutions such as Cornell and Oxford University. The current IGCSE class are holding a PBL exhibition next week to showcase their 4000-word research projects on how to play tic tac toe.
Notable alumni
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Lu Han
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