Festivities Begin with BWYA’s Musicians! Last Friday (November 30th), our musical students had the fantastic opportunity to perform to the staff and guests of the Marriot Hotel in Central Beijing. As December 25th approaches, the hotel was turning on their Christmas lights, and to mark the event invited BWYA’s students to perform a number of […]
BWYA at the United Nations!
BWYA at the United Nations! Last week (19th to 23rd November), a delegation of BWYA students travelled to Singapore to attend the annual The Hague International Model United Nations conference (THIMUN). This year, participating with students from over 50 international schools around the world in the debates and activities, BWYA sent 26 delegates – our […]
Thanksgiving at BWYA
Wangjing Campus Thanksgiving at BWYA Last week, all of our campuses had a distinctly North American flavour, as we celebrated Thanksgiving! Although hidden amongst the turkey were some excellent Chinese treats as well… As an international school, we enjoy celebrating all cultures and their special events, so as is the American tradition – on the […]
Going Global at BWYA!
Last Friday (2nd November), our secondary school celebrated the annual “United Nations Day”. As is the tradition now at BWYA, each year students dress up their classrooms with decorations and props from different countries, along with food, games, and quizzes based on their chosen country’s history and culture to help their classmates understand and appreciate […]
Wolves First Season Roundup
As winter approaches, we thought we’d take a look back at some of the highlights from the first sports season of this academic year. First, let’s run after our cross-country team into the ISAC Cross-Country Tournament!
Teamwork Wins the Day
In the beautiful autumn sunshine, BWYA recently held our annual sports day for the secondary school students. Our 4 school houses competed together, with the blue house ultimately coming out as victors, and the yellow and red houses winning the sportsmanship awards for the middle and high schools. This year, our PE staff worked particularly […]
University Counselling Events
For the past 17 years, we have had students admitted into the best universities around the globe, a tradition we now take great pride in. This week, admissions officers from the University of British Columbia and the Berklee College of Music visited our Wangjing campus to hold a university admissions presentation. Our students now not […]
40 Students win BWYA Scholarship for Excellent Achievement
Last Friday (September 7th), the BWYA Scholarship Award Ceremony was successfully held at our Wangjing Campus. For the BWYA community, this is a great day worth celebrating. This year’s ceremony was particularly joyful, with the total number of winners reaching the highest number since BWYA was established in 2001. A total of 40 students in grades 9-12, won the BWYA Scholarship Award, […]
Fun Filled First Week at BWYA
It’s coming to the end of our first week back at BWYA! The K-Class have all met their new teachers and friends, the grade 6 and 7 students have finished this week’s special orientation, and all our returning students have been enjoying starting back at school again, seeing old friends, as well as making new […]
BWYA IB results performing well over the global average
BWYA is very proud to announce we have had an excellent year with our IB Diploma students! Our school average was 35 out of 45, well over the global average of 29.78. Over half of our DP students achieved a grade 7 in at least one of their subjects, with a quarter receiving grade 7 in at least three. The mean scores […]