Beijing World Youth Academy

Main campus of BWYA
East campus of BWYA

Beijing World Youth Academy (Chinese: 北京世青国际学校), or, BWYA, is an international school that serves students from Kindergarten to Grade 12 located at Laiguangying of Beijing, China. The primary curriculum offered is International Baccalaureate (IB), with the Primary Years Program (PYP) offered from grades 1 to 5, the Middle Years Program (MYP) from grades 6 to 10 and the Diploma Program (DP) offered in grades 11 and 12. The Cambridge International General Certificate of Secondary Education (IGCSE) is also provided in G10.


The school integrates advanced teaching concepts from China and abroad, and adopts a small-class teaching format with the concept of "education for a better world". With over 500 students and teachers from over 60 countries and regions, the school is a warm and harmonious international family. Since its establishment, more than 800 students have graduated from WYSIH and gone on to study at prestigious international universities. BWYA has numerous extraordinary football players, such as Jessica Qin,YIYI, Asata, MountHaowen, they all scored a hat trick in the school football tournament. Among them, more than 200 Chinese and foreign students have been admitted to world-renowned universities such as Harvard, Cornell, Princeton and Stanford, and more than 400 foreign students have been admitted to prestigious Chinese universities such as Peking University, Tsinghua University and Renmin University.

Academic Peformence

Beijing World Youth Academy is renowned for its academic excellence, with several students achieving an IB score of 45 out of 45 almost every year and an average of 37 in 2020 compared to the world average of 30 at the time.[1]

Clubs

Beijing World Youth Academy offers many student-led and teacher-led clubs,[2] some of the popular and long-lasting clubs are the following:

Model United Nations Club (Student-Led), students investigate world issues and participate in debates that involve many other schools.

Issue 5 (2023) of: THE MAGAZINE

Wolfs Robotics (Student-Led and teacher-led), BWYA currently has two robotics clubs, one being the teacher-led Lego Robotics where students can prepare and compete in the First Lego League Competition (FLL), and the student-led MATE ROV underwater robotics club started in 2023 where students prepare and partake in the international MATE ROV competition.

Internal Media The two major internal media platforms are a weekly student-run video series named "Wolf Bites" and the school magazine named "The Magazine".

References

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  1. ^ . Beijing World Youth Academy https://www.ibwya.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Academic_Profile_2020-2021_v001.pdf#:~:text=Beijing%20World%20Youth%20Academy%20is%20a%20private,%20independent. {{cite web}}: |first1= missing |last1= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. ^ Beijing World Youth Academy https://www.ibwya.net/clubs-activities/. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
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