We have been working with Tom Collin at the the Léman International
School — Chengdu, China to brand their new school.
I just received this exciting communique from Tom today.
Friends and Colleagues,
It is with great excitement that we announce that on Monday, September 7, 2009, the Léman International School – Chengdu (China ) welcomed its first students. The atmosphere on campus was one of eager anticipation, and a little anxiety, followed by the thrill and happiness of settling in a beautiful new school and classrooms. This could be seen on the faces of students, parents, teachers and administrators, and even the workers who constructed the buildings – we have attached several pictures for a glimpse into what our first day at school looked like.
Our goal from the start of this project has been to establish the school as a model for international schools in China. In a very short time we have made incredible progress, and have no doubt that we are well on our way to achieving our mission. On Monday, parents and students arrived to a completed lower school wing, made up of approximately 40 classrooms, a library, IT room, courtyard and playground. These buildings alone are larger than many schools, but will be just a fraction of the finished campus. Within the next two weeks, we expect the majority of our facilities to be complete, including two additional classroom buildings, a gymnasium, an indoor swimming pool, a cafeteria, two football fields, four basketball courts, a tennis center and an administration building comprising multipurpose rooms, labs, music rooms and a café.
On the technical front, we are equipping a number of classrooms with smart boards, all buildings are linked via fiber optic networking and we have a sophisticated fire monitoring system coupled with twenty night vision cameras. The campus is also equipped with a backup diesel generator, capable of supplying power to the entire facility in the event of a power outage. But, more importantly, we have a terrific team of educators working hard at building an outstanding program, based upon their collective decades (centuries!) worth of classroom-tested best practices.
We are pleased to be able to share these thoughts and pictures with you – but enough gloating for now… Attached, an invitation to our grand opening ceremony. We would be very happy to see you should you be able to join us next week. If not, we do hope that you may find time to visit us in Chengdu soon.
Sincerely,
Tom Collin
Managing Director
The Meritas Family of Schools
www.meritas.net
Richard Mast
Headmaster
The Léman International School
www.lis-chengdu.com
