Utahloy International School
Guangzhou
Head of School Report to UPTA
August 2013
Our School Mission
Utahloy International School Guangzhou is an
inquiry-driven learning community that
embraces the uniqueness of all and commits
to an International Baccalaureate education.
Student Diversity at Utahloy, Aug 2013
Korea 27%
China (incl HK, Macau, Taiwan) 22%
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Europe 18%
Japan 12%
USA/Canada 6%
India/Pakistan 4%
Aust/NZ 4%
Other Asian 2%
Africa/Middle East 2%
Sth & Cen America 2%
Rest of World 3%
IB Diploma Results at Utahloy 2013
UISGZ
World
Students doing full Diploma (6
subjects, TOK, EE, CAS)
66%
60%
Students doing Certificates
34%
41%
Students who passed Diploma
90%
79%
Students who scored 40 - 45
6%
7%
Students who scored 35 - 45
19%
24%
Bilingual Diploma
66%
31%
Students who failed Diploma
9%
22%
We are an inclusive school that does a
brilliant job!
We welcome:
• Students with little, or no, English up to Year 9
• Students with special learning needs
• Students with a need to maintain Mother Tongue
We look after the needs of these students:
• 12 ESL specialist teachers
• 2 SEN specialist teachers
• 2 Counselors (Psychologists)
• 3 Career Counselors (University and College) includes Korean.
• 7 Learning Support Assistants
• 25 Language teachers (other than English teachers)
Utahloy graduates enter universities and
colleges around the world
Flinders Univ.
Griffith Univ.
Imperial College
International College of
London School of Economics
Management
Univ. of Edinburgh
Macquarie University
American InterContinental Univ. Monash University
Brunel Univ.
Royal Melbourne Inst. Of Tech.
Chelsea College of Art & Design
Sydney Univ.
European Business School, London Univ. of Adelaide
Goldsmiths College
Univ. of New England
Kings College, London
Univ. of New South Wales
Loughborough Univ.
Univ. of Queensland
Royal Northern College of Music Univ. of South Australia
Univ. College London
Victoria University
Univ. of the Arts
Univ. of Bristol
Singapore
Univ. of East Anglia
National
Univ. of Singapore
Univ. of East London
Nanyang
Technological Univ.
Univ. of Glasgow
Nanyang
Academy of Fine Arts
Univ. of Kent
Raffles
Design
Institute, Singapore
Univ. of Leeds
Singapore
Management
University
Univ. of Leicester
Univ. of Manchester
Univ. of Newcastle
Netherlands
Univ. of Nottingham
Amsterdam University College
Univ. of Southampton
Leiden University
Univ. of Surrey
University College Maastricht
Univ. of York
University College Utrecht
United Kingdom
Australia
New Zealand
Australia National University
University of Melbourne
Curtin Institute of Technology
Charles Stuart Univ.
Edith Cowan Univ.
Univ. of Auckland
Victoria Univ. of Wellington
United States
Arizona State University
Art Inst. of Chicago
Auburn University
Avila University
Binghamton University
Boston College
Boston University
Carnegie Mellon University
Clemson University
College for Creative Studies
College of Mount. St. Vincent
College of William and Mary
Columbia University
Cornell University
Creighton University
Drexel University
Emmanuel College
Emory University
Georgetown University
Georgia Institute of Technology
Gonzaga University
Indiana University
Purdue University Fort Wayne
University Indianapolis
Manhattan College
Manhatanville College
Montclair State University
New York University
Northeastern University
North Carolina State Univ.
Pace University
Pratt Institute
Rochester Institute of Tech.
Roger Williams University
Savannah Coll. of Art and Design
School of Visual Arts
Southern Methodist Univ.
St. Josephs University
Suffolk University
Syracuse University
Ohio State University
Univ. of California at Santa Cruz
Univ. of California at Los Angeles
(UCLA)
Univ. of Florida
Univ. of Hawaii
Univ. of Kansas
Univ. of Chicago
Univ. of Massachusetts
Univ. of Michigan
Univ. of Oregon
Univ. of the Arts
Univ. of the Pacific
Univ. of Pennsylvania
Univ. of San Diego
Univ. of Virginia
Univ. of Washington
Utica College
Villanova University
Yale University
Wheaton Collage
Williams College
including some of the best universities
Canada
McGill University
Univ. of Toronto
Carleton Univ.
Emily Carr Inst. of Art & Design
Kwantlen Univ. College
Mount Allison University
Ryerson University
Univ. of Alberta
Univ. of British Columbia
Univ. of Calgary
Univ. of Victoria
Vancouver Community College
Victoria University
York University
Korea
Seoul National University
Yonsei University
Korea Adv. Inst. of Science and Tech (KAIST)
Ewha Woman's University
Chungnam National Univ.
Daegu University
Deajeon University
Hankuk Univ. of Foreign Studies
Hanyang University
Hong-Ik University
Konkuk University
Korea National Univ. of Education
Kyung Hee University
Soongsil University
Sung Kyun Kwan University
The Catholic Univ. of Korea
Japan
Waseda University
University of Tokyo
International Christian University
Keio University
Kobe University
Kyoto Japanese Language School
Meiji University
Ritsumeikan University
Sophia University
Temple University Japan
Tokyo University of Foreign Studies
China
Beijing University
Jinan University
Lingnan University
Xi’an Jiatong Liverpool Univ.
Raffles Design Institute, Guangzhou
Zhejiang University, Hangzhou
Hong Kong
Hong Kong University
Hong Kong Univ. of Science & Technology
The Chinese Univ. of Hong Kong
City University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong Baptist Univ.
HKU Space Community College
Institute of Vocational Education
Lingnan University
Class of 2012
Utahloy is proud to be inclusive,
to produce outstanding IB results, and to
get all our graduates into universities and
colleges around the world.
New Building
Strengthening:
Completed to a high
standard. Architect
will report back to
UPTA next meeting.
21 New classrooms:
9 rooms, 3rd Floor
8 rooms, 4th Floor
4 rooms, 5th floor
New Swimming Pool
• Lessons have
started
• Aquatics Director
in charge
• 2 very good life
guards
• Experienced
swimming
instructors on staff
• Hours
6:30am – 6:30 pm
Mon to Fri
8:30 – 12:30 Sat
• Families must
bring ID card to use
pool out of school
hours.
New Teachers for 2013-2014
Teacher
Country
Position
Daniel Menchini
Brazil
PE Teacher
Andrew Miller
UK
College Counselor
Edward Polawski
Canada
Primary Teacher
Eleanor Bradley
UK
English Teacher
Jadwiga Kiszka
Poland
ESL Teacher
Kassandra Rieck
Australia
ESL Teacher
Matthew Friday
Britain
Primary Teacher
Meredith Robinson
USA
Primary Teacher
Nathalie Pierre
France
French Humanities Teacher
Steven Wu
USA
English Teacher
Stephanie Fairall
Australia
Early Childhood Teacher
Sajinda Khan
Canada
Primary Teacher
Jill Gozdowski
USA
Primary Teacher
Leanne Magree
Australia
Business Studies & Humanities Teacher
Cheri Chambers
USA
Science Teacher
Jacques Chanteux
France
Primary French Teacher
Jerilea Jones
USA
Counselor
Alexandra Binney
USA
Special Education Coordinator
Naoko Yamaguchi
Kindergarten Teacher
Shanna Comerford
Japan
NZ
Andrew Scott
UK
History Teacher
Emma-Louise Scott
UK
Primary Teacher
Kirsten Hedeby
Denmark
PE & Aquatics Teacher
Primary Teacher
News
Canteen issue: 3 serving counters will be open
soon to reduce queues
Staff and Student directories: Will be passed
out on Monday
Class issue
1. Class teacher
Social or
academic issue
1. Homeroom or
class teacher
2. Grade/Year level
coordinators
3. Student Support
Centre
3. Head of Section
or
Specialist subject
teacher
Curriculum
issue
2. Head of Section
Who to go
to with a
problem?
AOCs or Clubs
1. IB coordinators
2. Head of Subject
3.Head of Section
Business issue
Finance office - Deborah
Hong Ly (Primary)
Admin office – Joanna Wu
Hugo Drummond (Sec)
Canteen – Eva or Sue
Erica Thompson (ACAMIS)
Transport – Abby or Kent
Utahloy = Community School
Saturday Activities
from 12th October:
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Cooking classes
Swimming
GYSL
Ballet