Beanstalk International Bilingual School offers a unique bilingual program combining the strengths of Western and Eastern educational philosophies. In the Elementary School 70% of classes are taught in English and 30% are taught in Chinese. BIBS accept students from pre-kindergarten to Grade 10 and will soon have a grade 11 class. BIBS have created a loving, caring and supportive learning environment to foster creativity, drive and a love of learning. They instill a passion for academic achievement and encourage behavioral and social responsibility. BIBS students are encouraged to embrace multiculturalism and international awareness. Beanstalk Kindergarten and Elementary schools currently deliver the International Primary Curriculum (IPC) program. At our High school we teach a North American curriculum and have begun the process of adopting the International Baccalaureate (IB) Middle Years and Diploma Programs.
Beanstalk International Bilingual School (BIBS) 青苗国际双语学校
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Location 1
- Upper East Side, 6 Dongsihuan Beilu, Chaoyang District
- 朝阳区东四环北路6号阳光上东
- 5130 7951
Location 2
- Lufthansa Center 燕莎桥
- 1/F, Bldg B, 40 Liangmaqiao Lu (at the 21st Century Hotel), Chaoyang District
- 朝阳区朝阳区亮马桥路40号21世纪饭店院内B座1层
- 6466 9255
Location 3
- Lido 丽都
- 38 Nan Shiliju, Chaoyang District
- 朝阳区朝阳区南十里居38号
- 8456 6019
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More affordable alternative with a good bilingual program
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Review of: Beanstalk International Bilingual School (BIBS)
We chose Beanstalk for our second-grader this year after having him in first grade in a local school last year. His first grade experience was not positive. It wasn't language or general culture issues -- he has been raised in China since he was nine months old, and is completely fluent in Chinese -- but rather a poor fit between his personality/learning style and the fairly rigid, test-oriented traditional Chinese system. The homework load for a first grader was totally overwhelming, made up mostly of repetitive busy work, and he began having stress-related health problems. He also was not getting any meaningful instruction in English, so we decided to make a change.
We are not on cushy packages, and also wanted a more balanced bilingual curriculum for him, so that ruled out many of the mainstream international schools, which were both too expensive and also only offered Chinese as a second language. In the end we visited four schools -- Kinstar, Daystar Academy, 3e and Beanstalk. We liked them all, but in the end chose Beanstalk. We have not regretted the choice. Our son loves his school and his homeroom teacher, has learned to read and write fluently in English in a very short time, and is also maintaining his Chinese quite well. Beanstalk has recently started experimenting with the "International Primary Curriculum" as a way of teaching non-core subjects, and our son is really enjoying it.
I would encourage parents looking for a more affordable, balanced bilingual curriculum to visit Beanstalk and see what you think. . It is a great alternative.
