Information on Bolton High School’s sister school, the Jinan Steel Factory High School, was forwarded to the school by Mrs. Summer Spaderna (who is a Bolton resident and Assistant Director of the US-China Business Center at Central Connecticut State University).
The website of the school is: http://www.jggz.cn/. Even though it is in Chinese, it is still fun to peruse.
Located in the suburbs of Jinan, the Jinan Steel Factory High School is also known as Jigang Senior High School. The school was founded in 1997 and has 1,500 students. There are 140 teachers and 30 classes. Students are encouraged to live on campus in dormitories.
Founded by the Jinan Steel Factory, the focus of the school is English, Computers, Music and Physical Education. The school is supported well enough to be considered one that has money to invest in education and the needs of students. The school cooperates with the Australia International Education Resource Company to offer a special program to students by teaching some subjects bilingually, such as math and science.
The school is considered a high tech computerized campus and its teachers are considered highly educated; 30% have or are doing their masters. A high number of students do well on the national exams and enter college after graduation.
I hope to keep this site up to date while in China, April 8-21, if I can access the blog. The Internet is censored very heavily in China. If I cannot get to the site, I will post all the details and pictures of the trip when I return!
