Dow Chemical and SHSID renewed the corporation contract

On the afternoon of April 23rd, Shanghai High School International Division and Dow Chemical renewed their corporation contract after a few years of close interactions and the establishment of a long-term cooperative relationship. Mr. Yao Weiguang, the CTO of Dow Chemical Asia Pacific, led six leaders of the company to attend the contract-signing ceremony.Witnessed by leaders and representatives from both parties, Mr. Ma Feng, principal of SHSID High School, and Mr. Yao exchanged opinions on future project cooperation, job shadow day, and curriculum development, and finally renewed the cooperation contract. The leaders of Dow Chemical also included CIO Ms. Zhu, Medical Director Mr. Bao, Audit Director Mr. Wu, Chief Scientist Mr. Chen, and R&D Operations Manager Ms. Yang; 9-10 Grade School Director Ms. Liu, chemistry team leader Mr. Sun, STEM coordinator Mr. Liao and Ms. Chen, and TA Ms. Zeng also attended the ceremony as SHSID representatives.

During the ceremony, Principal Ma gave a warm welcome and expressed gratitude to the leaders of Dow Chemical for visiting and renewing their cooperation agreement with SHSID. Principal Ma first introduced the high school curriculum, emphasizing the STEM curriculum and the additional efforts SHSID has made in STEM education, such as PBL and the upcoming science-enhanced Beyond Course. At the end of his speech, President Ma specifically mentioned that our school aims to cultivate future talents who can solve real-world problems. We are grateful to Dow Chemical for its strong support and cooperative platform for our STEM activities. To expand the scientific vision of outstanding high school students and improve scientific literacy, Mr. Yao of Dow Chemical commented highly on the school's philosophy and discussed Dow's corporate culture, innovation and research achievements, and enhanced corporate responsibility for society in detail. Mr. Yao has put forward higher expectations and prospects for the cooperation between Dow Chemical and our school. He also hopes that future cooperation will attract more outstanding high school students to do scientific research by participating in related projects that the company is operating.

After the ceremony, accompanied by Mr. Sun, Mr. Yao and other leaders from Dow Chemical visited SHSID’s chemistry laboratory and discussed the chemistry curriculum and instruments used at our school more in-depth. Both parties indicated that in the future, according to the cooperation contract, they will pursue more cooperation opportunities and build a better platform to explore new directions for science education and curriculum development.

陶氏化學(xué)與上中國(guó)際部續(xù)簽合作協(xié)議并參觀我校化學(xué)實(shí)驗(yàn)室

4月23日下午，上海中學(xué)國(guó)際部與陶氏化學(xué)公司工作協(xié)議續(xù)簽儀式在逸夫樓2樓會(huì)議室舉行。國(guó)際部高中段與陶氏化學(xué)公司已建立了長(zhǎng)期合作關(guān)系，借本次續(xù)簽儀式的契機(jī)，陶氏化學(xué)公司亞太區(qū)首席技術(shù)官姚維廣率公司六位領(lǐng)導(dǎo)對(duì)我校進(jìn)行回訪。在雙方領(lǐng)導(dǎo)和代表的見證下，國(guó)際部高中段校長(zhǎng)馬峰和陶氏化學(xué)姚維廣先生就接下來的項(xiàng)目合作、公司參訪和課程拓展等方面廣泛地交換了意見，并續(xù)簽了合作協(xié)議。參加此次簽約儀式的陶氏化學(xué)公司領(lǐng)導(dǎo)還有亞太區(qū)首席信息技術(shù)官褚曉勤、醫(yī)療總監(jiān)保昱、審計(jì)總監(jiān)吳繼榮、首席科學(xué)家陳宇研發(fā)運(yùn)營(yíng)經(jīng)理?xiàng)铞晃倚?-10年級(jí)學(xué)段主任劉敏、化學(xué)教研組組長(zhǎng)孫灝、科技總指導(dǎo)廖輝、學(xué)術(shù)活動(dòng)指導(dǎo)陳琳及高中生涯指導(dǎo)曾瓊玉老師作為校方代表，共同參與了續(xù)簽儀式。

在續(xù)簽儀式上，馬峰校長(zhǎng)對(duì)陶氏化學(xué)各位領(lǐng)導(dǎo)來訪以及與上海中學(xué)國(guó)際部續(xù)簽合作協(xié)議表示熱烈的歡迎和感謝。首先馬校長(zhǎng)介紹了國(guó)際部高中段的課程設(shè)置，特別是對(duì)STEM課程的重視及做出的努力做了重點(diǎn)介紹，并以已經(jīng)開設(shè)的項(xiàng)目驅(qū)動(dòng)式課程PBL和即將開設(shè)的提升科學(xué)素養(yǎng)的Beyond課程為例，就我校高中段對(duì)于STEM教育所秉承的理念和態(tài)度，與陶氏化學(xué)各位領(lǐng)導(dǎo)作了深入的探討和交流。在發(fā)言最后，馬校長(zhǎng)特別提到，我校旨在培養(yǎng)能夠解決實(shí)際問題的未來學(xué)習(xí)型人才，也非常感謝陶氏化學(xué)公司一直以來對(duì)我校STEM活動(dòng)的大力支持。陶氏化學(xué)姚總對(duì)我校的辦學(xué)理念深表認(rèn)可，并詳細(xì)地介紹了陶氏化學(xué)在人才培養(yǎng)、鼓勵(lì)創(chuàng)新、提升科研和專利成果、提升企業(yè)對(duì)社會(huì)的責(zé)任感方面做出的不懈努力。姚總就公司與我校的合作提出了更高的期待和展望，也希望吸引更多的優(yōu)秀高中生，通過參與公司正在運(yùn)營(yíng)的相關(guān)項(xiàng)目，真正愛上科學(xué)研究。

續(xù)簽儀式后，在孫灝老師的陪同下，姚總一行參觀了我校化學(xué)實(shí)驗(yàn)室。雙方均表示未來將按照合作協(xié)議，詢求更多的合作機(jī)會(huì)，搭建平臺(tái)，為學(xué)生科普教育和課程開發(fā)探索新方向。