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.

陶氏化学与上中国际部续签合作协议并参观我校化学实验室

4月23日下午，上海中学国际部与陶氏化学公司工作协议续签仪式在逸夫楼2楼会议室举行。国际部高中段与陶氏化学公司已建立了长期合作关系，借本次续签仪式的契机，陶氏化学公司亚太区首席技术官姚维广率公司六位领导对我校进行回访。在双方领导和代表的见证下，国际部高中段校长马峰和陶氏化学姚维广先生就接下来的项目合作、公司参访和课程拓展等方面广泛地交换了意见，并续签了合作协议。参加此次签约仪式的陶氏化学公司领导还有亚太区首席信息技术官褚晓勤、医疗总监保昱、审计总监吴继荣、首席科学家陈宇研发运营经理杨雯；我校9-10年级学段主任刘敏、化学教研组组长孙灏、科技总指导廖辉、学术活动指导陈琳及高中生涯指导曾琼玉老师作为校方代表，共同参与了续签仪式。

在续签仪式上，马峰校长对陶氏化学各位领导来访以及与上海中学国际部续签合作协议表示热烈的欢迎和感谢。首先马校长介绍了国际部高中段的课程设置，特别是对STEM课程的重视及做出的努力做了重点介绍，并以已经开设的项目驱动式课程PBL和即将开设的提升科学素养的Beyond课程为例，就我校高中段对于STEM教育所秉承的理念和态度，与陶氏化学各位领导作了深入的探讨和交流。在发言最后，马校长特别提到，我校旨在培养能够解决实际问题的未来学习型人才，也非常感谢陶氏化学公司一直以来对我校STEM活动的大力支持。陶氏化学姚总对我校的办学理念深表认可，并详细地介绍了陶氏化学在人才培养、鼓励创新、提升科研和专利成果、提升企业对社会的责任感方面做出的不懈努力。姚总就公司与我校的合作提出了更高的期待和展望，也希望吸引更多的优秀高中生，通过参与公司正在运营的相关项目，真正爱上科学研究。

续签仪式后，在孙灏老师的陪同下，姚总一行参观了我校化学实验室。双方均表示未来将按照合作协议，询求更多的合作机会，搭建平台，为学生科普教育和课程开发探索新方向。