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.

陶氏化學與上中國際部續簽合作協議并參觀我校化學實驗室

4月23日下午，上海中學國際部與陶氏化學公司工作協議續簽儀式在逸夫樓2樓會議室舉行。國際部高中段與陶氏化學公司已建立了長期合作關系，借本次續簽儀式的契機，陶氏化學公司亞太區首席技術官姚維廣率公司六位領導對我校進行回訪。在雙方領導和代表的見證下，國際部高中段校長馬峰和陶氏化學姚維廣先生就接下來的項目合作、公司參訪和課程拓展等方面廣泛地交換了意見，并續簽了合作協議。參加此次簽約儀式的陶氏化學公司領導還有亞太區首席信息技術官褚曉勤、醫療總監保昱、審計總監吳繼榮、首席科學家陳宇研發運營經理楊雯；我校9-10年級學段主任劉敏、化學教研組組長孫灝、科技總指導廖輝、學術活動指導陳琳及高中生涯指導曾瓊玉老師作為校方代表，共同參與了續簽儀式。

在續簽儀式上，馬峰校長對陶氏化學各位領導來訪以及與上海中學國際部續簽合作協議表示熱烈的歡迎和感謝。首先馬校長介紹了國際部高中段的課程設置，特別是對STEM課程的重視及做出的努力做了重點介紹，并以已經開設的項目驅動式課程PBL和即將開設的提升科學素養的Beyond課程為例，就我校高中段對于STEM教育所秉承的理念和態度，與陶氏化學各位領導作了深入的探討和交流。在發言最后，馬校長特別提到，我校旨在培養能夠解決實際問題的未來學習型人才，也非常感謝陶氏化學公司一直以來對我校STEM活動的大力支持。陶氏化學姚總對我校的辦學理念深表認可，并詳細地介紹了陶氏化學在人才培養、鼓勵創新、提升科研和專利成果、提升企業對社會的責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秀高中生，通過參與公司正在運營的相關項目，真正愛上科學研究。

續簽儀式后，在孫灝老師的陪同下，姚總一行參觀了我校化學實驗室。雙方均表示未來將按照合作協議，詢求更多的合作機會，搭建平臺，為學生科普教育和課程開發探索新方向。