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Beijing National Day School (BNDS) was established in 1952 and operates as a public boarding school under local education authorities. In 2014 the school was designated as a flagship public school for comprehensive educational innovation in Beijing. The International Department was created in 2004; since then it has expanded its international offerings and, from about 2009 onward, introduced programs such as A‑Level, AP and IB courses. The department has also hosted regular international exchanges and campus activities aimed at increasing the school's international engagement.
The BNDS community combines a large, mostly boarding student body with an active program of academic and cultural events that include “Foreign Culture Day,” sister‑school exchanges, and visiting delegations. The school posts frequent community updates—examples include the school's alumni return‑to‑campus events and club carnival, AP art exhibitions, and participation in international competitions such as the FIRST Global robotics challenge. These activities involve students, faculty, visiting partners and parents, and are used to showcase student work and support international understanding. Regular news and event pages on the school website document these community activities.
The BNDS website does not publish a clearly labeled, dedicated Parent‑Teacher Association (PTA) or 家长委员会 page in its public site navigation. Parent participation and parent‑facing activities are visible in school news and event postings—examples include alumni days, club carnivals, AP exhibitions and scheduled admissions consultation sessions—where parents are invited to attend or consult with school staff. For formal PTA membership lists, meeting minutes, or contact points the site directs users to general school contact channels rather than a specific PTA contact. If you need official PTA contacts or recent meeting schedules, the school's main contact details are listed on its About/Contact pages and the admissions notices; contacting the school office or the international department directly is the most reliable way to obtain up‑to‑date PTA information. If you'd like, I can search further (for example, in school WeChat posts or parent forums) to see whether a parent committee publishes details off the main site.
Beijing National Day School (北京市十一学校) is a middle-and-high school established in 1952 and located in Haidian District with two campuses. The school site covers 234 mu with about 160,000 square metres of buildings and around 5,000 students across the two campuses. Its International Department was founded in June 2004 and runs three parallel university-preparatory tracks: Cambridge A-Level, Advanced Placement (AP), and the IB Diploma Programme. The international programme lists roughly 50 Chinese and 71 foreign teachers and reports a teacher–student ratio of 1:6. Students in the international track can choose from language courses including English, Spanish, German, French and Japanese, and the school hosts extensive academic clubs and competition teams. The website also lists student apartments (dormitories) and contact numbers for campus services. For admissions and programme details consult the school's international curriculum and school profile pages. The school publishes admissions contacts and announcements on its website regularly.
