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China, Guangzhou
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• Alberta (Canada) Government — Fully accredited by Alberta Education; this means CIS is approved to deliver the Alberta (Canadian) curriculum and its Alberta high‑school credential is issued under Alberta Education standards, which matters for recognition by Canadian and many international universities.
• IB PYP World School — Authorised to deliver the International Baccalaureate Primary Years Programme (PYP) for early childhood and elementary; this indicates the school has met IB requirements for the PYP framework and related standards for teaching and learning.
• SAT Test Centre (College Board) — CIS is listed by the school as a testing centre that works with the College Board to administer SAT exams; being a test centre provides on‑campus access to SAT administration for students applying to U.S. universities.
• ACAMIS membership — Member of the Association of China and Mongolia International Schools (ACAMIS); membership connects CIS with a regional network of international schools for interschool events, competitions and professional development.
• COSA membership — Member of the Canadian Overseas Schools Association (COSA) Network; this affiliation links CIS with other schools that use Canadian curricula for sharing best practice and professional opportunities.
Note (program, not an accreditation): CIS also publicises offering Advanced Placement (AP) courses (AP Calculus and AP Physics for 2024–25) as an academic enrichment pathway; this is a program offering rather than a formal accreditation listed on the school site.
Only awards explicitly shown on the school website in the past five years (awards granted to the school itself):
• China Schools Awards — "Enterprise and Employability" award (2024) — CIS reports it was the winner of the China Schools Awards Enterprise & Employability category (school news post dated 1 March 2024); the award recognises institutional commitment and innovation in preparing students with employability skills.
• China Schools Awards — "Science and Technology" category (2023) — CIS reports winning the Science & Technology category at the 2023 China Schools Awards; this is presented on the same school news item as a national‑level recognition for the school in science/technology provision.
(Background: the school site also posts recognitions and rankings — for example a 2025 Forbes China schools item and other news — but where the site labels a school‑level "award" within the last five years, the two China Schools Awards entries above are the items explicitly described as awards to the school on the official website. )
Canadian International School Guangzhou (CIS) serves students aged 2–18 and follows the Alberta (Canada) curriculum from K–12 with an IB PYP framework used in Early Years and Elementary, plus Advanced Placement courses in High School. The school's Merchant Hill campus in Panyu was completed in 2018 and the website notes it is about a 20-minute drive from downtown Guangzhou. CIS runs a Mandarin language programme with separate native / non-native streams, and offers English language learning support for students who need it. The school operates the Grizzlies Sports Academies (football, basketball, swimming, gymnastics and dance) and hosts STEAM/“Maker” events; boarding is available for Grades 7–12. The school posts its annual fee policy on the Admissions page (some specific tuition tables are published there as images). All items above are taken from the school website.
