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• Accrediting Commission for Schools — Western Association of Schools and Colleges (ACS WASC): The school's website states that SMIC International Division (SMIC‑I) received accreditation from the Western Association of Schools and Colleges. ACS WASC (often shown on K–12 school pages as ACS WASC) is a U.S.-based accrediting body that conducts a peer-review and ongoing evaluation process for elementary and secondary schools; accreditation indicates the school has met WASC standards for program quality and continuous improvement and supports the integrity of transcripts and credit transfer.
Following the school's own ‘Awards & Recognitions' page, the only school-level recognition listed on the website within the five-year window from January 1, 2021 through January 1, 2026 is:
• 2021 — SMIC Kindergarten became the experimental base for the research and promotion of children's literature in Shanghai: the school's site records this designation for the kindergarten; it indicates the kindergarten was selected as an experimental/pilot base for city-level research and promotion work in children's literature.
Note: The school's Awards & Recognitions page lists other institutional recognitions (for example WASC accreditation in 2016 and a 2020 “Special Contribution Award”) but those fall outside the Jan 1, 2021–Jan 1, 2026 window. The items above are the only school-level awards/recognitions dated within the requested five-year period that appear on the school website as of January 1, 2026.
SMIC Private School (SMIC School) is a K–12 school founded by Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation in 2001 and opened to the public in 2004. The main campus is in Zhangjiang, Pudong (Qing‑Tong Road) and the school combines a Chinese-track program with an international (American‑system) division; the international division offers AP courses and is an authorised AP and SAT/ACT test centre. Facilities listed on the school site include science labs, language facilities, AI classroom and extensive sports facilities. The bilingual kindergarten lists class sizes and age bands (P2 = 3 years; K1 = 4; K2 = 5). The school states it provides daily Chinese instruction across grades while following American‑based curricular standards in the international division. For families: tuition for the international division is published per semester on the school site (see fees page); the site also gives a school‑bus contact for routes and fees.
