The first webinar for IFY students in the spring semester is the one held by the University of Otago in New Zealand.

This webinar introduces the relevant information about the University of Otago and the admission requirements. It is divided into four parts. The first part introduces the school's environment, life style and facilities. The second part details the qualifications required for admission, including information about tuition expenses and scholarships. The third part provides planning suggestions for university studies and careers. And the fourth part lists all subjects available for overseas study.

Mr. Jon Matthews, from Fairmont International School, cooperates with our school in the Taiwan-US Joint Diploma Program. He is the project manager in charge of the partner school programs in Taiwan.

In today’s workshop, Mr. Jon guided the teachers of ZZSH to use multi-faceted lesson observation tools to effectively create a good learning environment in the classroom. Mr. Jon asked the teachers to self-examine the seven aspects of lesson observation, including fair learning environment, high expectations, supportive learning environment, active learning environment, learner progress monitoring and feedback, well-managed learning environment, and digital learning environment.

The ice breaking activity of the art co-taught course between ZZSH and DLSZ Vermosa School in the Philippines were held on 2/20. It was co-hosted by Mr. Lai Xinlun from ZZSH and Ms. Melizabeth Bautista from DLSZ Vermos School in the Philippines. At first, the principals from both sides gave speeches and expressed their gratitude for the co-teaching opportunities between the two schools. Then, the principal in ZZSH introduced the teachers of the art department. Luo Dawei, a student of ZZSH and the Filipino student representatives introduced their own countries, cities and schools. The students of ZZSH also appreciated the rich festivals and culture of the Philippines through this opportunity.

The students from ZZSH sang "No joy, no work" altogether to celebrate this exchange activity. Filipino students also welcomed ZZSH with dance and music. In the end, the students from the two schools introduced themselves easily, making a great start for the next online class. 

Five students from Taipei American School conducted mini-research projects for their AP research course, and asked students from our school to help them complete the data collection and questionnaire surveys. The following is a brief description of the research contents:

1. Katie Chu: Observing the ways of garbage collection and food waste recycling at lunch, and comparing them with the ways done in Taipei American School.

2. Ethan Chou: Investigating how being nearsighted can be related to a Taiwanese high school student’s academic literacy.

3. Annemarie Lee: Food packaging preferences among Taiwan snacks.

4. Maddie Wang: Parental support and its effect on teenagers’ level of happiness.

5. Sophie Wong: Capital Punishment: A Look into Public Perception at High Schools in Taipei.

The TAS students conducted the survey by asking the ZZSH students to scan the QR code and answer the bilingual questionnaires online. Eight classes in ZZSH participated, and the time to fill in the answers was 15 minutes. After returning the online questionnaires, the students of our school also discussed the research topic with the researchers, giving great encouragement to the TAS students who worked hard to write their research plan.

Liao Si'an, Zhaso Zhisong, and Huang Shiyong, the graduates from the Taiwan-US Joint Diploma Program (JDP), returned to school and shared their experience of studying in the United States with their juniors. In their short sharing session, they all mentioned the most important thing in their school life is time management. Regardless of high school or university, or even society, these JDP alumni all agreed time management is the key to their success. They also encouraged the current JDP students to practice time management and make proper adjustments by juggling both local and overseas studies in the JDP program.

The students from the Taiwan-US Joint Diploma Program (JDP), the Taiwan-UK International Foundation Year (IFY) and the Taiwan-US Joint Dance Diploma Program held an international student learning achievement exhibition in Huashan 1914 Cultural and Creative Industrial Park. A total of 180 students and parents attended the event, which was a complete success.

The Grade 10 and 11students from the JDP and IFY programs formed groups of 2-5 people and gave a presentation on their learning. The students of the international dance class presented their solo or group performances to wrap up the whole exhibition. In addition, the students' photographic works and paintings, and small books on special reports allowed all parents, students and guests to witness the learning outcomes in person.

The international classical ballet courses, arranged by MCI (Maine Central Institute, USA), lasted for five days, and the class time was 90 minutes per day. In the courses, the MCI teacher Natalya Getman explained the movements first, and then the teaching assistant Jane demonstrated. After the ZZSH dance students were familiar with the movements, they practiced dancing in groups to music. Natalya observed the students' blind spots in the dance through Google Meet, and immediately explained and demonstrated for the students to follow, with the dance program coordinator Ms. Chunying Liu assisting and guiding her students on the spot. At the end of the course, Natalya stated that she was very proud to see the students’ remarkable progress during this period. She was very touched and looked forward to the next course session with the ZZSH students.

Dr. Rebecca Wood, from Fairmont International Program in California, arranged the teaching practice of Theory of Knowledge (TOK) in her teacher training during her visit to Taiwan. She provided feedback on many topics in the theory of knowledge—basic understanding, culture and value, and perspective.

Rebecca believed that the process of exploring knowledge is like peeling fruit. It helps guide students’ exploration on topics, ideas or texts, and can be applied to many key learning areas, allowing learners to explore further details to gain deeper understanding. For example, Rebecca used two city maps to ask teachers to conduct group discussion on the following topics: "The difference between the two maps?", "How to know whether the map is correct or wrong?", or "Where can I get the evidence?" Her TOK-related application tools provided in the training encouraged the teachers to think critically and explore knowledge continuously.

ZZSH and Sweden's Vasaskolan High School have been conducting a series of collaborative courses for SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals). The central theme of the first class is SDGs 3: Good health and well-being, organized by the Swedish teacher Mr. Peter Perskull and the Taiwanese teacher Joe. He led the two schools’ students to understand major issues: overcoming infectious diseases, reducing the mortality rate of non-communicable diseases, and promoting mental health.

Then, Joe (TZZ) led everyone to think about what social design is and allowed the students to speak up and consider the following social design steps: analyzing problems, thinking about needs of others, using creativity to formulate solutions, and delivering a following draft. In the online class, the students from Sweden and Taiwan shared their thoughts and opinions in real time through microphones or typing. Everyone very much looked forward to learning more about the issues and designing possible actions to promote human well-being.

This class is the second one out of this series cooperation courses. The volunteer learning project shared by the students from ECOLE DES ROCHES helps to enrich the two schools’ service learning experiences. It also provides the students with more exemplary learning opportunities for our upcoming IB program.

Regarding the above-mentioned volunteer services, the teachers and students at ZZSH asked the French students how to actively communicate with volunteer service agencies and how to carry out CAS fundraising. The French students responded by mentioning starting from their interests and using creative and feasible proposals to achieve volunteer service goals. Their response left a deep impression on the teachers and students of ZZSH. The principal of ECOLE DES ROCHES said that if the students of the two schools can adopt each other's proposals and implement them in different local contexts, it will be a great learning experience for the students.

The pedagogical team of ZZSH visited Taipei European School (TES) on November 24th to observe their teachers’ IB classes, hoping to enrich the teaching experience of IBDP for our teachers. Through the professional observation and discussion in Taipei European School, the TZZ teachers could obtain support from their counterparts, while preparing to apply for IBDP/CP authorization. The exchanges of thoughts and ideas with TES teachers allowed the ZZSH team to get a clearer picture of what the IB teaching and learning in our school could be shaped like in the near future.

In the co-teaching sessions, Mr. Deng taught Quadratic Function as the theme, and used many examples of parabolas in daily life, such as railway stations, churches, bridges and other buildings, to guide students from both ZZSH and Moreton Bay College to understand many applications of parabolas in daily life. Later, Mr. Deng guided everyone from both sides to calculate and draw parabolic graphs on the worksheet, and at the same time gave students the opportunity to demonstrate problem solving by turns. To wrap up the class, Mr. Deng also introduced related online mathematics learning resources: GeoGebra (geometry algebra app) and Desmos (graphing calculator app) to everyone, providing local and Australian students with tools to strengthen self-learning.

ZZSH Dance Class has been cooperating with the ROC Association of Artistic Swimming for the Artistic Swimming lessons. Led by Julia Starchenko, who has been committed to promoting this sport in Taiwan for a long time, the artistic swimming sessions allowed the Gifted Dance Class in ZZSH to experience and get in touch with Russian culture and artistic swimming.

Even better, the ZZSH students and a group of students with Down Syndrome, Autism, and intellectual disabilities put on a brand-new artistic swimming performance in the ZZSH’s swimming pool. All the students really enjoyed the warm applause and the freedom brought by artistic swimming in the water.

Grade 10 students from the JDP program are about to take an online Community, Action, Service (CAS) course with Grade 12 students from ECOLE DES ROCHES in France. In the Ice Breaking session, French students shared their personal interests and favorite community services at first, such as raising materials for charity food banks, teaching English to children in kindergartens, and providing voluntary services in their school area. The JDP students from ZZSH introduced their personal interests, and careers they wanted to pursue in the future. They all looked forward to the next cooperation after this ice-breaking stage.

The Marine and Ecology lessons on October 19th and 26th are divided into five segments. The first three activities introduced marine recreational activities, marine technology and the marine society. The teachers guided students to observe the marine biological environment from daily marine recreational activities, and to understand the relationship between human economic activities and endangered species. The last two activities introduced marine culture, marine resources and sustainable development. In the online lessons, 51 students from Taiwan and Australia were divided into 8 groups for a discussion and presentation about modern marine issues and the marine sustainability strategies of early aboriginal people. Following the lessons, the students from both sides deeply realized that although there are cultural differences, their determination to protect the marine environment is the same.

Five keynote speakers from AIT Academic Exchange Foundation were invited to the JDP students’ university admissions counseling lecture. They were respectively Mr. Fu Jingping, Daniel Gerbatch, the school representative of Arizona State University, Krittaya Pichitnapakul, the school representative of the University of San Francisco, and two exchange students from Western Kentucky University and Smith College. The five speakers shared with the students what is significant when people choose to study in the US, including economic considerations, geographical environment, course regulations, etc. They also elaborated on the application process and grade requirements that the students were concerned about. The speakers’ briefings and enthusiastic explanations enabled the students to have a more comprehensive concept about studying in the US.

In the Orientation Ceremony of the Joint Diploma Program (JDP) with Fairmont International School, Dr. Rebecca Wood, Director of the International Education Department of Fairmont International School, was invited to give a talk concerning international learning. On-site teachers and students from ZZSH were also invited to share their individual teaching and learning experiences in the JDP classes. The whole ceremony was topped off with everyone having a memorable group photo taken in a pleasant atmosphere.

In order to promote the implementation of bilingual teaching, Taipei Municipal Zhong Zheng Senior High School has continued to facilitate bilingual teachers' professional growth this school year. We have arranged for foreign English teachers to prepare for courses with bilingual subject teachers on a regular basis. In addition, we have arranged English speaking workshops and a series of bilingual teaching seminars for teachers. To create a benefitial environment for bilingual education, we have also shared resources with high school or junior high school teachers from other schools in Taipei and even other parts of Taiwan. 

This IFY personal statement webinar is held by the University of Leeds and NCUK to provide IFY students with skills in writing a personal statement. A successful personal statement can highlight individuals’ characteristics and competitiveness. When preparing for writing, IFY students must resort to university websites to find out what qualities and skills universities are looking for. What’s more, using mind maps to make lists, writing drafts early, and paying attention to deadlines are also of great importance. Above all, super-curricular activities should be added to demonstrate IFY students' motivation and enthusiasm for their subject.

Learning math with our local teacher and the Moreton Bay College teacher has been a meaningful intercultural class. The topic of the second online math class is “Time Zone”, which relates to last week’s lesson regarding distances on the Earth's surface. In the online class, Mr. Brendan Miles first gives the students from Class 118 an entry ticket to review how to calculate the distances between two cities based on coordinates. He then introduces the concept of time zones. He also asked the students questions about Greenwich Mean Time and the International Date Line through a world map, which made math more accessible to the students. He concludes the whole online math lesson by guiding the students to explore the time differences between two locations on the Earth according to the latitude and longitude. In a nutshell, from the students’ perspectives, math is no longer a subject but one of the approaches to understand the world. 

Co-teaching with international school teachers have been very common for Taipei Municipal Zhongzheng Senior High School. Take our sister school Moreton Bay College in Australia as an illustration.  Our local math teacher, Mr. Kai Deng, has been working with Mr. Brendan Miles online to guide our students from Bilingual Experimental Class 118 to learn how to calculate distances on the Earth's surface. Mr. Miles first guides the students to calculate the distance between two cities based on the coordinates of the world map and the perspective of the earth. In addition to detailing formulas for mathematical calculations, Mr. Miles also gives the students hands-on tasks to practice calculations online and interact with Class 118. This type of intercultural academic learning is a mind-blowing experience for the students. 

In 2018, Taipei Municipal Zhonzheng High School began to cooperate with Fairmont International School in the United States for the joint diploma program, and started to teach AP courses. This summer, the K-12 Education Administration proposed related plans and offered AP Environmental Science. The K-12 Education Administration assigned Taipei Municipal Zhonzheng High School to serves as the Teaching and Learning Resource Center. We cooperated with Hsinchu American School to offer this online elective AP course. The participating schools also include National Chiayi High School, Hsinchu Girls' High School and National Keelung High School. After a week of learning, all the students taking this course felt that this online all-English AP course was loads of fun and highly intellectual. 

The Taipei Education Expo is featured by five main themes. Out of these themes, international and bilingual education capture all the people’s attention. The demonstration of international and bilingual education students' learning achievements, particularly Taipei Municipal Zhonzhseng Senior High School students’, have intrigued a great number of people there. They are highly aware of and feel impressed with the innovative energy and infinite possibilities of international and bilingual education in this renowned school.

More than 100 grade 10 parents and students participated in the 2022 orientation session of the international and Bilingual Programs . Our school has been working on international courses for nearly five years. We boast the Taiwan-US Joint Diploma Program (JDP), the NCUK International Foundation Year Program (IFY), the Bilingual Experimental Class, and the International Dance Program. Moreover, since 2021, we have also conducted online cooperative courses with Australia Concordia college, Vasaskolan High School in Gavle, Sweden, and Maine Central Institute Bossov Ballet Theatre in the US. All of the above have solidified the foundation for international and bilingual education in Taipei.

We celebrated our students of the Joint Diploma Program and the International Foudation Year Program's graduation ceremony with parents, teachers and school administrators. 

We wish our graduates luck and happiness wherever your journey may take you. 

Students collaborated on presentations on sustainable tourism models, carbon reduction goals, and how Swedish supermarkets can effectively reduce their carbon footprint. Students were inspired by a transnational virtual class on sustainable attention to the environment. It was a successful global citizenship education.

Swedish and Taiwanese students engaged with the assigned topics by discussing and making their own. In the breakup room, students creatively present their ideas and explore from different perspectives to make a final report.

The second session of collaborative synchronous class discussed the impact of climate change and sustainable tourism. Students actively expressed their ideas of different kinds of tourism.

Vaasa is now running a digital exchange with Taiwan - students and teachers in joint lectures.

During the spring semester 2022, two classes, S1I and N1I, will have an exchange with a school in Taiwan.

The subject areas will be sustainable development and climate change. The exchange will last for a few weeks as the students immerse themselves in some sub-area. The work takes place in mixed groups with students from Vasaskolan and Taiwan via digital platforms. The sub-area is also highlighted from the geographical perspective.

Planning is in full swing and our teachers will be teaching Taiwanese students and Taiwanese teachers are teaching our students. Groups with students from both schools work and report together. On April 22, the first joint session will be held with students from both schools.

The Education Queensland International (EQI) Global Schools Challenge (GSC) is a virtual challenge held for overseas schools and Australia QLD Government schools to collaborate through online project-based learning and compete against other participating teams.

The EQI Global Schools Challenge focusses on developing globally minded students through active engagement with global issues.

Students explored their skills to communicate, investigate, collaborate and recognise complex differences between cultures and adapt respectfully to engage internationally.

Lecturers shared how to improve English language skills through making friends with local students. Students should learn time management, being organized to get the successful achievements. Attendances were from Taipei Municipal Zhong Zheng Senior High School,Hong Wen High School, National Fongshan Senior Commercial & Industrial Vocational School, Ying Hai High School, Dou-Nan Senior High School, National I-Lan Commercial Vocational Senior High School, National Feng-Shan Senior High School and National Overseas Chinese Senior High School.

Taipei Municipal Zhong Zheng Senior High School signed a partnership agreement with the Government of South Australia’s SACE Board in a virtual ceremony, making it the first public school in Taiwan to offer the Australian senior secondary curriculum. 

Students from Taipei Municipal Zhong Zheng Senior High School,Hong Wen High School, National Fongshan Senior Commercial & Industrial Vocational School, Ying Hai High School, Dou-Nan Senior High School, National I-Lan Commercial Vocational Senior High School, National Feng-Shan Senior High School and National Overseas Chinese Senior High School joined the activity. After the introductions, students raised questions about school life, scholarship, uniform and so on.

Stockholm focuses on how the physical environment promotes a dynamic, attractive urban environment. The city is responsible for the recycling of waste and residual materials.

Russian Professors demonstrated stunning sketch technique to students and commented on the artworks.Students' artworks created in class will be exhibited virtually.

Lecturer guided teachers to discover the implement of inquiry design and how to decide and build an authentic assessment. GRASPS model was a method to help students solve authentic questions.

Professor Perlina Elena Vladimirovna from Moscow State University instructed students Russian Classic Ballet online. Students were improved from the 2-day class.

Lecturer introduced core components and subjects of the IB curriculum. He guided teachers to think TOK questions for deeper understanding.  

Fairmont International lecturer shared strategies and tools on bilingual teaching. Participants discussed how to implement in class.

Tailor made class was designed by Natalya Getman from Bossov ballet Theatre. Cross cultural training offered wonderful learning experience.

Global issues from covid-19, block chain and metaverse were covered in forum. Youth offered their solutions through design thinking process.

Taipei Municipal Zhong-Zheng Senior High School has signed a memorandum of understanding with department of Dance, University of Taipei for nurturing international dancers between the two institutes.

Students introduced tourist attractions, tourism policies of the Taipei City and Moscow city. They had a great cross culture communication in activity.

Students introduced Food and cultural origin of the Taipei City and Moscow city. Taiwanese students knew the Moscow culture by their eating habits.

Students explored the knowledges with peers in JDP/IFY programs. They shared takeaways and presented their ideas with confidence.

Teachers could design summative assessments first. Using inquiry questions connected key concepts in exploration class.

Concepts became the language and focus of the learning. Workshop leader provided participants with examples, strategies and formats that they can use and apply in their own situation.

Taiwanese and Australian students dissected sheep's eye together. Co-teaching supplied students’ different learning ways in optics.

Students’s education is not only what to learn but how to learn.Through the approaches introduced from workshop leaders, participants improved in class design.

Anniversary was kicked off with a warm welcome line-up by the Uniformed Group members.Exciting events and activities marked the journey our school has taken. Our celebrations were as student-centered as possible.

Workshop leader introduced lots of modes like visual, tactile and spatial to use in class. He also reminded the purpose of multimodal teaching is effective approach to learning.

The workshop focused on approaches to teaching through code-switching or translanguaging skills. Both languages are used in a dynamic and functionally integrated manner. Let student free with their language system.

This online workshop was for bilingual teachers to understand how to teach their classes. Jason, the lecturer of this workshop, indicated that the basic principles of using English in classroom is W.H.Y. (What-When-How-You) to demonstrate the ideas.

This online workshop was for bilingual teachers to understand how to teach their classes. Jason, the lecturer of this workshop, indicated that the basic principles of using English in classroom is W.H.Y. (What-When-How-You) to demonstrate the ideas.

We held our second Joint Deploma Program Students's graduation this year in September due to the earlier Covid-19 restrictions. We wish them the best of luck and happiness in their bright future!

Fairmont International School’s representative virtually met with ZZSH’s community to share their commitment and partnership with ZZSH. Students who join ZZSH-FIS Joint Diploma Program will be able to develop academic language and bilingual skills.

This is the second year of 11th graders who has been chosen to IFY program. They will start to have more coursework in order to prepare their university applications. ZZSH’s faculty will help them in every possible way to achieve their academic success.

Each year, FIS’ representative will visit ZZSH to observe teachers and share results with admin.

This year, ZZSH’s Joint Diploma Program (JDP) has accepted 28 students who have interests in pursuing bachelor’s degree in the United States or overseas. They will receive two high school diplomas from both ZZSH and Fairmont Private School.