SBIE organizes study tours for American students during spring break and summer time to broaden their horizons. It mainly covers the following:
- Study together with Chinese students
American students will be placed into Chinese classrooms by their grades, the school specially designs Chinese classes for them to improve their listening, speaking, reading and writing skills, various extracurricular activities such as film making, basketball camp and musicals are also arranged to help American students to mingle with local students, and followed by a closing ceremony with certificate presentation.
- Participate in activities with Chinese students
Participate in activities such as folk dancing, basketball games, volleyball games, soccer games, arts and music together with Chinese students
- Stay with Chinese Host Families
Stay with Chinese host families while in China and join the family with their daily events such as dining out, movies, gatherings, park activities and sports to have a better understanding of the life style in China, also interact with their host family kids to make friends.
- Outdoor Research and Education
Participate in the outdoor educational program held at Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding to further learn the scientific method of breeding of the endangered species to raise the awareness of protection of the giant pandas.
- Chinese History and Culture Tours
We organize historical sightseeing tours in Beijing, Xi’an and the American students will visit the Great Wall, the Forbidden City and will experience the newly operated high speed train and the longest sea-crossing bridge.