Go beyond the ordinary
Inspiring a love of learning through an inquiry-based, Mandarin immersion program that prepares students with the heart and mind to thrive in an evolving global society.
Our early childhood program utilizes play based and international baccalaureate practices to develop their mental and physical capabilities.
Our elementary school or Primary Years Programme is a continuation of our preschool and utilizes a child's knowledge and skills to develop depth as well as breadth of knowledge.
Our middle school students utilize their depth and breadth of knowledge, both linguistically and academically, to analyze complex events and topics such as natural disasters abroad and trends in recycling.
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Congratulations to our hot lunch provider, Flo’s Friendly Lunches, on the recent award for an Alameda County Innovation Grant. Shu Ren is proud to partner with Flo’s to be the first school as part of this pilot program. Flo's Friendly Foods is... Read more -
Shu Ren and our greater community shared many cultures that make up the diversity of the East Bay. Cultural villages representing Mexico, New York City, Taiwan, China, Indonesia, Japan, Vietnam, Canada, Trinidad, United Kingdom, South... Read more -
Festival of Arts is the culminating event for our Visual Arts program. This year, we focused on the theme of light and the many ways that light can be a agent to drive creative expression. There were themed areas which gave students and parents... Read more -
This year, Shu Ren celebrated Book Week from March 4 - March 8, culminating with World Book Day on Friday, March 8. During the week, students participated in a variety of activities that sparked their love of reading. There was DEAR, or Drop-... Read more
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Love Your World Week begin with Earth Day on Monday, April 22 and culminate with the Intercultural Festival on Saturday, April 27. Student council came up with the name "Love Your World" week to celebrate both love for Mother Earth as... Read more -
Shu Ren welcomed author Lynn Fulton on World Book Day to talk to G1-G5 students about her book She Made a Monster - How Mary Shelley Created Frankenstein. Lynn began her presentation with a slideshow showing Frankenstein had come to represent... Read more -
The Shu Ren Student Council launched in January 2019 as a way to organize the students' voices. Student leaders from across grades K-5 are collaborating on three initiatives: publishing a monthly newsletter (Tree People Times), selecting and... Read more -
The Shu Ren trans-disciplinary environment emphasizes the intersection between disciplines, engaging our students to see how content knowledge connects across subjects and can be applied with relevance and meaning. For the first week of their... Read more -
We are extremely honored to have two of our teachers, Lam Tsoi (Chinese Curriculum Coordinator and Grade 2/3 Chinese teacher) and Jingyi Zhang (Grade K/1 Chinese teacher) presenting at this year's National Chinese Language Conference, the largest... Read more -
新年快乐！ Thank you for celebrating the Lunar New Year with Shu Ren International School! What a festive and fun-filled day of performances, activities and a tasty potluck lunch. Traditional to the start of the celebration was our Dragon and... Read more -
Parent engagement at Shu Ren has organically become part of the fabric of our school. As the school has grown, the heart of how our parent's are involved has remained true to the partnership and the journey of educating children in a... Read more -
Our current unit of inquiry is an exploration into productivity - how people collaborate to achieve goals. Kindergarten and Grade 1 students learned firsthand the importance of working together as they made dumpling dough from scratch, mixing the... Read more -
Our PK2 Little Bees were busy earning and exploring about the Lunar New Year through play-based activities. We started by introducing the festival by reading the book, Bringing in the New Year. Next, the children were engaged through arts and... Read more -
The Chinese New Year is the perfect way to expand further on our Unit of Inquiry on Senses. Sight, sound, taste, smell and touch were all utilized throughout our many fun activities! We started preparing for the Lunar New Year by reading a... Read more -
Chinese New Year is also known as the Spring Festival 春节 (Chūn Jié), or Lunar New Year. It is accompanied by a large array of customs and rituals. PK4 Dolphin class showed a great interest when they listened to Ancient Chinese legends about the... Read more -
As part of their Inquiry into Landforms, Grade ⅘ students successfully hosted their Wonders of the World museum opening! Cherry Garden exhibited their dioramas and presented their research to the Shu Ren Community. Family members and... Read more -
Our first winter market was a wonderful time of celebration featuring our community entrepreneurs and festive performances from all the students. The theme of "celebrating the spirit of entrepreneurship" was focusing on the social aspects of... Read more -
We are honored to present our 2019 Visiting Author, Scott Tong, public radio journalist and author of "A Village With My Name." Scott will be presenting his work on Saturday, January 26th starting at 2:30pm. For more information and... Read more -
Behind their products is a story-a passion that is creatively expressed in their work. Here, is a sneak peak at the amazing people you will meet at our Winter Market! AP Greeting Cards, by Alyssa Panyawai I moved up to Berkeley from San Diego... Read more -
Peach Garden (Grade 2/3) current UOI is about the Marketplace. The central idea is: A Marketplace serves the needs and wants of a community in many ways. They have written business plans, learned about expense accounting, designed logos, made... Read more -
Shop, Eat and Celebrate the winter season together at Shu Ren! Buy your one of a kind holiday gifts at our entrepreneurs market featuring students, parents and local East Bay vendors.Students in all grades and will be showcasing performances... Read more -
We had the pleasure to host over 25 families to our School Life and Sparking Curiosity Open House events in October. It was wonderful opportunity to share the Shu Ren experience to prospective parents. For our School Life Open House, parents could... Read more -
Shu Ren PTO hosted the annual Chinese Book Fair on October 30th, raising close to $200 for the school! As with previous years, we partnered with Chinese Books for Children, based in Los Altos Hills. Teachers picked out a “wishlist” of books... Read more -
The Halloween festivities began at Shu Ren with the annual all-school play date at Tilden Park. Children made arts and crafts, played soccer, went through a trick or treat line and then ended with feeding the animals at the Little Farm. Thank... Read more -
Relevance and experience are two cornerstones of our approach to learning at Shu Ren. Students must be able to relate and make meaning of what they are learning in the classroom. Experiential learning, are opportunities for students to make... Read more
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Aug30Meet and Greet old and new classmates!
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Sep13Join us as the sun goes down for moon cakes, tea, activities and moon gazing.
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Oct14Camp is available for all grade levels. Contact Alyssa to register.
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Feb08Our annual extravaganza! Join us for the celebration of the Lunar New Year and Lantern Festival.
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Feb18Contact Alyssa to register for camp
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Mar27Parent and child(ren) come together for the scheduled conference period
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Mar30Please contact Alyssa to register for camp.
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Shu Ren International School is an IB World School in Berkeley, CA. We offer an immersion education in Mandarin and English. We are an authorized International Baccalaureate (IB) World School and accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC).
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