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Sino-Canada School

The Teachers Exerience

Life in Luxu

Though the address of the school says Wujiang city, Sino-Canada is actually located in Luxu town. By local standards, Luxu is relatively small. Like many small towns, the streets are lined with local vendors who are often interested in what the laowei (foreigners) are doing or buying.

The Sino-Canada teachers make up the vast number of foreigners you’ll see walking around town, though there are some Americans that work at a local factory.  Although Luxu is a small town, everything that you need is available.

In addition to having some great foreign restaurants (Starbucks, McDonalds, KFC, sushi, multiple pizza places etc.), there is a foreign grocery store 5 km from the campus right in Luxu town. Also available are online food ordering services, one of which is called Kate and Kimi (kateandkimi.com). They deliver to the school daily, and have a fabulous selection of fresh food, pre-cooked meals, and foreign items.

For getting around Luxu town you have a few options at your disposal. Some teachers take taxis or walk, but most teachers have chosen to buy an E-scooter or a pedal bike as their main modes of transportation since nothing is too far away.  For getting to and from Shanghai or Suzhou, there is a local bus station that has service to both cities 7 days a week for about $5 each way.

Sino-Canada School is on the same piece of property as Zsplashes Resort. This is where you will be put up for your first few days at the school. After getting yourself acquainted with the area, you can decide whether you’d like to live in Zsplashes or find an apartment in town. Most teachers now live in town in fully equipped, brand new apartments.

At the moment, we find that approx. 80% of teachers have chosen to live off campus.  Both options have their positives and negatives.

The School Day

Sino-Canada is a bustling community. We pride ourselves in not only teaching our students BC content but also giving them an authentic western educational experience. Though class begins at 7:45am, you will find teachers in their classrooms prior to the bell greeting their students.

We run a 4-block schedule, and each block is 80 minutes long. Blocks A, B and C all occur before lunch, which is a 60-minute common break for all students and teachers. Block D begins at 1:00pm and is the last block of the day for BC students, ending at 2:20pm. From 2:30pm to 4:00pm, most students are enrolled in study hall and our Bilingual Program. This gives our teachers opportunities to prep for their own courses or simply have some time to decompress.

From 4:10-5:05pm Monday –Thursday is our designated club time; BC teachers run a variety of extracurricular activities for our students to enjoy.

On Friday, A-D blocks run from 7:45am - 11:30am, with student buses leaving at 1:00pm.
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