Maple Leaf International School Dalian

MLES opened its first school in Dalian, China in 1995 with 14 students. This school represented the vision of Dr. Sherman Jen, Founder, Chairman, and CEO, to operate a high quality, externally accredited, international, private school in China. The educational system Dr. Jen introduced was a blend of the educational model he had witnessed while living in British Columbia, Canada, with the strengths and cultural richness that exist in the Chinese educational system.

Today MLES operates nearly 100 schools from preschool to high school in more than 20 cities globally, including one in Canada, one in Malaysia, and one in Singapore, serving over 32,000 students.

On May 28, 2024, when Maple Leaf Educational Systems celebrated its 29th anniversary, we held a grand press conference and were honored to announce that after five years of thorough research and development and four years of rigorous benchmarking evaluation, Ecctis has completed the comprehensive benchmarking of Maple Leaf World School Program. The authoritative evaluation results of Ecctis clearly pointed out that Maple Leaf World School Program and its high school diploma are of the same level and effectiveness as UK General Certificate of Education Advanced Level, Canadian British Columbia curriculum and the US New York Regents curriculum and high school diploma.

This major achievement marks that Maple Leaf World School Program has successfully achieved full integration with global universities in countries such as the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, and Australia. Maple Leaf World School Program has become a new choice for mainstream international courses such as IB and A Level. As a representative of China's solutions and wisdom in participating in global education governance , this not only promotes the realization of China's goal of becoming one of the world's international curriculum key players, but also provides a demonstration and leading role in the establishment of China's international education curriculum standards. It is an important contribution of Maple Leaf Educational Systems to the country's education cause, and a strong impetus for the development of global education diversity and international education.

Maple Leaf World School Program was developed over five years by organizing Chinese and foreign curriculum experts and front-line teachers based on Maple Leaf’s 20 years of international school management practice, targeting the learning characteristics and realities of non-English speaking students, especially Chinese students. It is the world’s first internationally certified curriculum with Chinese characteristics.

Maple Leaf World School Program was officially implemented in September 2020, including English academic courses, Chinese academic courses, English language courses and Chinese language courses. Its three major features are: independent intellectual property rights, international authoritative certification, and distinctive Chinese characteristics. Maple Leaf World School Program has created a new model of "one diploma, international accreditation, and global recognition", that is, the high school diploma is issued by Maple Leaf Educational Systems, and is dual-certified by the international education authority Ecctis. It is benchmarked against international courses such as A-Level. Students can directly apply for English-speaking universities around the world, including international course programs in Chinese universities, based on their academic performance.

Vision

• Building bridges to a future of confident, creative, and compassionate global citizens.

Mission

• Blend the best educational practices of China and the West, and
• Deliver them through a high-quality educational program with a global focus, to
• Enable students to develop as world leaders.

Values

• Every learner should be provided with dignity, value, purpose, and options.
• Very learner should leave more confident, curious, capable, and self-sufficient than when they arrived.
• Very learner should develop an understanding of, and respect for, different ways of being, doing, and knowing.
• Every learner will be more motivated by positive reinforcement that emphasizes strengths rather than by negative focus on perceived weaknesses.
• Every learner will perform better with the support of strong relationships.