Shanghai High School International Division

Approximately 800 compulsory and optional courses are offered for students in Grades 1 through 12. Different levels (including Standard, Standard Plus, and Honors) are available in each subject to meet the varying academic requirements of individual students. AdvancED accredited SHSID in 2018. (COGNIATM).

In addition to the American-based curriculum, SHSID offers challenging academic courses and programs in high school, such as AS&A-level courses, Advanced Placement courses (AP), and the IB Diploma Program (IBDP). Students select high school courses based on their interests and academic abilities. Languages, literature, social sciences, math, natural sciences, the arts, and other subjects are covered in the AS&A-LEVEL and IB DP and AP courses offered at SHSID. Every year, more than 90% of G11-12 students choose one of the three challenging courses and programs, while the remaining 10% choose school courses. SHSID students have excelled in IB/AP/A level exams over the last five years.[9]

SA school year at SHSID is divided into two semesters. In a semester, students take midterm and final exams, as well as two monthly assessments. Based on these exams, semester overall scores are calculated to reflect a student's overall academic performance in a semester. With the two semester overall scores, a year overall GPA is calculated. Students are ranked based on their overall GPA for the year.

SHISD is a test center of TOEFL, PSAT, SAT and ACT.[10]

The school has a small number of facilities dedicated to physical education, including basketball courts, badminton courts, indoor and outdoor tennis courts, a gymnasium, volleyball courts, gymnastics/martial arts training rooms, Badminton/Ping Pong Building, a standard 400 meter track with a sandpit, soccer fields, and an Olympic-sized 50-meter swimming pool. The school also has a gym that students can use for activities such as basketball, volleyball, and badminton, and a darts room for the darts elective that the school offers. The basketball courts also provide a wide area of concrete in which various sports competitions such as tug-o-war and dodgeball are held. They are also known to host occasional mock military exercises.

SHSID's Art Center is built with two-story-high ceilings made out of wood and windows placed high above. Inside the Art Center is the SHS History Exhibition.

Its staff include watercolor artist Fu Gang (傅钢) and studio arts instructors for both the AP and IB Program's Studio/Visual Arts curricula.

Auditorium of SHSID in the background

Auditoriums of varying size dot the campus, the majority of them located in school buildings and are "assigned" to sections. The largest auditorium, the Main Auditorium (大礼堂), is located right behind the local division building. This is where school-wide events such as the Art Festival, Talent Show, and the Opening Ceremony are held. The Big Auditorium has a media center on its second floor.

SHSID has a student governing body known as the ASB, or Associated Student Body. Every year, members of the ASB are elected in each grade and classified according to their sections (primary, junior, senior, etc.). The ASB is in charge of organizing school activities such as inter-homeroom competitions, holiday parties and fairs, dances, academic competitions, and various services such as Blackout,Summer Bash, Christmas gram distribution, etc.

Every year, the Art Festival and Talent Show are held (separately for each division primary, junior, or senior). Students can participate in a variety of performing arts, such as short plays and piano recitals, as well as rock bands and dance routines.

A sports day is also held annually and organized separately for each division (primary, junior, or senior). Competitions include track and field (100 m, 200 m, 400 m, and 800 m), Shot Put, Medicine Ball, High Jump, Long Jump, and 4 × 100 m relays.

The school hosts an annual charity fair where students set up stands and sell goods to raise funds for charity. This is frequently a culturally active event, with international students displaying their respective countries' unique foods, drinks, and trinkets. The charity fair, like many other school events, is grade or division specific.

The Nexus is a student-run charity organization that was founded in 2008 at Shanghai High School International Division. The Nexus, a branch of The Library Project, raises funds and collects children's books to build libraries for elementary schools in rural China. To accomplish this, charity events and activities are held in SHSID or between international schools in Shanghai, such as basketball tournaments, fashion shows, dance competitions, book collections, and so on.

Every winter, The Nexus organizes high school students to travel to rural areas to assist elementary schools in building libraries and completing other tasks. Dragon TV (东方卫视) filmed an hour-long documentary about their charitable efforts in May 2012, which aired on June 21.[12] The Nexus is celebrating its tenth anniversary; with over 700 members, it is the largest student organization at SHSID and among international schools in Shanghai.

The SHSID|Times is a monthly student-run publication. Since its inception in 2014, the team has grown to nearly 100 students across the high school section by 2020.

SHSID has numerous school clubs, including Live 2 Drama, Eco Cap, MUN, WSC, USAD, and Biology Workshop. These clubs have organized school activities such as poetry contests, sports contests, stargazing nights, math and science competitions, and so on. Almost every student participates in several school clubs to satisfy their individual interests and curiosities, and classrooms are frequently occupied with club meetings during the lunch break.[13] The walls of the school building also demonstrate the large number of clubs, with wallpapers in a variety of colors advertising club events.

SHSID's high school debate teams have won back-to-back championships in the Hong Kong-Shanghai Inter-city Real Time Debate on Net English Sections (8th and 9th sessions). [14][15] SHSID's History team was the consecutive champion in Asia in the International History Bee and Bowl[16]

SHSID is home to a diverse group of athletic teams. Table tennis, track and field, volleyball, badminton, baseball, swimming, basketball, soccer, and tennis are among the sports represented.