President Richard O’Hara returned to school on March 22 after a trip to China which explored new educational partnerships and solidified current relationships in the country. His first stop was Shanghai International Studies University, one of the top international studies universities in China. Mr. O’Hara met with school officials to discuss a partnership that would offer an American high school curriculum to students there.
Traveling southwest, Mr. O’Hara visited Chongqing Bashu Ivy High School, where John Carroll administrators have been working with school officials to establish and offer John Carroll's curriculum within the large high school. Given the high standards and varied opportunities that are part of a John Carroll education, Chongquing students will increase their chances of being accepted to a college or university in the United States. The program is scheduled to launch in the fall of 2016 if recruiting efforts, currently underway, are successful.
Mr. O’Hara’s final destination in China was south in Shenzhen, where he visited The John Carroll School of Shenzhen, housed at Zhanhua Experimental School. He toured the facility, met with school leaders, and held sessions for prospective students and parents about the school and the differences between Chinese and American high school education. In Shenzhen and in Shanghai, Mr. O’Hara also met with the families of some of John Carroll’s current international students.
Following his time in China, Mr. O’Hara enjoyed a vacation traveling with his own family in Thailand, where the O’Haras’ son Christopher has been teaching English at a public high school near Bangkok.
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