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Dear Keystonians,  

I hope that you all had a nice holiday and are enjoying the start of the year of the Snake!  

One of the things that I have noticed as a big change in the educational sector over the past 20 years is the explosion in out of school professionals supporting student learning and educational progress. Although I am still relatively new to how this phenomenon works in China, I have found it to be not all that different from the US context of communities of families who are highly invested in their children’s education.  

This phenomenon impacts the important college admissions process which our students get to in?12th grade. As we all know, the fervor around college admissions in communities like ours (with amazing students and parents with high expectations) is intense. We are so proud of the impressive journeys of our alumni and the opportunities on the horizon for our current 12th graders. And we are confident that the best is yet to come as we begin to graduate students who have benefited from 13 years of education at Keystone in 2027.  

Families and the school?all want to give our students every possible advantage in this process. From a school side, our “college guidance” begins with a child’s first day on campus, even if they are 5 years old, as we guide them on the start of their life-long journey of self-discovery, deep meaningful learning and personal growth.  

In high school students begin to work with our talented highly professional college counseling staff which further focuses the support on the application processes. This culminates in the 12th grade year when students begin to make decisions about where to begin their post-secondary journey based on their offers.  

Some families also employ additional support in this process. From a school standpoint, we don’t feel this additional support is necessary to achieve an exceptional college placement. (However, we know that it happens.)  

We implore all families who contract individuals or companies outside of school to support the educational journey of their children to do that with great discernment, using our school values to evaluate others that they trust with their child’s educational journey.  

For example, we know that the unethical behavior of external college counselors (falsification of application materials, unethical use of application systems, etc.) poses great risk to students and their futures. Unfortunately, we know of cases where this behavior has led to severe damage to high school students’ chances of admission to the colleges our students typically pursue. And Keystone students are not immune from these risks.  

When we try to give our children support, we rarely think about the possible side effects or negative consequences of our excessive care. We must remember that colleges and universities are interested in our students not only for their exceptional academic abilities, but also for their character and integrity. This is something we are becoming known for and is a great honor to our school.  

Keystone cannot and will not tolerate unethical behavior, particularly in any academic or college admissions processes. Our school values guide all actions, and the post-secondary opportunities of our current and future students depend on our reputation for the highest integrity. If a family works with an outside counselor or agent who lacks this commitment to integrity, it creates a significant mismatch. As Keystonians, we must all protect and uphold our values.  

We must do that to continue to protect our reputation for the benefit of students, but more importantly, we must do that to ensure that we are demonstrating to our students, and the world, that Ren Yi Li Zhi Xin are not just words on paper, but who we are. There are no shortcuts to an honest and just life, and there are few things more important than that.  

Yours,  

Emily