The Putuo Experimental School affiliated to the Shanghai International Studies University is a public school that implements a nine-year compulsory education system, established through a high-level collaboration between the Putuo District People's Government and Shanghai International Studies University, with a signing ceremony held on March 17, 2021. The school adheres to the "three highs" principle in education, deepening the Putuo "suitable education" and the school's "empowerment education" concepts. It is committed to building a teaching team that "values quality, respects personalities, and appreciates taste," and to nurturing modern young citizens with "a Chinese heart, a global perspective, and a scientific approach."
The school proposes an educational strategy of "knocking on the door of the heart with interest and enlightening the mind with activities." Relying on high-quality educational resources such as the Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology and Shanghai International Studies University, the school optimizes curriculum settings, enriches classroom practices, focuses on evaluation and motivation, and tells the story of teaching and educating well, aiming to be a good school close to home. The school actively explores future learning patterns and development paths, striving to enhance students' core subject literacy. Each subject eagerly engages in the development of new courses under digital transformation and the design of large-unit teaching, hosting various city and district-level classroom discussion activities.
The school focuses on science, art, and physical education, actively building a cross-segment aerospace science and innovation education ecological alliance, and deeply exploring the development and practice of aerospace science and innovation curriculum systems. It has successfully become one of the Shanghai Youth Science and Innovation Education Bases. The school has carefully organized various characteristic teams such as choir, dance, cheerleading, table tennis, volleyball, ice and snow sports, rock climbing, swimming, and track and field, enriching students' campus life and cultivating aesthetic abilities and willpower.
In the three years since its establishment, the school has received numerous honors, including being recognized as Shanghai Green School, Shanghai Safe and Civilized Campus, Shanghai Student (Youth) Science and Innovation Education Base, Problem-Based Learning Research Institute Base School, and Putuo District Ice and Snow Project Feature School.