AFTER spending two years at Beijing’s Concord College of Sino-Canada as a superintendent, Vernon Goodfellow takes up his new post at Nanshan International School of Sino-Canada today.

　As principal, he is responsible for the new school’s curricula and teaching arrangements. “I feel very excited about the opportunity to use Canadian curricula on such an international set,” said Vernon at an interview last week.

　The school has enrolled more than 60 students from 16 countries including the U.S., Australia, Korea and Malaysia. Vernon was quite impressed with the city’s scenery and fast economic growth during his four to five trips to Shenzhen to organize the new school, which is a cooperative venture of Nanshan District Government and New Brunswick Government, Canada.With 35 years’ experience in school administration in Canada, Vernon wants his school to be a real international one.

　“The school is an international family, the teachers you see here are from different countries including Canada and Australia.”The courses offered are much the same as those in Canada, except the students have to learn Mandarin as a second foreign language.

　Vernon is a cycling enthusiast and twice a week, he squeezes in some time to enjoy the city’s night lights, food and beaches by bicycle.