Keystone Academy

{{Short description|Private K-12 school in Shunyi, Beijing, China}}

{{About|||text=For other namesake schools, see Keystone College and Keystone School.}}{{Infobox school

| name = Keystone Academy

| native_name = {{nobold|北京市鼎石学校}}

| image = Image_of_Keystone_Academy.jpg

| caption = The school's academic building (right) and the performing arts center (left)

| address = 11 Anfu Street, Houshayu Town

| region =

| city = Shunyi, Beijing

| zipcode = 132826

| country = China

| coordinates = {{coord|40.112925046351634|116.54698011674769|format=dms|type:edu_region:CN-11|display=inline,title}},

| established = {{start date and age|2014}}

| head_of_school = Emily McCarren

| colors = Blue, Red and Grey {{colour box|#225491}}{{colour box|#aa253e}}{{colour box|#aaa096}}

| website = {{URL|https://www.keystoneacademy.cn/en|keystoneacademy.cn/en}}

}}{{Infobox chinese

| c = 北京市鼎石学校

| t = 北京市鼎石學校

| p = Běijīngshì Dǐngshí Xuéxiào

}}

The Keystone Academy ({{Lang-zh|s=北京市鼎石学校|labels=no}}; alternatively Beijing City Dingshi School) is a private K–12 school in Shunyi, Beijing, China. It was founded in 2014. The school offers IB Middle Year Program for Grade 6–10 and IB Diploma Program for Grade 11–12.{{Cite web |title=择校指南 北京市鼎石学校 Keystone Academy |url=https://jingkids.com/scg-bj/keystone-academy/ |website=Jingkids|date=18 January 2019 }}

Malcolm McKenzie founded Keystone Academy, which opened in 2014.{{cite news |last=Bao |first=Chengrong |date=2013-09-13 |title=Keystone Academy seeks students for new curriculum |newspaper=Beijing Today |id={{ProQuest|1674465023}} }}{{cite news |last=Holahan |first=David |date=2018-02-25 |title=Keystone Academy - Exporting Education - Creating A U.S.-Style Prep School In Beijing |url=https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=WORLDNEWS&docref=news/16A4A55C2E34EF08&f=basic |newspaper=Hartford Courant |accessdate=2024-09-05 |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20240905102635/https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=WORLDNEWS&docref=news/16A4A55C2E34EF08&f=basic |archivedate=2024-09-05 }} Beijing Meilian Wenhua Investment Co., Ltd. ({{zh|s=北京美联文华投资有限公司}}) was one of the school's investors.{{cite news |last=Huang |first=Jin 黄金 |date=2018-07-30 |title=临空港首所国际化学校 拟于2020年招生 |trans-title=The first international school in Linkong Port plans to enroll students in 2020 |language=zh |newspaper={{ill|Changjiang Daily|zh|长江日报}} }} According to the school, it employs a curriculum that mimics that of Sidwell Friends School.{{cite magazine |last=Alsop |first=Zoe |date=2014-10-30 |title=Letter from Beijing: Inside the private schools educating China's elite |url=https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2014/10/letter-beijing-inside-private-schools-educating-china-s-elite |magazine=New Statesman |accessdate=2024-09-05 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20240905102248/https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2014/10/letter-beijing-inside-private-schools-educating-china-s-elite |archivedate=2024-09-05 }} The Xinhua News Agency said that Keystone Academy charged more than {{CNY|200,000|link=yes|passthrough=yes}} (US${{Formatnum:{{To USD|200000|CHN|round=yes}}}}) annually for each student, amounting to "four times the disposable income of an average Beijinger in 2015".{{cite news |date=2016-11-10 |title=Ministry calms anxiety over private schools |newspaper=Shanghai Daily |agency=Xinhua News Agency |id={{ProQuest|1838211347}} }}