●Anna Sohmen Pao (centre), Tan Fuyun (right), Philip Sohmen (left) on opening day
2007
●Pao School Founding Governors, Lu Ping, former Director of the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office of the State Council and Xie Shengwu, former President of Shanghai Jiaotong University, accompany Xie Lijuan, former Vice-Mayor of Shanghai, and Zhang Weiwen, former Mayor of Ningbo, to the school’s opening ceremony
2007
●Students in front of the Liuyi Building at Shanghai No. 3 Girls’ High School in 2007
2007
●Commemorative video for Pao School’s Opening Ceremony
2008
●Deputy Chairman Philip Sohmen leads teachers and students in a run around campus
2008
●Founding Headmistress Ni Guyin teaching maths
2008
●Madam Tan Fuyun, Deputy Chairman Philip Sohmen and Primary Deputy Principal Crick Chen welcomes Founding Headmistress Ni Guyin to establish the YK Pao School Mentors Group, consisting of renowned educators: Li Aizhen, Chen Beilei, Shi Huifang, Chen Xiantong and Yin Guofang (mentors from left)
2009
●On 16th April 2009, Yan Junqi, as Vice-Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress; Bian Baiping, as Governor of Changning District; Zou Longfei, as Vice-Governor of Changning District; Chen Sheli, as Secretary of the Party Committee of the Changning District Bureau of Education; and Jia Wei, as Director of the Changning District Bureau of Education were accompanied by the Founders, Founding Headmistress Ni Guyin and Founding Primary School Principal Warren Johnston
2009
●The first cohort of Primary School graduates outside Liuyi Building
2010
●Wuding Campus opens as the new Primary School campus
2010
●Wu Qidi, former Deputy Minister of Education and former President of Tongji University, attends the Wuding Campus opening ceremony with the Sohmen family: Andreas, Philip and Dr. Helmut Sohmen
2010
●Professor Anna Sohmen Pao with Madam Tan Fuyun at the launch of her book YK Pao: My Father in Shanghai
2010
●Founder Philip Sohmen speaks at the Wuding Campus Founding Ceremony
2011
●Anna Sohmen Pao, Tan Fuyun, and Philip Sohmen at the Songjiang Campus opening ceremony
2011
●The founding of the YK Pao High School mentor team. (Mentors from left: Shi Tongde, He Ya’nan, Xu Kuanhong, Matthew Wu)
2011
●Members of the Board celebrate the opening of Songjiang Campus with teachers and students
2012
●Students perform a Dragon Dance on the school’s fifth anniversary
2012
●At the fifth anniversary, the learning center at Songjiang Campus was named after and opened by Professor Yang Zhen Ning, the first Chinese Nobel Prize Winner in Physics
2012
●Professor Anna Sohmen Pao shares a happy moment with students on the school’s fifth anniversary
2012
●Weng Tiehui, then Vice Mayor of Shanghai, now Vice-Minister of Education, gives a speech at the school’s fifth anniversary
2012
●Celebrating Pao School’s 5th Anniversary
2012
●Yin Yicui, then Deputy Secretary of the Shanghai Municipal Party Committee, visits Pao School
2012
●Professor Sohmen Pao, Madam Tan Fuyun, Deputy Chairman Philip Sohmen and Founding Headmistress Ni Guyin welcomes Xia Xiurong, former Chairman of the Education, Science, Culture and Health Committee of the Shanghai Municipal People's Congress, to join the Board of Governors
2012
●At the opening of the Founders Wall
2013
●The Founders on Songjiang Campus
2013
●Mr. C.Y. Leung, then Chief Executive of Hong Kong, visits Pao School
2013
●The four Pao sisters donate the Huang Sue Ing Memorial Library, named after their mother. (Front row, from left: Tan Fuyun, Anna Sohmen Pao, Bessie Pao, Cissy Pao, Doreen Pao. Back row: Philip Sohmen, Wu Zijian, Stephen Cheng)
2013
●Ms Doreen Pao, the fourth daughter of Sir YK Pao, donates the Pao Pei Wai Swimming Pool
2013
●The four Pao sisters at the inauguration of the
Swimming Pool, Library and Art room
2013
●Andrew Hamilton, former Vice Chancellor of Oxford University, visits Pao School
2013
●Values of Pao School: Passion, Integrity and Balance
2014
●Proud to be at Pao School: the first cohort of Y9 students celebrate their Middle School graduation
2014
●Jonas, an outstanding student from the first cohort of YK Pao School students, with President Wu Zijian and Secondary School Founding Principal Tony Jacacci
2014
●Professor Anna Sohmen Pao reading to children in the Primary School library
2014
●In 2014, Pao School was approved by the Shanghai Municipal Education Commission to become one of the first high schools to trial international courses in Shanghai
2015
●Secondary students and teachers celebrate the school receiving IB accreditation
2015
●The fifth anniversary of the YK Pao School Foundation (From left: Primary School Principal Michael Spencer, Secondary School Principal Paul Wood, President Wu Zijian, Deputy Chairman Philip Sohmen, Professor Sohmen Pao, Governor Zhang Wenjie, Capital Campaign Committee Co-chair Zhu Wei)
2016
●University representatives from around the world attend the first OACAC Regional Conference held in China at Pao School
2016
●Professor Anna Sohmen Pao’s book YK Pao: My Father launches in Beijing in 2016
2016
●Chairman Anna Sohmen Pao, on behalf of Pao School, and Zhang Jie, former President of Shanghai Jiaotong University, sign an academic cooperation agreement between Pao School and Shanghai Jiaotong University
2017
●The first cohort of high school graduates
2017
●Celebrating Pao School’s 10th Anniversary
2017
●The Pao School choir sings for the former Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Ms Carrie Lam, during her visit to Shanghai
2017
●The Middle School (Hongqiao Campus) opens (From left: Deputy Head (Operations) Lucy Liu, Deputy Board Chairman Zhang Yixing, Director of Campus Operations Lanco Ke, Chairman Anna Sohmen Pao, Deputy Chairman Philip Sohmen, Executive Headmaster David Mansfield)
2017
●Pao School is accredited by the Council of International Schools (CIS) and the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC)
2018
●Pao School Deputy Executive Chairman Philip Sohmen speaks at the Global Education Forum
2018
●Pao School co-founder Tang Fuyun speaks at Founder’s Day on the Wuding campus
2018
●CCTV broadcasts a documentary, “My Heart is Chinese”, about YK Pao’s life
2018
●YK Pao's centenary celebrated at Shanghai Jiao Tong University
2018
●High School students stage a Chinese drama based on a famous Tang Dynasty judge
2019
●The 'Pao Pioneers', the first cohort to finish 12 years of study at YK Pao School, graduate in June 2019
2019
●Pao School holds the ISCMS (International Schools Choral Music Society) XII Festival, themed “Spirit of Peace”
2019
●Pao School takes sole possession of the Hongqiao campus
2020
●After the online learning period, students are welcomed back to campus by President Wu Zijian, Executive Headmaster Mark Bishop, Primary Principal Siobhain Allum, and Deputy Head (Academics) Caroline Xu
2020
●Pao School selected as a "Shanghai Ecological Culture School" by the Shanghai Ecological Culture Association and the Shanghai Private Education Association
2020
●In order to promote traditional Chinese culture, Chairman Anna Sohmen Pao proposes the establishment of the Pao School Zhoushan Gong and Drum Troupe. The Troupe now showcases their talents at the school's important celebrations every year
2020
●Renovation work takes place on the Hongqiao Campus’s auditorium
2021
●The final phase of the four-year renovation project of the Middle School’s main teaching building on Hongqiao Campus is completed in the summer of 2021
2021
●A comprehensive renovation of the Songjiang campus cafeteria is completed (from left: Deputy Head Victor Chen, President Xu Yongchu, and Executive Headmaster Mark Bishop)
2021
●Reporters from Xinhua News Agency visit YK Pao School’s Hongqiao campus to take a deep dive into a Year 7 drama class and experience for themselves some of the innovative teaching approaches at Pao School
2021
●Executive Deputy Chairman Philip Sohmen and representatives of students from all years at the Middle School perform together at the opening ceremony of the Violin Collection Exhibition
2022
●Pao School selected as one of the first “Shanghai Green Schools”
