ADDRESSES OF INTERNATIONAL SCHOOLS IN INDONESIA

Monday, June 7, 2010

INTERNATIONAL AND NATIONAL PLUS SCHOOLS IN SURABAYA

1. SURABAYA INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL

Surabaya International School was founded in 1971 as an English-medium school for foreign students, under the sponsorship of the American Consulate. It was called the American Consulate School and began operation with 14 students. Today SIS serves 296 pre-school through grade 12 students. SIS is accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges. The school is governed by a seven-member School Board elected by the Foundation consisting of parents of children at SIS. Most SIS graduates go on to four-year college programs in the US, Australia, Singapore or home country universities.

The present campus, which opened to students in the fall of 1995, occupies a site of 50,000 sq. meters. Facilities include two playgrounds, a full-size athletic field, an olympic-size swimming pool and a multi-purpose hall that includes a stage, weight room, climbing wall and aerobics room. It can also be set up for two full-size basketball, three volleyball or two tennis courts. The SIS Library supports the school curriculum, promotes the appreciation of literature, and guides all its patrons in information problem-solving with over 28,000 print and electronic resources. Students also have access to two computer laboratories. SIS is a wireless laptop school. All students gr. 6-12 use a PC laptop computer and a virtual school platform to assist in meeting the demands of a 21st century school.

The current high school totals 104 students of whom the senior class numbers 24. The high school student teacher ratio is 9:1 Twenty four different nationalities are represented in the school, the largest being Indonesian, followed by Korean. Expatriate students attending SIS are in Surabaya due to their parents’ employment: tobacco, furniture manufacturing, fisheries, agriculture, import/export, consular work.

SIS follows an American system of education with two semesters in the school year. Semester I runs from August-December and semester II is from January to June. The curriculum includes Advanced Placement courses in the following disciplines: English, Economics, Chemistry, French, Calculus, Psychology and Computers. There is an expectation for each student to volunteer at least eight hours to service projects each year. Actual service hours appear on the transcript.

SIS implements the BSCS Inquiry Science program, which integrates the fundamental concepts of biology, chemistry, and physics, in a student centered, standards-based curriculum. Completion of Levels 1-3 of this program is the equivalent of one year of Biology, one year of Physics, and one year of Chemistry at the college-prep level. The GPA is calculated using all grades earned at SIS in grades 9 through 12. AP courses are weighted by 1.1 in the overall GPA.

Address

Surabaya International School
Citra Raya, Lakarsantri, Tromol Pos 2/SBDK, Surabaya 60225, Indonesia
Tel: 62-31-741-4300 Fax: 62-31-741-4334
sisadmin@sisedu.net
website : http://www.sisedu.net/home.html

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