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School
Our faculty consists of 65 dedicated and experienced teachers, including school Counsellors, a majority of whom have
advanced degrees. They come from 15 different countries,
with most from the UK and North America.
The Secondary School curriculum at ISH is guided by the ISH
mission and philosophy as well as by the principles of the
International Baccalaureate Learner Profile. And because the
social and emotional aspects of education are as vital as the
academic ones, ISH has a rich pastoral care programme, with
each student assigned to a tutor group that meets regularly to
engage in age-appropriate discussions and activities.
The International Baccalaureate Middle Years Programme
offered to students in Grades 6 to 10, is a student-centered
programme which encourages our students to draw connections between eight subject groups and the world in which
they live. The curriculum is linked together by five areas of
interaction, which form a natural bridge between disciplines
and offer differing conceptual perspectives. ISH students
constantly benefit from the added value of this cross-curricular
approach. Their learning experiences are enriched through,
for example, social service or environmental projects in the
local community. Throughout grades 6-10, additional support
classes are provided for students for whom English is not a
first language. The purpose of these classes is to enable the
student to profit fully, and as quickly as possible, from instruction in other subjects and in more advanced classes in English.
Students in grades 11-12 may enrol in the two year International
Baccalaureate Diploma Programme (IB DP) upon departmental
recommendation. (Details of the IB DP can be found on pages
20 -21.)
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