Jakarta International School

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The Jakarta International School (JIS) is the largest private international school in South Jakarta, Indonesia.[citation needed] JIS was founded in 1951 by a group of expatriates in Jakarta with the name Joint Embassy School. The school is now governed by 5 nations; the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Canada and Venezuela with the US and the UK upholding most responsibilties.

The school offers classes for students from pre-K to 12th grade and offers conventional high school education in an American-based system as well as International Baccalaureate and Advanced Placement courses and diplomas. Until 1994 the school was a second campus for the United Nations International School of New York, although the two schools are now independent.

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[edit] Campuses

The school's headquarters are located in the Cilandak campus, near the residential neighborhood of Pondok Indah in the south of the city. Cilandak Campus also hosts the middle school (grades 6-8) and the high school (grades 9-12). There are two elementary school campuses catering to the international community of Jakarta in different parts of the city: Pondok Indah Elementary (which is next door to the Cilandak Campus, but entirely separate from it) is for the southern population, while Pattimura Elementary is located in the north of the city. There is a fourth campus housing the Prep Program near but also separated from Cilandak.

[edit] Faculty and Students

All teachers hold a BA, with many holding an MA; twenty eight hold either a PhD or EdD.[citation needed] Twenty-five per cent of the students come from the US and Canada, 27% from Southeast Asia, 11% from Europe, and 36% from other countries.[citation needed] More than 98% of JIS graduates go on to college or university, approximately 50% in the United States.[citation needed] Graduates from the past two years have attended major universities in the US, UK, Australia, the Philippines, Japan and Korea.[citation needed] For the class of 2006, twenty one students went on to attend Ivy League colleges in the United States.[citation needed]

[edit] Colours and mascot

The official colours of JIS are blue and silver while the mascot is a dragon. The school is known in athletic competitions as the 'Jakarta Dragons'. Recently the logo of JIS has been changed to a three toned ball.

The school participates in the Interscholastic Association of Southeast Asian Schools competing in various sports and other competitions (such as Model United Nations and cultural convention).

[edit] Middle School

The middle school has about 800 students and faculty. The Principal is Geoff Smith, the vice principal Steven Meade and the Activities Director Andy Ferguson. Intense competitions occur in the 4 different interscholastic sporting seasons.

[edit] High school

The high school caters to about 1,008 students from about 60 countries in grades 9 to grade 12. Most of the facilities within the high school are also shared by the middle school. The school is academically focused, and in 2006 six students scored a 'perfect score' of 2400 on the Scholastic Aptitude Test.[attribution needed]

[edit] Administration

The high school is presided over by a Principal, currently held by Bruce Leiper. There are two Vice-Principals: one in charge of academics, presently Roger Brumby and one in charge of administration, William Brown. The two other important posts are those of the Sporting Director, Mark Grey and the Activities Director, Julie Rusnak.

[edit] Facilities

The school has 4 campuses totaling 46 acres. Facilities are mostly air-conditioned and include 215 classrooms, 4 theaters, 3 cafeterias, 3 tennis courts, 6 gymnasiums, 6 playing fields, 3 swimming pools, 19 science laboratories, 12 computer laboratories, a design technology facility, and 4 libraries with a total of 150,000 volumes. The high school also has a 1250 seat auditorium, rock climbing facilities and an artificial soccer field.

The school does not have the facilities to deal with children with serious learning disabilities or special education problems.

[edit] History

Following bomb threats in 2004, the school installed an advanced security system including bomb-proof gates and vehicle inspection checkpoints. magnetized doors, 8 meter high fences, security cameras, complicated road systems has been installed. also fully armed polices are deployed in school.[citation needed]

[edit] External links


Interscholastic Association of Southeast Asian Schools
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