| Canadian International School (Singapore) | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Singapore | |
| Information | |
| Type | International Baccalaureate school |
| Established | 1989 |
| Website | http://www.cis.edu.sg |
The Canadian International School (Singapore) is an independent privately-owned co-educational day school in Singapore that provides classes from Early Child Education to Grade 12. It is accredited by the Ontario Ministry of Education, Canada. Its graduates receive either the Ontario Secondary Diploma or the International Baccalaureate Diploma. The Head Principal is Mr. Glenn Odland.
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The Canadian International School (Singapore) is currently in its 19th year of operation. Initially established in 1990 as a university preparatory day school, the school was called Canadian Overseas College, but subsequently changed its name to the Canadian International School (Singapore).
The school consists of three campuses:
The Tanjong Katong Campus was opened in September 2007 and is housed in the newly renovated premises of the old Tanjong Katong Girls' School. A new campus is being built at Jurong West and is expected to be ready by November 2011. Construction is currently underway following completion of negotiations with a new strategic partner, Knowledge Universe, which now owns at least part of CIS. As the new campus is not ready but the Bukit Tinggi premises was sold to the Singapore Korean School, it was necessary for the Bukit Tinggi students to move to a new campus. A decision was taken to also close the Kampong Bahru campus in favour of the tranitional campus at Jurong East, opening August 2010.
Communities from the Toh Tuck and Jurong East campuses will move to the Jurong campus when completed. The Tanjong Katong campus will continue to serve its expatriate clientele in the East.
Prior to becoming the elementary campus for CIS Singapore, the Toh Tuck road campus was the campus of Toh Tuck Primary School (篤德小學). Due to lack of student admission, Toh Tuck Primary School folded after the 1987 academic year. Most students at the time were transferred to the nearby Bukit Batok Primary School.