| Location | |
|---|---|
| Dar es Salaam, Tanzania | |
| Information | |
| Type | IB World School |
| Established | 1963 |
| Locale | Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania |
| Head of School | David Shawver |
| Grades | K-12 |
| Number of students | 1040+ |
| Website | http://www.istafrica.com |
The International School of Tanganyika (IST), founded in 1963, is an international school in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. The school is an IB World School[1] that hosts the Primary Years, Middle Years, and Diploma programmes. IST operates on two campuses in desirable suburbs of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. IST Elementary serves children from age 3 through Grade 5 while IST Secondary, 5 kilometers away, serves Grades 6 – 12. Tanzania is a welcoming country, with a long history of political stability and a growing private sector. Dar es Salaam’s proximity to the Indian Ocean and wildlife areas offer amble opportunities for outdoor sports, travel and adventure. Dar es Salaam is widely regarded as a desirable family post by expatriates. At the same time, Tanzania is a tropical and developing country with the normal challenges of such an environment.
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IST is a highly diverse international school currently serving 1040 students from across the globe - 20% of the students are Tanzanians, 14% American, 14% British, 7% South African, and the remainder from approximately 50 other nationalities. Early Childhood and Kindergarten enrollment is 111, Grades 1-5 have 422 students, Grades 6-10 have 341 students, and Grades 11 and 12 have 154 students. IST families are a mix of long-term residents, Tanzanian citizens, expatriates in a growing private sector, and NGO and diplomatic workers from numerous donor countries. To be admitted to the pre-kindergarten a child must be 3 years of age before September 1.
Scholars from IST have gone to universities such as Berkeley, McGill, MIT, Harvard, Oxford, Cambridge, Yale, Brown, LSE, UCL, Princeton, Columbia, Cornell, and Stanford.
IST is open to anyone and everyone from all over the world. The school offers preschool for children aged 3–6, primary school for children aged 6–11 and high school for children aged 11–18 (this includes the IB years program as well). As well as their academic studies, all students from grade 6 and up engage in the community service aspect of the IB CAS programme.
In the 2010-11 school year, 125 faculty members teach at IST, including 36% from the US, 15% from the UK, 15% from Canada and the remainder from 17 other countries. IST values a professional learning community and supports professional development for its faculty and staff.
Students and teachers take part in a range of adventure activities including annual treks up Mt. Kilimanjaro and Mt. Meru, trips to outstanding wildlife areas, camping, diving, snorkeling, and sailing activities and beach peer-bonding days. All secondary students in grades 6-10 annually participate in Extended Study Program week that includes trips around Dar, to Zanzibar and throughout Tanzania.
IST performs in regional ISSEA (International Schools of Southern and Eastern Africa) tournaments in which International Schools from Uganda, Kenya, Ethiopia, Zambia, Zimbabwe and South Africa compete in basketball, volleyball, cricket, rugby and football. Since February 2011, IST has also competed in the International Community School in Ethiopia's IITT (International Invitational Tennis Tournament).