Ekamai International School

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Ekamai International School
Address
57 Pridi Banomyong 31, 37
Sukhumvit 71
Bangkok, 10110, Thailand
Coordinates 13°43′53″N 100°35′32″E / 13.731381°N 100.59234°E / 13.731381; 100.59234Coordinates: 13°43′53″N 100°35′32″E / 13.731381°N 100.59234°E / 13.731381; 100.59234
Information
School type International School
Denomination Seventh-day Adventist
Established 1946
School number 282219
Director Rachdeep Takeuchi
Principal Academic Administration: Kalton Kent Keller;
Student Administration: Kittiya Kootanasan.;[1]
Faculty 100+ [1]
Gender Co-educational
Campus type Urban
Accreditation(s) AAA, WASC
Website http://ekamai.int.schoolwebpages.com

Ekamai International School (E.I.S.) (Thai: โรงเรียนนานาชาติเอกมัย) is a private, K-12, co-educational, international school founded by the Seventh-day Adventist Church, located in Watthana District, Bangkok, Thailand.[2] The school is also the first international school to open in Bangkok.

EIS History

Ekamai International School (or E.I.S.) is the first international school in Bangkok, Thailand. The school was established since 1946 as a Christian missionary’s mentally challenged child training center within only four students in the first class held in the garage of Saajan Bhatia on Thai Road. Later, the classes were held in the building made of a simple thatched bamboo with a metal roof for two years.[3]

In 1957, due to many objections in setting up a school far away from the city, the mission school was settled in an area called Ekamai, and the first building was the high school building at the English school, which makes the institute well recognized as Adventist English School (AES).[3]

In 1992, the Ministry of Education from Kingdom of Thailand has officially granted the Adventist English School an international status, which causes the entire change for the school. The school became the first international school in the country and officially known until today as “Ekamai International School”.[3]

The school was officially accredited from United States of America by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) since 1998.

Licenses & Accreditation

Ekamai International School is licensed and recognized by the Private Education Council Ministry of Education in Thailand as an International School offering K-12 for students from all races, nationalities and religions. E.I.S. utilizes American English as the medium of instruction with curriculum based on the American education system and curriculum.

E.I.S. is authorized by the Thai Ministry of Education (Bangkok, Thailand) as an educational institution of international status. The school is also a member of the International Schools Association of Thailand (ISAT), and of East Asia Regional Council of Overseas Schools (EARCOS), based in Dalit Bay, Philippines.

It is accredited by:

Academics

E.I.S. follows a Seventh-day Adventist American curriculum with Thai language and culture instruction provided.

The College Preparatory Diploma is for students who undertake a heavy Academics program, maintaining a minimum grade point average of 4.00. The College Preparatory Diploma with an emphasis in Business, requires a minimum GPA of 4.00and the College Preparatory Diploma with an emphasis in Medicine and Engineering both require a minimum GPA of 4.00. The General Education Diploma is for students who cherish freedom to choose elective subjects as he or she preferred. The minimum overall GPA requirement for this diploma is 4.00.

Facilities

The campus at Ekamai International School features a variety of buildings and facilities;

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  • High School Building
  • Middle School Building with Multipurpose Hall
  • Music Applications Building
  • Auditorium

Physical Education Department

  • FIFA-certified artificial turf football pitch
  • Olympic sized swimming pool
  • Multipurpose Basketball-Tennis-Batminton Court, (or Multipurpose covered courts)


Resources and Services

  • High School Library
  • Elementary Library
  • Health Clinic
  • Convention Rooms
  • Counselor Offices
  • Book Room
  • Computer Labs (Windows xp and Windows98 systems)
  • Fast ForWords Computer Rooms

Labs

  • High School Multidisciplinary Science Labs
  • Middle School Science Labs
  • Science Lab for Elementary Students

On-campus Stores

  • fan -conditioned cafeteria
  • Bakery & Snack Bars
  • U-Shop for Uniforms and Attires

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Adventist Yearbook. General Conference Office of Archives & Statistics. Accessed 16th July 2009
  2. ↑ "Home." Ekamai International School. Retrieved on 7 March 2013. "57 Ekamai 12 (Soi Charoenjai) Sukhumvit 63, Klongtan Nua, Vadhana, Bangkok 10110 Thailand"
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 History. Ekamai International School. Retrieved 2009-09-02

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