International School of BusanSituated in the southern city of
Busan, close to the famous Haeundae beach, International School of Busan
is a not-for-profit school run by a Board of Governors, catering for
children between the ages of 2 and 14 years old. Since its establishment
in 1983 by the employees of international companies, the school has
offered an international style education, enabling children to transfer
to any system in the world without detriment. The school encourages a
high level of self-confidence and esteem while at the same time
fostering an ethos of tolerance and respect.International School of
Busan is proud to be the only CIS accredited school in South Korea and
endeavours to maintain a high standard of educational excellence through
continual curriculum review, professional development and up to date
facilities. Throughout the school, the teaching aims to use the best
educational practice and materials from around the world. To help
achieve this, the school employs well-qualified staff from the UK,
Australia, the USA, New Zealand, Korea and Columbia. At the present
time, due to increased enrolment and to provide for future expansion of
the older grades, the school is actively preparing to relocate to a
larger site by August 2005.With specialist teachers for physical
education, ICT, Korean, Spanish and ESL, the school provides an
all-round education with emphasis also upon the arts, whether through
music, aft or the performing arts. After school, there are a wide range
of activities offered, run by teachers, parents and members of the
outside community. Students of all ages engage in regular field trips
and older students have an annual camp.The International School of Busan
year has 180 contact days and runs from late August until mid June, with
the main holiday being from mid December until the start of
January.There is an active PSG (Parent Support Group) at International
School of Busan that works hard to develop the important social aspect
of the school. With events such as coffee mornings, discos, barn dances,
games nights and a Mayfair, the PSG plays an important role bringing
together the members of the school's international community. School
Profile: National, US, UK, curricula. 108 students, 2-14 yrs
Address: PO Box 77, Nam Pusan Post Office, Sooyoung-ku, Busan,
608-600, South Korea Tel: (+82) 51 742 3332/3341 Fax: (+82) 51
742 3375/0588ispusan@ispusan.co.kr
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http: //www.ispusan.co.kr
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