Crescent Schools International

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Crescent Schools International
Location
Colombo, Wellampitiya and Ratnapura

Sri Lanka
Information
Type International School
Motto Arabic:Subhan'Allah ("Glory Be To Allah")
Established1986
PrincipalA.H.H.M.Murthaja
Staff80
GradesLKG - Grade 11
Age4to 17
Enrollment1500
LanguageEnglish
Colour(s)Green and blue   
AffiliationMuslim
Website www.crescentschools.org

Crescent Schools International [1] (also called Crescent International School and abbreviated as C.S.I.), is an international school in Sri Lanka, with four branches in Colombo 9, Colombo 15, Wellampitiya [2] and Ratnapura. It was established in 1986 with a view to provide quality education in English medium in an Islamic environment.

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The school has expanded over the last 25 years [3] and is today managed by a Corporate Management Team (C.M.T) and staffed with a teacher panel of over 80 teachers. CSI is attended by approximately thousand five hundred students and has classes ranging from Preschool to Ordinary Level. [4]

The current Principal of CSI is former Government Zonal Education Officer Mr. M.M.M. Aiyub. The management of the school is handle by Dr. Deepika Priyadharshani and the school CMT team. Former Principals of CSI include Mr. Imtiaz Muhsin. [5] [6]

Studies and Annual Events

CSI currently follows the Local-Curriculum, which is a subject-formatting set by the Ministry of Education that is now being followed by the majority of schools of Sri Lanka.

CSI holds annual extracurricular activities such as:

CSI Students also participate in inter-school extracurricular events and competitions. CSI Student Asmara Agus became 1st runner-up at the 2008 CIMA Spellmaster event from amongst 1200 students from 240 schools. [9] [10]

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References

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  2. ↑ "Crescent Schools International begins at Wellampitiya". Daily News Sri Lanka. 2011-05-22. Retrieved 2013-03-15.
  3. ↑ "Crescent Schools International Careers". SL Hub. 2012-11-06. Retrieved 2013-03-15.
  4. ↑ "CSI Staff awards day: Felicitating the staff for yeoman service". Sri Lanka Daily News. 2012-04-26. Archived from the original on 2013-03-28. Retrieved 2013-03-25.
  5. ↑ "Want to know all about our stamps? Click to stampopedia.com". Sunday Times (Sri Lanka). 2012-09-26. Retrieved 2013-03-15.
  6. ↑ "Appreciation Vijayanthi Perinpanayagam". Island Newspaper (Sri Lanka). 2002-06-23. Retrieved 2013-03-15.
  7. ↑ "CRESCENT SCHOOLS INTERNATIONAL.wmv". ITN TV News Clip. 2012-01-16. Retrieved 2013-03-15.
  8. ↑ "Crescent flies high with air excursion". Sunday Times Sri Lanka. 2012-08-18. Retrieved 2013-03-15.
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