St. John's International School (Belgium)

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St. John's International School
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Address
St. John's International School (Belgium)
Drève Richelle 146

Waterloo
,
Walloon Brabant
,
1410

Belgium
Coordinates 50°42′18″N4°24′52″E / 50.704879°N 4.41433°E / 50.704879; 4.41433
Information
Type Private, Day
International school
EstablishedSeptember 1964
PrincipalDr. Kevin Foyle
GradesPK-12
GenderCo-educational
Campus size4.9 hectares (12 acres)
Campus type Suburban
Team nameLions
Accreditation MSA, CIS, [1] IBO [2]
Website www.stjohns.be

St. John's International School is an international school located in Waterloo, Belgium. The school has a student body from a very international background with 55 different nationalities represented. St. John's International School runs from day-care to 12th grade, the final year of high school. It offers the International Baccalaureate Diploma program, AP programs are also offered by the school.

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The school is part of the Inspired Education Group, founded in 2013 by Lebanese-British businessman Nadim Nsouli and headquartered in London. It provides education for children aged 1 year up to 18 years, and to date has around 80,000 students globally, across 110+ schools in 24 countries. [3] The school has over 800 students and over 100 teaching staff. [4]

History

St. John’s is a private international school, founded in 1964 in Brussels. In 1969 it moved to its current campus in Waterloo. The high school was added gradually from 1971 onwards. [5] The International Baccalaureate programme was adopted in 1978. In 2016, the school was acquired for an undisclosed sum by the Inspired Group of schools.

Curriculum

The International Baccalaureate Primary Years, Middle Years and Diploma programmes are offered. Advanced Placement (AP) courses are also available.

Athletics

Using the team name "The Lions", the school competes regularly in the ISSTs (International School Sports Tournament), among others. The school has two gymnasiums and an Astroturf soccer field.

Sports

Sports played at St. John's include Football (Soccer), Volleyball, Cross Country, Swimming, Basketball, Rugby, Track and Field, Baseball, Softball and Golf. Most sports include Middle School "A" and "B" teams, and High School "Junior Varsity" and "Varsity" teams.

Basketball

St. John's won 3 consecutive Div. 1 ISST Varsity Boys Basketball Championships in 2003, 2004, 2005.

Volleyball

In 2004, the Lions Div. 1 girls' varsity volleyball team won the school their first volleyball ISST's in 11 years. On November 13, 2010, the Lions Div. 1 boys' varsity volleyball team finished 3rd in the volleyball ISST's, and in November 2012 the boys won the Div. 1 tournament.

Track and field

In 2004, St. John's secured themselves another ISST win; a boys' varsity track and field ISST win. The scored a first place in the event, making it the school's second ISST win for anything in under a year. In 2008, St. John's won the track and field ISST's which it repeated in 2011.

Softball

In 2006 and 2008, the St. John's softball team won the Div. 2 Softball ISST's.

Football

Girls

In 2007, the Varsity Girls squad won the Division II Football ISSTs in Vienna, beating Cairo American College 4-1 in the final. In the following years, they have achieved respectable results in Division I, placing 4th place in 2009, and 6th in 2010.

In 2013 the Varsity Girls squad came in third place for Division I Football ISSTs in London, beating TASIS 3-0. The team finished the tournament with three shutouts in five games, only conceding four goals.

Boys

On November 13, 2010, the Varsity Boys squad made St. John's history by becoming the first boys football squad to win the ISSTs since the first team was organized 25 years ago. A remarkable run of 5 wins, no draws, no losses and 17 goals scored, one conceded was enough to crown the boys champions of the 2010 ISST Division II Football Championship. They beat their hosts the British School of Brussels 2-0 in the final, winning each of their four group matches. St. John's beat the International School of the Hague 5-0, the American Community School of Athens 3-1, Cairo American College 2-0 and the American Community School of Hillingdon 5-0. Throughout the entire season, the boys squad showed quality and great footballing technique as they played 28 matches (including the ISSTs); winning 18, drawing seven and losing just three. Along the way, the boys managed to bag in 83 goals, letting in just 38 culminating in an overall goal difference of +45. Memorable moments include beating rivals the International School of Brussels 3-1 at the ISB campus (after losing 1-0 at home,) drawing 5-5 against 2010 Division I runners-up TASIS at home, beating the International School of Luxembourg 2-6 in Luxembourg by scoring four goals in the final 15 minutes of the match, coming back from 1-0 down to beat ACS Athens 3-1 during the group stages of the ISSTs, beating ISST rivals CAC 2-0 and thus securing promotion to Division I and a place in the final with one match to spare, and beating hosts BSB 2-0 in the final after a quick start which resulted in two goals within the opening eight minutes.

Golf

St. John's has been in the top w ISST finishers for the past 2 years.

Notable former pupils

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References

  1. ↑ Accreditations
  2. ↑ "Directory: St. John's International School". ibo.org.
  3. ↑ "About Us | St John's International School". www.stjohns.be. Retrieved 2024-12-18.
  4. ↑ "Teacher Horizons". www.teacherhorizons.com. Retrieved 2024-12-18.
  5. ↑ History
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