Surabaya Intercultural School

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Surabaya Intercultural School
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Surabaya Intercultural School
Citraland, Surabaya

Indonesia
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TypePrivate, Day School
Established1971
Website www.sis.sch.id

Surabaya Intercultural School (formerly the American Consulate School), is a non-profit, English-medium, college preparatory school in Surabaya, Indonesia for foreign students under the sponsorship of the American consulate. When the school was founded in 1971, it began operation with 24 students, including American, Japanese, Australian, German, and New Zealander students. Today,[ when? ] it is a pre-K through grade 12 school governed by a seven-member school board elected by the foundation consisting of parents of children of the school. The school is the only school in Surabaya accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges. [1] SIS graduates go on to four-year college programs in the US, Australia, Singapore or home country universities. The school staff consists of faculty and administration from eight countries. Of these staff members, 55% have advanced or graduate degrees.

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Surabaya Intercultural School

Curriculum

The curriculum is U.S. based education with some modifications. The school offers the Advanced Placement program in math, science, foreign language, English, computer science, history, geography, art, psychology, and economics. More than 25 nationalities are represented in the school. SIS follows an American system of education with two semesters in the school year. Semester I runs from August–December and semester II is from January to June.

SIS implements the Biological Sciences Curriculum Study science program, which integrates the fundamental concepts of biology, chemistry, and physics, in a student centered, standards-based curriculum.

Infrastructure

The school opened its current campus in 1995, located in Citraland, in the west of Surabaya, about 15 kilometers (or a 30-minute drive) from the city core. The campus has 48 classrooms with teacher's offices. There are two computer labs, three science labs, demonstration rooms, "Little Theater," and a library. [2]

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SIS library

The present campus occupies a site of 50,000 sq. meters. Facilities include two playgrounds, a full-size athletic field, an Olympic-size swimming pool, an outdoor basketball court and a multi-purpose hall that includes a stage, weight room, climbing wall and aerobics room.

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SIS soccer field
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SIS pool
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Lower Elementary Playground

Technology

In August 2006, Surabaya Intercultural School became a wireless laptop school. Each enrollee in grades 6-12 is issued a school-owned laptop computer. The school now has BYOD laptop program for grade 6 to grade 12 and uses the Google Classroom platform for all classes. For EC to grade 5, they use iPad and ChromeBooks for eLearning activity.

The program includes:

In 2024, Surabaya Intercultural School became an Apple Inc. distinguished school with 100% of the teachers certified as an Apple teacher.

Sports

The school has teams in volleyball, soccer, basketball, swimming, and badminton. The school belongs to the IISSAC or Indonesian International Small Schools Activities Conference.

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