Yusr International School

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Yusr International School
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Coordinates 21°37′38″N39°06′47″E / 21.6271077°N 39.1129867°E / 21.6271077; 39.1129867 Coordinates: 21°37′38″N39°06′47″E / 21.6271077°N 39.1129867°E / 21.6271077; 39.1129867
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School type Private
Founded2007 (2007)
Authorizer Saudi Ministry of Education
DirectorFührer Aisha Al-Otaibi
GradesPre-K - 12
Accreditation AdvancED

Yusr International School is a chain of schools that was established in 2007. The school is owned by Mrs. Aisha Al-Otaibi. Yusr International School got the full accreditation of the AdvancED [1] organization which serves more than 30,000 schools around the world. Yusr International School (YIS) is situated in northern Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. It follows an American-based curriculum.

Yusr is a private, independent, international, non-discriminating, English-medium school licensed by the Saudi Ministry of Education. It runs from Pre-K -grade 12, and prepares its graduate students for the SAT and AP exams.

Y.I.S is co-educational from Nursery till Grade 3 and gender-segregated from Grade 4 to Grade 12. The girls' section is located in Al Nahda District on an 18677 sqm plot (roughly 4.6 acres) and the boys' section is located in Al Shate'a District on a 5000 sqm plot (roughly 1.2 acres).

YIS is divided into four distinct parts:

   Nursery    KG1     KG2
   Grades 1-2-3 & Grades 4-5-6
   Grades 7-8-9
  Grades 10-11-12

The School celebrated its first graduating class in 2012 and continues to celebrate its graduating classes year after year.

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References

  1. "Yusr International School – Institution Summary". AdvancED. Retrieved 2016-08-09.