![]() ![]() ![]() The number of Korean nationals who attend these schools stands at 1,173. Ahn Min-suk of the main opposition Democratic Party of Korea (DPK), 12 out of 38 international schools in the country use 24 textbooks that use only the names Sea of Japan or Takeshima, islets better known as Dokdo in Korea. Twelve international schools in Korea have been found to be using textbooks that refer to the body of water that lies to the east of the Korean Peninsula only as the Sea of Japan, without mentioning East Sea, which is the name used by Korea.Īccording to Rep. Nearly twenty years later, we choose to keep daring as we design our future.Seen is a scanned page from a textbook used at an international school in Korea, which shows the French name of the Sea of Japan ― Mer du Japon ― circled in red. When a school is founded, the first group of administrators, educators and learners are part of a daring venture. Korea International School is proud of our history. ![]() ![]() Our learners continue to matriculate at top colleges and universities around the world. KIS features an experiential education (EE) program to take learning outside, inspiring some classes to extend outdoor education throughout the school year. KIS applies learning within our school community, and is now developing service components for different courses. KIS responds to our learner community, providing excellent academic and co-curricular opportunities which empower learners and teach authenticity and adaptability. We practice design thinking, taking our best ideas from past to present iterations. In 2018, we celebrated our thousandth graduate. In 2006 KIS opened the Pangyo campus housing elementary, middle and high school grades. We created makerspaces, and developed transdisciplinary learning units to help learners make connections between content areas. We committed to applied learning and the development of a strong STEAM program. During the school’s early years, the KIS board, administrators and educators considered the best course for our learners. Our founder dreamed of preparing Korean and international students to pursue further education, laying the foundation for our future thinkers, innovators and leaders. Korea International School welcomed its first group of students in 2000, at our current Seoul campus. ![]()
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