SABIS

SABIS is an international company that operates schools and licenses a proprietary education program. It is associated as licensor or operator with schools in 20 countries.

A student led society called the Student Life Organization is used in SABIS schools. SLO is usually led by a Student Life Coordinator. There are student discipline prefects during the SLO period.

In 1886 Reverend Tanios Saad and Louisa Proctor founded the International School of Choueifat in Beirut, Lebanon. The school was initially for girls but later became co-educational.

The International School of Choueifat embarked upon an expansion program outside Lebanon in the mid-1970s that has since grown to include schools in 20 countries on five continents. The company is structured in three corporations headquartered in the U.S., Lebanon, and the U.A.E.

SABIS Educational Systems, Inc of Eden Prairie, Minnesota was established in 1985 and licenses the SABIS Educational System in North America, South America, and Europe. In 1995 SABIS was contracted to operate the SABIS International Charter School (SICS) in Springfield, Massachusetts, a public charter school. In 2014, the International Academy of Trenton was founded as a SABIS charter school. As of 2016 SABIS operates 15 schools in the United States, comprising twelve charter schools, two licensed schools and one private school. In Europe it operates a private school in Germany and has licensed its system to a school in Romania and one in Germany. It also has a branch in Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.