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Type
  
Private

President
  
Mr. Lage Jonason

Staff
  
118

Number of students
  
570

Established
  
1951

Principal
  
David Osler

Phone
  
+46 8 412 40 00

Founded
  
1951

Stockholm International School

Head of school
  
Dr. Marta Medved Krajnovic (as from August 2013)

Address
  
Johannesgatan 18, 111 38 Stockholm, Sweden

Motto
  
Valued, Challenged, Prepared

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Stockholm International School (SIS) is an independent primary through secondary school in Stockholm, Sweden, organized around an international education modeled on the International Primary Curriculum and International Baccalaureate guidelines. The school year runs mid-August to mid-June and has a minimal instructional period of 180 days divided into two semesters. It is situated next to St. Johannes Church in the centre of Stockholm. As of 2013 the head of the school is Dr. Marta Medved Krajnovic.

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History

Gisela Dietz founded the English School, which initially occupied a Djurgården campus, in 1951. The school had 58 students from 15 countries by the end of that year. The school was renamed to Anglo-American School of Stockholm in 1964. The student body numbered 288 by 1967, when it moved to its current location.

As of 2011 the school had 540 students.

International Baccalaureate At Stockholm International School

The Primary Years Programme for students aged 3 to 12 focuses on the development of the whole child in the classroom and in the world outside.

The Middle Years Programme for students aged 11 to 16 provides a framework of academic challenge and life skills, achieved through embracing and transcending traditional school subjects.

The Diploma Programme for students aged 16 to 19 is a demanding two-year curriculum leading to final examinations and a qualification that is welcomed by leading universities around the world.

The Diploma Programme

IBDP curriculum:

  • Group 1: Language A1
  • Group 2: Second language
  • Group 3: Individuals and societies - History and Economics
  • Group 4: Experimental sciences - Biology and Physics
  • Group 5: Mathematics Studies SL, SL, HL
  • Group 6: The arts - Art, Geography and Chemistry
  • Extended essay (EE)
  • Theory of knowledge (TOK)
  • Creativity, action, service (CAS)
  • References

    Stockholm International School Wikipedia


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