About Us
Welcome to YIS
A warm and welcoming international learning community where students have abundant opportunities to explore, develop and challenge themselves.

Passionate Educators
Our dedicated teachers seek to inspire students and foster the academic and social skills that will enable them to fulfill their potential.
Admissions
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How to Apply
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Learning
Learning at YIS
Learning changes our thinking and behaviors, enabling us to acquire skills, knowledge and attitudes while providing a catalyst for creativity, critical thinking and independent reasoning.

An IB Continuum School
Enjoy the unique benefits of an inquiry-centered, transdisciplinary and skills-focused academic continuum from early years through high school.
Beyond the Classroom
Beyond the Classroom
Wide-ranging activities offerings provide fun and engaging outlets for athletic, creative, intellectual and service-oriented pursuits for students of all ages.

A Culture of Service
Service is an integral part of the learning experience at YIS, helping students develop empathy, identify real needs, cultivate relationships and take action.
Community
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Active PTSA
The Parent Teacher Student Association is at the heart of the warm and welcoming YIS community and provides invaluable support for the school.

Curriculum

“The MYP aims to help students develop their personal understanding, their emerging sense of self and responsibility in their community.

MYP teachers organize the curriculum with appropriate attention to:

Teaching and learning in context. Students learn best when their learning experiences have context and are connected to their lives and the world that they have experienced. Using global contexts, MYP students explore human identity, global challenges and what it means to be internationally minded.
Conceptual understanding. Concepts are big ideas that have relevance within specific disciplines and across subject areas. MYP students use concepts as a vehicle to inquire into issues and ideas of personal, local and global significance and examine knowledge holistically.”^*

^*From the IB Middle Years Programme booklet

Subjects and Academic Cycle

The MYP curriculum framework provides a broad and balanced education for early adolescents. Students in the MYP have a total of 40 hours of subject time per week, as indicated in the table below.

Subject	Number of 45 minute periods per week per subject
English; Languages: French, Spanish, or Japanese; Individuals and Societies; Mathematics; Science	5
Physical and Health Education; Design	4
Music, Drama, Visual Arts	2
Tutor Period	1
TOTAL	40