{"id":5914,"date":"2017-01-14T13:14:21","date_gmt":"2017-01-14T13:14:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/internationalschoolcommunity.com\/blog\/?p=5914"},"modified":"2017-01-21T07:46:24","modified_gmt":"2017-01-21T07:46:24","slug":"wonderful-international-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/internationalschoolcommunity.com\/blog\/wonderful-international-school\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Wonderful About My International School?"},"content":{"rendered":"

All international schools have something good about them. Some might say there are wonderful things<\/strong><\/em> that each international school has about them.<\/p>\n

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It’s a fact: schools are for kids. Schools\u00a0put teachers in them that enjoy working with those kids. Because of that fact, of course there are going to be things that the school can enjoy and celebrate; mostly because you can safely assume the teachers are doing their best to provide a wonderful educational environment for the kids.<\/p>\n

But all too often,\u00a0many teachers, administration, parents, etc. get sidetracked and those wonderful things get a bit clouded and invisible to them. \u00a0There are many, many factors that affect these stakeholders which\u00a0help them get sidetracked: poorly planned or too many meetings, upset parents, anything to do with money (PD money, classroom budget, etc.), areas of the school campus that need improvement, missing or not fully functioning technology, etc.<\/p>\n

Getting into the trap of just focusing on these negative things (some that are out of your control anyway), might make you forget all the wonderful things that you could be celebrating instead, or even creating new wonderful things to celebrate for that matter.<\/p>\n

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After searching the keyword “wonderful<\/a>” on our Comment Search page<\/a>, we found 45 comments about 34 international schools that one or more of our members thought was wonderful! \u00a0Here are just a few of them:<\/p>\n

“The school has a wonderful<\/strong> multistory building with fully equipped Physics, Chemistry, Biology and Computer Science laboratories. There is a gymnasium and multi cuisine food court as well. The auditorium of the school is excellent with a seating capacity of around 800.” –\u00a0Gandhi Memorial International School <\/a>(Jakarta, Indonesia)<\/span> – 6 Comments<\/strong><\/p>\n

“Most (but not all) teachers who come to the school have little or no IB experience so this is very much where they have a chance to ‘cut their teeth’ in the IB programmes. Most leave at the end of three years as they receive a wonderful<\/strong> bonus package and with three years IB experience they are able to command far greater salary packages from bigger schools.” –\u00a0Zhuhai International School <\/a>(Zhuhai, China)<\/span> – 65 Comments<\/strong><\/p>\n

“Extra-curricular opportunities abound. There are traditional activities like football (soccer), Frisbee, swimming, volleyball, and a school musical. Activities that support our mission and vision are popular: theme weeks (regions of the world, Women’s week, LGBT week), conflict transformation seminars, service projects. But students and staff also propose activities of interest to them. In the past year, we have offered a meditation group, Russian, photography, Feria Verde, and a host of others I can’t keep track of. These offer a very wonderful<\/strong> opportunity to be with the students.” –\u00a0United World College of Costa Rica <\/a>(San Jose, Costa Rica)<\/span> – 18 Comments<\/strong><\/p>\n

“The students are wonderful<\/strong> to work with. They are respectful, kind, hard-working, and smart.” –\u00a0Yangon International School <\/a>(Yangon, Myanmar)<\/span> – 50 Comments<\/strong><\/p>\n

“I literally think these are the best students to have on the planet. I can’t think of a country where the student caliber is any higher. wonderful<\/strong> and attentive students who perform well. Require work to get them to think outside of the box and problem solve.” –\u00a0Seoul Foreign School <\/a>(Seoul, South Korea)<\/span> – 106 Comments<\/strong><\/p>\n

What is wonderful<\/em> about your international school? Login to our website<\/a> and share what you know!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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