School History
Saturday, 08 August 2009 08:20
| Tashkent International School is a not-for-profit foundation established in 1994 by the United Nations Representative, the United States Department of State and twelve ambassadors to provide a globally recognized education in English for the children of diplomatic and international business families in Tashkent. The school is an authorized International Baccalaureate World School accredited by the Council of International Schools and in the United States by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges. Classes are small averaging 16 students. An experienced international faculty drawn from the US, Canada, the UK, Republic of Ireland, Luxembourg, Holland, France, Latvia, New Zealand, Turkey, Australia, Armenia, South Africa, India, Uzbekistan and Central Asia is guided by a teaching philosophy that challenges and supports students to be independent learners and thoughtful citizens. The Secondary School is College Preparatory offering 16+ different IB courses to students in grades 11 and 12. Graduates of TIS go on to further studies in colleges and universities in the United States and around the world. Colleges and universities that have accepted TIS graduates include: Albright College, Bedford University (UK), Bentley College, Boston University, Brown, Butler University, College of Wooster, Columbia University, Duke University, George Fox University, Grinnell College, Harvard University, Indiana University, International University (Bremen, Germany), Ithaca College, Lafayette College, Lehigh University, Manchester, Middlebury College, Melbourne University (Australia), Purdue University, Trent University, United States International University, University of Bridgeport, University of Chicago, University of Pennsylvania Wharton School of Business, University of Richmond, University of the South, University of Toronto, Wellesley and Wentworth Military Academy, Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Tashkent International School is accredited with the Council of International Schools (CIS) as well as the New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC) and we are members of the Central and Eastern European Schools Association (CEESA). TIS is an International Baccalaureate World School offering the full IB Diploma, the Primary Years Programme in elementary and introducing the Middle Years Programme in grades 6 through 10. The school is also recognized as fully adequate K-12 by the US State Department Office of Overseas Schools for US Foreign Service families. What this means is the school's programs and its graduates are recognized to meet the highest standards of European and American education. TIS is the only IB World school in Central Asia to be accredited both in Europe and the United States. TIS has an active Parent Teacher Association which meets regularly and supports the school through a wide range of activities. It helps to organize such events as the Family Picnic, UN Day, Holiday Ball, Spring Bazaar, Scottish Dancing, Book Fairs, and many others. |     |
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| Street Address:38 Sarikul Street, Tashkent 100005, Uzbekistan International Address: 7110 Tashkent Place, Dulles VA 20189-7110 Tel.: +(998-71) 291-9670, 291-9672, 2919667 Fax: +(998-71) 120-6621 Email: office@tashschool.org |  |
