Yokohama International School
in Naka-ku, JapanCategory: Attraction
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258 Yamate-cho, Yokohama-shi, Naka-ku, Kanagawa 231-0862, Japan Print route »
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Yokohama International School (横浜インターナショナルスクール) is an international school located in Yamate, Naka-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa prefecture, Japan catering primarily to the expatriate community in Yokohama.
It consists of a pre-school (Early Learning Centre), a kindergarten/ elementary school (grades K-5), a middle school (6-8) and a high school (9-12), a total of 13 academic years. Its campus is located in an area known as ‘the Bluff’, next to the Yokohama Foreign General Cemetery. Founded in 1924, YIS is the second school in the modern era to use the word ‘international’ in its name behind the International School of Geneva which opened its doors just weeks before. The language of instruction is English though Japanese, French, Spanish, Chinese and German are also taught. The school offers a wide variety of curricula; it offers the International Baccalaureate Primary Years Program, the International Baccalaureate Middle Years Program (MYP) in its first 2 years of high school and then the International Baccalaureate Diploma Program (IB DP) in the latter 2 years of high school. The SAT is another major external exam offered at this school. The Early Learning Center incorporates the Reggio Emilia Approach in its curriculum.
