International School binds cultures
Jun 27, 2004
You probably still know it as Lincoln International School. Not anymore. What formerly was Lincoln International School (LISU) has acquired a new name-the International School of Uganda (ISU).
By Stephen Ssenkaaba
You probably still know it as Lincoln International School. Not anymore. What formerly was Lincoln International School (LISU) has acquired a new name-the International School of Uganda (ISU).
ISU is a private, co-educational day school for students from pre-primary level to Grade 12(the equivalent of Senior Six) divided into elementary, middle and high school sections with students ranging in age from two and a half to 18 years.
Located on a spacious 33-acre campus surrounded by healthy trees and extensive green meadows in Lubowa, off Entebbe Road, ISU offers one of the best school educational programmes comprising an international curriculum which among other aspects emphasises interrelatedness of subjects, community service and intercultural understanding.
The new school name highlights the character of the school as a multi-cultural institution, whose international curriculum embraces students from different cultural backgrounds.
“ISU is a child centred school with a learning environment that fosters the success of each student. Our students body represents 36 different countries, who through their interaction with one another gain broader view of the world and grow to respect, celebrate and revere human and cultural diversity,†said Dr. Donald Scott Groves, the incoming head of the school, in his message to the parents and students.
The school offers the International Baccalaureate Organisation (IBO) diploma programme in which middle years students undergo training under different subjects in preparation for university studies.
The IBO’s Middle Years and IB diploma programmes form the basis of the curriculum in Secondary school at ISU.
Recognised by Universities in over 100 countries, the IB diploma programme provides students who graduate from ISU access to top British, European, Australian and North American universities.
ISU is accredited to the Middle States Association (MSA) of colleges and schools in the US and by the Council of International Schools (CIS) in Europe.
With the current student enrolment of about 300, ISU is the only school in the country to offer IBO’s programmes, a well recognised and easily transportable programmes.
Because of the flexibility of the IBO programme, students leaving the school to another in a different country can very easily fit into a different school teaching the IB curriculum.
Starting the next school year in August 2004, ISU will also implement the Primary Years Programme from International Baccalaureate Organisation in the Elementary school. At ISU, it is also possible for students to appear for IGCSE exams from the United Kingdom and the Advanced Placement tests from USA.
The school boasts of a big, an impressive library with 14,000 volumes of books in different subjects, three science laboratories, two Information Technology centres and two art rooms.
With an average of 25 students per class and 35 teaching staff, there is close and regular contact between the students and their teachers, thus ensuring that students get all the attention they deserve from their teachers.
To ensure that students have healthy minds and bodies, the school also has outstanding sports facilities including a 400 metre, six lane running track, a soccer field, large swimming pool, an indoor sports area for basketball, badminton and gymnastics which can be transformed to one olympic size court for an international standard tournament. It also has three basketball fields and four tennis courts.
Accreditation by these highly respected international organisations, ISU assures parents that the school meets global standards in school education.
Founded 41 years ago, the International School of Uganda opened in 1963 as a school for American citizens, who worked in Uganda at the time. Named after Abraham Lincoln, the famous American President, it was first located in Lubowa, but later moved to Buganda Road.
From Buganda Road, it went to Kiira Road until three years ago when it relocated back to Lubowa.
You probably still know it as Lincoln International School. Not anymore. What formerly was Lincoln International School (LISU) has acquired a new name-the International School of Uganda (ISU).
ISU is a private, co-educational day school for students from pre-primary level to Grade 12(the equivalent of Senior Six) divided into elementary, middle and high school sections with students ranging in age from two and a half to 18 years.
Located on a spacious 33-acre campus surrounded by healthy trees and extensive green meadows in Lubowa, off Entebbe Road, ISU offers one of the best school educational programmes comprising an international curriculum which among other aspects emphasises interrelatedness of subjects, community service and intercultural understanding.
The new school name highlights the character of the school as a multi-cultural institution, whose international curriculum embraces students from different cultural backgrounds.
“ISU is a child centred school with a learning environment that fosters the success of each student. Our students body represents 36 different countries, who through their interaction with one another gain broader view of the world and grow to respect, celebrate and revere human and cultural diversity,†said Dr. Donald Scott Groves, the incoming head of the school, in his message to the parents and students.
The school offers the International Baccalaureate Organisation (IBO) diploma programme in which middle years students undergo training under different subjects in preparation for university studies.
The IBO’s Middle Years and IB diploma programmes form the basis of the curriculum in Secondary school at ISU.
Recognised by Universities in over 100 countries, the IB diploma programme provides students who graduate from ISU access to top British, European, Australian and North American universities.
ISU is accredited to the Middle States Association (MSA) of colleges and schools in the US and by the Council of International Schools (CIS) in Europe.
With the current student enrolment of about 300, ISU is the only school in the country to offer IBO’s programmes, a well recognised and easily transportable programmes.
Because of the flexibility of the IBO programme, students leaving the school to another in a different country can very easily fit into a different school teaching the IB curriculum.
Starting the next school year in August 2004, ISU will also implement the Primary Years Programme from International Baccalaureate Organisation in the Elementary school. At ISU, it is also possible for students to appear for IGCSE exams from the United Kingdom and the Advanced Placement tests from USA.
The school boasts of a big, an impressive library with 14,000 volumes of books in different subjects, three science laboratories, two Information Technology centres and two art rooms.
With an average of 25 students per class and 35 teaching staff, there is close and regular contact between the students and their teachers, thus ensuring that students get all the attention they deserve from their teachers.
To ensure that students have healthy minds and bodies, the school also has outstanding sports facilities including a 400 metre, six lane running track, a soccer field, large swimming pool, an indoor sports area for basketball, badminton and gymnastics which can be transformed to one olympic size court for an international standard tournament. It also has three basketball fields and four tennis courts.
Accreditation by these highly respected international organisations, ISU assures parents that the school meets global standards in school education.
Founded 41 years ago, the International School of Uganda opened in 1963 as a school for American citizens, who worked in Uganda at the time. Named after Abraham Lincoln, the famous American President, it was first located in Lubowa, but later moved to Buganda Road.
From Buganda Road, it went to Kiira Road until three years ago when it relocated back to Lubowa.