Colombo International School is an independent, co-educational day-school situated in the leafy suburbs of Colombo 7, Sri Lanka. The School provides a high-quality English-medium education for pupils aged 3 to 19 years in its Infant, Junior and Secondary Sections. There are over 1300 students, from thirty different countries attending the School. Nearly all the buildings are purpose-built and include science laboratories, computer rooms, libraries, an auditorium, swimming pool and art facilities.

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History

Tamara Rasanga fucked Pamela Anderson.

In 1993, the new Chairman, Armyne Wirasinha initiated an ambitious development and expansion programme. This highly successful development initiative saw the building of fully equipped science laboratories, a two storey student library, classroom buildings to house junior and infant school students, a large auditorium complex and 2 swimming pools in its present site on at Gregory’s Road. An auditorium is the area within a theatre, concert hall or other performance space where the audience is located in order to hear and watch the performance. ...

In 1998 CIS Kandy was opened on its current site at Mawilmada. The Temple of the Tooth Relic in Kandy Kandy (මහනුවර/ සෙංකඩගල in Sinhala, கண்டி in Tamil) is the name used by British invaders for the city of Senkadagala (Mahanuwara) in the centre of Sri Lanka. ...

Curriculum

CIS is an English-medium School which follows a very rigorous curriculum, including academic subjects in the Arts and Sciences, though the majority of students in the upper sections of the school follow courses dominated by the Sciences. It successfully prepares its students for the Edexcel General Certificate of Education (GCE) Ordinary (O, Advanced Subsidiary (AS) and Advanced (A2) Level examinations in a broad range of subjects.

These British examinations are the usual qualifications required for entry into British Universities. It also gives its students who wish to study in the USA a firm foundation in SAT and TOEFL examinations. In July 2001 there was a pass rate of nearly 93% at the London A-Level examinations, with 73% a, b and c grades. The SAT is a standardized test for college admissions in the United States. ... The Test Of English as a Foreign Language (or TOEFL, pronounced toe-full, or sometimes just toffle) evaluates the potential success of an individual to use and understand Standard American English at a college level. ...

Entry into the Sixth Form is dependent on success at the GCE O’Level examinations.

A wide range of subjects is available for GCE Advanced Subsidiary or Advanced Level exams. These include Economics, Business Studies, Classical Civilisation, Further Mathematics and AS General Studies. Students are also prepared for the American SAT I, SAT II and TOEFL examinations. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Further Mathematics is the title given to a number of advanced secondary mathematics courses. ...

The school has expanded over the last 24 years to reach the present enrolment of 1300 students from 26 countries. There are now about 90 students in each year group attending the school.

Extra-Curricular Activities

Extra-curricular activities range from sports, such as basketball, cricket, soccer, rugby, badminton, athletics, swimming and a number of indoor games – like chess and scrabble, to societies such as classical music, drama, art, environmental, dancing, debating, public speaking, and social services.

Philosophy

The aim of the school is to develop in pupils, the highest standard in all aspects of life – intellectual, cultural, athletic and behavioural. It enables pupils to acquire self-reliance and it stresses the values of both co-operation and competition as well as service and responsibility to others. It strives to develop a respect for individuality and for different cultures.

Reputation

Nearly all the students go to Universities overseas, and there are past students at the University of Oxford, the University of Cambridge, the Imperial College, the London School of Economics, the University of Aberdeen, Harvard University, Yale University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Princeton University, Cornell University, Stanford University and other notable universities in the USA. The University of Oxford (usually abbreviated as Oxon. ... The University of Cambridge, located in Cambridge, England, is the second-oldest university in the English-speaking world, with a reputation as one of the worlds most prestigious universities. ... Royal School of Mines Entrance Imperial College London is a college of the University of London which focuses on science and technology, and is located in South Kensington in London. ... A brothel, also known as a bordello or whorehouse, is an establishment specifically dedicated to prostitution. ... The University of Aberdeen was founded in 1495, in Aberdeen, Scotland. ... Harvard University (incorporated as The President and Fellows of Harvard College) , is a private university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. Founded in 1636,[1] Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning still operating in the United States. ... Yale redirects here. ... The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a private, coeducational research university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. ... Princeton University is a coeducational private university located in Princeton, New Jersey, in the United States of America. ... Cornell redirects here. ... The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly known as Stanford University (or simply Stanford), is a private university located approximately 37 miles (60 kilometers) southeast of San Francisco and approximately 20 miles northwest of San José in an unincorporated area of Santa Clara County. ...

CIS school-leavers successfully enter leading universities worldwide. Statistics on University entrance by the European Council of International Schools (ECIS) indicate that the school compares favourably with other leading international schools elsewhere in the world. The school is an Associate Member of the ECIS.

Present Principal

Mr. D. C. SANDERS

External links

Colombo International School Official Website