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Returning for the 2012-13 school year?

Go here to download the Re-enrollment packet and return to the YIS Registrar by May 15, 2012.

Don't plan to return next year?

Go here to download the non-returning form.

Interested in enrolling your child for the 2012-13 school year?

Go here to download the Enrollment packet.

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News from the Counselor's Office

The SAT 10

The SAT 10 (Stanford Achievement Test version 10) is a yearly test given in grades 2,4,6,8 and 10.  The SAT 10 lets us compare the performance of our students in reading, writing and math to students in the US.  We will be giving the SAT 10 in daily increments till the 25th of April.

National Honor Society and National Junior Honor Society

As we continue to work towards preparing our ever larger group of High School students to attend colleges and universities YIS will be starting a chapter of the NHS and the NJHS.  These are service organizations with an academic focus.  There are minimum levels of achievement as well as standards of conduct required for admission to both.  They are nationally known for their high standards of admissions and are something that colleges and universities look for in an application.

Advanced Placement Exams

The first two weeks of May are the time for the AP’s.  We have students this year taking: Biology, Physics, Chemistry and Calculus.  We have a group of students who [more...]

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Letter from ISG Superintendent Dr. Hudson

Dear ISG Community,

It is with very mixed emotions that I share this news. At a recent Board of Trustees meeting I submitted my resignation as ISG Superintendent effective July 31, 2013.

For the last 32 years ISG has been my home. Without a doubt, it has been a privilege to work with ISG in various capacities: teacher, assistant principal, assistant superintendent and for the past six years as superintendent.
The accomplishments that we have made during the past several years are many. Some of these are: responding to curricular needs, keeping abreast of the latest in educational best practices, becoming reaccredited with MSA, gaining initial accreditation with CIS, gaining IB authorization, building classrooms, planning for other future campuses, decreasing our faculty and staff turnover, promoting professional development, revising our mission and beliefs, opening Sara Village School, being student focused, being mission driven, and knowing that "it is all about kids' learning." ISG that has created a culture of one that "honors, values, and celebrates."

ISG's reputation amongst international schools in the world is stellar. People know us. They know that we have been in existence 50 years, and that we are an ethical organization that operates with integrity.

I have accepted the position of Head of School (Superintendent) at the International School of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia effective August 1, 2013. The ISG Board of Trustees has actively begun the process of looking for a new superintendent.

However, we have another year of great work together continuing our focus on our mission and on student learning. Our Board of Trustees guides us strategically, our students, faculty, and staff continue to grow, we are building a new school for ISG Dammam, a new upper school for Dhahran British Grammar School, a new MS/HS for ISG Jubail, and planning for a new school for Yanbu International School. We remain focused on student achievement and professional development through our CIS and AFG objectives.

Additionally, we are busy planning for our next ISG Educators' Conference in November and our 50th anniversary celebration next fall. This is all great work.
It is important to make each day count as it has for the past several years in moving ISG forward. It is important that we continue to "honor, value, and celebrate" students, colleagues, and our schools. As ISG Superintendent, that is my intention.

Thank you.

Respectfully,
Norma Hudson, Ed.D.
April 24, 2012