2021-22 Senior School Profile

Senior School Profile 2021-22 "We learn together to unlock the opportunities of a changing world"

CEEB #647000 IB SCHOOL #0819 College Counselor, Kimberly Duffy - collegecounselor@isumail.ac.ug Website: www.isu.ac.ug

History

Founded in 1967 Independent, non-profit, day school ages 3 - 19 years Non-selective admissions to all IB Programmes

Community

Academics

IB Continuum School: Primary Years Programme (PYP) for ages 3 to 11 Middle Years Programme (MYP) for ages 11 to 16 Diploma Programme (DP) for ages 16 to 19

531 Students 50 Nationalities 21% of students are non-native English speakers 53 Languages spoken 2 - 4 years is the average time families stay in Uganda making for a multi-cultural, fluid and diverse community

All instruction is in English.

High School Diploma awarded to all students that earn the equivalent of a 3 or above in 21 courses during Grades 9-12.

The majority of students earn the IB DP Diploma or IB DP Course Certificates.

Switched from a 7 period schedule to a block schedule on an 8-day rotation in August 2020

ISU COVID-19 Statement

On March 19, 2020 ISU students began synchronous and asynchronous virtual learning using Google Meet and Google Classroom until we broke for holidays in June 2020. Virtual learning resumed in late August, 2020, using Zoom, and hybrid lessons began on October 15, 2020. School remained open until June 3, with some temporary closures due to Covid cases on campus. Our final two weeks of the school year were virtual.

For the 2021-2022 school year, school began virtually on August 16th. We reopened for the Grade 12 students on September 7th, 2021. Predicted grades are based on somewhat limited assessment data, although the end-of-year exams were given on campus in May, 2021 and were used as part of the predictor.

Due to Ugandan policies and Covid conditions, we remain at risk of returning to virtual learning during this school year.

Other 11.9%

Senior School - Grades 6-12 senior school students

287

42

teaching professionals

Ugandan 11.9%

British 11.9%

Senior School Faculty

EU 21.4%

American 42.9%

Class of 2022

36

Rest of Africa 19.4%

students in the senior class

29

Ugandan 11.1%

ISU and IB Diploma Candidates

3

ISU High-School Diploma Candidates

4

ISU and IB Courses Candidates

Asian 25%

18

student nationalities Europe 22.2%

North American 22.2%

Distribution of Predicted IB Points (out of 45) for IB Diploma Students Class of 2022 stnedutS fo rebmuN

Due to our small graduating classes and the diversity of educational backgrounds from which our students come, we neither rank our students nor compute GPA.

Predicted Points

IB Diploma Course Offerings Language A

Language B

Individuals & Societies

English Literature SL/HL English Language and Literature SL/HL Self taught Language A SL

French ab initio SL French B SL/HL Spanish B SL/HL English B SL/HL

Business and Management SL/HL Economics SL/HL Geography SL/HL History SL/HL Environmental Systems and Societies SL

Sciences

Mathematics

Arts

Biology SL/HL Chemistry SL/HL Physics SL/HL Design Technology SL/HL Environmental Systems and Societies SL

Analysis and Approaches SL/HL Applications and Interpretation SL

Visual Arts SL/HL Music SL/HL Theatre SL/HL

Creativity, Action, Service Program (CAS)

As an IB World School, ISU requires all Diploma and Courses students to participate in the CAS program as an extension of their academics. ISU offers a number of opportunities to help our students meet these requirements.

Typically students have the opportunity to participate in sports, the arts and STEM competitions internationally through the International Schools of Southern and Eastern Africa (ISSEA) league as well as competing in a smaller, local league. There are a range of after-school activities offered, including Model United Nations, Student Council, and other academic and non-academic activities. Service opportunities are offered as well, most of which take place on the school campus due to safety and logistical concerns.

Please note that all of these opportunities, except for student council, were suspended on 17th March 2020 and have not yet resumed due to the COVID pandemic. Track and field practice has resumed as of 4th October 2021.

ISU IB Diploma Scores 2013-2021

ISU students in the class of 2021 were on the IB exam route, where they sat physical exams. Globally, most IB students were on the IB non-exam route, which may have contributed to the increase in the global average.

Matriculations for Classes 2017 - 2021

26%

CANADA

32% USA

19%

17%

UK

EUROPE

2%

ASIA

2%

SOUTH AFRICA

2%

AUSTRALIA

College & University Matriculations 2017 - 2021 USA

United Kingdom

Canada

Assumption College Berea College Clark University Dickinson College Emerson College Emory University Florida Institute of Technology George Mason University Georgia State University Iowa State University (2) North Carolina State University New York Institute of Photography Northeast State Community College Northeastern University Penn State University (2) Pace University Purdue University Rice University Savannah College Art/Design Snow College SUNY Buffalo State College Syracuse University Texas State University University of California, San Diego University of Delaware University of Denver University of Florida University of Georgia University of Miami University of North Carolina University of Oregon University of Southern California University of Wisconsin - Madison Wake Forest University Winona State University Yale University

Brunel University London (3) City University of London Coventry University Durham University HULT International Business School, London Manchester Metropolitan University Oxford Brookes University Ravensbourne University, London Swansea University University of Brighton University of Bristol University of Derby University of Kent (2) University of London University of Manchester University of Nottingham University of Reading (2) University of the West of England

Brock University (3) Carleton University Concordia University Lakehead University Laurentian University McMaster University Trent University University of British Columbia (5) University of Guelph (2) University of New Brunswick University of Prince Edward Island University of Toronto (3) University of Victoria University of Waterloo (6) University of Windsor York University

Europe American University of Rome, Italy Ecole Polytechnique, France Erasmus University, Rotterdam, Netherlands Hogeschool van Amsterdam, Netherlands Les Roches Hotel Management School, Switzerland Lund University, Sweden Maastricht University Prep'art Paris, France Tilbrug University, Netherlands University College Utrecht, Netherlands (2) University of Amsterdam, Netherlands (2) University of Legli Studi di Milano Bicocca, Italy University of Leiden, Netherlands (2) University of Vienna, Austria (3)

Australia University of Canberra University of New South Wales

South Africa International Hotel School University of Pretoria

Asia Chitkara University, India Netaji Subhash University of Technology, India Sophia University, Japan

The International School of Uganda 272/3 Lubowa Estate, P. O. Box 4200 Kampala, Uganda +256 414 200374/8/9 +256 757 754808 www.isu.ac.ug