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The School of choice for studying the IB in Ho Chi Minh City

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This year, the International School Ho Chi Minh City (ISHCMC) celebrates 25 years of learning. It’s most definitely the school of choice for expats living in Vietnam.

As the most established school in HCMC, 25 years of learning has created the broadest opportunities, the most nurturing environment and best opportunities available in this city.

In this time, ISHCMC has become the premier provider of the International Baccalaureate in Ho Chi Minh City, standing as the first international school authorized to offer all three IB programmes for children – the Primary Years Programme (PYP), the Middle Years Programme (MYP) and the Diploma Programme (DP).

The school prides itself on its well-established affiliation with the International Baccalaureate Organization (IBO) since 1998 – the longest of any in HCMC – as well as its progressive education model and its focus on student growth and learning journeys.

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Through childhood and adolescence, growth is crucial in the development of personal, emotional, intellectual and physical attributes. That’s why the school’s progressive approach to education urges students to participate actively and responsibly in an increasingly changing, interrelated world.

Secondary students are offered a film studies option unique to HCMC. The school is also the only location in Vietnam with a full production theatre, allowing it to host the Across Asia Youth Film Festival – a unique and exciting opportunity.

Here, there are opportunities for every student to be creative. At the end of each programme, learners complete a project in which they have free reign to create any type of product or service. They then have to advertise the project to ensure it will be able to sell.

In fact, this programme of education can lead students to some of the highest-ranking universities and is a desirable and recognised qualification worldwide. IB diploma holders are known to be adept at engaging with people in an increasingly globalised, rapidly changing world due to their flexibility and mature outlook.

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Companies prefer students with an IB education because of their variety of skills across the board. This broad and ambitious programme will give your child the ability to speak a different language but also study a science and be a part of a team, all while leading their own learning and developing cultural awareness.

Diversity is both practiced and admired and ISHCMC. The school is inherently inclusive – every child in Grade 11 and 12 has the chance to study the IB Diploma Programme. Their average diploma score is 33.5 points, well above the global average score of 29.78.

Impressively, the graduating class of 2018 achieved a 98 percent pass rate while 67 percent of students earned a bilingual diploma.Last year was the 2^nd consecutive year the school celebrated students achieving a perfect score of 45/45, and graduating students have gone on to study at top universities all over the world.

The International School Ho Chi Minh City should be your first consideration if you live within the city, not just for its acclaimed IB programme, but also for its state-of-the-art learning, creative arts and sports facilities, plus an overarching focus on the health and well-being of your child.

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The school has fully embraced the IB by remodelling its existing Primary Campus and opening a state-of-the-art Secondary Campus.

The Primary campus, home to the IB Primary Years Programme, is an exciting environment for children two–11 years old to learn. Children have access to an Innovation and Media Center (an award-winning library), Collaborative Learning Spaces – classrooms with writable walls, an extensive Art Studio and learning suites known as the ‘Fab Lab’, a Makerspace for design and construction, Food Tech area and indoor play space for Early Years.

These facilities are fully-equipped for holistic learning and support, allowing for collaboration, discussion, creative thinking, and skills application.

The ISHCMC Secondary Campus offers great opportunities for student learning through technologically-advanced classrooms, collaborative learning spaces and unique facilities that aim to prepare students for the realities of the 21^st century world.

There’s also a rooftop football field, an NBA-size basketball court, a recording studio, an Innovation Center, an Olympic standard swimming pool and a Food Tech area.

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The theatre is full size with 342 seats, specialised equipment and a black box to give students real experience of working on a production from staging to final performance. With these facilities students gain a great foundation for the future.

With air purifier systems across the school, 10 minutes of mindfulness practice every day, as well as healthy food options all year round, your child will be well cared for in mind, body and soul. Research has shown that these factors can even boost academic performance, too!

ISHCMC is truly international with students of more than 50 nationalities represented on campus. This is another reason parents choose ISHCMC. In this diverse environment, children are exposed to different languages and cultures from a young age, developing a global mindset for their future.

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