Canadian International School (Singapore)
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The Canadian International School (Singapore) is an independent privately-owned co-educational day school in Singapore
that provides classes from Early Child Education to Grade 12. It is accredited by the Ontario Ministry of Education, Canada. Its graduates receive either the Ontario Secondary Diploma or the International Baccalaureate Diploma. The Head Principal is Mr. Glenn Odland.
The Tanjong Katong Campus was opened in September 2007 and is housed in the newly renovated premises of the old Tanjong Katong Girls' School
. A new campus is being built at Jurong West and is expected to be ready by November 2011. Construction is currently underway following completion of negotiations with a new strategic partner, Knowledge Universe, which now owns at least part of CIS. As the new campus is not ready but the Bukit Tinggi premises was sold to the Singapore Korean School, it was necessary for the Bukit Tinggi students to move to a new campus. A decision was taken to also close the Kampong Bahru campus in favour of the tranitional campus at Jurong East, opening August 2010.
Communities from the Toh Tuck and Jurong East campuses will move to the Jurong campus when completed. The Tanjong Katong campus will continue to serve its expatriate clientele in the East.
Singapore
Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...
that provides classes from Early Child Education to Grade 12. It is accredited by the Ontario Ministry of Education, Canada. Its graduates receive either the Ontario Secondary Diploma or the International Baccalaureate Diploma. The Head Principal is Mr. Glenn Odland.
History
The Canadian International School (Singapore) is currently in its 19th year of operation. Initially established in 1990 as a university preparatory day school, the school was called Canadian Overseas College, but subsequently changed its name to the Canadian International School (Singapore).Campus
The school consists of three campuses:- Toh Tuck campus (ECE to Grade 3) at Toh Tuck Road
- Jurong East campus (Grade 4 to 12) at Jurong East Street 24, uniting the former Bukit Tinggi and Kampong Bahru campuses
- Tanjong Katong Campus (ECE to Grade 8)
The Tanjong Katong Campus was opened in September 2007 and is housed in the newly renovated premises of the old Tanjong Katong Girls' School
Tanjong Katong Girls' School
Tanjong Katong Girls' School is an autonomous girls' secondary school in Singapore. TKGS is one of the few schools in Singapore that offer the Music Elective Programme to students who wish to pursue Music as a subject in the Cambridge 'O' Level examinations...
. A new campus is being built at Jurong West and is expected to be ready by November 2011. Construction is currently underway following completion of negotiations with a new strategic partner, Knowledge Universe, which now owns at least part of CIS. As the new campus is not ready but the Bukit Tinggi premises was sold to the Singapore Korean School, it was necessary for the Bukit Tinggi students to move to a new campus. A decision was taken to also close the Kampong Bahru campus in favour of the tranitional campus at Jurong East, opening August 2010.
Communities from the Toh Tuck and Jurong East campuses will move to the Jurong campus when completed. The Tanjong Katong campus will continue to serve its expatriate clientele in the East.