Copenhagen International School (CIS) is an international, co-educational day school located in Hellerup

Hellerup

Hellerup is a Danish town of Region Hovedstaden, located in the Gentofte Municipality in Denmark. It is bordered to the east by the sound Øresund and to the South by Copenhagen and counted among the most affluent areas in Denmark....

, a suburb of Copenhagen

Copenhagen

Copenhagen is the capital and largest city of Denmark, with an urban population of 1,199,224 and a metropolitan population of 1,930,260 . With the completion of the transnational Øresund Bridge in 2000, Copenhagen has become the centre of the increasingly integrating Øresund Region...

, Denmark

Denmark

Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...

. The student body consists of around 600 members representing over 50 different nationalities with English as the primary language of instruction. Copenhagen International School offers an educational program from pre-kindergarten through grade 12 for students of all nationalities. The school year comprises four quarters, extending from mid-August through mid-June.

Academics

The school is authorized to deliver the continuum of the three International Baccalaureate curriculum programs: the IB Primary Years Program (Pre-K to Grade 5) followed by the IB Middle Years Program (Grades 6-10) and the International Baccalaureate Diploma Program (Grades 11 & 12). Instruction is in English. The curriculum covers language (English), mathematics, science, social studies, P.E., technology, art, music and drama. Danish is required starting in grade 1. French and German are offered as foreign languages starting in grade 5.

In the Upper School, students study the International Baccalaureate Diploma Program. In this light, many CIS graduates have gained acceptances into leading colleges and universities primarily in the UK, US and Denmark. In recent years, graduates have attended universities including Oxford University, Cambridge University, University of St. Andrews, Durham University

Durham University

The University of Durham, commonly known as Durham University, is a university in Durham, England. It was founded by Act of Parliament in 1832 and granted a Royal Charter in 1837...

, Copenhagen Business School, NYU, Stanford, Harvard, Princeton, Johns Hopkins and Dartmouth.

History

Copenhagen International School was founded in 1963 to serve the international community of Denmark. It was originally founded for twelve English speaking pupils and expanded as more and more English speaking families moved to Copenhagen. It is one of the twelve founding schools of the International Baccalaureate program, having offered the program since 1968.

Accreditation

Accredited by both the European Council of International Schools (ECIS) and the New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC), CIS is a private non-profit organization recognized by the Danish Ministry of Education.

Faculty

In the 2009-2010 school year, there were 90 full-time and 10 part-time faculty members, made up of 22 U.S. citizens, 16 host-country nationals, and 62 third-country nationals.

Extracurricular activities

The school offers a variety of extracurricular activities, including:

• Journalism
• Photography
• Cooking
• Games Club
• Jazz Band
• String Orchestra
• Choir (Primary School, Middle School and Upper School)
• Charity Club
• Yearbook
• Model United Nations (grades 10- 12)
• Literary Magazine (Labyrinth)
• Student Council
• Drama Club

Athletics

Copenhagen International School is also a member of the Northwest European Council of International Schools (NECIS) which organizes yearly sports tournaments throughout North West Europe, for the age groups Under 12, Under 14, Junior Varsity and Varsity in the sports Volleyball, Basketball, Soccer, Swimming, Rugby, Softball, Tennis and Track & Field. Though CIS rarely takes home awards other than Best Sportsmanship, however its Junior Varsity Boys Rugby Team won the 2008 and 2009 NECIS Rugby Championships and in 2010 the school's varsity basketball team brought back a first place trophy from the NECIS tournament.