Kyoto International School (KIS) has been serving the beautiful city of Kyoto since 1957. The school is accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) and the International Baccalaureate (IB). The school is known for its inclusive sense of community and personalised learning for every student. As a not-for-profit school KIS can channel all our resources into effective learning and developing students who thrive in positively influencing the global community.
Our Vision
Inspiring active learners, developing global citizens
Our Mission
In our community we foster passionate, collaborative, and internationally minded individuals through an engaging and supportive education.
Our Core Values*
We use effective time management so we don’t do too much or too little of anything which keeps us happy, healthy, learning and having fun.
We believe that caring is helping people. We like to share and care for others in our school, local and global community. This benefits everyone in a positive way.
We are good listeners who use different modes of communication to get our message across. This allows us to collaborate with people from varying backgrounds.
We make discoveries by asking questions, using strategies to problem solve and making connections to our prior learning. We challenge ourselves by researching, testing, reflecting and modifying.
We build on our knowledge by being curious, which leads to answers, and then using this knowledge to solve problems.
We take responsibility for our actions and lead by example. We understand and respect other people’s ideas.
We respect and understand others and their unique cultures. We are open minded and accept others as different individuals with diverse opinions.
We think about yesterday, today and tomorrow. We make informed decisions on our future actions and experiences.
We are brave when facing new experiences and challenges. We are committed and persevere.
We creatively and critically think of ideas and perspectives to explore, analyse and develop our learning skills.
*The Core Values were developed from the IB Learner Profile traits. Each KIS grade level undertook a vision activity for a trait and developed these KIS definitions.