Thai-Chinese International School

13°37′37″N 100°41′57″E / 13.626919°N 100.6992813°E / 13.626919; 100.6992813InformationSchool typePrivate International SchoolMottoLearning from the Past. Living in the Present. Looking to the Future.^{[citation needed]}Established1995GenderCo-educationalEnrollmentcirca 800Education systemAmerican-based systemLanguageEnglish, Chinese, and ThaiHours in school dayEightAccreditationWestern Association of Schools and Colleges(WASC), The Private Education Commission of the Thai Ministry of Education(Thailand)Websitewww.tcis.ac.th

Thai-Chinese International School
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	泰國中華國際學校
Simplified Chinese	泰国中华国际学校
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Tàiguó Zhōnghuá Guójì Xuéxiào Wade–Giles T'ai-kuo Chung-hua Kuo-chi Hsüeh-hsiao
Thai name
Thai	โรงเรียนนานาชาติ ไทย-จีน

Thai-Chinese International School (TCIS; Chinese: 泰國中華國際學校; pinyin: Tàiguó Zhōnghuá Guójì Xuéxiào; Thai: โรงเรียนนานาชาติไทย-จีน, RTGS: Rong Rian Nana Chat Thai Chin) is a private, non-profit day school in Bang Phli District, Samut Prakan Province, in the Bangkok Metropolitan Region of Thailand.^[1]

The school was founded in 1995 for the Taiwanese and Thai communities. The curriculum includes multilingual education in English, Chinese, and Thai.

History

The Taiwanese Ministry of Education previously oversaw the school and designated it as an overseas Taiwanese school. It removed TCIS from the list on 1 February 2006 since TCIS was unable to conform to Taiwanese curriculum standards.^[2]

Accreditation

Thai-Chinese International School is licensed under by:

• The Private Education Commission of the Thai Ministry of Education
• The Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC)

Membership

• East Asia Regional Council of Overseas Schools (EARCOS)
• International Schools Association of Thailand (ISAT)

Curriculum Overview

Thai-Chinese International School operates under USA’s Common Core curriculum at all grade levels, and Advanced Placement courses for high school. The Common Core, curriculum used by most states in America, is a set of specific academic standards. These learning goals outline what a student should know and be able to do at the end of each grade.^[3]

Students

The students are drawn from many different nationalities. Many of the students in Thai-Chinese International School are Taiwanese or Thai, but there are also American, Canadian, British, Latin American, Japanese, Korean, and Filipino students.^[4]

University entry

Thai-Chinese International School students choose to go to university in many different countries, including the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, and Thailand.^[5] For past ten years, all graduate from the Thai-Chinese International School were accepted to their chosen university or college. In 2018, Thai-Chinese International School students received over USD 1,000,000 in scholarships.

Athletics

The school has several sports and athletic activities including football, basketball, volleyball, golf, swimming, softball, and weight training. TCIS is a member of, and competes in, the Bangkok International Schools Athletic Conference (BISAC).^[6]

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