Rainbow International School, Seoul

Rainbow International School
레인보우외국인학교

Empathy Integrity Curiosity Diversity
Location
Seoul
South Korea
Information
Type Private School
Established 2007
School district Seocho
Colour(s)

Green, Blue, Orange and Red

                   
Mascot Dolphin
Affiliation

Western Association of Schools and Colleges, the Council of International Schools, the East Asia Regional Council of Overseas Schools

and the Korea Council of Overseas Schools
Website www.rischool.org

Rainbow International School (RIS) is a non-profit private day-school in the Gangnam Area of Seoul, South Korea. RIS is established and operated under the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education. The school opened its doors to 1st to 5th grade students in September 2007 and expanded to 6th and 8th grade students in August 2009.

Accreditations and memberships

RIS is accredited by the Council of International Schools (CIS) and the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC). The school is an affiliated member of the National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS), the East Asia Regional Council of Overseas Schools (EARCOS), and the Korea Council of Overseas Schools (KORCOS).

Curriculum

RIS teaches students a broad and balanced curriculum, which has three basic elements: content, skills, and assessment. RIS adopted the Common Core State Standards (CCSS), the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS), and the National Standards for Social Studies. RIS teaches subjects: Language Arts, Maths, Science, Social Studies, Performing Arts, Visual Arts, Physical Education, and Technology. The RIS offers language instruction in Korean as the host country language and a variety of further language programs: English as a Second Language, First Language (mother tongue) in Korean and Turkish. Instruction in additional languages like French and Spanish is available as after school program.

School day

The schedule for the school days in Rainbow International School is as follows:

Day Time
Monday 8.30 AM - 3.00 PM
Tuesday 8.30 AM - 4:00 PM
Wednesday 8.30 AM - 3.00 PM
Thursday 8.30 AM - 4:00 PM
Friday 8.30 AM - 3:00 AM

E.C. Activities are held twice weekly (Tuesday and Thursday).

Extracurricular activity

Rainbow International School offers a wide variety of Extracurricular Activity. We aim to provide our students with additional learning experiences through engagement in either extra educational support in the three areas of mathematics, science, and reading, or in sports, technology, artistic, language, or creative based activities. Our E.C.s are twice a week on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 3:05-4:00, and teachers are responsible for leading the activities. The EC activities include:

References

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