ABOUT AISBAISB is accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges, and the Council of International Schools, and is authorized to offer the Primary Years, Middle Years, and Diploma Programs of the International Baccalaureate.

MIDDLE SCHOOL PROFILE 2015-2016

NEWS AND INITIATIVES

Enrollment GrowthWe are experiencing steady growth and moving towards four classes per grade over the next two to three years, capping enrollment at 80 students per grade level. We are expanding our program to accommodate this and are offering even greater academic and extra-curricular options.

Increasing Students’ Self-Management & Self-AdvocacyWe have had strong academic success as noted through Diploma Program results and are now looking to extend the holistic development of students in order to better prepare them for the independence that will come in university.

Social and Emotional LearningAn Advisory program is well established in the Middle School. The AISB Middle School Advisory seeks to develop balanced learners and caring relationships, whereby students feel a sense of belonging, fostered by a climate of trust. In addition to a dedicated MS Counselor, we also have a Peer Facilitator service learning group that offers additional support to our students.

Total enrollment 853

High School 213

Class of 2014 39

Class of 2015 47

Middle School 190

Early Childhood & Elementary School 450

# countries represented 56

Top 5 countries represented

Romania (30%), USA (15%), Israel (4%),

Germany (4%), Turkey (4%)

Maximum class size 20

Student-teacher ratio 1:10

% faculty with advanced degree 70%

% local and foreign faculty 20/80

ENROLLMENT DATA (at the time of printing)

CEEB Code: 789151 I UCAS Center Number: 45117

MYP CoordinatorNeil Commons I ncommons@aisb.ro

Middle School PrincipalAlba Carollo I acarollo@aisb.ro

Sos. Pipera-Tunari 196, VoluntariJud. Ilfov 077190 Romania Tel: +40-21-204-4201 Fax: +40-21-204-4303www.aisb.ro

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MS Course Requirements

Grade 6In Grade 6, students will take the following courses: English, Mathematics, Science, Individuals and Societies, PE, Design Technology, Band, Visual Art, Drama, and a Modern Language. Romanian students are required to take Romanian Mother Tongue.

Some students’ schedules may be changed to accommodate classes to support English development or to accommodate learning support.

Grades 7 & 8In Grade 7 and 8, students will take the following courses: English, Mathematics, Science, Individuals & Societies, PE, Design Technology and a Modern Language.

Romanian students in Grade 7 and 8 will study Romanian Mother Tongue. In addition to their Mother Tongue class, they can also choose to study French, Spanish, or Band.

Over the two years of Grade 7 & 8, students have the option to take:• Music (band);• one semester or more of Drama;• one semester or more of Design, and• one semester or more of Art.

Some students’ schedules may be changed to accommodate classes to support English development or to accommodate learning support.

Standardized TestingStudents in Middle School take the Measure of Academic Progress (MAP) test which evaluates the students’ attainment in Mathematics, Reading and Language Usage.

Students in Grade 8 also take the International Schools As-sessment (ISA) each year. The test is appropriate for inter-national schools like ours as it aligns well with the Aims and Objectives of the MYP. There are four different sections of the exam: Math, Reading, Narrative Writing (Writing Task A) and Expository Writ ing (Writing Task B).

The results of both the MAP and the ISA are compared not only against national systems around the world but also against other international schools with a similar student makeup as ours. Test results are shared with parents.

MYP Curriculum

The AISB Middle School offers a rigorous curriculum based on the IB Middle Years Program (MYP), with the aim of preparing students for entrance to the IB Diploma Program.

The longer range goal is to prepare students for college/university acceptance. In each year, students will have courses drawn from the eight Subject Areas of the MYP as shown in the diagram to the right:

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GRADE DESCRIPTOR

1 Produces work of very limited quality. Conveys many significant misunderstandings or lacks understanding of most concepts and contexts. Very rarely demonstrates critical or creative thinking. Very inflexible, rarely using knowledge or skills.

2 Produces work of limited quality. Expresses misunderstandings or significant gaps in understanding for many concepts and contexts. Infrequently demonstrates critical or creative thinking. Generally inflexible in the use of knowledge and skills, infre-quently applying knowledge and skills.

3 Produces work of an acceptable quality. Communicates basic understanding of many concepts and contexts, with occasion-ally significant misunderstandings or gaps. Begins to demonstrate some basic critical and creative thinking. Is often inflexible in the use of knowledge and skills, requiring support even in familiar classroom situations.

4 Produces good-quality work. Communicates basic understanding of most concepts and contexts with few misunderstand-ings and minor gaps. Often demonstrates basic critical and creative thinking. Uses knowledge and skills with some flexibility in familiar classroom situations, but requires support in unfamiliar situations.

5 Produces generally high-quality work. Communicates secure understanding of concepts and contexts. Demonstrates critical and creative thinking, sometimes with sophistication. Uses knowledge and skills in familiar classroom and real-world situa-tions and, with support, some unfamiliar real-world situations.

6 Produces high-quality, occasionally innovative work. Communicates extensive understanding of concepts and contexts. Demonstrates critical and creative thinking, frequently with sophistication. Uses knowledge and skills in familiar and unfamil-iar classroom and real world situations, often with independence.

7 Produces high-quality, frequently innovative work. Communicates comprehensive, nuanced understanding of concepts and contexts. Consistently demonstrates sophisticated critical and creative thinking. Frequently transfers knowledge and skills with independence and expertise in a variety of complex classroom and real-world situations.

Student EvaluationAISB employes a 1-7 criteria-based grading system in accordance with the IB Program. Grades are established using published criteria from the IB and are unique for each subject area. Academic grades are reported on a 1-7 scale according to the follow-ing general descriptors:

Service LearningAISB provides an outstanding international education which inspires students to realize their full potential and prepares them to be successful and responsible global citizens. We believe that Service Learning is an integral component of achieving this mission. As such, we are committed to: (1) promoting a clean environment; (2) responding to the needs of living things; (3) addressing health concerns; (4) fostering education for all; and (5) raising awareness of global and local issues.

All Middle School students are expected to be involved in a service learning project throughout the school year.

Extra Curricular ActivitiesAISB is a member of the Central and Eastern European Schools Association (CEESA), and offers an extensive program of com-petitive athletic activities, both locally and with other international CEESA member schools. The school also encourages and supports activities in the visual and performing arts, speech, debate, MathCounts, Knowledge Bowl, Model United Nations, student publications, and student government. Sports and Activities by season for Middle School Students, both boys and girls are as follows:

Fall Season Winter Season Spring Season

• Softball • Knowledge Bowl• Volleyball

• Soccer • Tennis• Speech & Debate • ISTA Drama• Robotics

• Basketball • Math Counts • Swimming• Band Festival• Choir Festival

United StatesBabson CollegeBarnard CollegeBaruch CollegeBates CollegeBoston UniversityChapman UniversityDrexel UniversityFlorida International UniversityGoucher CollegeGrinnell College (2)Hobart and William Smith CollegesIllinois Institute of TechnologyNortheastern UniversityPomona CollegeRochester Institute of TechnologySavannah College of Art and DesignSt. Lawrence UniversitySwarthmore CollegeUniversity of Illinois/Urbana-ChampaignUniversity of MiamiUniversity of Michigan/Ann ArborUniversity of TampaVassar CollegeWashington and Jefferson College

United KingdomAston UniversityAA School of ArchitectureBirmingham City UniversityBlackpool and the Fylde CollegeCity University London (5)

Durham University (2)Edinburgh Napier UniversityEast 15 Acting SchoolGoldsmith’s, University of LondonImperial College LondonKing’s College, University of London (2)LCA Business School LondonLondon School of EconomicsLondon South Bank UniversityNewcastle CollegePlymouth University (2)Queen Mary, University of London (6)Royal Holloway, University of London (2)Southampton Solent UniversityStaffordshire University (2)Swansea UniversityTeesside UniversityUniversity College DublinUniversity College London (2)University of Bath (2)University of BirminghamUniversity of BristolUniversity of CambridgeUniversity of CumbriaUniversity of DerbyUniversity of DundeeUniversity of East Anglia (2) University of East LondonUniversity of Essex (7)University of Exeter (3)University of Glasgow (2)University of Gloucestershire

University of GreenwichUniversity of Hertfordshire (2)University of Hull (2)University of Kent (5)University of LeedsUniversity of Manchester (2)University of Portsmouth (4)University of Reading (2)University of SheffieldUniversity of South WalesUniversity of StrathclydeUniversity of SurreyUniversity of SussexUniversity of Warwick (3)University of Westminster (2)University of the West of ScotlandUniversity of Winchester

EuropeAmsterdam University of Applied SciencesBucharest Academy of Economics (ASE) (2)Erasmus University, RotterdamHotelschool The HagueIE University MadridLes Roches, MarbellaThe Hague University of Applied SciencesTilburg UniversityUniversity of BolognaUniversity College UtrechtVIA University Denmark

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Schools listed in bold/italics indicate AISB graduates attend that college/university.

COLLEGE ACCEPTANCES CLASS OF 2014

United StatesBarnard CollegeBeloit CollegeBoston University (5)Chapman UniversityClark University (3)Colorado CollegeDickinson CollegeEmerson CollegeGrinnell College (5)Indiana University BloomingtonKalamazoo CollegeNew York University (4)Pennsylvania State UniversityRhodes CollegeSyracuse UniversityTrinity UniversityUniversity of Colorado, Boulder (4)University of Illniois, Urbana-ChampaignUniversity of Miami (5)University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (5)University of Washington, Seattle (4)Whittier College

United KingdomAston UniversityBrunel University (7)

Cardiff UniversityCity University London (12)Coventry UniversityDurham University (10)European Business School (4)King’s College, University of London (8)Manchester Metropolitan UniversityMiddlesex UniversityQueen Mary, University of London (11)Royal Holloway, University of London (4)University College London (9)University of Aberdeen (6)University of Bath (6)University of Birmingham (7)University of Brighton (8)University of Dundee (5)University of East Anglia (3)University of EdinburghUniversity of Essex (9)University of Glasgow (5)University of GreenwichUniversity of Hertfordshire (3)University of Kent (8)University of Leeds (3)University of Leicester (10)University of LiverpoolUniversity of Manchester (4)

University of PlymouthUniversity of PortsmouthUniversity of ReadingUniversity of Sheffield (3)University of Southampton (3)University of Sussex (5)University of Warwick (10)University of West LondonUniversity of Westminster (4)University of the Arts LondonUniversity of York

CanadaMcGill University (4)University of British Columbia (7)University of Toronto (8)University of VictoriaUniversity of Waterloo

Continental EuropeEcole hoteliere de Lausanne IE UniversityLes RochesRotterdam School of Management (5)Webster University Vienna

REPRESENTATIVE COLLEGE ADMISSIONS 2010-13At least two students were accepted at the following schools:

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