Yokohama International School (横浜インターナショナルスクール?) is an international school located in Yamate, Naka-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa prefecture, Japan catering primarily to the expatriate community in Yokohama.
It consists of a pre-school (Early Learning Centre), a kindergarten/ elementary school (grades K-5), a middle school (6-8) and a high school (9-12), a total of 13 academic years. Its campus is located in an area known as ‘the Bluff’, next to the Yokohama Foreign General Cemetery. The Bluff area is famous for having its many foreign residents and is also chosen as one of the best 100 towns and cities in Japan, attracting many tourist to the area. Founded in 1924, YIS is the 2nd oldest international school in the world and the school opened only a few weeks after the first international school, International School of Geneva. The language of instruction is English though Japanese, French, Spanish, Chinese and German are also taught. The school offers a wide variety of curricula; it offers the International General Certificate of Secondary Education in its first 2 years of high school and then an International Baccalaureate Diploma Program in the latter 2 years of high school. The SAT is another major external exam offered at this school.
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