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Touchstones Customers Outside the U.S.* School Or Organization Name City Province Country Florida Day School Buenos Aires Argentina St Touchstones Customers Outside the U.S.* School or Organization Name City Province Country Florida Day School Buenos Aires Argentina St. Peter's Lutheran College Indooroopilly Queensland Australia Montessori School Melbourne Victoria Australia Skillset Education Bathhurst NSW Australia International Christian School of Vienna Vienna Austria St. John's International School Waterloo Belgium Escola Internacional do Recife Recife Brazil Associacao Escola Graduada de Sao Paolo Sao Paolo Brazil Maria Montessori Education Ctr Calgary Alberta Canada West Island College Calgary Alberta Canada Ecole Meridian Heights School Stony Plain Alberta Canada Alexander Elementary School Abbotsford British Columbia Canada Seaquam Secondary School Delta British Columbia Canada Lillooet Secondary School Lillooet British Columbia Canada Hatzic Secondary School Mission British Columbia Canada Mission Public School #75 Mission British Columbia Canada School District 75 Mission Mission British Columbia Canada Southern Okanagan Secondary School Oliver British Columbia Canada James McKinney Elementary Richmond British Columbia Canada Shuswap Middle School Salmon Arm British Columbia Canada Eaton Arrowsmith School Vancouver British Columbia Canada Fraser Academy Vancouver British Columbia Canada West Point Grey Academy Vancouver British Columbia Canada Sunrise School Division Beausejour Manitoba Canada Portage Collegiate Institute Portage la Prairie Manitoba Canada Ecole Bannatyne Souris Manitoba Canada Direction des Ressources Educatives St. Boniface Manitoba Canada Prairie Rose School St. Eustache Manitoba Canada R.W. Bobby Bend School Stonewalle Manitoba Canada School District of Mystery Lake Thompson Manitoba Canada Bonnycastle School Winnipeg Manitoba Canada Bureau de l'education francaise (multiple schools) Winnipeg Manitoba Canada Ecole Lacerte Winnipeg Manitoba Canada Miles Macdonell Collegiate Winnipeg Manitoba Canada River Heights School Winnipeg Manitoba Canada Robert Browning School Winnipeg Manitoba Canada Seven Oaks Middle School Winnipeg Manitoba Canada Shaughnessy Park School Winnipeg Manitoba Canada Springfield Heights School Winnipeg Manitoba Canada St James-Assiniboia School Division Winnipeg Manitoba Canada YMCA of Greater Saint John Saint John New Brunswick Canada Trinity College School Port Hope Ontario Canada Trafalgar Castle School Whitby Ontario Canada Bishop Strachan School Toronto Ontario Canada Selwyn House School Westmount Quebec Canada Montessori School of Regina Regina Saskatchewan Canada St. Elias Community School Whitehorse Yukon Canada International School of Beijing Beijing China Guangdong Teachers College of Foreign Language and Arts Guangzhou City China International School Augsburg Gersthofen Germany Kaiserslautern High School Kaiserslautern Germany DoDEA Europe Multiple Germany Boeblingen Elementary/Middle School Stuttgart Germany Wϋrzburg American High School Wϋrzburg Germany Fremy Cesar Le Moule Guadeloupe Childrens Academy and Learning Center Port au Prince Haiti Childrens Place International: New Ventures Cap Haitien Haiti Hong Kong International Tai Tam Hong Kong America Embassy School New Delhi India R.D. Raipal School New Delhi India Livorno American Unit School Livorno Italy Signolla Middle School and High School Sicily Italy Vicenza Middle School Vincenza Italy DoDEA Pacific Education Division Multiple Japan Yokota Middle School Yokota Japan Ministry of Education - Arabic Curriculum Amman Jordan Quality Schools International Atyrau Kazakhstan International School of Kenya Nairobi Kenya Quality Schools International Skopje Macedonia American School in Rabat Rabat Morocco American International School of Mozambique Maputo Mozambique Pre-Collegiate Program Yangon Myanmar Mustapha Olukayode Charity Oshodi Lagos Nigeria American International School of Muscat Muscat Oman University of Puerto Rico Humacao Puerto Rico Singapore American School Woodlands Singapore Gymnasium Piran Piran Pirano Slovenia South African Education and Environment Project Cape Town South Africa Yettrang Academy Muan-gun South Korea City Country School Madrid Spain Thai-Chinese International School Bangkok Thailand The Montessori Place East SusseX United Kingdom *Includes some sites where Touchstones has donated curricula or provided licenses. Additional sites may be found in the Domincan Republic, Haiti, Ghana,Tamil Nadu (India), Jordan, Myanmar, and New Zealand. Updated 9.26.2018.
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