School Profile 2019/2020 CEEB Code: 700621

School Senior Management Principal David Gee [email protected] Business Manager Ian Short [email protected] Head of Primary School Paul O’Brien [email protected] Head of Secondary School Chris Burch [email protected]

The School The International School of Western Australia (ISWA) is a co-educational, non-denominational independent school for Australian and International students from Kindergarten to Year 12. The school is located in the coastal suburb of City Beach, 15 kms west of the City of Perth. ISWA is governed by a Board and managed by the Principal who is supported by a Senior Management Team. ISWA is a small but rapidly growing school. Currently, there are approximately 350 students from Kindergarten through to Year 12, representing more than 40 different nationalities. The school is unique in that it offers internationally accredited educational programs based around a northern hemisphere academic calendar. ISWA prides itself on its small size as a boutique style school that allows individual attention for all students and its welcoming, inclusive community atmosphere. ISWA is divided into two sub-schools: Primary School (K – 6) and Secondary School (7 – 12). The Primary School curriculum follows the International Baccalaureate Primary Years Programme (PYP). In Years 7— 10 students complete the International Baccalaureate Middle Years Programme (MYP). In Years 11 and 12, students can undertake the International Baccalaureate Diploma (IB DP), Advanced Placement (AP) or High School (HS). ISWA is the only school in Australia that is accredited to offer the AP Program, which is equivalent to first year college level studies in the USA. ISWA is also an ACT, SAT & PSAT test centre.

Graduation The Curriculum Beginning in Year 9, ISWA requires students to complete ISWA offers academically challenging senior courses, including the 25 credits before they are eligible for graduation. One International Baccalaureate Diploma (IB DP) and the Advanced credit is awarded for each full year course students that Placement (AP) Program that allows senior students to pursue college- complete with a passing grade of D– or better. Half credit level coursework. In the 2019-2020, the following subjects are offered: is awarded for a course completed in one semester. We require our students to successfully complete the AP Biology IB DP Biology AP Calculus IB DP Chemistry following: AP Chemistry IB DP Economics ENGLISH 4 credits AP English Language and IB DP Environmental Systems & Societies MATHEMATICS 3 credits Composition IB DP French ab initio SCIENCES 2 credits AP Economics IB DP French B IB DP History HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES 2 credits A number of AP courses are IB DP English Language and Literature FOREIGN LANGUAGE 2 credits offered online though Virtual IB DP Mathematics Analysis VISUAL ART 1 credit High School (VHS). IB DP Mathematical Applications ELECVTIVES 1 credit IB DP Physics Students can also complete IB DP Spanish ab initio PE/HEALTH 2 credit regular High School Classes (HS) IB DP Spanish B YEAR 11 & 12 COURSES 6 credits in either an AP or DP class. IB DP Theatre Arts IB DP Visual Arts A number of DP courses are offered online though IB endorsed Pamoja. Co-curricular Program and Student Leadership A variety of clubs and activities are offered throughout the school and take place before and after school. These include, but are not limited to: National Honor Society, National Junior Honor Society, Student Council, Drama club, UNICEF, a range of Sports, Science club, Music, School Production and Set Design, Dance, Art club, Model United Nations, Robotics and Coding and Engineering Design. The school’s Creativity Action and Service (CAS) component of the Diploma Programme also enables senior students to be involved in a range of self-initiated service projects in the school and local community. Camps, leadership training and field trips are also offered, with a group travelling to Laos in 2015, Cambodia in 2016 and Thailand in 2017, Bali in 2018 for service work. Our service tour for 2019-2020 is Fiji. ISWA offered an exchange program to Shenzen, China in 2018 to provide students with an insight into school, education, culture and life in China. Other experiences have included camping in the south-west of Western Australia, a week at Ningaloo reef in northern Western Australia, local Western Australian outdoor adventure camps and a leadership camp to Rottnest Island. Year 7 and 8 students also attend a biennial civics and citizenship tour to the capital city, Canberra.

CAMPUS: 22 KALINDA DRIVE, CITY BEACH, WESTERN AUSTRALIA 6015 MAILING ADDRESS: PO Box 366, FLOREAT, WESTERN AUSTRALIA 6014 TELEPHONE: 61 8 9285 1144 • FACSIMILE: 61 8 9285 1188 EMAIL: [email protected] • WEBSITE: www.iswa.wa.edu.au The Australian Association for International Education trading as International School of Western Australia ABN: 99 023 470 408 • CRICOS Code: 02674G

Key Graduation Statistics 2018/2019 University and College Acceptances 100% of the 2018/2019 cohort achieved High School ISWA prepares students for universities world-wide. The following list Graduation. represents some of the universities and colleges where our graduates 50% of Year 12 students achieved an ATAR equivalent of 90 have been offered admission or above. 88% of Year 12 students achieved an ATAR equivalent of 70 or above. US Universities International Universities (ATAR = Australian Tertiary Admission Rank)

Baylor University, USA American University of Paris, International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme Binghamton University, USA FRANCE ISWA passing IB DP average: 33.33 Carnegie Mellon University, USA Birmingham University, UK World IB DP average: 29.63 Case Western University, USA Dresden, GERMANY ISWA IB DP passing rate: 100% Colorado School of Mines, USA Enderun, PHILLIPINES World IB DP passing rate: 77.40% Cornell University, USA Excellent Year 12 results included: Emerson College, Boston USA Exeter University, UK 36% of Year 12 students achieved an ATAR equivalent of 90 Georgia Institute of Technology, Fontys University of Applied or above. USA Sciences, NETHERLANDS 91% of Year 12 students achieved an ATAR equivalent of 70 George Washington University, Queen Mary University of London, or above. USA UK

John Hopkins University, USA Sorbonne, FRANCE Advanced Placement Kansas University, USA St Andrews University, UK ISWA AP average 3.96/5 Michigan State, USA Global AP average 2.85/5 Mississippi State University, USA University of British Columbia, Excellent Year 12 results included: North Western University, USA CANADA AP Scholar with Distinction and Honour ATAR equivalent: 99+ Oberlin College Ohio, USA University of East Anglia, UK AP Scholar, ATAR equivalent: 85 Oklahoma State University, USA University of Glasgow, SCOTLAND 72% of Year 12 students achieved an ATAR equivalent of 90 Purdue University, USA University of Montréal, CANADA or above. Rensselaer Polytechnic, USA University of Pretoria, SOUTH 86% of Year 12 students achieved an ATAR equivalent of 70 Texas A & M University, USA or above. Tufts University, USA AFRICA United States Airforce Academy, University of Rome, ITALY National Testing USA University of Rotterdam, ISWA achieves outstanding results in Australia’s national University of Alabama, USA NETHERLANDS testing, out performing the national average in all testing University of Austin, USA years (Y3, Y5, Y7 and Y9) by at least one grade level. 95% of University of California, Australian Universities Berkeley, USA our cohort achieves results above the national average in Australian National University, ACT numeracy, reading, writing, spelling, grammar and University of California, Davis, USA Bond University, QLD punctuation. Edith Cowan University, WA University of Illinois, USA University of North Texas, USA Deakin, VIC Grading University of the Pacific, USA Curtin University, WA All ISWA courses in Years 9-12 are included in determining University of Rhode Island, USA the grade point average (GPA). Murdoch University, WA University of Southern Notre Dame University, WA Year 9 and 10 students complete the IB MYP and Year 11 and California, USA RMIT University, VIC 12 students choose IB DP, AP or High School classes. University of Texas, USA University of Vermont, USA University of Canberra, ACT University of Washington, USA University of Melbourne, VIC Tufts University, USA University of New South Wales, NSW University of Sydney, NSW University of Western Australia WA

Ranking statement ISWA does not report class rank. As an international school with Disclosure policy a fluid student population, we cannot accurately or fairly rank ISWA will provide universities and colleges with accurate information students who may only be at our school for a limited period of about a student’s academic and co-curricular record and will identify time. personal qualities relevant to the admissions process. Should there be

any significant change in a student’s performance or attitude after Course Offerings applications have been submitted, ISWA reserves the right to report ISWA is a highly academic school with outstanding national those changes to the relevant institution. testing results. ISWA, however, does not routinely offer honors level classes in the Middle Years (Y7-10).