DALAT INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL SCHOOL PROFILE TANJUNG BUNGA 11200 PENANG MALAYSIA PHONE (60-4) 375 2100 WWW.DALAT.ORG 2019-2020

THE SCHOOL Dalat International School was founded Da Lat, Vietnam in 1929 as a private, Christian boarding school to provide a North American education for children of missionaries in Indo-China. In June 1971, Dalat School moved to its present location in Penang, Malaysia. In July 1999, the school became an independent school and retained its name, and became an educational trust with an elected, policy governance school board. All classes, except foreign language, are taught in English. The school provides ESL support through grade 8 and limited learning support as needed. The campus hosts the Distance Learning Resource Center which provides families with resources for home-schooling and distance education. HIGHLIGHTS Enrollment P3-12 701 1 to 1 Weeklong IMPACT Annual Community Laptop Program Service Trips Service overseas and local Requirement Countries Capstone & 23 Online Education Independent Student Requirement Projects Portfolios Teaching Faculty 81 EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES • PERFORMING ARTS • concert band • jazz ensemble • choir Faculty holding • forensics • theatre arts • ATHLETICS • volleyball • soccer Advanced Degrees • basketball • baseball • softball • track and field • tennis • rock 40 climbing • rugby league • SPECIAL INTEREST CLUBS • gardening •badminton • crafts • sewing • weight lifting • chess• worship team GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS • OUTREACH • student government • ministry opportunities • volunteer and outreach programs English 4.0 • Math / Science 5.0 • Bible 4.0 Social Studies 2.5 • Fine & Applied Arts 1.0 Fitness 1.0 • Additional Credits 6.5 EDUCATION FOR LIFE Minimum Credits 24 • JUNIOR CLASS EXPERIENCE • operating a small business Media Literacy is a course requirement included in the social • on the job experience • organizing fund-raising activities studies credit. Students are expected to complete • hosting functions /dinners • community service • special events for the 10 community service hours each year of enrollment. seniors • SENIOR CLASS EXPERIENCE • community service • planning the senior trip • activities for underclassmen • coordinating graduation week High School 9-12 247 STUDENT OUTCOME STATEMENTS Class of 2020 - Seniors 57

ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF Karl Steinkamp, Head of School TESTING Shawna Wood, Deputy Head of School • Grades K-10 - NWEA Measures of Academic Progress (MAP) • Grades 10 & 11 PSAT Brian Brewster, High School Principal • SAT & SAT Subject Tests • ACT • AP exams Tressa White, Middle School Principal • CLEP • IGCSE (Melayu) Shantel Seevaratnam, Elementary Principal Exemplary Acceditation by: Association of Christian Schools International (ACSI)

COUNSELING STAFF Accredited by: Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) Jacki Steinkamp, Counseling Dept. Head Paul Dobson, High School Counselor Member: East Asia Regional Conference Overseas Schools (EARCOS) Elizabeth Muvumba, Middle School Counselor Association of International Malaysian Schools (AIMS)

Lydia Roberts, PowerSchool Administrator ACCREDITATION Child Safety and Protection Network UNIVERSITY AND COLLEGE UNIVERSITY AND COLLEGE PLACEMENT APPLICATION POLICY Students from Dalat International School have attended colleges and universities throughout the world. The following is a partial list of schools which have accepted Dalat Dalat encourages students to research graduates in the past 6 years: schools comprehensively to find institutions that present good matches for them. As a ASIA University of Edinburgh* Chinese University of Hong Kong* school receiving an application from a Dalat University of Exeter University of Hong Kong* University of Glasgow student, please know that this submission Hong Kong Polytechnic University University of Leicester represents a genuine desire by that student Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University (JP) University of Manchester to study at your school. We recommend that Korea University University of Sussex each student submit no more than six Seoul National University* University of Warwick* applications to colleges and universities. Yonsei University (KR) Ateneo de Manila University UNITED STATES Singapore Management University Arizona State University Sunway University (MY) Azusa Pacific University (CA) SAT RESULTS National Cheng Kung University (TW) Barnard College, Columbia University (NY)* Taipei Medical University (TW) Baylor University (TX) DALAT AVERAGE US NATIONAL AVERAGE Berea College (KY) AUSTRALIA Bethel University (MN) 631 531 Australian National University (ACT)* (CA) EBRW EBRW Curtin University (WA) Boston University* Deakin University (VIC) California Baptist University (CA) Griffith University (QLD) (MI) 636 528 Monash University (VIC)* Cedarville University (OH) MATH MATH University of Melbourne (VIC)* Crown College (MN) University of New South Wales (NSW)* Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (AZ) University of Sydney (NSW) (OR) 1059 Georgia Institute of Technology * 1256 CANADA TOTAL TOTAL George Washington University (VA) British Columbia Institute of Technology Gordon College (MA) Brock University (ON) Grand Canyon University (AZ) ACT RESULTS Average over three years McGill University (QC) Hardin-Simmons University (TX) McMaster University (ON) (NY) Memorial University (NFLD) DALAT US NATIONAL Iowa State University Ryerson University (ON) (TX) COMPOSITE 21 COMPOSITE 27 Seneca College (ON) LeTourneau University (TX) ENGLISH 28 ENGLISH 20 Trinity Western University (BC) Liberty University (VA) READING 27 READING 21 University of Alberta Miami University (OH) University of British Columbia* MATH 27 MATH 21 New York University* University of Ottawa (NY) SCIENCE 27 SCIENCE 21 University of Toronto (ON)* • Northeastern University (MA) University of Waterloo (ON) Oklahoma Baptist University Pennsylvania State University (PA)* EUROPE Pepperdine University (CA) MEDIAN GPA American University of Paris Purdue University (IN)* Les Roche (Switzerland) Rice University (TX) Dalat uses a 4.0 scale (with a 5.0 scale for AP Maastricht University (Netherlands) San Diego State University (CA) courses) to calculate grade point average. University College, Dublin (Ireland) Seattle Pacific University (WA) University of Amsterdam (Holland)* Simpson University (CA) Stanford University (CA)* NEW ZEALAND State University of New York at Buffalo University of Auckland (IN) Class of 2019 University of Canterbury 3.95 The Cooper Union (NY) UNITED KINGDOM (TN) Imperial College London, Manchester* University of Alabama, Birmingham University College London* University of California, Berkeley* ADVANCED PLACEMENT University of California, Davis* University of California, Irvine* Advanced Placement level courses are offered in English Literature, English University of California, Los Angeles University of California, San Diego* Language, Calculus, Statistics, Music Theory, Chinese Language, Art Studio, University of California, San Francisco Psychology, World History, Biology, Chemistry, Comp. Govt. and Politics, University of California, Santa Barbara* Microeconomics and in a variety of other courses through online providers. University of Colorado, Boulder Dalat graduates take an average of 3.3 AP classes during high school. University of Denver University of Florida Students can typically schedule 6 from a maximum of 8 AP classes. University of Illinois, Urbana/Champaign* Currently, 115 Dalat students are enrolled in 18 different AP classes. University of Michigan University of Minnesota, Twin Cities* University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill* Total AP tests written University of Oklahoma Received 3, 4 or 5 197 University of South Carolina 95% USC - School of Cinematic Arts University of Texas, Austin Grade 12 80 University of Washington Received 4 or 5 Virginia Tech University 86% Wellesley College (MA) Grade 11 (CA) 77 Wheaton College (IL) (WA) William Carey University (MS) Received 5 Grade 10 56% 37 *Bold text represents the top 100 universities in the world according to www.timeshighereducation.com.