DALAT INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL SCHOOL PROFILE TANJUNG BUNGA 11200 PENANG MALAYSIA PHONE (60-4) 375 2100 WWW.DALAT.ORG 2020-2021

THE SCHOOL Dalat International School was founded in 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 EAL 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 P3-12 694 1 to 1 Weeklong IMPACT Annual Community Laptop Program Service Trips Service overseas and local Requirement Countries Capstone & 25 Online Education Independent Student Requirement Studies Portfolios Teaching Faculty 80 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 36 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 9-12 253 STUDENT OUTCOME STATEMENTS Class of 2021 - Seniors 59

ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF TESTING Karl Steinkamp, Head of School • Grades K-10 - NWEA Measures of Academic Shawna Wood, Deputy Head of School Progress (MAP) • Grades 10 & 11 PSAT Brian Brewster, High School Principal • SAT & SAT Subject Tests • ACT • AP exams • CLEP • IGCSE (Melayu) COUNSELING STAFF Exemplary Acceditation by: Association of Christian Schools International (ACSI) Jacki Steinkamp Counseling Dept. Head ([email protected]) Accredited by: Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) Paul Dobson HS Guidance Counselor ([email protected]) Member: East Asia Regional Conference Overseas Schools (EARCOS) Lydia Roberts Association of International Malaysian Schools (AIMS)

PowerSchool Administrator ([email protected]) 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 comprehen- graduates in the past 6 years: sively research global institutions to find a maximum of 10 “best fit” choices to which ASIA University of Edinburgh* they may apply. As a school receiving an Chinese University of Hong Kong* University of Essex University of Hong Kong* application from a Dalat student, please University of Leeds Hong Kong Polytechnic University University of Manchester know that this submission represents a Hong Kong University of Science & Technology* University of Sussex genuine desire by that student to study Korea University University of Warwick* at your school. We recommend that Sungkyunwan University (KR) each student submit no more than six Yonsei University (KR) UNITED STATES applications to colleges and universities. Ateneo de Manila University Arizona State University Xi’an Jiatong-Liverpool University (China) Azusa Pacific University (CA) Sunway University (MY) , (NY)* SAT RESULTS National Cheng Kung University (TW) Baylor University (TX) Yale-NUS (SG) Berry College DALAT AVERAGE US NATIONAL AVERAGE Bethel University (MN) AUSTRALIA (CA) 632 528 Australian National University (ACT)* Boston University* EBRW EBRW Curtin University (WA) California Baptist University (CA) Monash University (VIC)* (MI) University of Melbourne (VIC)* Cedarville University (OH) 664 523 University of New South Wales (NSW)* Crown College (MN) MATH MATH University of Sydney (NSW) Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (AZ) University of Queensland* (OR) Georgia Institute of Technology* 1296 1051 CANADA Gordon College (MA) TOTAL TOTAL British Columbia Institute of Technology Grand Canyon University (AZ) Brock University (ON) (NY) McGill University (QC) Iowa State University ACT RESULTS Average over three years McMaster University (ON) (TX) Ryerson University (ON) LeTourneau University (TX) Seneca College (ON) DALAT US NATIONAL Liberty University (VA) Trinity Western University (BC) University* COMPOSITE 21 COMPOSITE 27 University of Alberta Nyack College (NY) ENGLISH 26 ENGLISH 20 University of British Columbia* Northeastern University (MA) READING 28 READING 21 University of Toronto (ON)* Oklahoma Baptist University University of Waterloo (ON) MATH 26 MATH 21 Pennsylvania State University (PA)* EUROPE SCIENCE 27 SCIENCE 21 Pepperdine University (CA) • KU Leuven (Belgium)* Purdue University (IN)* Delft University of Technology (Netherlands)* Rice University (TX) Ecole Hoteliere De Lausanne (Switzerland) San Diego State University (CA) MEDIAN GPA University College, Dublin (Ireland) in of Amsterdam (Netherlands)* Seattle Pacific University (WA) Dalat uses a 4.0 scale to calculate University of Groningen (Netherlands)* grade point average. (CA) Stanford University (CA)* NEW ZEALAND State University of New York at Buffalo University of Auckland (IN) University of Canterbury Texas Christian University Class of 2020 UNITED KINGDOM The (NY) 3.84 Imperial College London, Manchester* (TN) Queen’s University Belfast University of Alabama, Birmingham London College of Fashion University of California, Berkeley* University College London* University of California, Davis* ADVANCED PLACEMENT University of California, Irvine* University of California, Los Angeles 14 Advanced Placement level courses are offered in English Literature, English University of California, San Diego* University of California, San Francisco Language, Calculus, Statistics, Music Theory, Chinese Language, Art Studio, Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara* Psychology, World History, Biology, Chemistry, Comp. Govt. and Politics, and University of Colorado, Boulder Microeconomics. A variety of other courses are available through online providers. University of Florida Dalat graduates average 3.3 AP classes during their high school career, and students University of Illinois, Urbana/Champaign* University of Michigan can typically schedule 6 to a maximum of 8 AP classes. University of Minnesota, Twin Cities* Currently, 122 Dalat students are enrolled in 18 different AP classes. University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill* University of Oklahoma University of South Carolina Total AP tests written University of Southern California* Received 3, 4 or 5 194 University of Virginia 94% USC - School of Cinematic Arts University of Texas, Austin Grade 12 85 University of Washington Received 4 or 5 Virginia Tech University 74% Wellesley College (MA) Grade 11 (CA) 74 Wheaton College (IL) (WA) William Carey University (MS) Received 5 Grade 10 43% 32 * Bold text represents the top 100 universities in the world according to www.timeshighereducation.com.