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Berlin Brandenburg International School

Web: www.bbis.de

2008-2009

The Berlin Brandenburg International School (BBIS) is a coeducational English-language day and boarding school serving the internationally-minded community of Germany’s capital region and beyond.

Organization: BBIS is a limited-liability, non-profit entity governed by a Supervisory Board of 5 members,3of them required to be school parents.

Curriculum: The curriculum is compatible with that in U.S. public and private schools. An International Baccalaureate (IB) World School, BBIS is fully authorized by the IB Organization in Geneva, Switzerland to teach all three IB programs covering the 3 to 19 age range. Elementary students follow the IB Primary Years Program, those in middle school use the IB Middle Years Program. High School students pursue the IB curriculum toward either an IB Diploma or the school’s own high school diploma. German is taught at all levels; French and Spanish from grade 7. Specialists in learning difficulties, design and technology, computers, sports, music and art supplement the core academic offerings. Specific support is provided for students with special needs and those for whom English is not a first language. Classes are small, usually with fewer than 18 students. The school is also fully accredited by the Council of International Schools (CIS) and the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools (MSA).

Faculty: In the 2008-2009 school year, there are 82 full-time and 12 part-time faculty members. Of the total, 39 are U.S. citizens, 16 host-country nationals, and 39 third-country-nationals.

Enrollment: At the beginning of the 2008-2009 school year, enrollment was 641 (Early Childhood-grade 12). Of the total, 88 were U.S. citizens, 262 host-country nationals, and 291 third-country nationals

Facilities: The BBIS campus is located in the village of Kleinmachnow, bordering the southwest of Berlin, on a large, quiet wooded hill known as the Seeberg. The extensive facilities at the school include four large red-brick buildings, a pavilion, a triple multi-purpose sports hall, a full-size sports field (with an artificial-turf football field) and a playground. These are continuously upgraded to keep pace with demands of the educational and extracurricular program. The campus provides large classrooms for the Elementary, Middle and High School, including contemporary science labs, two fully networked computer labs, a mobile wireless computer lab, art studios, music classrooms and practice rooms, two multipurpose rooms, faculty and student lounges, plus a cafeteria and a library with a small additional computer lab. In late August 2008 BBIS opened a new boarding facility which houses international BBIS students from grades 6 through 12. Non-EU students must be 15 years of age or older in order to attend the boarding school.

Finances: In the 2008-2009 school year, the school’s income is derived from regular day and boarding school tuition. Annual school tuition rates range from €8,700 to €13,800. The annual boarding fees amount to €16,200. The school also charges a one-time only registration fee of €3,000 for both school and boarding. All fees are quoted in Euros, and the fees must be paid in local currency. (All fees are quoted in euros.)