International Schools

  • DSC International School (DSC) is a for-profit school which welcomed 40 students on its first day in 1986. Today, DSC is home to a community of 1,700 students from 50+ countries and over 100 teachers.  

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  • Hoi An International School (HAIS) is a community focused international school which was established in 2018 by Ms. Tran Hanh An. Today, HAIS has 260 students from 40+ countries and 60+ teaching faculty.

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  • Saigon South International School (SSIS) was established in 1997 as a not-for-profit international school to serve both expat and local families in Ho Chi Minh City. Today, over 1500 students from 47 countries attend SSIS. The school boasts a beautiful state-of-the-art campus and has earned a reputation as one of Vietnam’s top international schools. 

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  • UWC South East Asia (UWCSEA) is the flagship UWC college, which is located in Singapore, which serves over 6,100 students and employs over 2,500 staff across two campuses.

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  • In this article I share the history and highlights from my favorite international school, ICS Bangkok.

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  • The International Christian School of Vienna (ICSV) was founded in 1986. The 40 years since have been a story of God’s provision. Today, ICSV serves 320 students from over 65 countries and is about to break ground on a new school building project that has been 8 years in the making!

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  • The American International School Vienna (AISV) was established in 1959 in a beautiful neighbourhood north of the city. Today the AISV community boasts 800 students from over 80 countries and a faculty of 130. The school has reached this point in their storied history by…

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  • I heard this quote from business man, Jeff Hoffman, founder of booking.com & ubid.com the other day, “Spend way less time in the office and way more time out in the world…”

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  • One of the goals of Adventure Year is to learn from the top international schools in Europe and Asia, so I absolutely had to visit the original! The International School of Geneva also known as “Ecolint”, is known as the world’s first international school. It was founded in September, 1924 by the League of Nations and…

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  • Established in 1999, the International School Zurich North (ISZN) offers a British curriculum which culminates in the A-levels. ISZN was acquired by Cognita in 2019, which means unlike many of the schools that I am visiting for the Adventure Year Series, ISZN is a for-profit school.

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  • The Inter-Community School Zurich (ICS) was established in 1960, making it the oldest international school in the greater Zurich area. Being the oldest international school in the bustling Swiss banking capital, which currently boasts over a dozen international schools, is certainly a claim to fame! But that’s not all ICS is known for…

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  • The history of Zurich International School (ZIS) dates back to 1963 with the establishment of the American International School of Zurich. In 2001 the American International School of Zurich and the International Primary School of Zurich combined to create ZIS. Today, ZIS is the largest international school in Zurich with a total enrolment of 1,300…

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  • I have heard great things about visiting Germany, nice people, beautiful scenery, and good food. But, it wasn’t until I heard about the incredible Frankfurt International School (FIS) that I finally decided to visit. Well, there is a little more to the story than that…

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  • Adventure Year

    What if we took a year to make incredible family memories? What if we visited a bunch of different countries and friends? What if we learned from the best international schools on the planet? What if…

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