SENIOR SCHOOL STUDENT - PARENT HANDBOOK

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ADMISSIONS AND CONTINUING ENROLLMENT Students shall be considered for admission if, in the opinion of the professional staff, they can be expected to meet the academic and behavior standards of the school, and can benefit from, and successfully complete the existing academic program. Admission is not based solely on the existence of openings and the school reserves the right to grant or refuse admission in each case. The International School of Düsseldorf welcomes expatriate students and, if space allows, host country students who meet the school’s standards and can benefit from the program offered. 1. Expatriate. These interviews are held in English. a. These students are currently attending schools in countries other than Germany. The language of instruction is a language other than German; b. Or they may be from expatriate families posted temporarily to Germany and attending a local kindergarten; c. Or they may be from expatriate families posted temporarily to Germany and attending another English language school. 2. Host country (local). These interviews are usually held in German. a. These students speak native or near-native level German and are currently attending a school or kindergarten where the language of instruction is German; b. Or they may be attending a school within Germany with a different language of instruction, such as English or French; c. Or they may be German candidates applying to take the IB at ISD after spending one year abroad. Provided space in the relevant classes is available, the principal criterion for admission is the match between the candidate and the program offered by ISD. Consequently, ISD is unable to offer places to children whose educational needs exceed what the school can accommodate. Whilst ISD endeavors to keep families together, siblings do not have an automatic entitlement since they may have very different needs. 10
Timescale for expatriate candidates: 1. Applications are considered and students may start throughout the year, 2. Testing and decisions for G 6-8 throughout the year. 3. Testing for G 9-12 early August. Decisions throughout the year. Final placement depends on test results. Timescale for host country candidates: 1. The deadline for receipt of completed admission paperwork for local students in all age groups is 30 April. Start date mid August. 2. Testing and decisions for G 6-8 throughout the year. 3. Testing for G 9-12 throughout the year, or early August. Decisions throughout the year. Final placement depends on test results. 3. Age placement. New students will normally be placed in their age-appropriate group based on a cut-off date of 1 September. Senior School applicants should note that academic history is generally more useful than the student’s age as a guide to placement. An ISD diploma requires four full years of education between G 9 and 12. ISD does not normally accept students who will reach their 21 st birthday before the date of their graduation. On rare occasions it may be advisable for a student to “skip” or repeat a grade. Such requests or recommendations can be made by the parents or the school, but the principal – or the director on appeal – makes the final decision about student placements. 4. English as an Additional Language (EAL). Students for whom English is not the first language will normally be tested to establish their EAL requirements within the context of ISD. Students with no previous knowledge of English will not be admitted into G 10 and above. 5. Learning support. The school is able to offer some learning support to a limited number of students with mild special educational needs. Students must be able to function independently in a normal classroom environment. The school reserves the right to refuse admission to any student deemed unlikely to benefit from the existing program, or if the school’s learning support resources are already fully used by existing students. Students experiencing problems at school in their own native language and who have limited English will not normally be admitted. While there are no special programs for children regarded as gifted, the small class sizes and quality of instruction enable such children to be challenged appropriately within the existing program. 11
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