1st International School of Ostrava (ISO) is a private international school in

Ostrava, Czech Republic Ostrava (; pl, Ostrawa; german: Ostrau ) is a city in the north-east of the Czech Republic, and the capital of the Moravian-Silesian Region. It has about 280,000 inhabitants. It lies from the border with Poland, at the confluences of four rive ...

. Founded in 2005 as a secondary school, it has since added a kindergarten and primary school. The secondary school is bilingual, with tuition in

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and

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The school

The school was established in 2005 with a single class group. After three years, the number of students was just under 300. In 2006 the school moved to a newly reconstructed building in the centre of Ostrava, and as of 2008 uses four buildings close to each other in that location. The school has international and Czech students and teachers, and subjects taught in English include geography, biology, chemistry, physics, mathematics, social science, history, English, Czech and Physical Education. The school cooperates with

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, the

International School of Prague The International School of Prague (ISP) is an independent, English-speaking, non-profit, international school in Prague, Czech Republic. Established in 1948, ISP is both the oldest and largest international school in the Czech Republic, with ov ...

, and Sunnerbogymnasiet Ljungby in

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School activities

ISO runs a film club, known as One World in Schools, and a

Model United Nations Model United Nations, also known as Model UN or MUN, is an educational simulation in which students can learn about diplomacy, international relations, and the United Nations. At a MUN conference, students work as the representative of a count ...

Club, which organizes its own conferences, and participates in others abroad. The school's sports day is held in December, with students and teachers competing in sports including football, floorball, and basketball. The ISO cricket team was established in 2007, and has since participated in several tournaments and exhibitions. It won second place at an international tournament in

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, and students of the school represented the Czech Republic in an international exhibition match.

International partnerships

ISO participates in various international exchange programmes, projects, and conferences. ISO has taken part in the

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(2006),

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(2007), and

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(2008), and in the KLIMUN '08 conference in

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. It also held its own international meeting in Prague in 2007.1st ISO – International Projects

References

External links

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