International School Florencevia del Carota 23/25, 50012 Bagno a Ripoli, Florence, ItalyTel: (+39) 055 646 1007 Fax: (+39) 055 644 226 Email: hsadmissions@isfitaly.org Web site: www.isfitaly.org ADMINISTRATION: Head of School - Lawrence Hobdell Upper School Principal - Debra Williams Junior School Principal - Michael Colaianni Marketing and Development - Tanya Bruckner Business Finance Manager - Marie Jose Manzini FACULTY: Full time: 14 men, 33 women Part time: men, 14 women Nationalities: 9 CURRICULUM AND EXAMS: Curriculum: National, US, IB Exams: SAT, IB ENROLMENT: Age Range: 3-18 Total Enrolment: 402 Nationalities: 33 193 boys, 209 girls Pre-School: 23 Grades K-5: 159 Grades 6-8: 91 Grades 9-12: 129 FEES: Day only: € 8500-€ 15500 Other Fees: Application fee € 300 Re-enrolment € 300; Reg. Fee €1,500; Capital Funds €3,500 Learning Support Programme The International School of Florence was founded in 1952 and is incorporated in the United States as American Schools Abroad Inc., a non-profit educational organization. The program is based on an international curriculum. In the Junior and Middle schools, the PYP and MYP of the IBO have been introduced. The Upper School program is college preparatory pffering the IB or American High School Diploma. Students are given counselling in planning for university entrance. ISF is a testing centre for PSAT, SAT I and II. Instruction is in English. Students all study Italian. The school takes advantage of its setting in Florence to study history, art and architecture, and there are frequent field trips to places of interest in the surrounding area. There are elective courses in music, theatre, art, drama, French, computers and physical education. The Junior School (Pre-School-Grade 5) is housed in a Renaissance villa in the Tuscan countryside. The property includes three large play areas, formal gardens, olive orchards and vineyards. It is a twenty-minute drive from the centre of Florence. Transportation can be arranged. Facilities include a large library, art studio, music room, Macintosh computer laboratory and a lunch room. The middle and upper schools are housed in a thirteenth century Florentine villa located in the heart of Florence. The campus includes a state-of-the-art library, computer room, three science laboratories, a lunch room with terrace and multiple classrooms. Physical education and extracurricular sports are held at a nearby sports centre. The Middle & Upper School campus is located at Villa Torri di Gattaia, Viuzzo di Gattaia 9, 50125 Florence. | ||||||||||||||||||
