The International School of Choueifat - DIP

The International School of Choueifat-DIP first opened its doors in September 2012 to students in Kindergarten to Grade 3. In the 2016-17 academic year, ISC-DIP has an enrollment of approximately 3,100 students in Kindergarten to Grade 12.

The International School of Choueifat-DIP is a multinational, non-selective, co-educational, independent, English medium day school serving both the local and international communities.

ISC-DIP is a member of the global SABIS® Network, established in 1886 with the opening of its first school. For over 130 years, schools in the SABIS® Network have been preparing students with the knowledge and skills required to help them achieve success in a changing world. Today, the SABIS® Network has an active presence in 20 countries on five continents and educates over 70,000 students.

The International School of Choueifat-DIP will be recognized as a provider of top-quality education to a highly diverse student body. ISC-DIP will strive to help all students achieve their full potential, prepare them for success in college, equip them with the ability and desire for lifelong learning, and strengthen their civic, ethical and moral values. ISC-DIP will maintain high standards of efficiency and accountability throughout its operation.

At ISC-DIP, we consider the school as a dynamic production team. Administrators, teachers, and students are all contributors to this team. Knowledge and ideas are the product of the team effort. Since students are the ones who benefit most directly from the product, they should be most concerned that the product is of a high quality.

Everyone in a SABIS® Network school has a job to do; everyone is accountable. Administrators, students, and staff "self-audit" in order to discover and correct errors. It is teamwork that allows every team member to reach heights that would be more difficult to reach individually.

Like all SABIS® Network schools around the world, ISC-DIP is a highly academic, non-selective, co-educational, English-medium, independent day school catering for the complete individual. ISC-DIP will graduate its first senior class at the end of the 2016-2017 academic year.

ISC-DIP provides top-quality education to children of different races, nationalities, and backgrounds. At ISC-DIP, we believe we can add more value to students to enable them to perform to the best of their abilities, be admitted to the most competitive universities, and be successful in their careers. The school develops students' academic competencies, learning techniques, interpersonal skills, and personalities in addition to instilling high ethical, moral, and civic values. The multicultural setting of the school helps students develop a better understanding of world cultures.

The curriculum implemented at ISC-DIP is specifically designed by SABIS® to provide students with the knowledge and skills needed to develop a solid academic foundation. This foundation will help students achieve their full potential and develop a love of lifelong learning.

All courses for students at all levels are clearly structured to enable students and teachers to know precisely what should be learned. Teachers teach one concept at a time using the SABIS Point System® with each lesson alternating frequently between oral work, individual work, and group work in such a way that it is difficult for students to “switch off.”

Students engage in regular assessment using exams that teachers do not see in advance. Everyone in the school is accountable. Accordingly, students learn more in class and have more time for relaxation and fun after school.

Students who fall behind in their work are advised, motivated, helped, and coached until they catch up. As long as they manage their own time successfully, students' time is theirs, otherwise help is given.

All courses at ISC-DIP are structured. A system of academic tracking - the SABIS® AMS, a computerized method of detecting gaps in knowledge - allows the administration to closely follow the progress of each individual. Gaps are pinpointed as soon as they form, and efforts are focused on eliminating them. Valuable time is saved and a gap-free, cohesive structure of knowledge is built in students' minds.

Emphasizing a well-balanced body of knowledge, skills, and experiences, the curriculum at ISC-DIP specifies daily learning goals at all grade levels. In an atmosphere that fosters the development of a lifelong love of learning, students learn how to study and are given the support they need to develop a solid academic foundation.

Starting at Grade 1, our courses specify a minimum number of "units of information" that students need to learn. This minimum includes the simple concepts tested by the SABIS® AMS, as well as Basic Questions which test the material that "everyone should know." In addition to this, ISC-DIP courses include extended material for more able students. Details can be provided to interested parents upon request.

The comprehensive SABIS® curriculum allows ISC-DIP students to achieve more with less effort. Each year, graduates from SABIS® Network schools around the world gain entry to highly competitive universities in the U.K., U.S.A., Canada, Europe, Australia, and the Middle and Far East. SABIS® Network schools pride themselves on the performance of their students at the most prestigious universities in the world including Oxford, Cambridge, Harvard, MIT, Princeton, and Stanford to name a few.