International School Manila

Established in 1920, International School Manila (ISM) is the oldest international school in Manila and the first to offer the IB Diploma program in Asia.

The School currently stands on a 7-hectare site in Bonifacio Global City with a purpose-built, state-of-the-art campus. ISM utilizes an international curriculum and offers a vast array of programs and co-curricular activities. ISM’s student body embraces true diversity and its faculty members are just as diverse with over 100 countries represented. With a growing international community, ISM celebrated 100 years of service in 2020.

Thus, at International School Manila (ISM), we care deeply about building a vibrant and enterprising learning community where all our students are challenged and engaged. To support our students, ISM has developed a sophisticated set of structures and systems, but at the heart of these practices is caring for each child’s needs.
ISM is a learning community that cares about:

• The social and emotional needs of every child
• The quality of teaching and learning
• Sustaining and safeguarding our environment
• Making a difference in the lives of our community

Celebrating our international diversity by recognizing and including differences.
Moving to a new country can be a stressful and anxious experience, but We are very confident that ISM can make both you and your child feel totally immersed in a community that cares for the whole child and is able to foster and grow the unique qualities that your family will bring to our learning community.

These pages on our website give you a snapshot of what life can be like at International School Manila. There are a tremendous number of opportunities where students learn to make the best of themselves as young people growing up in an ever more complex global world. We would be happy to talk with you further and to show you around our outstanding, world-class facility.

We have two sons who entered ISM in grades two and four, graduating in 2016 and 2018. As a parent, We can wholeheartedly vouch for the care, dedication, and attention to detail that the ISM community afforded my children’s education. We witnessed the ignition of curiosity and intrigue as well as establishing a work ethic and drive to push themselves as hard as possible within their chosen academics, athletics, and activities. It is this foundational experience that has contributed to their global outlook on life, and We believe that more than most schools, ISM is able to achieve this success for all of its students.

We are an independent, international school with a structure, style and traditions that emanate from the United States and with a curriculum and methodology that reflect the best in worldwide educational research and practice.

Mission

To build a vibrant and enterprising learning community in which all strive to:

• Accentuate learning, growth, perseverance and self-awareness as life-long values.
• Nurture creativity and originality as precursors for critical and reflective thought and action.
• Succeed collectively as well as individually, achieving our personal best in all aspects of school life.
• Maintain a healthy balance in the time devoted to work, rest and recreation.
• Involve our community in sustaining and safeguarding our environment.
• Interact through honest, respectful and open communication.
• Acknowledge and celebrate our differences and encourage empathy, compassion, understanding and respect for human dignity.
• Live our lives positively, joyfully and ethically.