Rome International School
Rome International School is a private and co-educational international school in Rome, Italy. The school offers international education to children aged 2 to 18 years from Nursery through to Grade 13. The language of instruction is English. RIS is an International Baccalaureate School offering the IB Primary Years Programme in the Elementary School and the IB Diploma Programme in the last two years of High School. Students in Grades 10 and 11 take the Cambridge IGCSE.
History
RIS opened its doors to its first Elementary School students in September 1988. The Middle School opened in September 2001 and the High School was launched in 2007. RIS was authorised to deliver the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme in June 2009.Organisation
In 2018, Rome International School was acquired by Globeducate.Curriculum
RIS has been an International Baccalaureate World School since June 2009.In July 2012, Rome International School received authorisation from the IB governing body in The Hague, The Netherlands to offer the IB Primary Years Programme.
RIS is a meritocratic school: advancement is based on individual ability and achievement. Admission to the school is selective, subject to interviews, entrance tests and reports from previous schools, and scholarships are available for worthy international students.
Early Years Department
The Early Years Department accepts children aged 2 to 5.The curriculum of the Kindergarten consists of programmes incorporating Language and Literacy, Mathematics, Personal, Social and Emotional Development, Physical Development, The Arts, and Units of Inquiry; these provide a trans-disciplinary approach to the teaching of Science and Technology and Social Studies and may incorporate Language and Mathematics and other subject areas where appropriate.
Transition class pupils continue working towards clearly defined learning targets, building on the work done in the Kindergarten.
Elementary School
Elementary School children from 6 to 11 years old attend the International Baccalaureate Primary Years Programme. The PYP encourages children to take responsibility for learning and build their skills to become lifelong learners.The PYP is transdisciplinary, meaning students investigate big ideas supported and enriched by the traditional subject areas. The IB is committed to assuring that students in IB programmes meet and exceed local or national standards.
Students at Rome International School are educated in a transdisciplinary way in the following subjects:
- English
- Italian
- Mathematics
- Science
- History
- Geography
- The Arts:
- *Drama
- *Music
- *Visual Arts
- *PSPE
- *Music
- *ICT
- Science
- History and Geography
Middle School
Pupils from 12 to 14 years old attend Middle School. The school is not pursuing full implementation of the IB Middle Years Programme. However, many of the fundamental concepts of the MYP are included in the Middle Years curriculum with the aim of developing the qualities of the IB Learner Profile.The Middle School programme is the range of learning resources available for Cambridge Secondary Education.
In the 2015/16 school year, the school introduced Cambridge Checkpoint for Grade 9 students, a diagnostic tool designed to assess learners at the end of the Middle Years, in English, Maths and Science.
The school offers a choice of French, Spanish, Arabic or Chinese languages and also offers students the opportunity to follow an Italian curriculum to coincide with the international curriculum where at the end of Year 9, these students can take the Italian Terza Media.