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Overall, international schools provide a comprehensive educational experience tailored to the needs of the globally mobile diplomatic community, ensuring that children receive a top-quality education regardless of their location.” (Placeholder text provided by ChatGTP 3.5 on April 5, 2024)
A brief overview: The purpose of Supplementary Instruction is to provide dependent children the opportunity to take courses not offered at the school at post but customarily offered in U.S. public schools. It may also be used to provide additional instruction that may be required by a school at post for a child to (1) remain in the same grade; (2) progress to the next grade in that school’s curriculum; or (3) successfully complete an academic course to progress to the next level in the sequence of courses. It may also be used if the school at post does not have a Gifted and Talented Program and if instruction is in a foreign language that the child does not know well enough to progress in the curriculum. See DSSR 274.12a and DSSR 276.9 for addition information.
“The mission of the Office of Overseas Schools is to promote quality educational opportunities at the elementary and secondary level for dependents of American citizens carrying out the programs of the U.S. Government abroad. The office assists U.S. sponsored overseas schools in the operation and expansion of programs that embody the best educational practices employed in the United States and promotes a mutual understanding among peoples through education.” State.gov
Have a questions? After the school itself, the REO will most likely be your best sources for information on evrything related to the school.
Fact Sheets: Fact sheet on 192 schools around the world. Includes demographics, statistics, curricula, after school activities, etc.
Gifted and Talented: Includes a guide, programing strategies, resources, what to look for in overseas schools, and resources within the Department of State.
Child Protection and Mental Health: Includes resources for child protection, safety and security, diversity, equity, and inclusions, child protection resources, social emotional learning, and child mental health resources.
Special Needs Profiles for the 192 supported schools.
In collaboration with U.S. History for Expats, please look to see if anyone from your post has provided a verified school review.
Verified International School Reviews
Angola Benin Botswana Burundi Cabo Verde Cameroon Chad Democratic Republic of the Congo Republic of the Congo Côte d’Ivoire Djibouti Equatorial Guinea Eswatini Ethiopia Gabon The Gambia Ghana Guinea Kenya Lesotho Liberia Madagascar Malawi Mali Mauritania Mauritius Mozambique Namibia Niger Nigeria Rwanda Senegal Sierra Leone South Africa Sudan Tanzania Togo Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe
Bangladesh India Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Nepal Pakistan Sri Lanka Tajikistan Turkmenistan Uzbekistan
Argentina, Aruba Bahamas Barbados Belize Bermuda Bolivia Brazil Canada Chile Colombia Costa Rica Cuba Curaçao Dominican Republic Ecuador El Salvador Guatemala Guyana Haiti Honduras Jamaica Mexico Nicaragua Panama Paraguay Peru Suriname Trinidad and Tobago Uruguay Venezuela
Australia Brunei Burma Cambodia China Fiji Indonesia Japan Laos Malaysia Marshall Islands Micronesia Mongolia New Zealand Palau Papua New Guinea Philippines Samoa Singapore South Korea Taiwan Thailand Timor-Leste Vietnam
Algeria Bahrain Egypt Israel Jordan Kuwait Lebanon Morocco Oman Qatar Saudi Arabia Tunisia United Arab Emirates
Albania Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czechia Denmark Estonia Finland France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Italy Kosovo Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Malta Moldova Montenegro Netherlands, The North Macedonia Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russia Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine United Kingdom
Based on the regions assigned by the Office of Overseas Schools.
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