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International School Moshi, on the slopes of Africa's highest mountain, Kilimanjaro, was founded in 1969 and now has 420 students from 46 nationalities on two campuses in Moshi

Moshi

Moshi is a Tanzanian town with a population of 144,739 in Kilimanjaro Region. The town is situated on the lower slopes of Mt Kilimanjaro, a volcanic mountain that is the highest mountain in Africa....

and Arusha

Arusha

Arusha is a city in northern Tanzania. It is the capital of the Arusha Region, which claims a population of 1,288,088, including 281,608 for the Arusha District . Arusha is surrounded by some of Africa's most famous landscapes and national parks...

. Moshi

Moshi

campus has 230 students, including 105 boarders, and offers a full range of courses from pre-kindergarten to International Baccalaureate Diploma. It has been an International Baccalaureate World school since 1977. Arusha

Arusha

campus has 190 day students, and offers courses from pre-kindergarten to grade 10. It has been an IB World school since 2007.

Both campuses are on spacious sites on the edge of town and include libraries, computer suites, laboratories, art rooms, music rooms and a full range of sports facilities. The boarding facilities in Moshi are small purpose-built units, in which students share study-bedrooms. Each unit in the charge of a professional boarding parent, and there is a special house for younger children which operates round a family theme.

Grades K-10 follow the International Baccalaureate Primary years programme (PYP) and Middle Years programme (MYP) curriculum with an African and international perspective; the grade 11-12 International Baccalaureate Diploma programme was the first in Africa

Africa

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. Most IB diploma students go on to UK or US universities and in the past three years IB diploma graduates have gained admittance to over 30 universities across the world, including Harvard

Harvard University

Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...

and Cambridge.

Both campuses offer assistance with special educational needs and ESL

ESL

ESL is a common abbreviation for English as a Second Language, see English language learning and teaching.ESL may also refer to:-Companies:...

/EFL

EFL

EFL most commonly refers to English as a Foreign Language, see English as a Foreign or Second LanguageEFL may also refer to:In sports:* Eastern Football League , a defunct Scottish football competition...

. For all students there is a strong emphasis on community service

Community service

Community service is donated service or activity that is performed by someone or a group of people for the benefit of the public or its institutions....

and links with the local community. The school makes maximum use of its incomparable environment, with a carefully structured outdoor pursuits programme, as well as a field studies centre on the coast at Pangani

Pangani

Pangani is one of the eight districts of Tanga Region in Tanzania. It is bordered to the North by the Muheza District, to the East by the Indian Ocean, to the South by the Pwani Region and to the West by the Handeni District.The center is Pangani....

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Good academic standards are advised for entry to the rigorous IB diploma programme but elsewhere admission depends on space being available. Early application is advised.

ISM also operates an extensive GoKili! Visiting Schools Programme for school groups elsewhere in the world who wish to visit East Africa, engage in community service, and explore the surrounding environs. Details are at http://www.ismoshi.org/gokili

External links

http://www.ismoshi.org/ International School Moshi
http://www.ismoshi.org/gokili.htm ISM Visiting Schools Programme

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