CIS - CALMAR INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL

SCHOOL HISTORY

Their school is an international private school, and that’s why they are working with Poland. Their school is very small. All pupils are seen and known by the teachers.
The school started in the year 1999. It is only three years old, so everything is new and clean From the start there were about 100 pupils. Now about 235 pupils learn in this school.

SCHOOL LOCATION & FACILITIES

The school is situated in the middle of Kalmar. The location is very good because if they have a long break, they can go to town to relax in a local park or by simple strolling..
CIS is a private school with really good environment.They have two beautiful gardens and sports facilities.
The school has many small work-rooms where they can study. What is amazing, all their classrooms are named after cities, companies and islands. The names are: Narva, Abo, Sopot, Riga, Genua, Rügen, Siena, Wismar, Neton, Wilmington, Deloite&Touche, Radio Match, Paris, Berlin, London, Madrid, Kinnarp, Öland, and Tokyo.

SCHOOL CURRICULUM

Their learning way is flexible in the form of seminars, lectures, working in a group and individual work.
They have 22 classrooms, and the subjects they are studying are: mathematics, English, international work, Swedish, nature science, sport games, computer knowledge, society science, history, foreign modern languages. In the eleventh form they study other subjects.
According to the Swedish penpals, the teachers who are working in this school are very good.

INTERNATIONAL PROFILE

The pupils from this class do projects in Swedish about various European countries. This year they are doing them about Poland, its geography, history and political system. The teacher who is involved in this project, Mr Bogdan Wolski, is of Polish descent.
They are doing research about a country of their choice, in a three-step project. At the end of each year, they receive bonuses if they’ve been working well, and have shown interest in the project. The chosen country is studied in a culture and social science perspective. In the senior year, two students who have shown promise will be awarded a trip to the country they’ve been working on. As an alternative, people from this country can be invited to come to Sweden and see how they’re working in CIS.

School Assessment System

Prepared by Katarzyna Chudy