Rainbow International School

Rainbow International School is an international school for infant, junior and secondary education in the Kampala district of Uganda.

Rainbow International School Uganda
Address
Tyaba Zone Nanganda-Lukuli Makindye Division Kampala, Uganda Kampala Uganda
Information
School type	International School. Early Years, Primary and Secondary.
Motto	Dream. Believe. Achieve.
Founder	Darshna Kotecha
School district	Makindye
School number	800
Head of school	Derek Jones
Secondary head	Elisabeth Bisasso
Primary Head	Richard Mottram
Years offered	Nursery - Year 13
Age range	2-20
Language	English
Hours in school day	7:45 - 3:00/4:10
Houses	Rwenzori, Impala, Ssese, Kyoga
Colour(s)	Rainbow colours
Sports	Football, Basketball, Volleyball, Swimming, Rugby, Tennis, Netball,
Affiliation	COBIS, University of Cambridge, Edexcel, International Primary Curriculum, Pearson
Foreign languages	French, German
Website	risu.sc.ug

The Rainbow International School was established in September 1991 as a primary school with 29 children. In September 1995, the school moved to its present 9-acre (36,000 m²) site with newly constructed purpose-built classrooms and administration block and playing fields. The school is in the Kampala district. It is owned by the Midland Group of companies.

The Rainbow School has been helped and fund-raised for by the Run4Unity association and the Focolaré.

Events

International Talent Show

This talent show was created by Rainbow, in which students from nearby international schools take part. There are three categories: vocal, instrumental and dance, and usually takes place in or around March of the current academic year.

Internal Talent Show

The internal talent show was founded by former Head Girl Inge Baredse and has taken place every year since to determine the participants in the international talent show. This Talent Show, comparing to the International Talent Show, also includes drama and comedy & takes place in the first term of the current academic year.

Charities

In Rainbow there are four major charities: Arms Around Africa, CARE, Interact founded by Jewel Matoya (Run by Vansh Bataviya and Ernest Mathieu Mwidu) and "Habitat For Humanity". Nevertheless, there are two other charities: 3C founded by Sharon Kahumbu and Noella Byenkya, and "Lost And Found" founded by Lynn Muhairwe and Cinthya Peng which are not running amidst COVID-19.

Scholarship

Since 2014, Rainbow awards scholarship for students that are active in school life in school education and outdoor activities.

• 2014: Julian Lucawiecki, Emma Barry, Gloria Azairwe, Simran Alibhai
• 2016: Michael Kulik, Prathik Poojary, Gloria Mrindoko di Monica, Suraj Raj.

Duke of Edinburgh Award

Rainbow commenced its participation in the Duke of Edinburgh award in September 2014, which was founded by Mr. Skulmosky. The award was discontinued at Rainbow temporarily, but reinstated on 27 August 2017. It has since been discontinued, once again.

External links

• Official website