Oulu International School

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Oulu International School
Oulun kansainvälinen koulu
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Address
Kasarmintie 4
Myllytulli
Oulu, Oulu Province, 90130
Finland
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Information
School type State Comprehensive
Established 2001 (2001)
Principal Raija Perttunen
Grades 1–9
Age range 7 - 16
Pupils 300
Language English/Finnish
Website

Oulu International School (OIS) is a public, not-for-profit, co-educational international school in the Myllytulli neighbourhood in Oulu, Finland. The school was founded in 2001. It is one of nine English-speaking schools in Finland that offer basic education.[1]

The school is part of the International Baccalaureate (IB) network. It offers the IB Primary Years Programme and Middle Years Programme[2] in English, but the IB Diploma Programme is offered by Oulun Lyseon Lukio.

Oulu International School has about 270 students, ages 7 to 16 years.[3] More than half are from Finland, but approximately 20 different nationalities are represented.[4] Enrollment is free of charge for both Finnish people and expatriates.[5] The headmistress is Raija Perttunen.

References

  1. Foreign Language Education, Finnish National Board of Education website (accessed 20 July 2008)
  2. Oulu International School, International Baccalaureate Organization website (accessed 20 July 2008)
  3. Our School, Oulu International School website (accessed 20 July 2008)
  4. Marjukka Liiten, Growing number of international schools emerging in Finnish cities, Helsingin Sanomat, 13.2.2005
  5. Jo Parfitt, Chilling out in the sauna with the help of a good read, The Guardian, 11/04/2005

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