A BRAND NEW SCHOOL IN A BRAND NEW CITY

International School Songdo (ISS) is a central element in the newly created Incheon Free Economic Zone named International Business District (IBD) in Songdo, South Korea.  Our K-12 international school is centrally located on a seventeen-acre site in the heart of our city.  Our state-of-the-art school has 74 classrooms, 2 gymnasiums, 2 theatres, 2 libraries, 13 science labs, a multipurpose center, music and art centers, as well as a swimming pool, tennis courts, an  athletic field and numerous playgrounds. The school is the first of its kind in Korea to offer a world-class international school program that local Korean students can attend together with expatriate and dual citizenship holders.

International School Songdo occupies 500,000 square meters of educational facilities in the heart of Songdo’s International Business District. The location enjoys modern amenities of city life close to Central Park, the Convention Center, the Cultural Center, museums, hotels, golf course, theaters, and transportation centers. The city is located just south of Incheon and less than 15 miles from the Incheon International Airport.

Due to its strategic location in the heart of a Free Economic Zone, ISS students and their families have representation from around the world due to a diverse international business community. Of course, Songdo IBD contains a large number of new residential units, and students come from the surrounding areas as well as Incheon and Seoul.

ALL ABOUT ISS

ISS is an independent, non-profit, co-educational international day school operating under the umbrella of a non-profit foundation. In our first year, our program is beginning with approximately 300 students in Kindergarten to Grade Six. In successive years, the middle and high school programs will be added and the school will grow to our capacity of 2100 students. At the appropriate time, the school will apply for and comply with the accreditation requirements of the International Baccalaureate Organization, Advanced Placement International Diploma Program and the US High School Diploma Program (recognized by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges).

International School Songdo has a skilled faculty, and an outstanding international curriculum to ensure learner success in the 21st century. The admissions process is in place to admit students to ISS and I look forward to meeting your son or daughter. At ISS, we did not take a “more of the same” approach to education. International School Songdo is a purpose-built facility of the highest caliber that is designed to fully support the highest educational, architectural and technological standards, offering a world-class international  education.

We welcome you to our new school and invite you to stop by and see for yourself how ISS is truly a first-class international school built from the ground up and ready for the future of education, today.

Most sincerely,

Dr. Jorge O. Nelson
Founding Head of School