Concordian International School should not be confused with Concordia International School Shanghai.
Concordian International School | |
Native Name: | โรงเรียนนานาชาติคอนคอร์เดียน |
Established: | 2001 |
Type: | Private, Independent, international |
System: | IB |
Head Name: | Head of School |
Head: | Laurent Goetschmann |
Streetaddress: | 918 Moo 8 Bangkaew, Bang Phli |
City: | Bangkok, Samut Prakan |
Country: | Thailand |
Coordinates: | 13.6383°N 100.6743°W |
Enrollment: | 1100 |
Faculty: | 271 |
Class: | 16-18 (Pre-K-G5) then 18-22 (G6-12) students |
Ratio: | 4:1 |
Grades: | Pre-K - Grade 12 |
Ceeb: | 695519 |
Affiliations: | International Baccalaureate Organization (IBO), East Asia Regional Council of Overseas Schools (EARCOS), International Schools Association of Thailand (ISAT) |
Conference: | AISAA |
Colors: | Blue, Gray, yellow, green, orange |
Mascot: | Dragon |
Concordian International School is a Pre-K to grade 12 school located in Bang Phli District, Samut Prakan, Thailand. The school educates about 1100 students within the International Baccalaureate Organization programs. It is a trilingual international school in Thailand running the International Baccalaureate program. Concordian International School offers full immersion in English, Chinese and Thai from Pre-K until Grade 5, then a full English immersion program with Chinese and Thai as additional languages from Grade 6 to Grade 12.
Concordian International is a private school, and a member of International Schools Association of Thailand. It is accredited by the International Baccalaureate Organization the New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC), the Council of International Schools (CIS), and the Thai Ministry of Education.
Concordian International School (Concordian) was founded in August 2001[1] by school sponsor Varnnee Chearavanont Ross, who is part of the Chearavanont family. Concordian moved from its old campus in Thana City, Thailand in 2006 to the new campus at Bangkaew, Bangna-Trad km7 in the Greater Bangkok province of Samut Prakan.
The school’s name is taken from the Old French concorde and from the Latin concordia, meaning “agreement” or “union”, and also from con, meaning together, and cor meaning heart: literally, "hearts together",
Concordian International School offers the full range of International Baccalaureate Organization programmes, including:
The school offers the following clubs and activities to students:
Badminton | Ballet | Basketball | Chess Club | Chinese Daily Language | ||
Squash | Chinese Pinyin | Choir | Clay Works | Cooking | ||
Community Service | Football | Go (Chinese Chess) | Golf | Gymboree - Yoga | ||
Jazz Dance | Jazz K Pop | Drama | Piano | |||
Photography Club | Robotics | School Band | Shaolin Kung Fu | |||
Speech Club | Sports Activities (K2-K3) | Sports Stacking | Sweet Kitchen | |||
Swimming | Tech Club | Tennis | Indoor Tennis | |||
Thai Dance | Thai language for foreign students | Thai Story Time | Theatre Sports | |||
Traditional Chinese Characters | Violin | volleyball | Weight Training | Young Entrepreneurs Club |
Concordian International School belongs to the AISAA Sports League. Concordian students compete regularly in multiple sports, starting in under 7 all the way to senior level in football, basketball, volleyball, swimming, golf, table tennis, badminton, and tennis competitively against other schools.
Concordian has invested more than 400 million baht in extra facilities, including a second swimming pool (50-meter covered swimming pool), 2 extra gymnasiums, 2 new tennis court, 4 squash courts, dance studios, and more.
Concordian International School has 240 full-time teachers, all fully qualified teachers coming from the United States, Canada, Australia, England and for our Chinese section from China and Taiwan.
There are three Mascots for Concordian International School - all of them are Dragons.