Crescent Schools International Explained

Crescent Schools International
Motto:Arabic

Subhan'Allah ("Glory Be To Allah")

Established:1986
City:Colombo, Wellampitiya and Ratnapura
Country:Sri Lanka
Type:International School
Language:English
Affiliation:Muslim
Grades:LKG - Grade 11
Principal:A.H.H.M.Murthaja
Staff:80
Enrollment:1500
Lower Age:4
Upper Age:17
Colours:Green and blue

Crescent Schools International [1] (also called Crescent International School and abbreviated as C.S.I.), is an international school in Sri Lanka, with four branches in Colombo 9, Colombo 15, Wellampitiya [2] and Ratnapura. It was established in 1986 with a view to provide quality education in English medium in an Islamic environment.

The school has expanded over the last 25 years [3] and is today managed by a Corporate Management Team (C.M.T) and staffed with a teacher panel of over 80 teachers. CSI is attended by approximately thousand five hundred students and has classes ranging from Preschool to Ordinary Level.[4]

The current Principal of CSI is former Government Zonal Education Officer Mr. M.M.M. Aiyub. The management of the school is handle by Dr. Deepika Priyadharshani and the school CMT team. Former Principals of CSI include Mr. Imtiaz Muhsin.[5] [6]

Studies and Annual Events

CSI currently follows the Local-Curriculum, which is a subject-formatting set by the Ministry of Education that is now being followed by the majority of schools of Sri Lanka.

CSI holds annual extracurricular activities such as:

CSI Students also participate in inter-school extracurricular events and competitions. CSI Student Asmara Agus became 1st runner-up at the 2008 CIMA Spellmaster event from amongst 1200 students from 240 schools.[9] [10]

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Crescent Schools International Celebrates 'Teachers Day'. Daily News Sri Lanka. 2011-11-15. 2013-03-15. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20130317231627/http://www.dailynews.lk/2011/11/15/fea32.asp. 2013-03-17.
  2. News: Crescent Schools International begins at Wellampitiya . Daily News Sri Lanka. 2011-05-22. 2013-03-15.
  3. News: Crescent Schools International Careers . SL Hub . 2012-11-06. 2013-03-15.
  4. News: CSI Staff awards day: Felicitating the staff for yeoman service. Sri Lanka Daily News. 2012-04-26. 2013-03-25. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20130328092509/http://www.dailynews.lk/2012/04/24/fea31.asp. 2013-03-28.
  5. News: Want to know all about our stamps? Click to stampopedia.com . Sunday Times (Sri Lanka) . 2012-09-26. 2013-03-15.
  6. News: Appreciation Vijayanthi Perinpanayagam. Island Newspaper (Sri Lanka) . 2002-06-23. 2013-03-15.
  7. News: CRESCENT SCHOOLS INTERNATIONAL.wmv . ITN TV News Clip. 2012-01-16. 2013-03-15.
  8. News: Crescent flies high with air excursion . Sunday Times Sri Lanka. 2012-08-18. 2013-03-15.
  9. News: CIMA launches Spellmaster Season 2. Chartered Institute of Management Accountants. 2009-05-29. 2013-03-15. https://archive.today/20130628213713/http://www.cimaglobal.com/About-us/Press-office/Press-releases/Press-releases-2009/May/CIMA-launches-Spellmaster-Season-2/. 2013-06-28. dead.
  10. News: Ronali Perera wins CIMA Spellmaster . Sunday Times Sri Lanka . 2009-07-03 . 2013-03-15.