Osaka International School

Osaka International School
Address
4-4-16 Onohara-nishi, Minoh, Osaka 〒562-0032 Minoh, Osaka Japan
Information
Type	Private/co-educational
Motto	Informed, caring, and creative individuals contributing to a global community The Five Respects
Established	1991
Enrollment	Approx. 250
Color(s)	Purple, Black and White
Mascot	Crossed Sabers
Website	http://www.senri.ed.jp/

Osaka International School of Kwansei Gakuin (OIS, 関西学院大学インターナショナルスクール) is a coeducational international school, located in Minoh, Osaka Prefecture, Japan. OIS educates students from kindergarten (age 4-5) through grade 12. OIS is accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges and is authorized to offer all three International Baccalaureate (IB) programs - Primary Years Programme (PYP), Middle Years Programme (MYP), and Diploma Programme (DP).

The government of Osaka Prefecture classifies the school as a "miscellaneous school".^[1]

Photo of OIS Entrance
Photo of OIS Library

OIS shares its campus, facilities and a number of programs with its sister school, Senri International School (SIS), a grade 7-12 Japanese-curriculum school primarily for students who have lived abroad. Together the schools are known as the "Senri and Osaka International Schools of Kwansei Gakuin." Secondary students from both schools share classes in physical education, music and art, and high-level students in English and Japanese can take courses in either school. Students from both schools also join for athletic teams, drama casts, and for choir, band, and orchestra groups. OIS enrollment is 250. SIS enrollment is 450.

Founded in 1991, OIS is a member of the Japan Council of International Schools (JCIS), the Council of International Schools (CIS) and the East Asia Regional Council of Schools (EARCOS).

Student body

As of 2003 about 66% of the Osaka-Senri international school body is made up of returnees.^[2] Alex Stewart of the Journal of the American Chamber of Commerce in Japan wrote that Osaka-Senri is "not much smaller" than Canadian Academy in Kobe,^[3] the third-largest English/European language international school in Japan and the largest such school in the Kansai region.^[4]

References

1. "List of International Schools" (Archive). Osaka Prefecture. Retrieved on August 17, 2015. Japanese version: "外国人学校リスト" (Archive).
2. The Journal of the American Chamber of Commerce in Japan (Jānaru), Volume 40, Issues 7-12. The American Chamber of Commerce in Japan (ACCJ), 2003. p. 43, "Osaka International School is not much smaller than CA. Two-thirds of its 660 pupils are Japanese returnees who study on the same campus[...]" - See search page
3. Stewart, Alex. "educating kansai" (Archive). The Journal of the American Chamber of Commerce in Japan (Jānaru), Volume 40, Issues 7-12. The American Chamber of Commerce in Japan (ACCJ), 2003. p. 43.
4. Stewart, Alex. "educating kansai" (Archive). The Journal of the American Chamber of Commerce in Japan (Jānaru), Volume 40, Issues 7-12. The American Chamber of Commerce in Japan (ACCJ), 2003. p. 42.

External links

• Osaka International School
• Senri International School

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