Mont' Kiara International School

Mont' Kiara International School (M'KIS or MKIS) is an American international school located in Mont' Kiara, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The first students enrolled in M'KIS in 1994, and its first class graduated in 2001.

Facilities

On a suburban, 6-acre (24,000 m²) campus, M'KIS contains four buildings. The Elementary School building (one of the original buildings) houses the Elementary Office and KPA - Grade 3 classes. It also houses the Elementary School computer lab and the Library Media Center (LMC). The Middle School building (also one of the original buildings) houses the Grades 1 and 2 and Grades 4 through 6 classrooms. The Middle School building also contains three of the four computer labs and a science lab. The High School building contains most of the Middle and High School classes. In the he High School building are the ceramics room, the Middle and High School art room, a multipurpose room and three of the four science labs. The Language Department, Administration Office and theater are in the fourth building. Also in this building are the language rooms, the gym, fitness room, dance room, canteen, dance room and activities room. On the M'KIS campus there is also a 25m swimming pool, a regulation-size soccer field, a half-sized field and two courtyards. Computer features include on-campus library services, online commercial services, Internet access and a wireless campus network.^[1]

Activities

M'KIS hosts the annual Model United Nations conference, MYMUN.^[2] The school is a member of SEASAC (the South East Asian Student Activity Conference). M'KIS has also been the host for several sports tournaments, such as the SEASAC Touch in 2006 and 2009 and tennis in 2008 and 2011.^[3]

Interscholastic sports:

• Aerobics/dance (coed)
• Aquatics (coed)
• Baseball (boys, girls)
• Basketball (B,G)
• Badminton (B,G)
• Line dance (B,G)
• Martial arts (B,G)
• Touch rugby (G)
• Football (B,G)
• Softball (B,G)
• Swimming and diving (B,G)
• Tennis (B,G)
• Track and field (B,G)
• Volleyball (B,G)
• Wall climbing (B,G)

Accreditations

MKIS is accredited by the International Baccalaureate (IB) and by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC).

International Baccalaureate

MKIS offered IB classes:

IB Group 1 subjects:

• English A1 SL/HL

IB Group 2 subjects:

• Ab Initio Malay
• Ab Initio Spanish
• English A2 SL/HL
• French B SL/HL
• Mandarin B SL/HL
• Spanish B SL/HL

IB Group 3 subjects:

• Business and Management SL/HL
• Geography SL/HL
• History SL/HL

IB Group 4 subjects:

• Biology SL/HL
• Chemistry SL/HL
• Physics SL/HL

IB Group 5 subjects:

• Mathematics SL/HL
• Math Studies

IB Group 6 subjects:

• Art SL/HL
• Computer Science SL/HL
• Theater

Student enrollment

• Upper School enrollment: 434
• Average class size: 21 students
• Student/teacher ratio: 9/1

References

1. ^ http://www.mkis.edu.my/ Mont' Kiara International School website. Retrieved 2011-04-19.
2. ^ http://www.mymun.org/ M'KIS MYMUN website. Retrieved 2011-04-19.
3. ^ http://www.seasac.org/node/104 January 2011 tennis tournament. Retrieved 2011-04-19.