Dominican International School (私立道明外僑學校), formerly Dominican School, is a private English speaking Catholic school located in Dazhi, Zhongshan District, Taipei City, The Religious Missionaries of St. Dominic OP own and manage DIS. Adminstrators, teachers and support staff are truly international in its composition.
The school was founded in 1957 and served as a US Department of Defense contract school until the termination of diplomatic relations between the United States and the Republic of China in 1979. Dominican International School adopts a modified American kindergarten through twelfth grade curriculum with courses in Christian Living.
DIS currently offers 9 Advance Placement courses (only offered to grade 11 and grade 12 students):
- Calculus AB
- Calculus BC
- Chemistry
- Chinese
- Macroeconomics
- English Literature
- Physics B
- US History
- Biology
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