International School Yangon (ISY) is a private co-educational day school, providing an American and international curriculum from pre-school through Grade 12. The school is fully accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) and offers a college preparatory program, leading to a U.S. diploma. ISY is now an International Baccalaureate Diploma school with the first cohort of about 40 students starting in August 2009 and graduating in May 2011. The school is also a member of the South East Asia Student Activities Conference (SEASAC), the East Asia Regional Council Overseas Schools (EARCOS) and is a member school in good standing with the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) under accreditation in the United States and worldwide. The school operates as a private school entity in Myanmar (Burma) under the umbrella of the American Embassy. It is an American Embassy sponsored school and receives a small amount of its funding from the Office of Overseas Schools through the US State Department. At the end of the 2011-2012 school year ISY graduated 30 students who went on to study in some of the best schools in the USA. The school has fifty-six certified teachers, a director and two principals.
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