School History
SCIS-HIS was founded in 1996 for the children of expatriates residing in Shanghai and Hangzhou. SCIS-HIS is a member of the East Asian Regional Conference of Overseas Schools, and in 2001 received full accreditation with the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC).
Recently, SCIS-HIS also received a 5-year term of accreditation by the National Council of Curriculum and Textbooks, becoming the first international school in Shanghai to achieve this distinction. The school is operated under the aegis of the International School Foundation (ISF). ISF is a not-for-profit organization domiciled in Lansing, Michigan, USA, and accorded 501 C3 status by the U.S. Internal Revenue Service. The foundation helped to establish the North Jakarta International School (1990), the Shanghai Community International School (1996), Hangzhou International School (2002), the International School of Perth (1999) and the American International School of Cape Town (2001).
All of these schools are accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC). Each school is legally established according to its respective country’s prevailing regulations for educational institutions, and each offers a U.S.-based international school program for expatriate residents in the respective locations (and local nationals where permitted), who seek an international education.
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