We offer our students a safe, nurturing, exciting environment for discovery and care. We know that children learn best in a caring, stimulating, age appropriate environment. At CIS we help children develop independence, confidence and a joy of learning at all levels.
CIS provides the following School Services:
Boarding Program
CIS offers a Boarding Program for students in Grades 4 and above. Full boarding and weekly boarding options are available.
Lunch Program
CIS partners with Dara Airport Hotel Catering Service to bring tasty, nutritious, well-balanced lunch options to all students via the school Lunch Program. Chefs prepare meals on-site at our Koh Pich Campus. Lunches for Early Years students are served at the table “family style” with side dishes and fresh fruit. Students in Senior Kindergarten-Grade 12 enjoy a buffet-style meal. All CIS campuses are nut-free zones.
Bus and Buggy Service
CIS makes a school bus and buggy service available to CIS and EFI students ages 4 and above in the morning and afternoon. Children under the age of 4 are able to be registered for the bus or buggy service if accompanied by a sibling age 10 or above. The bus service runs throughout central Phnom Penh. Buggies operate on Koh Pich and in nearby areas. Buggies are open air, electric vehicles seating four passengers. Buses are large passenger vans seating up to 10 passengers.
Health Services
The Health Services Team provides first aid and medical support at each campus. This includes the administration of medication and individual healthcare plans.
Security
Staff, parents and visitors may enter our campuses by presenting their school-issued ID card. Visitors must present photo identification and sign in at the gate before being met by a CIS staff member.
Libraries
CIS boasts two (world-class) libraries at Koh Pich Campus, home to 26,000 books and resources. Students visit the libraries regularly and are encouraged to borrow books for at-home reading.
Uniform
Students on our Koh Pich Campus are required to wear their school-issued uniform every day. CIS has one classroom uniform and one PE uniform for boys and girls.
After-School activities
CIS provides opportunities for students to further develop skills, knowledge, and friendship by offering both cocurricular and extracurricular activities. Cocurricular activities are linked to the school curriculum and include clubs, competitive sport and swim teams, and Language Labs. They are included in school tuition fees. Extracurricular activities are not linked to the school curriculum and incur an additional fee. A range of unique extracurricular activities are offered, including skating, mountain biking, robotics, dance, karate and more.
Communication
The leadership team is in regular contact with parents through the CIS News, our weekly email newsletter. Teachers post daily classroom updates for parents in Seesaw (Nursery to Grade 5) and Google Classroom (Grades 6-10).
School council
The CIS School Council is a forum for parents and community members to work with the school leadership to support and enhance student learning. All CIS parents are automatically members of the school council. Meetings are held regularly and all parents are welcome to attend