Graz International Bilingual School
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| Graz International Bilingual School (GIBS) | |
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Graz, Styria, Austria  |
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| Coordinates | 47°4′24″N 15°25′48″E / 47.07333°N 15.43°ECoordinates: 47°4′24″N 15°25′48″E / 47.07333°N 15.43°E |
| Information | |
| Type | Senior Secondary |
| Principal | Elisabeth Fleischmann |
| Faculty | 47 |
| Enrollment | 450+ |
| Classes | currently 19 |
| Student:teacher ratio | ~10:1 |
| Campus | Inner city |
| Website | http://www.gibs.at/ |
The Graz International Bilingual School (GIBS) is an Austrian bilingual (English/German) school in Graz, Austria.
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[edit] Entrance limitations
GIBS is, in theory, a public state school but there are entrance limitations. These are largely a result of the lack of space in the school building. In the past few years, GIBS has been getting nearly three times as many applications from new students than it can accept.
In order to be accepted to GIBS a student's elementary school report card must consist mainly of "Sehr Gut" or "A" grades. Students with an English/French or bilingual background will be given higher priority.
[edit] School Profile
GIBS is a bilingual (German-English) senior secondary school. At present the school comprises more than 400 students and 47 teaching staff. The rest of the team is made up of the French-, English- and Spanish-speaking co-teachers, the secretary and the janitor.
The language of instruction is English in the form of "flexible monolingualism". The first three months of Year 1 take the form of an intensive phase of language acquisition after which the students have reached a level of language competence which enables them to participate in lessons conducted in the target language. Following the intensive phase, linguistic back-up for other subjects is provided when required in the English class. In Year 7 History is taught in French. During the first five school years in particular, different subjects collaborate on broad projects that supplement language instruction. Between Year 6 and Year 8, the upper level course system ensures the interconnection and deepening of learning material. Students from non-German speaking countries receive instruction in German as a foreign language. Their evaluation is in accordance to § 18/12 of the School Instruction Guidelines which allows students to select either German or English as their first language of instruction and be thereby assessed accordingly. [1]
[edit] Course System
The school offers a Course System for Years 6-8. While upholding the principle of an all-round education fundamental to the Austrian school system, the course system allows students more freedom to pursue their particular interests and in-depth study. Students can select courses which are useful for their proposed academic and professional careers. [2]
[edit] Awards
Schulhomepage Award 2007
UNESCO ASPnet School since 2007
SPIN Seal of Excellence 2006
Ranked best School in Austria in the Oesterreich Schulwahl 2006[1]
[edit] Notable alumni
Clemens Maria Schreiner (Comedian)
[edit] Notable Students
Peter Schreiner (Austrian chess champion)
