International School Hannover Region
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The International School Hannover Region (ISHR) is a private school located in the center of the city, at Waterloo, near the AWD Arena where Hannover 96 football team plays. ISHR teaches students from all over the world from Pre-K/JrK/SrK (ages 3-5) to Grade 12. Their Mission Statement is: "The International School Hannover Region is committed to providing a high-quality, international education within a creative and caring environment to enable its students to become life-long learners and open-minded, compassionate citizens."
ISHR is a recognized International Baccalaureate (IB) school. Lessons are taught in English, and German is the compulsory second language. ISHR offers Spanish and French as third language options.
ISHR offers all three programmes of the International Baccalaureate Organization (IBO) - PYP - Primary Years Programme, MYP Middle Years Programme, IB Diploma Programme (IBDP).
[edit] History
In 1900, the school was first part of a hospital meant for disabled children of Japanese missionaries and British Officers. 100 years later, ISHR was established, from Grade 1 to Grade 7. Now it is currently serving grade K through 12, and offers the IBO Diploma program to all grade 11 and 12 students.
ISHR's numbers have steadily increased, and in the school year of 2007/2008 has nearly reached 500 students, from PreK to Grade 12.
In 2005 the auditorium was repainted and the I.T. lab was newly equipped. During the summer of 2006, construction work and renovations took place. The former lecture theater was transformed into a science lab, a new cafeteria was built, the library was moved, a second I.T. lab was established, the C Wing was extended, a new music room and small P.E. hall were built, and a viewing gallery was created above the old P.E. hall. Many wash-rooms also received a much-welcomed renovation.
