2017-2018

SCHOOL PROFILEDALAT INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL

THE SCHOOLDalat International School was founded in 1929 as a private, Christian boarding school to provide a North American education for children of missionaries in Indo-China. In June 1971, Dalat School moved to its present location in Penang, Malaysia and in July 1999, the school became an independent school with an elected, policy governance school board.

All classes, except foreign language, are taught in English. The school provides ESL support through to grade 8 and limited Special Services as needed. The campus hosts the Distance Learning Resource Center which provides families with resources for home-schooling and distance education.

EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES • PERFORMING ARTS • concert band • jazz ensemble • choir

• forensics • theatre arts • ATHLETICS • volleyball • soccer • basketball • baseball • softball • track and field • tennis

• SPECIAL INTEREST CLUBS • gardening• badminton • crafts • sewing • weight lifting • chess• worship team • and more

• OUTREACH • student government • ministry opportunities• volunteer and outreach program

TESTING • Grades K-10 - NWEA Measures of Academic Progress (MAP)

• Grades 10 & 11 • PSAT • SAT & SAT Subject Test • ACT • AP exams

LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION & WORLD LANGUAGES

English is the primary medium of instruction. In high school, students may select one of three world languages to study:

Spanish, Mandarin and Bahasa Malaysia.

ACCREDITATIONAccredited by

Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC)Association of Christian Schools International (ACSI)

MemberEast Asia Regional Conference Overseas Schools (EARCOS)

Association of International Malaysian Schools (AIMS)Child Safety and Protection Network

FACULTYThere are 72 instructional staff (full and part-time) trained in

North American style education and 51% have advanced degrees. The teacher-student ratio is 1 to 8.

Countries 24

EDUCATION FOR LIFE • JUNIOR CLASS EXPERIENCE • operating a small business

• on the job experience • organizing fund-raising activities • hosting functions /dinners • community service • special events

for the seniors • SENIOR CLASS EXPERIENCE • community service • planning the senior trip • activities for underclassmen

• coordinating graduation week

Enrollment P3-12 649

EXPECTED SCHOOL-WIDE LEARNING RESULTS (ESLRs)Our students are:

Residence Life 43

Seniors, Class of 2018 47Juniors

59Sophomores

51Freshmen

55

High School 9-12 212

GRADUATION REQUIREMENTSEnglish 4.0 • Math / Science 5.0 • Bible 4.0Social Studies 2.5 • Visual and Performing

Arts 0.5 • Electives 6.5 • minimum credits 24

TANJUNG BUNGA 11200 PENANG MALAYSIA PHONE (60-4) 899 2105 FAX (60-4) 890 2141 DALAT.ORG

All students are required to take at least one online course during their high school career. Media Literacy is a course requirement included in the social studies credit. All students will be expected to complete 10 community service hours each year of enrollment.

ADMINISTRATIVE STAFFKarl Steinkamp, Head of School

Shawna Wood, Deputy Head of SchoolBrian Brewster, High School Principal

Steven Hutchcraft, Middle School PrincipalShantel Seevaratnam, Elementary Principal

COUNSELING STAFFJacki Steinkamp, Counseling Dept. Head

Paul Dobson, High School CounselorLydia Roberts, Counselor Office Assistant

DALAT AVERAGE

637EVIDENCE-BASED READING & WRITING

648MATH

1284TOTAL

UNIVERSITY AND COLLEGE APPLICATION POLICYDalat encourages students to research schools comprehensively to find institutions that present good matches for them. As a school receiving an application from a Dalat student, please know that this submission represents a genuine desire by that student to study at your school. We recommend that each student submit no more than six applications to colleges and universities.

Class of 2017 3.76Class of 2016

3.6

Class of 2015

3.63

MEDIAN GPA Dalat uses a 4.0 scale (with a 5.0 scale for AP courses) to calculate grade point average.

UNITED STATESAbilene Christian University (TX)Arizona State UniversityAzusa Pacific University (CA)Baylor University (TX)Berea College (KY)Bethel University (MN)Biola University (CA)Boston University California Baptist University (CA)Calvin College (MI)Cedarville University (OH)Crown College (MN)Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University(AZ)George Fox University (OR)George Mason University (VA)Georgia Institute of Technology Georgia Southern UniversityGordon College (MA)Greenville College (IL)Hardin-Simmons University (TX)Houghton College (NY)Indiana Wesleyan University Iowa State University John Brown University (TX)LeTourneau University (TX)Liberty University (VA)Loyola Marymount University (CA)Michigan State UniversityNyack College (NY)Oklahoma Baptist UniversityPenn State University (PA)Pepperdine University (CA)Purdue University (IN)Rice University (TX)San Diego State University (CA)Simpson University (CA)Stanford University (CA)State University of New York at BuffaloTaylor University (IN)The Cooper Union (NY)Union University (TN)University of Alabama, BirminghamUniversity of California, BerkeleyUniversity of California, DavisUniversity of California, Los AngelesUniversity of Colorado, BoulderUniversity of FloridaUniversity of Illinois –Urbana/ChampaignUniversity of KansasUniversity of Minnesota, Twin CitiesUniversity of North Carolina, Chapel HillUniversity of OklahomaUSC- School of Cinematic Arts University of South Carolina University of Texas, AustinUniversity of Washington Virginia Tech UniversityWellesley College (MA)Westmont College (CA)Wheaton College (IL)Whitworth University (WA)

ASIASeoul National UniversityUniversity of Hong KongRitsumeikan Asia Pacific University (JP)Korea UniversityAteneo de Manila UniversityYonsei University (KR)Singapore Management UniversityTaipei Medical UniversityHong Kong Polytechnic University

AUSTRALIAAustralian National University (ACT)Curtin University (WA)Deakin University (VIC)Griffith University (QLD)Monash University (VIC)Swinburne University (VIC)University of Melbourne (VIC)University of Sydney (NSW)

CANADABritish Columbia Institute of TechnologyMcGill University (QC)McMaster University (ON)Memorial University (NFLD)Trinity Western University (BC)University of AlbertaUniversity of British Columbia University of Ottawa University of Toronto (ON)University of Waterloo (ON)

EUROPEAmerican University of ParisLes Roche (Switzerland)University College, Dublin (Ireland)Odense University (Denmark)

NEW ZEALANDUniversity of AucklandUniversity of Canterbury

UNITED KINGDOMDurham UniversityLancaster UniversityQueen Mary University of LondonUniversity of EdinburghUniversity of ExeterUniversity of GlasgowUniversity of LeicesterUniversity of ManchesterUniversity of SussexUniversity of Warwick

UNIVERSITY AND COLLEGE PLACEMENTStudents from Dalat International School have attended colleges and universities throughout the world. The following is a partial list of schools which have accepted Dalat graduates in the past 6 years:

ADVANCED PLACEMENTAdvanced Placement level courses are offered in English Literature, English Language, Calculus, Statistics, Music Theory, Chinese Language, Art Studio, Psychology, World History, Biology, Chemistry and in a variety of other courses offered through online providers.

Currently, 99 Dalat students are enrolled in 16 different AP classes.

163

101

88

50

25

Total AP tests written

Total test takers

Grade 12

Grade 11

Grade 10

Received 3, 4 or 5 91% Received 4 or 5 72%Received 5 46%

US NATIONAL AVERAGE

533EVIDENCE-BASED READING & WRITING

527MATH

1060TOTAL

SAT RESULTS

ACT RESULTSDALAT AVERAGECOMPOSITE 29 ENGLISH 29READING 28MATH 29SCIENCE 28

US NATIONALAVERAGECOMPOSITE 21 ENGLISH 20READING 21MATH 21SCIENCE 21