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| Motto | Everyone Included, Everyone Challenged, and Everyone successful |
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| Established | 1951 |
| School type | Private |
| President | Kevin Bartlett |
| Location | Brussels, Belgium |
| Enrollment | 1,500 |
| Faculty | 171 |
| Endowment | Confidential |
| Campus | 162,134.62 m3 |
| Mascot |  Raiders |
| Home page | www.isb.be |
The International School of Brussels (ISB) in Brussels, Belgium, is an English-language private day school that provides an international education to over 1,500 students aged 2½ to 19 from 62 countries. The 40-acre ISB campus lies in the Brussels municipality of Watermael-Boitsfort, about 9 kilometres south-east of the city centre.
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Structure
Most classes at ISB are housed in one of five main buildings:
- Early Childhood Centre (ECC): students aged 2½ to 8, Head Caroline Nu'u
- Elementary School (ES): students aged 8 to 12, Head Anna Zeiders
- Middle School (MS): students aged 12 to 15, Head Michael Crowley
- High School (HS): students aged 15 to 19, Head Félim Bolster
- Annex Lounge (AL): Part of the High School, houses two gymnasiums and two floors of classrooms
Campus
ISB is based on a 162,134.6 m3 wooded campus. Green is the predominant colour on campus. All of the buildings use new 'green' technologies, and trees planted by Middle School students dot the grounds. Surrounding the school is managed forest, with entries to the Brussels region's extensive forest trails across the campus.
The 19th century château is the first building that visitors see and houses the reception area and administrative offices. The remaining buildings, which include the four schools, the performing arts centre and the gymnasiums are scattered throughout the campus, which also has extensive sports fields, play areas and a brand new running track. There are up to 50 sport teams. ISB holds security as an utmost importance. The Elementary school has been fit with 7 foot fencing, guards, and CCTV at all entrances.
Athletics
Students can participate in various sports and athletics. They compete with other international schools in different divisions and countries. They are also the only international school part of the DODDS league. Some of the most successful teams are American Football, Soccer, Synchronized Diving, Baseball, and Basketball. They are big rivals with St. John's International School whom they beat decisively in ISST (international schools sports tournament) basketball, winter 2008, and several times in JV soccer, 2008, when the JV Boys Soccer had an undefeated season.
Academics
ISB offers its High School students the opportunity to take either International Baccalaureate diploma or American Advanced Placement courses, though fewer and fewer AP courses are offered each year. ISB does not give a ranking by graduating class.
Teaching and learning with technology project
This project has been developed to better incorporate the use of technology in classes. The ISB campus now has a complete wireless network. The many divisions of ISB have different approaches. In the middle school the students have a choice of classes that appeal to their interests. These classes are called electives, many of which are related to technology. These classes include:
- Multimedia Design
- Robotics
- Video Editing
- Digital Photography
- Digital Music
- Keyboarding
One to one computing
In the school year of 2007–08, ISB began a new part of the project, one to one computing. This means that each student in 8th and 10th grade received a Tablet PC. The school year of 2008–09 currently sees all students from the 3rd grade to 13th grade participating in one to one computing.
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