Mont'Kiara International School

Mont'Kiara International School (M'KIS or MKIS) is an American international school located in Mont Kiara, in the constituency of Segambut, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The first students enrolled in M'KIS in 1994, and its first senior class graduated in 2001. The school offers IB courses and the full IB Diploma Program[1]but does not offer the AP program. Mont'Kiara International School is currently in the candidacy stages for the IB Middle Years Programme (MYP) and IB Primary Years Programmes (PYP). Located in the suburban Mont Kiara on 6-acre (24,000 m2) of land.

Facilities

M'KIS contains five major buildings. The Elementary School building (one of the original buildings) houses the Elementary Office and KPA to Grade 5 classes. It also houses the Elementary School computer lab and the Library Media Center (LMC). The Middle School and High School buildings (also one of the original buildings) houses Grades 6 through 12. The Middle School building also contains three of the four computer labs, a STEM(New addition in 2017) lab and a science lab. The High School building contains most of the Middle and High School classes. In the High School building are the ceramics room, the Middle and High School art room, robotics laboratory, a multipurpose room and three of the four science labs. The Language Department, Administration Office and theater are in the fourth building. Also in this building are the language rooms, 2 gymnasiums, fitness room, dance room, canteen, and activities room. The fifth building is the admissions building (new addition in 2017) which houses admission and marketing.

On the M'KIS campus there is also a 25m swimming pool, a regulation-size soccer field, a half-sized field and two courtyards. Computer features include on-campus library services, online commercial services, Internet access and a wireless campus network. Additionally, an Elementary, Middle and High School lab, as well as a library which has open computers from 7:30 am to 4:30pm.[2]

Activities

M'KIS hosts the annual Model United Nations conference, MYMUN.[3] It also participates in large high school conferences like KLMUN hosted in Garden International School, THIMUN Singapore and THIMUN Hague. The school is a member of SEASAC (the South East Asia Student Activities Conference). M'KIS has also been the host for several sports tournaments, such as the SEASAC Touch in 2006 and 2009 and tennis in 2008 and 2011.[4]

Interscholastic sports:

  • Aerobics/dance (coed)
  • Aquatics (coed)
  • Baseball (boys, girls)
  • Basketball (B,G)
  • Badminton (B,G)
  • Line dance (B,G)
  • Martial arts (B,G)
  • Touch rugby (G)
  • Football (B,G)
  • Softball (B,G)
  • Swimming and diving (B,G)
  • Tennis (B,G)
  • Track and field (B,G)
  • Volleyball (B,G)
  • Wall climbing (B,G)
  • Cross Country (B,G)

Extra-curricular activities

Service clubs

  • Computers for Malaysia
  • GIN Reach Out
  • MyGo (Malaysian Global Outreach)
  • CIA (Caring Initiative for Animals)
  • Habitat for Humanity
  • Project Cambodia
  • HS/MS Helping Hands

Other clubs

  • HS/MS Model United Nations
  • Chess Club
  • Forensics/Debate Club
  • Run Club
  • The Beat (High school newspaper)
  • MS Tech Corps
  • HS Tech Corps

Honor Societies

Languages

Defunct clubs

  • Latin Glee Club (2013)
  • Photo/Film Club (2012-2013)

The photo/film club hosted Mont'Kiara International School's first annual Film Festival in the month of March 2013. The film festival featured films submitted by the student body and also films created by the film elective class. Admissions, snacks and drinks were free. The film festival was to be continued in the following year, however, the supervisors for the club departed the school and with the current inactivity of the film class (2013-2014), the club could not continue.

Accreditations

MKIS is accredited by the International Baccalaureate (IB) and by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC).

International Baccalaureate

MKIS offers the following IB classes:

IB Group 1 subjects:

  • English A1: Language and Literature SL/HL
  • English A1: Literature SL/HL

IB Group 2 subjects:

  • Ab Initio Malay SL
  • Ab Initio Spanish SL
  • French B SL/HL
  • Mandarin B SL/HL
  • Spanish B SL/HL

IB Group 3 subjects:

  • Business and Management SL/HL
  • Economics SL/HL
  • Geography SL/HL
  • History SL/HL
  • Psychology SL/HL

IB Group 4 subjects:

  • Biology SL/HL
  • Chemistry SL/HL
  • Computer Science SL/HL
  • Physics SL/HL

IB Group 5 subjects:

  • Mathematics SL/HL
  • Math Studies SL

IB Group 6 subjects:

  • Dance SL/HL
  • Music SL/HL
  • Theatre Arts SL/HL
  • Visual Arts SL/HL

Student enrollment

  • High School enrollment: 226
  • Middle School enrollment: 236
  • Elementary School enrollment: 555
  • Total enrollment: 3017
  • Average class size: 21 students
  • Student/teacher ratio: 9/1

References

  1. ↑ http://www.ibo.org/en/school/001224
  2. ↑ http://www.mkis.edu.my/ Mont'Kiara International School website. Retrieved 2011-04-19.
  3. ↑ M'KIS MYMUN website Retrieved 2011-04-19.
  4. ↑ http://www.seasac.org/node/104 Archived 2011-10-09 at the Wayback Machine. January 2011 tennis tournament. Retrieved 2011-04-19.
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