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The International School of Larissa is situated in the prefecture of Larissa in Tyrnavos, only 14Km from Larissa city.
The "International School of Larissa" is a comprehensive community school, which caters for students from Reception to Year 12. The school prides itself on good parent-teacher relationships and provides a safe, supportive and well-ordered environment in which children develop empathy for others as well as confidence, responsibility and a strong desire to learn and achieve.
ISL staff and faculty are committed to providing every student with a meaningful and productive educational experience. Programs are child-centered, success-oriented and purposefully engage children in curricula that prepare students for life-long learning.

ISL is rich in what it offers to students.
It is a School with a broad range of activities available such as music, drama productions and a wide variety of competitive sports.
We have small class sizes and a wide range of subject offerings, equivalent to those offered by other schools.
The facilities at ISL are excellent, featuring a 200 seat capacity indoor gymnasium, 2 outdoor playing courts for tennis, basketball and netball, an amphitheatre for outdoor performances, a multipurpose hall for assemblies, a modern Design and Technology Center, a well-equipped library, a state of the art Science Lab and a well equipped computer lab.

ISL with its modern facilities, large spacious classrooms, playground and amphitheatre together with the excellent resources available, gives students from Reception to Year 2 the opportunity to experience the joy of learning in stimulating and exciting surroundings.
Each room has been specially designed for the needs of young children, and can be readily adapted for different activities. Other outstanding features are the multi-purpose Hall, and the well-resourced Library.
Parents are warmly welcomed and are encouraged to participate and assist in classrooms in a variety of ways.

Boys and girls aged three to five years can commence their education in the stimulating environment of the Pre-school.
The ISL primary campus has been furbished to provide exciting spaces for many learning activities. Indoors, areas for block and dramatic play, for creative building activities, for reading and doing puzzles have all been developed, while outdoors, boys and girls have extensive, safe areas for running and playing, see-saws, sand-pit and waterplay area. Pre-school students also have access to the excellent facilities available in the Junior School.

The Middle School includes grades 7and 8 and serves as a transition between the Primary School and the High School Programs.
The Middle school teachers are appointed carefully, and in-service professional development is undertaken.

The Science, Technology and Art Labs are lively and stimulating areas for older students to explore ideas, develop practical skills and enhance their understanding of the world around them. Learning in the curriculum is supported by a sophisticated school-wide computer Lab which uses an while the Library, a modern multi-media resource centre, provides students with ready access to extensive collections of printed, visual and electronic information to assist them in their research assignments. Students also make use of online file sharing and other internet tools. For those with interests and talents in music and drama, the Multipurpose Hall and the Amphitheatre provides a superb venue for concerts and dramatic productions.

As we face the challenges of the 21st century, we envision our students successfully interacting in their world, each contributing his or her best through a broader knowledge of each other, with insight and a deeper understanding of the similarities and diversities in cultures.

Our goal is to instill in all of our students the values and knowledge they need to play active roles in this new, exciting world. We are dedicated to providing a balanced and international curriculum to prepare our students to face the challenges they will meet in their lives by giving all students the individual attention needed to maximize their potential; by creating a disciplined, stable and caring community where students learn to be sensitive to others and to challenge themselves; by providing a careful system of guidance; by being a truly international school open to all; by preserving each student's cultural identity while encouraging understanding and tolerance of different cultures and perspectives.

We consider the following student profile to be our guiding principle and strive for each student to become:

An inquirer, when he or she shows interest in the world, asks questions and actively enjoys learning.
A thinker, when he or she develops theories of cause and effect, sorts and classifies, and shows interest in big ideas.
A communicator, when he or she engages in discourse, manages social interactions and expresses thoughts through verbal and graphic languages.
A risk-taker, when he or she tries new ways of doing things.
Knowledgeable, when he or she knows and understands significant content.
Principled, when he or she begins to see another child�s point of view, is honest and begins to show a sense of fairness.
Caring, when he or she shows sensitivity towards the needs and feelings of others, and is able to be a part of a community of learners.
Open-minded, when he or she is open to new experiences and to the beliefs and ideas of other children.
Reflective, when he or she is able to think about behaviour and if necessary, work on some strategies for change

The International School of Larissa is an academic community composed of students, faculty and parents united in a philosophy which is dedicated to fostering in all of its students a love of learning, self-discipline and selfknowledge, and true commitment to the concept of international understanding. The community upholds the belief that what a school chooses to teach is reflected in its regard for its human relationships, in its appreciation of cultural diversity and the manner in which it interacts with all of its members. The community is proud of its sense of family and the friendships and camaraderie that it inspires.

The curriculum is broad-based and flexible. Students develop the tools and inner resources that will enable them to cope with a demanding and complex world. A low faculty-student ratio caters to the individual needs of each student and contributes to a learning environment which stimulates personal, intellectual, artistic, social and physical development. The close interaction of all members of the International School of Greece community effectively encourages the students to achieve high personal standards of academic success, maximize each students potential and contributes to his or her total educational experience.

When I made my commitment to the International School of Larissa as the schools President, I made a commitment to every parent, a promise to fulfill the vital need for a school which provides an ideal international education, which is a vision shared by all of us. Children spend their most important years in school. These are their formative years, a time when they absorb knowledge and develop the skills and talents they will rely on for the rest of their lives. As modern educators we want to give our students the experiences and knowledge they need to play an active role in the international world of the 21st century. Building a strong foundation is our goal: an international education with a view to tomorrow. How we intend to do this, is reflected uniquely in an exciting program of innovations. I am confident that through our efforts, the International School of Larissa, as part of the International Schools of Greece, will be in the forefront of private education in Greece.

Basile Daskalakis
President