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In accepting a pupil at the Okpo International School, the Principal and staff are committed to providing a structured and stable environment, where each pupil will be encouraged to develop his or her potential in academic, physical and personal terms. Parents should acknowledge the location of O.I.S. and appreciate that we are, in fact, in a unique educational location, have an extremely high turn over of pupils and cannot offer the full curriculum of the child¡¯s home country.
The staff and administration team place great value on maintaining close, constructive communication with parents and seek to establish the continuing education of each pupil as a partnership between home and school.
 
 
The academic and personal needs of the pupils are attended to.
The acquisition of moral values is promoted.
Pupils feel valued and learn to work co-operatively.
A balanced and challenging International curriculum is used.
A limited range of extra curricular opportunities is provided.
Pupils are encouraged to achieve their academic potential.
The views of the pupils and parents are listened to.
 
Parents should acknowledge that, every care will be taken by the school to look at the individual¡¯s needs. However, the school must act in the wider interests of its whole community when decisions are made.
 

The maintenance of each pupil¡¯s maximum potential is of prime importance. The school will also give the children experiences that will prepare them for life beyond the school.
The school insists on high standards of behavior at all times. Parents are expected to support the school in this objective.
Pupils will be asked to attend all school occasions and to truly represent the school when selected, whether in games or in other activities, after school, in holidays or at weekends. This especially applies to organized field trips.
Pupils will be expected to observe the stated term dates and times of attendance. Parents are specifically urged not to request absence for less than vital reasons. In all cases of a pupil¡¯s absence from school, parents are requested to submit written reasons. Parents should understand that taking children away from school for extended periods during term may affect the pupil¡¯s progress.
Every care will be taken to advise parents and to place pupils according to their ability. The choice of syllabus, assessment, marking, references and allocation to classes and teaching groups, will remain matters for the School¡¯s professional judgment.
Parents are asked to attend all Parent Meetings in order to discuss their child¡¯s progress with teaching staff. Parents are asked to recognize the professional training and background of the staff, particularly in day-to-day classroom matters and remember that these meetings are to discuss the pupils progress not the teacher.
Parents are asked to ensure that pupils are appropriately dressed in accordance with school regulations and that they devote the expected amount of time to academic work at home, in circumstances conducive to study.
Throughout a pupil¡¯s school career there will be moments of concern and reasons for celebration. Provided that communication between home and the school is positive, prompt and frank, there are usually very few difficulties which cannot be safely and happily overcome and the occasions for the celebration of personal achievement will be all the more rewarding and frequent.
Parental support for the values and objectives of the school is a fundamental pre-requisite for a pupil¡¯s success and it is understood that this support is implicit in the acceptance of a place at Okpo International School.