Taigan Adventurers in Almaty

To be the best international school in Central Asia providing inspirational education in a happy environment for globally minded students who are the leaders of the future. 

Our Mission is to enable our students to: Develop their intellectual curiosity and achieve their academic, sporting and creative potential;  Be confident in their abilities and respectful of others;  Learn about local and global issues and prepare to tackle common challenges.  In a school which:  Delivers and ...

BIS students and teachers have successfully started remote learning. Preschool, Primary School and Secondary School students are recieving online tasks and learning opportunities to ensure excellent provision continues. Thank you to all of our parents, students and staff for your ongoing support, patience and dedication!

Bishkek International School’s inaugural IBDP2 art exhibition was held at school on Tuesday 10th March, 2020. This exhibition displayed the works of two students—OuYi Feng and myself—who have taken the IB Visual Arts (VA) course for the last two years. The IB VA exhibition stands for 40% of the subject’s final grade, and so OuYi and I have been working avidly for the last ...

Last Friday, the whole joined together to recognise and celebrate the linguistic diversity at BIS. As you may know, we decided to change the name of this annual event from ‘Mother Tongue Day’ to ‘Languages in Our Lives’, so that we could acknowledge all of the languages spoken or important to our community. Students and staff came dressed in an outfit that ...

This Tuesday 18th February, our Taigans in Tashkent travelled across the Uzbek terrain using both trains and buses to explore the historical city of Samarkand. Our students were able to explore several outdoor museums, enjoy lunch at a beautiful restaurant and continued to develop their infamous Taigan team spirit.

A huge well done to our coaches and organizers for leading the BISA Basketball Tournament this year! Our Taigans walked away with a JVB first place cup as well the Sportsmanship Award for VG! The past few days sawlots of exciting moments, nerve-wracking moments and, most importantly, a great community spirit. Thanks for everyone's support of our Basketball ...

On Friday last week BIS celebrated our annual Winter Sports Day with more students than ever before! This year, over 150 staff and students from Primary 3 – DP2 signed up for a day of fun in the mountains. Our convoy of 11 minibuses set off for Chunkurchak Ski Base just after 8am for a day of skiing, snowboarding, sledding and picnicking. Whilst some students ...

Last Thursday, Primary 5 visited a multimedia centre arranged by the Children's Science Complex to get more information about our unit, ‘Where We Are in Place and Time’.Here is what some of the P5 students had to say about the excursion: Dasha: During this field trip, we learned a lot about space. In the film we learned that when the sun will die, the solar ...

NEW PAMC TEAM As outgoing Chair of the PAMC, I am very proud to announce the new PAMC Executive for the rest of the 2019- 2020 school year - Chair Nirika Koirala, Vice-Chair Annie Khan, and Secretary Evelyn Aracena! We are pleased that you are stepping up to bring the best of your ideas, passions and energies to making the school a#BetterBIS! (Yes, you can retire my ...

Last Friday, 23 BIS students travelled to QSI-Bishkek to participate in a Spelling Bee contest. Students from BIS, Hope Academy, and QSI competed against one another in different age groups. This was a great opportunity for each student to improve their spelling, participate in healthy competition, build confidence and have fun! This year, the spelling bee had ...

Primary 4 attended The Gapar Aitiev National Museum of Fine Arts on an education visit this past week, supporting our current unit, "Artists and Inspirations." The students had engaging discussions with the English-speaking tour guide about the lives and work of the local and regional artists, whosengpaintings and sculptures were displayed. There was a special temporary ...

BIS is performing ‘You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown’ at the Philarmonia at 16:00 on Saturday 7th December for our Anniversary Show, and you are very welcome to join us for this celebration. Tickets cost 250 som (main hall) or 150 som (balcony) and this year all ticket income is donated to Jailoo Kindergartens by Roza Otunbayeava Foundation

Last week, IBDP 1 travelled to Naryn for a class bonding trip. We stayed there for three days and two nights. The most gruelling parts of the trip were the long and sometimes bumpy bus rides – the ride there was approximately 7 hours. During the ride, we stopped at Kochkor for a felt show where we learnt about traditional Kyrgyz carpets called "shyrdacks" and ...

P3 visited a fantastic sea creature museum. We have been studying habitats, and students were fascinated by the coral reef habitat. The museum we visited had many coral reef “skeletons” that we got to see and feel. The curator described the aquatic creatures’ lives to us and how they came to be in her collection. P3 knew many of the animals in her collection ...

This year, the first term ended with United Nations Day on the 18th of October. PYP and MYP students received presentations and took part in activities organized by UN representatives, youth ambassadors, volunteers and high school students! They gained insightful, first-hand information into the works of the organization. After a challenging treasure hunt, ...

Last week, on Friday and Saturday, the BIS football teams played their first competitive matches of the season. Our teams played against Hope Academy, United World International School, Oxford International School, Silk Road International School, GAZPROM School, and a local girls’ sports school. The event was held at UWIS where we played on their two fields. It ...

Last week IGCSE1 had a class trip to Issyk-Kul South Shore. We departed from school on Wednesday 2nd of October and returned on the Friday 4 th October. The trip itself was very fun and our class had a chance to get to know each other more - especially with the new students that came to our school this year. We had a 6 hour drive to get to the place. We were ...

Last Monday, our IGCSE 2 class went on a trip to the Kol Tor Lake. On the way to our guest house we stopped by the Burana Tower. The tower was pretty big, however, the staircase to the top was extremely narrow and steep which made the climb up challenging. A funny part of the trip would be when Mr. Jay got anxious when anyone got too close to the edge of the ...

Boys Our football season is underway and we had our first matches on Tuesday against Hope Academy Bishkek.These friendly matches were much needed to shake off some rustiness from the long summer break and were well supported by BIS staff and students. The Varsity boys ended 0-0 but played well with 11 shots on goal. The Junior Varsity boys were 3-2 victors in a highly ...

On Saturday 7th September, BIS opened its doors to our parent community for a chance to hear more about developments, plans and progress for this academic. One key area discussed was our was change in standards - a decision made to ensure BIS is supporting students to reach their full academic potential. Whilst we are still proud to be following the PYP and MYP ...

Over summer we invested part of the 2019 Capital Fund Fee payments to transform the playground to expand student education, exploration and enjoyment. Joyful sounds now fill the air as students run through pirate ships and tree houses, hone their climbing and sliding skills, and practice musical expression.

We are delighted to welcome 25 students into the Class of 2021’ which will be the largest graduating class in BIS history, and a big jump from the 14 students in the ‘Class of 2020’ who will graduate in June 2020. With more students in DP, we have expanded the courses we offer to include Chemistry and Music for the first time, and created a new quiet ‘café style’ balcony ...

This week we celebrated three graduations ceremonies at BIS! On Thursday we celebrated our DP2 students, the class of 2019 and our second ever graduating class! The graduation ceremony, which took place in the Big Hall, was well attended by family, friends, teachers and guests who gathered to celebrate the fantastic achievements of our students. Following opening ...

On Monday the 3rd of June, P5R Class went on an educational visit to the United States Embassy to get more information for our summative assessment on human rights. Before we could enter the embassy we had to say our names to the guard and wait for permission to go inside the gate. There was a lot of security. It was interesting, but also a bit scary. We walked to ...

Primary 3's current unit Where we are in place and time is designed around the study of ancient civilizations. Students are inquiring about the influences civilizations have had on the world.We always remember to research the region in which we live and, as such, Primary 3 students went on a field trip to Burana Tower to learn more about Kyrgyz civilization. The ...

BIS hosted the 2019 Bishkek International School's Athletic Association (BISA) Cross Country & Fun Run event last Saturday at Karagachevaya Roscha Park. Five schools including BIS competed across various distances and age groups. BIS had perhaps their most successful BISA sports event, taking ...

Students in MYP 1 travelled to Ala Archa on Tuesday morning to explore their Individuals and Societies inquiry question - How can maps provide us with a sense of time, place and space? Students mapped their hike through the valley, which included direction, scale and all physical features throughout the journey. While this task seemed ...

As part of our school’s mission to ‘contribute positively to the development of the Kyrgyz Republic’, this Friday we welcomed 6 teachers from schools in the suburbs of Bishkek to take part in a workshop on interactive teaching methods for learners of English. Following a tour of the school, teachers participated in sessions on interactive starters and plenaries, ...

Bishkek International School offers scholarships from 50% to 90% fee discount to enter Grade 10 or Grade 11 in summer 2019. OBJECTIVES 1. To provide the best students in the country with excellent international education so that they qualify to enter the top universities worldwide 2. To develop students with a well-rounded education and leadership ...

As expressed in the recent report letters, this term’s Parent-Teacher meetings will take on the more holistic style of a ‘Student-Led Conference’.  This is an opportunity for our students to meet with both their family and teachers during which they will share portfolios of work, reflect on their learning journey and discuss their future goals. A ...

After two and a half years of learning about, implementing and developing the PYP approach at our school, I am beyond delighted to share with you that BIS was awarded ‘authorised’ status for its IB Primary Years Programmes (PYP) on 17th April 2019.  I am rather emotional writing this week’s update for Voices because the feedback received is truly a document to be ...

We are delighted to welcome BIS students, parents and friends to join us in celebrating our students’ artistic creativity and achievements at our Art Exhibition and Poetry Event next Friday, April 19th from 14:15 – 16:30.  Preschool and Primary classes have been working hard to learn and practice poetry and will perform their poems in the Small Hall from 14:15 ...

In our class we are currently learning about different jobs that people have and how those jobs create a community. We are also learning about how every job has rules that need to be followed - just like our classroom! Primary 1 students have already discovered that many jobs have rules to keep people safe. Thank you to all the parents who came and presented this week. ...

For the first time since the opening of BIS in 2010, the school band became a free ECA supervised only by BIS teachers, Ms Anara (our music teacher) and me. We wanted to provide as many students as possible with the opportunity to join and express themselves in an artistic and creative way. Being part of the band allows students to develop their social and emotional ...

This Wednesday afternoon, P6 moved some furniture around and set up their Summative Assessment presentations in the Small Hall. The class hosted a Migration Event, where they showcased a variety of student designed formats. We published a website, made posters, created a movie, and wrote an informational book. Parents and teachers stopped by to listen to what our 'Expert ...

Since October, students in MYP3 have been busy planning and carrying out service in the community. This Community Project is an important part of the final year of the Middle Years Programme and challenges students to apply their skills and learning to self-directed projects outside of the classroom.Last week saw the final presentations in the ...

After months of preparation, training and planning, we are delighted to share with you that BIS was awarded ‘authorised’ status for its IB Middle Years Programmes (MYP) on 18th February 2019.  BIS is in its second full year of implementing the MYP and this authorisation is a validation that the programme we offer meets the standards set for schools by the ...

Passport checks and quick breakfasts raised our spirits last Wednesday morning, as the BIS Ski Club set forth, smelling of ripe ski boots, for Almaty, Kazakhstan. BIS Ski club can successfully claim that our Second Annual International Ski trip to Kazakhstan was a great victory. We spent our mornings cruising down mountain slopes and our evenings jerry-rigging ...

When Mr. Andrew first told us about ASTMUN, we were all excited. Model United Nations is an extra-curricular activity in which students role-play delegates to the United Nations and simulate UN committees. Initially, it took a long time for the organisers to assign us committees and countries, but after finally selecting countries, the preparation started for the big day. ...

The Basketball season is in full swing @ BIS, with our Junior Boys, Senior Boys and Girls all competing against International Schools in Bishkek. Our Senior Boys suffered their first loss of the seasons against Hope Academy on Thursday. The Boys have previously beaten Hope, Cambridge and Oxford over the past month, but were unable to continue their winning ...

On Friday this week we celebrated our annual Winter Sports Day with more students than ever before! This year, over 150 staff and students from Primary 3 – DP2 signed up for a day of fun in the mountains. Our convoy of 11 minibuses set off for Chunkurchak Ski Base just after 8am for a day of skiing, snowboarding, sledding and picnicking. Whilst some students whizzed down ...

Last Friday we went to Kant to deliver the donated clothes by our BIS community. When we got to the children's house, everything was different to what I imagined. The house was small and not many children were there. The only girl we got to meet was Lola. She was 9 years old and she looked like she was happy to live in that children's house. The other children were at ...

As an IB school we strive to become thinkers, inquirers, communicators, risk-takers, knowledgeable, principled, openminded, balanced, reflective and caring learners. During our third unit, How We Express Ourselves, Primary 3 students are inquiring into folktales from around the world. They reflect and think deeply about the characters of these stories and how they embody ...

Ticket sales for the Anniversary Show on December 8th raised 64,896 Som in total. On Friday January 11th we visited the Obereg Rehabilitation Centre for over 50 disabled children, located in Asanbay, Bishkek, to make the full donation to them. To strengthen the bonds between our schools, the BIS School Band, together with two of the central characters from ‘The Wizard of ...

“I participated in the Bilimkana Language Olympiad. I took part in the intermediate English section. There were three rounds. I passed an online multiple-choice test, advancing to the second round. The second round consisted of a multiple-choice exam that was to be taken at Bilimkana Bishkek. I scored 97% and automatically advanced to the third and ...

One sensor is outside in the playground. This responds to changing air pollution in Bishkek. Coal burning (in houses and the power station) and vehicle emissions are the major pollution sources. Weather conditions – wind and temperature – determine how much stays in Bishkek and how much leaves to pollute the rest of the world. Cold air with no wind keeps pollution in ...

BIS celebrated its 8th Anniversary with another spectacular show. A dedicated cast of students from Primary 2 to DP2 rehearsed for months to prepare an entertaining and accomplished performance of the Wizard of Oz. They were accompanied by songs and dances from talented Primary students, preceded by a fantastic pre-show or Preschool and lower Primary students and supported ...

We have been making a museum in our room. We put a lot of black fabric around the room. We made windows with pictures in them. "I made the Eiffel Tower," says Helen. "I made signs and columns that stand up," says Aimar. We made all the stuff that goes in the museum. There are lifecycles of butterflies, fish and pumpkins. "The pumpkin life cycle is my favorite," says Helen. ...

I am delighted to report that Daniil Kim, one of our first IB Diploma graduates who was the valedictorian last year, attended the IB 50th Anniversary Celebration, which took place in Geneva, Switzerland. According to Daniil, the event was rather informal with about 50-60 people in attendance. However, he made the most of it by meeting many inspiring people and ...

The history of a city is stored in the walls of its architecture. One such structure in our own city is the house-museum of Mikhail Vasilievich Frunze. This museum, opened in 1925, was the first dedicated to the life and work of this great military commander.  The IGCSE 1 & 2 students visited the Frunze house-museum, temporarily being transported back to ...

Following a lengthy accreditation process with self-study review of all aspects of the school, staff training and accreditation visits, the New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC) Commission on International Education, awarded BIS ‘Accredited’ status on 20 November 2018. We have already benefited from the ...

The Anniversary Show is fast approaching and we look forward to celebrating our students’ talents with you on Saturday, 8th December. Please see important information here about tickets and costumes. Every year the school grows and changes for the better. This year, one of the changes is that we are in the Philarmonia for the Anniversary Show and we have a ticketing system ...

It’s that time of year again, time to dig deep into your closets to help us make winter a little warmer for those less fortunate in our community with our annual Winter Clothing Drive. Have you or your kids outgrown their winter clothing from last year? Do you really need all those scarves in your closet? How about all the gloves and hats you have accumulated over the ...

Over the past 7 weeks Primary 4 has been nation building. Centred around the ideal of Universal Human Rights, the student-created goal was set to make the world “More Peaceful Equal and Fair”. To accomplish such a drastic goal, drastic measures had to be taken. Egged on by the revolutionary spirit of Goldman, Guevara and de Cleyre, the students set out to create their own ...

Upcycling ECA is a club that encourages students to take waste materials and turn them into something new. For those who may not know, upcycling is the process of transforming waste materials, useless, or unwanted products into something useful for better environmental value. This teaches students about issues our earth is facing with global waste and the importance of ...

On Thursday DP1 and DP2 got a chance to visit the news building of Kloop, where they met reporters and amateur engineers. Bektour Iskender greeted us at the entrance and introduced Kloop to those of us who had no idea such an agency existed. After the introduction had ended, he led us into the news room, where reporters were writing stories about corruption, assassinations ...

For the past 6 weeks, Primary 2 have been learning about homes and how they reflect personal identity and local culture. Most recently, we have started studying about traditional homes in the community. The topic about traditional yurts in Kyrgyzstan got everyone in the class excited and talking endlessly about it! So then 2 volunteers from the class took the initiative to ...

"The trip to Kol-Tor this year was great! We did a lot of fun activities that improved not only our health and knowledge, but also teamwork! The activities started from the first day as we played a national game of Turkmenistan and later, in the evening, we had a big campfire while singing songs and having fun (the best song was Mr Jay’s). Though we roasted chocolate ...

The following is a message from the Ministry of Freedom of the sovereign nation of Eastern Freequalistan. "Dear BIS Community, The world was a dangerous and evil place until the day of the 21st of September. On this day, when light came to kindness, Eastern Freequalistan came to life. With Eastern Freequalistan the world finally had peace, fairness ...

This week students in Primary 3 have been learning how bridges are designed to meet load, stress, and aesthetic challenges. They got into a really exciting exchange of ideas fuelled by the desire to build bridges. Students became little engineers and worked in teams to design and build their own bridge out of up to 200 popsicle sticks, playdough, tape or string (they ...

Asia Day Festival – Open Day is already next Saturday!We welcome everyone who wants to celebrate this day with us! 

Students in MYP2 have begun the year with an exciting interdisciplinary unit (between Individuals and Societies and Physical and Health Education) exploring the impact of globalisation on nomadic cultures and the connection with sport. As part of this unit, they have spent the second half of this week at the World Nomad Games in Cholpon-Ata.  Over the last couple ...

Welcome back to school! It was a pleasure to see students back at school this morning, well rested and ready for the new academic year. We have a lot of new faces among our students and staff this year and we're really excited to welcome them all to our BIS community!

Join our Preschool 3 to get a guaranteed spot for your child in Primary 1 next year. We are accepting children age 4 years old in September 2018. If you child is already 5 – we are sorry but our Primary 1 is already full this year! Preschool offers: classes from 8.00 to 15.30excellent education in ...

Congratulations to the Class of 2018 - our first ever graduating class! The whole community is immensely proud of our first graduates who have been fantastic pioneers in leading the school to its first Diploma Graduation. The graduation ceremony was held at school on Thursday afternoon, with Certificates awarded to those completing the Cambridge IGCSE ...

50% TO 90% FEE DISCOUNTSOpen to all 16-17 years old students who finished Grade 10 in local schoolOBJECTIVES 1.  To provide the best students in the country with excellent international education so that they qualify to enter the top universities worldwide 2.  To develop students with a well-rounded education and leadership skills ...

Since January of this year, MYP3 students have been busy planning, collecting, baking, painting, fundraising and creating to carry out projects to help the community.The Community Project is one of the requirements of the third year of the MYP, and challenges students to serve the needs of those around them, under the guidance of ...

The PAMC All-Parents Meeting was Friday and we had a lovely evening with a selection of delicious French cheeses and wines from La Maison Restaurant and Chapoutier Wines, respectively, beautiful wine glasses from The Hyatt, and generous bottle and pizza donations from our BIS families! Thank you Alexandra, Emma, Izabela, and Zeynep. The pizza ...

As BIS is in preparation for its first ever High School Graduation on June 21st, it is important to remember how talented and driven our students really are. As IB Diploma Program students, our High School Juniors and Seniors are not only academically driven, but also well-rounded. Not only do our high-school students pursue their creative and sporting ...

Three cheers for our DP2 students! Last Friday marked the completion of our first ever International Baccalaureate Diploma examinations. With excitement in the air, the last 7 DP students finished the last examination at BIS at 10:00am on Friday, May 18th. Hooray!  These students celebrated BIS’ first Prom, last Saturday, May ...

We are delighted to invite you, your family and friends to BIS'EuropeDayfestival. This event is also an OpenDay, encouraging anyone to come and enjoy theday, tour the school, and get a feel for the BIS community. The festival will take place on Saturday May 12th, 10.00-13.00 at Bishkek International School. We are looking forward to ...

IB Diploma Program 2 students should be proud of themselves as they come to an end of a very challenging and burdensome two years of study. These students will pave the way for many future Diploma Program students and graduates at BIS. They have been so cheerful and beamish that younger students probably have no idea how incredibly difficult they have been ...

We hope you enjoyed this year’s Art and Poetry Evening at BIS. From the Primary School poetry recital, the Slam Poetry Contest, and the beautiful artwork hung around the school, this year will be hard to top! As BIS’ current Learner Profile trait of the month is Communicators, this event highlighted some of the ways our students express themselves, through ...

Over spring break we have been working very hard to better organize both sections of our Library. In the Primary Library we have sorted all picture and story books in boxes by themes. Each box has a label and a number to help students easily find the books they like. For example, all picture books about Dogs are in box 1 and books about Dinosaurs and ...

Welcome back to school! If you've taken a peek yet at the Preschool Play area, the PAMC #BetterBIS School Improvement Grant #1 has been completed! New bark chips (imported, if you didn't know!), new grass planted inside the new yellow barriers, new trees, new square tire swing and hanging rope, and the shade cover has been placed! All ...

With the new term starting on April, 2, we are going to open a new cycle of the ECAs which will last until the end of June. Thanks a lot to those who have completed our survey and shared their opinion on how to improve ECAs at BIS. We have gone through the comments and survey results and will work hard on implementing positive changes to the ECA ...

Service as Action is a part of the IB Middle Years Program that shares the idea of experience based learning. It aims to make a positive difference in the lives of others and their environment. Our students have started school-wide initiatives. Please see the two service projects below and help if you can!

The BIS Taigan Basketball teams attended the Central Asian Basketball Classic (CABC) in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. This was the first time the school had sent a girls and varsity (senior) boys team to the event. Ten different Central Asian schools representing over 30 different nationalities attended the event, which was an achievement in itself.

Over the past four months our basketball teams have been fundraising money to go to Tashkent for the Central Asia Basketball Tournament. We started the fundraiser because not many of us could afford to go on this trip and in order to be a team we have to be able to do things together. Our initial goal was to raise $3,800, and ...

A big thank you to everyone who was able to attend this year’s science fair. Our students put in a lot of hard work and this really showed. This year was our biggest show yet with over 50 unique projects on display. We want to personally thank each and every student whose hard work and determination allowed for such a successful event. ...

BIS celebrated a very special Valentine’s Day this past Wednesday. Thanks to the Student Council’s efforts, the day’s events and decorations were well planned and prepared. Students and staff bought candy - grams for their peers throughout the previous week and on Valentine’s Day student council members ...

Our annual Winter Sports Day has come and gone, and it was just as fun and exciting as in the years passed! Students from Primary 3-Diploma 2 loaded on busses and headed up into the mountains for a day of skiing, snowboarding,sledding, and picnicking at Chunkurchak Ski Base. While the weather was nearly -10 degrees Celsius, blue bird skies were overhead and ...

"We rise at dawn and congregate every Saturday to take a long icy journey out into the glacially blue Tian-Shan mountains. In our current form, BIS Ski Club is focused on pushing ourselves to achieve a greater level of athleticism and to feel perfectly alive breathing in harsh mountain air as our faces sting with the spray of powder.

In their current unit, DP1 Russian ab-initio students are leaning about food, drink and shopping. Having spent a couple of weeks learning food vocabulary, it was time to put their knowledge into practice. Of course, the best way to learn about Russian food is by eating it, so the students took part in a tasting lesson, with a menu that ...

"I challenged the Primary School to a Reading A-Z (RAZ) Challenge. The Primary School, as they always do, rose to the challenge. Their reward: I would get a pie to the face! On top of that, all the Primary teachers upped the challenge. Not only would I get a pie to the face, but they would also! Friday’s assembly proved to be a spectacle. It ...

In May/June we had a small class of six students who took Cambridge IGCSE examinations and all were successful in their endeavors. One student left BIS to study at AUCA in Bishkek as she also completed the Grade 11 local school exams and ORT university entrance at the same time. Another left the country to move back to the US. Official Cambridge ...

On December 2nd ESCA-Bishkek International School celebrated its 7th Anniversary. To honor the occasion, BIS hosted a performance of "The Sound of Music" Musical at the Kyrgyz National Drama Theatre from 16:00-18:00 Saturday afternoon. Before the show started, special guest, Swiss Ambassador to the Kyrgyz Republic, Veronique Hulmann Marti, ...

Diploma Program students hosted the first annual Bishkek International Debate Tournament between international and local schools, cooperatively with IDEA (International Debate Education Association). The hosting committee consisted of 5 people: Askar, Aktan, Azamat, Aibek, Sanjarbek and our supervisor was Mr. Jacques Prinsloo. I was nominated ...

BIS will be at the Rotary Family Day at AUCA - 19 November 11:00 to 16:00 - to help raise funds for charity. We look forward to seeing you there!

A big BIS thank you to all of those that made UN Day a great success. This event has become a staple in the BIS calendar, but its success each year greatly depends on the friends and families willing to speak and give their time to our students. Thank you to those that presented and deepened our students understanding of the UN and ...

On Saturday October 7th, during an official ceremony at the State Residence, President Almazbek Atambaev awarded ESCA-Bishkek International School with the Certificate of Recognition for contribution to the intellectual potential of the Kyrgyz Republic. This State Award is an outstanding achievement, recognising the whole community who have ...

The Taigan Cross Country Team made its way to Almaty last weekend in what turned out to be the most successful cross-country event in the school’s history.Schools from all over Central Asia competed, including three schools from Bishkek. Despite the early morning snow, students showed amazing Taigan spirit with every student running a personal best (PB) ...

Last week the Taigans football team hosted QSI for its first inter-school friendly of the year. The team played very well, with the Taigans drawing against QSI 3-3. This was a competitive match with a lot of suspense and lead changes throughout. The Taigans took the lead with 3 minutes left in the game, but QSI was able to sneak a last minute goal into tie ...

To truly appreciate the community spirit which pervades our school, there can be nothing better than attending one of our Open Days, where you will have an opportunity to meet other families and students, members of our faculty and staff, and learn more about BIS history, philosophy, and education. It is our ambition that all parents will feel as much a part of our school ...

We are pleased to welcome our students, parents and teachers back to school for the 2017-2018 academic year. Bright and early on Monday, September 4, the school bells will ring, and students from preschool to IB Diploma will walk through our doors and into our classrooms.  This year we are welcoming over 230 students for the start of the school year. We ...

Teacher's comment:"A new school year is around the corner and we are getting ready! It has been a while since ESCA-BIS established this tradition of English Summer School (ESS), where the children could have a chance to participate in an intensive English course while getting used to school atmosphere. We have shortened the ...

Scholarships: 50% to 90% fee discount Open to all 14 - 16 year old Kyrgyz citizens & legal residents* OBJECTIVES 1.  To provide the best students in the country with excellent international education so that they qualify to enter the top universities worldwide 2.  To develop students with a ...

Dear BIS Community,We are happy to invite you with your family and friends to Europe Day! It is an Open Day too with a lot of fun activities and entertainment. The festival will take place on May 14th, 10.00-13.00 at Bishkek International School.We are looking forward to seeing you all! 

Scholarships - 50% to 90% fee discount Open to all 14 - 16 year old Kyrgyz citizens & legal residents* OBJECTIVES 1.  To provide the best students in the country with excellent international education so that they qualify to enter the top universities worldwide 2.  To develop students with a ...

What an incredible finish to the Basketball season. The BIS Taigan Junior Varsity team departed from school last Tuesday to play in the end of season tournament in Almaty, Kazakhstan. Coach Ryan and Ms. Kunduz went with the team and enjoyed 5 nights/ 6 days playing basketball, sightseeing, and of course visiting the Mall. The tournament was organized through the Central ...

While staring off into the South Pacific I knew what was happening below our boat that a hundred or so passengers could not. We were in a privileged position in a privileged place. Beneath our hull were a dozen different animals with a single goal on their mind. Fighting for position next to a single female humpback whale. By using their forty-ton ...

Last week we celebreated our annual Winter Sports Day! The youngest children had fun activities at the school and the rest went to Chunkurchak Ski Resort. Students greatly enjoeyed skiing, snowboarding and sledging in the beautiful mountains!To see photos from the event please click here.

On the  January 23  at the Seitek Children’s Center there was held the Traditional Wushu Lap Competition. It is an annual event of the Traditional Wushu Federation of the Kyrgyz Republic for students of the 1st year of training. The participants of this competition were examined on the basic techniques of traditional Wushu (stances, punches, kicks, swings, ...

Last Tuesday, six of our Diploma Programme students visited Kelechek School with Dr. Lance Tillman, Senior Teacher at BIS.  The main objective of this educational visit was to lay foundation for the development of the relations between the two schools.  BIS students were given a school tour and were introduced to the Secondary and Primary students. ...

Mr. Alex, Wisconsin native and lover of all things snow, has enthusiastically started BIS’ first ever Ski Club. The Ski Club will be open to MYP2 and up, with a few exceptions for younger students who are advanced skiers. We are in the process of gauging interest as well as calculating costs, however, we encourage parents that are interested in signing their children up to ...

The basketball season is upon us. The Taigans, under head coach Mr. Dunn, started their season Thursday by travelling to QSI Bishkek for the first basketball friendly of the year. Having no official practices so far this season, the BIS Taigans did exceptionally well, narrowly losing 26-27 at the last second. The team has steadily improved over the last few years and we ...

This Friday was marked by the IGCSE Graduation Ceremony! Aktan, Akim, Anton, Daniil and Kaito received their certificates from the British Ambassador, Mr Robin Ord-Smith who came to BIS specially to award certificates. Taking all the exam results together, from all students who took the exams at BIS, 20% were awarded A* - the top mark available in the IGCSE system. 36% ...

Graduates from the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme at BIS are already in demand from leading universities in the United States. Oregon State University (OSU) is a public research university with a particular focus on biological sciences. Making it especially attractive is its location in one of the most beautiful areas of the US and the fact that it awards ...

We are happy to invite you to the West Side Story musical dedicated to the 6th Anniversary of the Bishkek International School. The show will be performed by the BIS students on the stage of the Kyrgyz National Drama Theatre at 16:00 on 3rd of December, Saturday.Entrance is free and everyone is welcome! If you want to attend the show please email at info@bis.kg by ...

Last Friday, Alisher Aldashev, Academic Dean of the Kazakh-British Technical University (KBTU), visited BIS to hold an information session about the University and its admissions policies. This was part of a continued effort by the school to promote institutions of Higher Education for our students. Recently ranked the #1 University in Kazakhstan, the school has ...

Last week our secondary students had the opportunity to hear a presentation from Webster University recruiting officers. Webster University is an American-accredited university that has several campuses in Europe that offers bachelors and masters programs in English. Our guest, Léonie Liengme, works as undergraduate representative in the admissions office of the Geneva ...

As part of our transdisciplinary curriculum, community outreach plays an important part in fostering the IB learner profile traits. Engaging students in community service projects is a wonderful way of encouraging our students to be principled, caring and open minded. Additionally, outreach and service activities encourage empathy and understanding, and result in the ...

Christopher Edling came to our school to speak with newly enroled IB Diploma Programe students, a programme that he completed and knows well. He gave insights into the Programmes structure and aproach to learning. Most importantly he spoke to students about time management throughout the programme, a skill he said was necessary in the program and ...

The first BIS Advisory Council meeting of 2016/17 was also held on 21st October to discuss ‘International Education in a World of Nationalism’. The meeting was Chaired by the British Ambassador, Robin Ord-Smith, who was elected by the Advisory Council members to Chair the Council following the departure of the French Ambassador, Stephane Catta, in ...

Last weekend we sent eleven ‘Taigan’ runners to the Central Asian Cross Country Classic in Almaty, Kazakhstan, competing with seven other international schools from Almaty, Dushanbe, Atyrau, Astana, Tashkent and Bishkek.  All of our runners competed hard and gave everything they could to make this a success. Trophies and medals were won by the BIS team for ...

On Saturday, October 1st 2016 we welcomed teachers from Bilimkana schools. Marta Bobiatynska, Chair of the Managment Board and Head of Education toghether with David Grant, one of the Co-founders and currently Development Director gave presentations about the school. Teachers had a chance to ask questions about how the school ...

We are delighted to announce the opening of BIS Soccer Academy! Students will gain professional football skills through fun and game related training under supervision of Mr. Seweryn, PE Teacher who is a certified FIFA football coach holding UEFA diploma. Program is designed to help each student to find his or her own technique and style of playing and learn to ...

We are restarting Inter-School Soccer Saturdays starting October 1st. Players from Hope Academy, Oxford School, and BIS will play in friendly matches at Sports Complex ‘El Clasico’, not far from Tash-Rabat shopping centre on Jukeeva-Pudovkina between Gorki and Kulatova. The tournaments will be held from 11:00 am to 3:30 pm. Age groups and times can be found ...

ESCA - Bishkek International School is delighted to invite you and your friends to our Open Day next Saturday, 24 September from 10.00 to 13.00 – but of course you can arrive and leave whenever you want. This is a relaxed occasion – so no suits and ties – just come and look around and meet lots of people. Bring your children with you! We are preparing an ...

Students at ESCA-Bishkek International School outperformed world standards for the Cambridge ‘International General Certificate of Education’ (IGCSE) exams this summer. This is a great achievement for the first year of Cambridge IGCSE exams at BIS. Although none of our students achieved an A* in ‘English First Language’, overall ...

The school year 2016-2017 has started at ESCA - Bishkek International School. September 5th was a welcome day for students, parents and teachers. We met each other, discussed our summer holidays and learned about this year curriculum.The new academic year is the first one we meet as an IB World School ...

Dear ESCA - BIS Parents, Guardians and Friends,Please see in the attached files below profiles of ESCA - BIS Teaching Staff for 2016/17. Teachers will be at school on Monday, 29th August for a week of induction training, so that everyone is ready for students for the first day of term on Monday, 5th September.

20% to 90% fee discountOpen to all 10 to 17 year old Kyrgyz citizens & legal residentsOBJECTIVES 1.  To provide the best students in the country with excellent international education so that they qualify to enter the top universities worldwide 2.  To develop students with a well-rounded education and ...

BIS is happy to offer your children the chance to join our ENGLISH SUMMER SCHOOL providing three weeks of intensive English learning to help any English learners over the summer. TIMING Three weeks: 1 August to 19 August. Monday to Friday 9.00 to 14.00 including play-time and ...

Dear Friends,With the introduction of the International Baccalaureate (IB) programme throughout the school, we are also changing the school name to ESCA - Bishkek International School.The new name includes ESCA, so retaining our existing profile, whilst emphasizing that we are here in Bishkek and clearly an international school. As you know, the IB ...

I believe we all strive to be the best version of ourselves that we can be.  However, this is not always easy, simple, or at times obvious how to do.  That’s why April’s IB Learner Profile, reflective, is such an important one for students and educators alike to, well, reflect upon.  Any educator worth the title of teacher will tell you ...

Welcome back to Term 3.  I hope you all had a relaxing and enjoyable vacation and are looking forward to a busy and productive final term of the 2015-2016 school year. Term 2, while our shortest term, was a busy one with lots of interesting and engaging events, learning, and accomplishments.  Students enjoyed our Winter Sports Day, Valentine’s ...

For Women's History Month, Primary 4 students conducted some research on, “Women in Computing”. Even if computer science seems to be a man’s world, women have had a great influence on computing. In their research the students found out that the first programmer in history was a woman from England. In 1842, Ada Lovelace wrote the first algorithm intended to be carried ...

Coffee, tea, sugar, salt, and water. What do plants like to drink? Erin McRaith, Primary 1 Form Teacher and Head of Education, and her students have finished a small research.“We know that plants need water, but in Primary 1 we wanted to test out how much they needed and if it mattered if there was a little something “extra” in the water. ...

With support from the United States through USAID, the Aga Khan Foundation has launched “FUN KITEP 2”, a mobile application with 15 new interactive storybooks in the Kyrgyz language. This free application allows children to read stories and complete exercises to encourage reading comprehension. These interactive games motivate children to read ...

Making our way through the IB Learner Profiles, February’s focus will be on being an Inquirer. With our Science Fair taking place this month we thought it quite apropos to focus on this trait as we work extra hard on our inquiry skills and conducting research.  Students who are inquirers develop their natural curiosity, acquire skills to conduct ...

It’s fun teaching maths at ESCA. I don’t think every maths teacher in the world gets to say that. In fact, in the American public schools in which I taught prior to my two years at ESCA, when I was teaching 4 sophomore (second year Secondary) out of 6 classes each day, the variety of maths instruction I was implementing was not broad on a daily basis. I ...

Welcome back and Happy New Year to all the students, staff, and families of ESCA. I hope you all had a wonderful few weeks of rest, fun, and relaxation and are looking forward to a fabulous Term 2. Often times the gift of perspective comes when we take a trip or, at the very least, take some time away from work, school, or our everyday routines.  I ...

Our school is about to become the first IB World School in the Kyrgyz Republic. We are changing the world for better! Congratulations!

As the iPad era has transformed the early years of our children’s development, it’s important to not forget a fundamental and timeless truth: reading to your child has far-reaching and comprehensive benefits. Recently a new phenomenon has taken off in America, a challenge ...

On Friday 23 October ESCA will celebrate the 70th Anniversary of the UN. On Friday morning, there will be visitors from various UN agencies to meet with students and talk about the role of the UN in the development of the world. We will have guests from World Food Programme,UN Women,

Primary 4 is learning about children from around the world and thus far have met and read about Camila from Argentina, Masami from Japan, Faye from Canada, and Jeremiah from Kenya. In addition, Ms Erin introduced us to the children of Rwanda using her photos from when she taught in the country. In the story about Masami she learns shodo at school and ...

Thank you to everyone for a wonderful first week of school.  What fun it was to see everyone, watch the students reconnect with old friends, begin to create new bonds of friendship, and to be in our new and improved learning space.  With a strong emphasis on community and teamwork the staff and students of ESCA managed a running start on achieving our school ...

We look forward to seeing all students arrive back on Tuesday 1st September between 7:45 and 8:15. We have an outside welcome at 8:15 and parents are invited to stay for this. The timetables are ready and will be given to the students on Tuesday to take home with them.  ECAs will be from 15:30 - 16:30, pick up is at 16:30 with aftercare until 17:30. ...

On behalf of the staff of the European School of Central Asia I am delighted to welcome you to the 2015-2016 school year!  We are looking forward to a year of productive partnership with you to ensure that your children achieve their highest potential.  At ESCA we will continue to work to combine the joy of learning with attention and commitment to rigor, an ...

ESCA is pleased to invite applications for scholarships which will be awarded to legal residents of Kyrgyzstan for the duration of the successful applicant’s Secondary Schooling from 14 year old to 18 year old provided that the students and parents meet the conditions laid out in the rules and regulations determined by ESCA. AIM OF THE ...

ESCA is happy to offer your children the chance to join our ENGLISH SUMMER SCHOOL providing three weeks of intensive English learning to help any English learners over the summer.TIMINGThree weeks: 3 August to 21 August. Monday to Friday 9.00 to 14.00 including play-time and a snack provided by ESCA between 12.00 and ...

ESCA is pleased to invite applications for scholarships which will be awarded to legal residents of Kyrgyzstan for the duration of the successful applicant’s Secondary Schooling from 14 year old to 18 year old provided that the students and parents meet the conditions laid out in the rules and regulations determined by ESCA. AIM OF THE ...

FESTIVAL WEEK Join us for a week of Fun 22-26 June at no cost for ESCA students and $150 for non-ESCA students. Every day is a new adventure with new topics and a bit of competition. SUMMER SCHOOL EXTRA After school is officially over come back and join us for another week in the time when dinosaurs lived. 28 June- 3 July we ...

At the end of each school year the best wushu students all over Bishkek City, who have worked hard on techniques of this martial art with diligence and enthusiasm, have the opportunity to pass the qualifying exam and get the junior level of skill in traditional wushu. There are 3 of these levels (in ascending order): 1st ji, 2nd ji and 3rd ji. The requirements of ...

Where has the time gone? It feels like only yesterday we held our first Cambridge Progression tests. We will again test our students in Math, Science, English and ESL during the first week of June. Mr Joe, our Exams Officer, is working on a schedule for that week and as soon as it is ready students will be given their class´ Exam timetable. Cambridge has ...

On 31 May 2015 The Parents Association is holding an Annual ESCA Golf Tournament. There will be heaps of activities for kids, including a golf clinic.  The tournament will be played in teams of 4 - you are welcome to put together your own team, or we can allocate you to a team. Entry fee will be the ...

Cinematica is launching English Movie Club to show movies in its original language.In April there are several shows planned:The Water Diviner (starring Russel Crowe; an Australian farmer, who lost his three sons in the battle of Gallipoli, travels to Turkey hoping to find his sons or his peace of ...

It is true, spring has come to Bishkek. The city is becoming greener and the sun is warming our faces and with that comes the end of ESCA´s second term. This term has been our shortest but we have been able to do a lot during it. ESCA saw a growth in student numbers again this term and it is always wonderful to see how the ESCA students quickly welcome ...

Cinematica is launching English Movie Club to show movies in its original language.This week there are two shows:Insurgent - 3D with Russian subtitles. Tuesday 24 March at 20:30 at Cosmo Park.American Sniper - Thursday 26 March at Cosmo Park.Please see

Over the last couple of months every student in the school has been working hard on a special geographical house challenge. Piranhas, Phoenix and Snow Leopards were asked to design a map of Kyrgyzstan that would surpass all other maps. The maps had to highlight the unique features of Kyrgyzstan's culture, traditions and natural environment that make it a great ...

Nooruz is almost here and we are celebrating as a school on Thursday 19th March.  Our exciting event will start at 15:30 and last until around 18:30.  The event will include singing and dancing from our students, games and food and art projects. The school Nooruz Committee and Parents Association have been working hard since January ...

We are making good progress toward authorisation by the International Baccalaureate Organisation (IBO) to deliver the IB Diploma for 16 to 19 year old students from September 2016. Following training for Tone Dotson and Hana Cho in Vienna in January, David Grant attended training in Brussels last week. All teachers for the IB Diploma courses will also attend ...

It was not an easy task for the judges of the Science Fair to pick winners because all the participants had done such a great job. The students showed us their works and talked about their questions, research and hypothesis. They shared their ideas and their conclusions. It was so great to see how both students and parents had worked together and investigated ...

Career Development is an ECA focused on the ongoing educational development of our oldest group of students at ESCA. Year 10 students are approaching the time in their lives in which they have to think about what subjects they would like to focus on, which universities they would like to apply to, and what paths they would like to take for their future career. The ...

ESCA teachers visited school number 84 in Ak-Orgo new settlement in Bishkek to observe classes during English Language Week. This is Education Ministry's initiative to improve the teaching and learning of English in public schools throughout the country. Our teachers observed English and Math classes and provided feedback to their colleagues. Last month, ESCA hosted three ...

From early morning on Friday, we took part in many fun activities as ESCA celebrated Saint Valentine's Day, organized by the Student Council. For the last two weeks students and some teachers volunteered their free time to make Valentine cards and we made more than 130! But it was still not enough and almost all cards were sent before lunch. ...

On Friday morning almost all students from year 3 to year 10, together with 17 staff, piled into buses with our skis and sledges and took off for the mountains for a whole day with nothing but snow and fun. Some of the very beginners learned to ski in a matter of ...

Traditional Wushu Lap Competition is the annual event of the Traditional Wushu Federation of Kyrgyz Republic for students of the first year of training. The participants of this competition are examined on basic techniques of traditional wushu and their knowledge of the theoretical basics of wushu. This year the ...

We are pleased to announce an English Talking Club for parents who want extra English practice with a focus on conversation to become confident in talking in English. Talking Club sessions will be held on Mondays and Wednesdays from 16:30 to 17:30 at ESCA with Joe Crewe and Carmen Bradford. The cost of the Talking Club is 2,000 som for the ...

ESCA offers more than 25 after-school clubs to ESCA students with different options every day of the week. All clubs run for 9 weeks from Monday 19th February to Friday 20th March. Some clubs are only for ESCA students but the clubs listed here for: English; German; Korean; Wushu; Chess; Art; Card Making; First Aid; Typing; and Kyrgyz Craft, ...

If you would like an appointment to see your child’s Form Teacher and/or Subject Teacher, use this link: Parent Teacher Meeting Appointments If possible, fill up the early appointments first, so that each ...

What is Science Fair? A Science Fair is usually a way for students to show off their Science knowledge and their use of scientific enquiry. Scientific enquiry is part of the Cambridge curriculum in all year groups and we want to give our students a chance to investigate and show off their final Science project and research to the ESCA ...

Happy New Year and welcome back to school! We are excited to be starting a new term with you on Thursday 8 January. We have full school days on Thursday and Friday with fun activities in the normal school ECA time from 15.30-16.30 and supervision to 17.30. New ECAs, with options to choose, will start from Monday.As you come back to school you will ...

Orphan ‘Annie’ has been rescued from her cold hard existence in a New York orphanage and brought to a new life in our warm, happy and friendly Bishkek in the musical ‘Annie’ performed by the cheerful students of the European School in Central Asia at BGU yesterday. In the musical, orphan Annie is determined to find her parents who abandoned her years ago ...

We are almost there! We invite you all to join our talented students and staff in an evening of music, dance and acting on Tuesday 16 December at 18.00. The PAMC will start selling food and drinks at 17.45 to raise money for a dishwasher for ESCA kitchen to improve hygiene. But before we can get there we still have a few requests and ...

Read this piece about life of ESCA Head of Education, Mrs Tone Dotson: http://members.vb.kg/2014/12/12/budte/1.html

This board game creates opposing moving figures that can interfere with each other or even wreak havoc with each other’s production. Once set in motion the moving parts ‘work’ toward one goal: reproduction. It looks a lot like a computer game but the programming is far simpler and requires no ‘language’ from the user. At ESCA’s Wednesday ECA Game of Life, ...

On Friday there was a victory luncheon for the typing musketeers! After two months of hard work practicing their typing skills, the winners celebrated with a lunch of pizza and computer games. Well done to all of the students who took part - everyone has developed their keyboard abilities! THE WINNERS: ·  Fastest Fingers: David from Y7 ...

“When you go home, tell your parents that Roza Otunbaeva asks them to read to you for 20 minutes every day!” was the message that the ex-President of the Kyrgyz Republic gave to children in the European School in Central Asia (ESCA) which celebrated its fourth birthday on Monday. Mrs Otunbaeva has a real passion for education and has ...

A quest to find the answers using the Scientific Method is at the heart of all sciences. If we don´t investigate and try to find out on our own it is hard to truly understand the wonders of science. All science lessons at ESCA use this way of learning and even if it might be a bit messy when we build and mix to get our answers, there is always a “method to the ...

In their continuous effort to support the school and its development, ESCA Parents Association Management Committee is exhibiting handmade New Year souvenirs at the school reception area to raise funds for a dishwashing machine for ESCA.We would like to thank Ms Svetlana Talipova, member of PAMC and the author of all these ...

ESCA is pleased to announce a new Kyrgyz Language & Culture Saturday School run in partnership with a language center TIL CLUB, known for its original program of teaching Kyrgyz. The first Saturday School will be on 15 November and run until 13 December from 9:30 till 11:30led by both ESCA and TIL CLUB teachers. A new session will start again in ...

While students and teachers have been taking a well-earned break, other staff continued to work through the break both to manage our longer term development and to make sure everything is ready to restart school on Monday. Several parents have been in to see the school and we have four new students who will be starting on Monday. We have also made a few ...

Please be advised that ESCA students and teachers are on Half Term Break from 3rd to 7th November. There will be no classes and no Play School on Friday 7th November. The administration is still working if you want to come and see the school. Contact us 0 312 21 44 06 and 0 555 21 44 06

Halloween is coming and this year our Student Council has prepared a lot of surprises and fun activities. Costumes: On Friday 31st October all students are encouraged to come to school in a costume. Every student in a costume earns two points for their House, so make sure they wear something interesting! There will also be additional points for ...

The Regional UN Communications Officer, Rostislav Murzagulov spoke to our assembly on Friday 17th October to introduce the school to the United Nations, in preparation for UN Day on Friday 24th October. On Friday we will have various presentations during the day from UNICEF, UN Women, and UNDP, and the UN Resident Representative Alexander Avenessov will speak ...

ESCA is pleased to invite parents and friends to Open House every Thursday from 12.30 to 13.00. It is a great chance to see the school in action and talk with teachers. 

ESCA is pleased to introduce Play School for children from 1 to 4 years of age every Friday from 10:30 to 12:00. 

A Google sign up doc will go out to all ESCA parents on Monday so you can sign up for a time slot to see your child’s teacher(s). Form Teachers, Co Teachers and Subject Teachers will be available for an appointment. At these meetings you will have a chance to hear from the teachers about observations they have made about your child, some recommendations for extra ...

The Parents Association annual general meeting is this Thursday evening 18th September.  In the meeting, parents will have the opportunity to hear about the work of the Parents Association Management Committee (PAMC) and events planned for the year. It is also your opportunity to hear from and ask questions to the ESCA Management Board and meet members of the PAMC ...

We are pleased to invite parents and friends to our Open Day this Saturday, 13th September, at 10:00! Presentations, games and master classes for children and parents. A great chance to see the school, meet staff & students and socialize with other parents. Come with Family & Friends & Bring Your Own ...

Welcome to a new school year! We have been working hard over the summer to get ESCA ready for our students and the first day of school on 2nd September when we start at 8.00 am with a full day at school including some ECA´s for Year 1 and up. (8.00-16.30)Before school starts, we would like to invite all new and returning Parents to ...

ESCA is happy to offer your children the chance to join our ENGLISH SUMMER SCHOOL providing three weeks of intensive English learning to help any English learners over the summer.TIMINGThree weeks: 4th of August to 22nd August. Monday to Friday 9.00 to 14.00 including play-time and a snack provided by ESCA between ...

Now that the term is almost over we would like to remind you that we are still accepting applications  ESCA Extra Summer School, a week full of teambuilding events, such as rope jumping,  film making, roller skating, swimming, bowling, campfire etc. EXTRA SUMMER SCHOOL ...

ESCA’s annual garage sale is on this Saturday morning (7th June), and it’s not too late to book a table if you’re moving on from Bishkek, or just to sell anything you no longer need.  If you love a bargain come along for a look from 9 am to 11 am Saturday morning.  Contact us via Facebook or email: pamc@esca.kg if you have questions.  

We are pleased to invite parents and friends to our Open Day Festival this Saturday! Shows, events, competitions and master classes for children and parents. A great chance to see the school, meet staff & students and socialize with other parents Come with Family & Friends  Bring ...

ESCA is pleased to invite parents of children from 5 to 14 years of age to attend ESCA Festival Summer School and ESCA Extra Summer School.ESCA Festival Summer School will take place from 23rd June to 27th June and will cost 150 USD for non ESCA children.ESCA Extra Summer School will take place from 30th June to 4th ...

ESCA is pleased to invite applications for scholarships which will be awarded to residents of Kyrgyzstan for the duration of the successful applicant’s Secondary Schooling from 11+ year old to 17/18 yr old provided that the pupil and parents meet the conditions laid out in the rules and regulations determined by ESCA. AIM OF ...

Last week, several of our students had the special opportunity to participate in the Traditional Biannual Wushu Championship. Danil, Malina, Aila, Sophie, Wayan, and Jemma performed spectacular routines in front of a panel of judges from the Traditional Wushu Federation of Kyrgyz Republic. Competitors from all around Central Asia came and participated in the Championship. ...

Children are hard at work preparing for ESCA’s second annual Poetry Evening, which will be held this Tuesday at 5 p.m. Performances will be class by class, starting with Year 1 and finishing with Year 9. The whole program will last about an hour, and take place in the hall. 

On January 18th ESCA opened its doors to students willing to improve their knowledge of Kyrgyz language and culture. Children were divided into Beginners and Advanced groups and have been studying Kyrgyz language, history, geography and culture.On March 1st children visited some cultural places, such as the Historical Museum and Frunze Museum, and Bishkek ...

Celebration of Nooruz has become one of the most awaited and exciting traditions at ESCA. This year the celebration is taking place on March 26th from 15:00 till 17:30. Students are very excited about the event and preparing a program with national dance and songs to perform in front of parents and friends of ESCA.ESCA Parents Association ...

Dear Parents and Friends of ESCA!ESCA is pleased to announce that Kyrgyz Language and Culture Saturday School Admission is open till January 10th. Classes will take place from January 18th till March 22nd and will provide a range of learning activities at Beginner as well as more Advanced levels. The course is open for non-ESCA ...

ESCA Team wishes to congratulate Akim Ruslanov and Daniil Kim for becoming the winners of Scholarships announced earlier this fall. This Scholarship allows talented students with high academic performance of 13 years of age to obtain secondary education at ESCA with a 70% discount. During the first two weeks of ...

In December 2013 ESCA Parents Association Management Committee organized a fundraising to support ESCA partner - Bishkek Deaf and Mute Center. 13.000 KGS have been collected and transfered to the Deaf and Mute Center and the Donation Certificate was handed during the End of Year Talent Show on December 17th. Many thanks to parents for their continous ...

The European School in Central Asia is recruiting Governance and External Relations Director (Chair of Management Board) The European School in Central Asia (ESCA) opened in 2011 providing an inclusive European style education in Bishkek. ESCA has around 100 students age 2 to 14, with plans for further expansion. ...

ESCA is pleased to announce that ESCA Talent Show is to take place on December 17th, 2013 in Kyrgyz State Puppet Theater. ESCA students will perform and demonstrate their talents.ESCA Parents, Friends and Parents are invited to participate in the show.http://www.esca.kg/news/latest-news/esca-talent-show/

ESCA is pleased to invite applications for scholarships which will be awarded to children of citizens of Kyrgyzstan for the duration of the successful applicant’s Secondary Schooling from 13 year old to 17/18 yr old provided that the pupil and parents meet the conditions laid out in the rules and regulations determined by ESCA.AIM OF THE SCHOLARSHIP1.  ...

PROGRAMMEParents are invited to join the morning assembly to support children and enjoy a short concert8:00 – 9:00 Halloween style COSTUME assembly and a CONCERT Best mask making contestBest pumpkin carving contest9:00 – 15:00 – “Trick or treat”Between:9:00 – 9:45     Nursery ...

 As most parents are now aware the summer performance will be ‘Peter Pan’.  The performance will take the form of an outdoor performance on the basketball court.  It is similar to ‘performance in the park’ and I welcome parents to bring a picnic blanket and basket for the evenings events.  This will create a very informal atmosphere or shall I say picnic atmosphere along ...

There is still spaces left for Summer School and I ask parents to sign children up. This will take place from Monday 1st July to Friday 12th July. An application form with information regarding the course is available from Miss Mirzat in the office. A detailed program will be available this week for information on activities and events. Children aged 2 to 14 are ...

During the next couple of weeks letters will go out requesting children for Saturday rehearsals in order to get the play, Peter Pan, of the ground for summer. This is a move away from the usual but I feel that we have lost a lot of academic time in the past and these rehearsals could be accommodated elsewhere. I therefore ask parent’s support in this matter unless ...

On the 1st of June ESCA will be holding their first Golf/Family Day. There will be an open invitation to all interested people across Bishkek. Entry fee will be 2500som and will include one round of golf (Four ball better ball) and a meal. Prizes will be awarded for the 1st, 2nd and 3rd place including ‘longest drive’, ‘closest to the pin’ and a variety of ...

For all the families and interested parties who would like to sell or buy stuff.