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1995

The Beginning

Tokyo International School was founded in 1995 by Ikuko Tsuboya Newell and Patrick Newell who were looking for a truly international education for their two daughters. Ikuko and Patrick were seeking a school where the students would learn lifelong skills, concepts and values that could be easily transferred across the world and would equip them for a rapidly changing, international future. This sparked the initiative to create a school that would not only benefit their own children, but would serve the many mobile, expatriate families in Tokyo.

2003

First accreditation

The school was first accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges in 2003

2004

Second accreditation

The school was accredited by the Council of International Schools in 2004

2005

Primary Years IB Program

TIS was authorized to deliver the International Baccalaureate (IB), Primary Years Program in 2005

2007

Middle Years IB Program

TIS was authorized to deliver the International Baccalaureate (IB), Middle Years Program in 2007

2013

TIS became an official

In 2013 TIS became an official, Columbia Teachers College (New York) Readers and Writers Project school.

2016

An Apple Distinguished School

In 2016 Tokyo International School was recognized as an Apple Distinguished School.

2017

Non profit school

In 2017 we gained non profit school status and recognition by the Japanese Ministry of Education and Culture

Now
Future plans

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Apple Distinguised School

Tokyo International School is a non profit school, which is accredited by the Council of International Schools and the New England Association of Schools and Colleges.
We are a fully authorized, International Baccalaureate World School, catering for students from Kindergarten 1 (four years old) to Grade 8 (fourteen years old).