Thai-Chinese International School (TCIS; ; , ) is a private, non-profit day school in Bang Phli District, Samut Prakan Province, in the Bangkok Metropolitan Region of Thailand.
The school was founded in 1995 for the Taiwanese and Thai communities. The curriculum includes multilingual education in English, Chinese, and Thai.
The Taiwanese Ministry of Education previously oversaw the school and designated it as an overseas Taiwanese school. It removed TCIS from the list on 1 February 2006 since TCIS was unable to conform to Taiwanese curriculum standards.
Thai-Chinese International School is licensed under by:
Thai-Chinese International School operates under USAâÂÂs Common Core curriculum at all grade levels, and Advanced Placement courses for high school. The Common Core, curriculum used by most states in America, is a set of specific academic standards. These learning goals outline what a student should know and be able to do at the end of each grade.
The students are drawn from many nationalities. Many of the students in the Thai-Chinese International School are Taiwanese or Thai, but there are also American, Canadian, British, Latin American, Japanese, Korean, and Filipino students.
Thai-Chinese International School students choose to go to university in many countries, including the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, and Thailand.
The school has several sports and athletic activities including football, basketball, volleyball, golf, swimming, softball, and weight training. TCIS is a member of, and competes in, the Bangkok International Schools Athletic Conference (BISAC).