Ekamai International School

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Ekamai international School โรงเรียนนานาชาติเอกมัย
Location
Sukhumvit 71 Bangkok , 10110 Thailand
Coordinates	13°43′53″N 100°35′32″E / 13.7314°N 100.5923°E / 13.7314; 100.5923
Information
Former name	Adventist English School
School type	International school
Motto	"Empowers, Inspires, Serves"
Denomination	Seventh-day Adventist
Established	1946 (Relocated in 1957)
Founder	Seventh-day Adventist Mission
School number	+66 2 391 3593
Gender	Co-educational
Classes	Pre-Kindergarten to Grade 12
Education system	United States
Classes offered	5 study programs that are equivalent to the Ministry of Education M6 Certificate.
Classrooms	< Number of classrooms in the school -->
Campus type	Urban
Colour(s)	Blue and Gold
Mascot	Flames
Accreditation	Adventist Accrediting Association [AAA], [Western Association of Schools and Colleges [WASC], Thai Ministry of Education, ONESQA, ISAT, EARCOS
Newspaper	EIS Newsletter, Breeze
Website	http://www.eis.ac.th

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Ekamai International School (EIS) (Thai: โรงเรียนนานาชาติเอกมัย, RTGS: Rong Rian Nana Chat Aekkamai) is a private, non-profit, co-educational, international school founded by the Seventh-day Adventist Church. It is located in Watthana District, Bangkok, Thailand and educates students from pre-kindergarten to the twelfth grade.^[1] In 1993, the school acquired an international school license.^[2] The school is part of the worldwide Seventh-day Adventist education system.^[3][4][5][6]

From the end of World War II in 1945, missionaries from the United States entered Thailand for evangelization. In 1946, American Adventist missionaries founded a church missionary training institution, located at Phyathai Road.^[7] The first classes in the 1940s were held in a temporary building made out of thatched bamboo and a metal roof, and the adventist missionaries called this newfound institution as ‘Child Training Center’ and later as ‘Christian Training Center’, or CTC as how it was abbreviated.^[8]

In 1957, the institution moved to its present location amid concerns from the congregation’s members for having relocated far away from Bangkok’s urban center at that time. The name Adventist English School was given to this institution simultaneously as several properties in Soi Ekamai (Sukhumvit 63) were purchased and consolidated to expand the campus. Until the 1970s, school enrollments were limited to the children of American missionaries and expatriate foreign residents in Bangkok. Since its founding, the school was the first educational institution in Thailand to use English as a medium of instruction.^[8]

In 1992, during the government of Anand Panyarachun, Thailand's Ministry of Education classified the Adventist English School as an international school in an attempt by the Thai government to reorganize the categories of private institutions nationwide. Therefore, the school was renamed as Ekamai International School (EIS) and continues to operate under this name until the present day.

In 1998, EIS received accreditation from the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) and adopted the academic credit system based on American high schools. The school later offers AP (Advanced Placement) programs and examinations authorized by the College Board at the high school level.

The school teaches a curriculum based on the US education system in American English from pre-kindergarten to the twelfth grade with AP (Advanced Placement) Program by the College Board. Thai language and cultural instruction is given along with several foreign languages such as Mandarin Chinese, Japanese and Spanish classes. The school is open to pupils of all nationalities and religions.

The school is a member of the International Schools Association of Thailand, and of the East Asia Regional Council of Overseas Schools. Other authorizing bodies include the Western Association of Schools and Colleges, California, US; the International Schools Association of Thailand (ISAT); the Adventist Accrediting Association (AAA) - the official Seventh-day Adventist Education Department's accreditation body, headquartered in Maryland, US; and the Office for National Education Standards and Quality Assessment.

The school offers a general education diploma; a college preparatory diploma; a college preparatory diploma with a focus on business studies and a college preparatory diploma with a focus on medicine or engineering.

Students attend religious education classes and a weekly chapel service. There are after-school Bible studies, spiritual self-development programs, and school wide prayer groups. Events such as week of prayer are also held at school every two quarters.

The school facilities include a high school building; a middle school building with a conference room; and a primary and elementary building. There is also a music education and "pathfinder" building. The school has a soccer field and a covered court that serves as basketball, tennis, and badminton courts. Other facilities include libraries, health clinic, counseling offices, storage areas, science and computer laboratories, and a chaplaincy. The school has an air-conditioned cafeteria, a snack bar, a bakery, and a uniform shop.

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