International school in Thailand is accepting registrations for the upcoming school year, with fee incentives for early enrolment, and full and partial scholarships available for qualified applicants.
Phuket, Thailand -- (SBWIRE) -- 04/04/2010 -- Thailand’s newest and most innovative international education, sports and leisure facility, the Phuket International Academy (PIA), is now accepting local and expatriate registrations for the 2010/2011 academic year for its international day school.
The Phuket International Academy Day School (PIADS), one of the three centres at PIA, is being positioned as an exclusive International Baccalaureate (IB) curriculum campus and has hired a strong team of highly qualified and experienced teachers to provide an exceptional education. http://www.phuketinternationalacademy.com/piads/
As a new school, it is offering parents the chance to take advantage of registration benefits if they enrol their children before April 19 for the upcoming school year. Full and partial tuition scholarships are also available.
The benefits for registering early for the next school year from August 25 to June 23, 2011, include a reduction in school fees.
The full and partial scholarships are available to students in the following areas: academic excellence, outstanding ability in visual or performing arts, and proven talent in swimming or martial arts.
These scholarships are open to students in Grades 6 up to and including Grade 9.
PIADS Executive Chairman, Lister Hannah, said the school had been given exhaustive resources to manage the school which was a distinct advantage for students and parents seeking a quality education in Phuket.
Mr Hannah has been involved with all three IB programmes (Diploma, Middle Years and Primary Years) since the mid-1970s. He has also headed some of the world’s top IB schools and is the founding President of the renowned Prem Center in Chiang Mai.
“We have a long-term mission to establish our school and its community as one of the outstanding educational institutions in Asia, providing exceptional, world-class programmes balanced with a healthy and active lifestyle, and overseen by excellent, committed teachers and administrators,” Mr Hannah said.
“Having led high-achieving IB schools around the world, I have no doubt we are laying the foundations now for an outstanding PIADS.”
The Phuket International Academy is a USD45 million new facility on 135 rai of land in the north-eastern part of Phuket island, incorporating three integrated centres: PIA Day School, the PIA Sports and Leisure Club and the PIA Mind Centre.