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◎ Admission Policy
Eligible Students
a. Expatriate children
b. Children from marriage where parent is Korean and the other partner is an expatriate.
c. Korean children who were educated overseas for more than three years.
d. Legally adopted Korean child by an expatriate family.
e. All children entering preschool must be toilet trained before entrance.
Forms that must be completed to enroll
All forms can be downloaded from the website or can be picked up at the school.
** Please see the GIFS Registration Checklist.
Grade - by American Standards
Grade Age Grade Age Date
Nursery 3 6th Grade 11 By September 1st of the
entry year
Pre Kindergarten 4 7th Grade 12
Kindergarten 5 8th Grade 13
1st Grade 6 9th Grade 14
 2nd Grade 7 10th Grade 15
3rd Grade 8 11th Grade 16
4th Grade 9 12th Grade 17
5th Grade 10    
   
Students will be placed in grade levels based on the chart above with the child's age confirmed by a site such as : http://www-users.med.cornell.edu/~spon/picu/calc/agecalc.htm Given the small class sizes and the ability to offer enriched materials with such small class sizes, advancing students by a grade level beyond what is indicated in the chart above is not advised. All efforts are made to provide students with a challenging curriculum within a classroom of their peers. In the case that a student arrives from a school district that has a school calendar starting at different dates, the student will be placed as the chart above indicates, even if that means repeating part of a year. For example, if a student from South America completes grade five in December and arrives in Korea in January, that student, based on his or her age, would still be placed in grade five which completes here in Korea in June.