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Osaka International School of Kwansei Gakuin (OIS, 関西学院大学インターナショナルスクール) is a coeducational
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, located in
Minoh is a city in northwestern Osaka Prefecture, Japan. Its name is commonly romanized as "Minō" or "Minoo"; however, the city government officially uses the spelling Minoh in English. As of October 2016, the city has an estimated population of 134 ...
,
Osaka Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region of Honshu. Osaka Prefecture has a population of 8,778,035 () and has a geographic area of . Osaka Prefecture borders Hyōgo Prefecture to the northwest, Kyoto Prefecture to the north, Nar ...
,
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. OIS educates students from kindergarten (age 4-5) through to grade 12. OIS is accredited by the
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and is authorized to offer three
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(IB) programs - Primary Years Programme (PYP), Middle Years Programme (MYP), and Diploma Programme (DP). The government of
Osaka Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region of Honshu. Osaka Prefecture has a population of 8,778,035 () and has a geographic area of . Osaka Prefecture borders Hyōgo Prefecture to the northwest, Kyoto Prefecture to the north, Nar ...
classifies the school as a "
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OIS shares its campus, facilities, and a number of programs with its sister school, Senri International School (SIS), a grade 7-12 Japanese-curriculum school primarily for students who have lived abroad. Together, the schools are known as the "Senri and Osaka International Schools of Kwansei Gakuin." Secondary school students from both schools share classes in physical education, music, and art. Senior students in English and Japanese can take courses in either one of the schools. Students from both schools also join for athletic teams, drama casts, choir, bands, and orchestra groups. Founded in 1991, OIS is a member of the Japan Council of International Schools (JCIS), the Council of International Schools (CIS) and the
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(EARCOS).


Student body

As of 2016, about 33% of the school's population of Senri and Osaka international school body is made up of returnees. It is the third-largest English/European language international school in Japan and the largest school of such a field of study in the
Kansai region The or the , lies in the southern-central region of Japan's main island Honshū. The region includes the prefectures of Nara, Wakayama, Kyoto, Osaka, Hyōgo and Shiga, often also Mie, sometimes Fukui, Tokushima and Tottori. The metropoli ...
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educating kansai

Archive
. ''The Journal of the American Chamber of Commerce in Japan'' (''Jānaru''), Volume 40, Issues 7-12.
The American Chamber of Commerce in Japan The American Chamber of Commerce in Japan (ACCJ, ja, 在日米国商工会議所, ''Zainichi Beikoku Shōkō Kaigisho'') is a non-profit business organization consisting mainly of executives from American companies. Currently, the ACCJ has over ...
(ACCJ), 2003. p. 42.


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Senri and Osaka International Schools of Kwansei Gakuin
{{International schools in Osaka International Baccalaureate schools in Japan Schools in Japan Educational institutions established in 1991 Education in Osaka International schools in Japan 1991 establishments in Japan