Oasis International Schools is opening a new school ­– Oasis International School, Kuala Lumpur (OIS-KL). Oasis Enterprises has been setting the groundwork for this project for the last four years, and recently received the license from the Ministry of Education in Malaysia.The school will be located in the beautiful new Bandar Rimbayu township development in the Kota Kemuning area, just beside the South Klang Valley Expressway (SKVE). 

The American School System

Phase I of the construction will provide a school with a capacity of nearly 600 students. When complete, the facility will house around 1200 students. The school will be the third school in Klang Valley which uses the American System.Ben Hale, school director, said, “We will offer an innovative academic model which offers a wide variety of curricular and co-curricular programs taught by world-class American educators.“OIS-KL will be a school that values students, is priced reasonably, and is staffed by top educators in their respective fields.“We expect the KL school will quickly become one of the largest schools in our network.” 

High-tech education

The K – 12 program will also benefit from high-tech integration in the educational process from the earliest grade levels.“Every student and teacher will have access to technology that will enhance the educational process,” explained Jessica Hale, director of Learning Innovation and Technology.Mr. Hale added, “As part of a worldwide network of international schools, we feel we can start this school at a very high level and be among the best schools in Malaysia very quickly. Our home office is already beginning the process of recruiting certified American educators trained to teach in an international context.”

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Dr. Joe Hale, president of Oasis, said, “My first visit to KL to consider putting an international school here was in 1995. It’s taken a while, but we’re thrilled to be adding one of the world’s great cities to our school network.”Oasis operates schools in Korea, Japan, Singapore, China, Indonesia, Kenya, Ghana, Turkey, Peru, Bolivia, Venezuela, Brazil, and the USA.Find out more at: OIS-KLFor related news and features, visit our Education and Schools section.Access hundreds of global services and suppliers in our Online Directory  Get access to our free Global Mobility Toolkit