Welcome
Hsinchu International School (also known as Hsinchu Holland International School) is a fully licensed, WASC-accredited independent international school which has provided quality K-12 education for the children of foreign nationals living in the Hsinchu, Taiwan, area since 1981. In August 2007, our 26th Anniversary, we moved into a fine new purpose-built campus, designed to provide the best educational environment and resources for our students.
Our emphasis is on providing academic excellence in a warm, secure atmosphere of friendship and trust, and in fostering a genuine love of learning, an enquiring mind, and a well-rounded personality. Please explore the site to learn more.
Hsinchu International School (also known as Hsinchu Holland International School) is a fully licensed, WASC-accredited independent international school which has provided quality K-12 education for the children of foreign nationals living in the Hsinchu, Taiwan, area since 1981. In August 2007, our 26th Anniversary, we moved into a fine new purpose-built campus, designed to provide the best educational environment and resources for our students.
Our emphasis is on providing academic excellence in a warm, secure atmosphere of friendship and trust, and in fostering a genuine love of learning, an enquiring mind, and a well-rounded personality. Please explore the site to learn more.
HIS gains WASC accreditation
Aug 26 2011
This is great news for our students, as now they will have a transcript from a school that is even further recognised by an international and well-respected body. We are extremely grateful to our faculty and families for their support during the process of accreditation.
To gain WASC accreditation a school must maintain a high degree of efficacy, show constant improvement, operate with a clear understanding of its purpose, and adhere to stringent criteria. The criteria were developed with the assistance of numerous practicing educational leaders and theorists. The objective was to develop criteria that brought attention to concepts and factors that differentiate between effective and ineffective schools.
The value of WASC accreditation
- Certification to the public that the school is a trustworthy institution of learning
- Validates the integrity of a school’s program and student transcripts
- Fosters improvement of the school’s programs and operations to support student learning
- Assures a school community that the school’s purposes are appropriate and being accomplished through a viable educational program
- A way to manage change through regular assessment, planning, implementing, monitoring and reassessment
- Assists a school/district in establishing its priority areas for improvement as a result of the perpetual accreditation cycle that includes
- School self-assessment of the current educational program for students
- Insight and perspective from the visiting committee
- Regular school staff assessment of progress through the intervening years between full self-studies.
Please see here for more info on WASC.