Curriculum

The Upper School program at the North Jakarta Intercultural School (NJIS) is a small, but growing community of students in grades 9 through 12 who work with our dedicated and talented faculty, many of whom hold advanced degrees. Students work with their advisor and the faculty to develop the critical interpersonal and community skills of respect, integrity, good deeds, hard work and team spirit.

In the Upper School, we ask our students to challenge themselves to become academically minded, think critically, and communicate clearly and confidently. We expect that our Upper School students will be more focused outside themselves and begin to develop a global worldview. While they plot their course toward college, we want them to become engaged learners, taking cues from their personal interests and the ever-changing world to focus their education.

At NJIS our Upper School students take the core subjects of reading, writing, history, math, and science and also enrichment courses. Students continue in physical education and swimming through grade 10. They also complete additional graduation requirements in art, film studies and drama, and STEM. All students study Bahasa Indonesia, and our Indonesian students have additional courses in Indonesian studies and civics, and religion.  In both 9th and 12th grades the students from Indonesia sit for the National Exam. With the increased demand for writing, reading, speaking and listening in English, our students must be proficient in academic English in the Upper School. For our students who come from homes where English is not their first language, our English Language Learner (ELL) teacher work continues to support both faculty and students in an intensive full immersion program so that they can keep up with the pace of the coursework.

Our Upper School curriculum is designed to take our 11th and 12th students into the Advanced Placement  (AP) level courses. All students will take part in the AP Capstone course, which results in the student completing a full research paper. These courses are more challenging and push students to take responsibility for their learning. With the successful completion of the AP exam in the Spring term students signal to universities that they are ready for the caliber of work required following upper school.