We Are

Passionate, Inquisitive and Creative – Learning to be Best for the World.
By discovering and channeling connections with our gifts and talents, our passions guide and fuel our learning to achieve personal excellence. Our natural curiosity about the world and the hunger to learn by asking questions is nurtured and developed.We learn by imagining possibilities, designing potential solutions, and crafting original outcomes.Recognizing that we need to be generous, humane, and compassionate stewards of our planet and all that rely on it, we expect active, reflective service from all members of our community.

We Value

Perseverance, Integrity, Responsibility, Respect, Compassion, Balance and Fun.
Continually striving for personal excellence despite challenges along the way.Acting ethically, honestly, and equitably. Owning our actions to earn trust and confidence.Exhibiting good manners – showing consideration and appreciation in all our interactions with others.Acting with care and empathy to positively impact others and our environment.Striving to achieve physical, intellectual, and emotional harmony in our lives and our decisions.Making what we do exciting and enjoyable, lest we take ourselves too seriously.

We Will

Inspire joyful, rigorous learning and foster wellness as a pioneering, collaborative community.
Providing those life-changing moments that sustain a sense of wonderment and a passion for inquiry.Achieving personal academic excellence requires hard work, dedication, and striving for lofty standards.Developing resilience through value-driven healthy choices and wise decisions to achieve physical, intellectual and emotional harmony.Taking thoughtful risks and becoming innovative educational leaders in order to prepare our children for success in our rapidly changing world.

Our Dreams

We have five dreams that will guide our actions on our journey:

Integrating relevant, contemporary and experiential learning by:

Collaborating with other organizations and schools as educational leaders.

Harnessing the potential of technology to enhance and liberate learning.

Establishing experiential, problem-based learning as our norm.

Reinventing our school to tailor to the needs of each learner.

Providing a supportive environment for exploration.

Empowering students to engage with our vision by:

Providing real, collaborative processes that provide authentic learning.

Using the Learning Dispositions to reflect on their personal learning.

Engaging, challenging and sustaining our students as they shape their own destinies.

Encouraging self-directed learning to satisfy personal interests and passions.

Growing as proactive stewards of the planet we share by:

Living our core values.

Celebrating what’s right with our world.

Engendering confidence to develop new solutions to the problems we face.

Building a more inclusive JIS community and strengthening our ties with Indonesia by:

Nurturing the 'JIS Core' by reestablishing links with our alumni.

Establishing sustainable cultural bridges between our community and Indonesia.

Appreciating the diversity and unity of different cultures.

Developing sustainable resources to support students with diverse learning or financial needs.

Expanding our organizational capacity by:

Valuing and leveraging the individual skills and talents of our extended community.

Providing opportunities for our aspiring leaders to develop their potential.

Strengthening our financial foundation.

Adopting Appreciative Inquiry as a development tool.