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Seminar Series: Education Essentials
Education Essentials for parents
How to get the best education for your child?
In this bilingual seminar series experts from SRIS Cambridge School will tell parents everything they need to know to provide their children with the best education.
Seminars focus on the role of school and parents in student support and how to develop language fluency, not just in English. They also explore the impact of education decisions on future career prospects.
The seminars address all parents, no matter what international, private or public school their children are attending.
They are especially valuable to families that focus on multilingual education or want to send their kids to universities abroad.
Seminar 1: Choosing the best school
This seminar in the SRIS seminar series “Education Essentials” focuses on what school is best for your education goals and your family budget.
The education market in Bishkek has become highly competitive. As one of Bishkek’s education pioneers, offering international education since 1996, we meet many parents, confused by the abundance of schooling options now available.
Should you supplement your public or private school with language courses or is switching to an international school the best choice? What to look for when selecting a school?
How to find out which school delivers what your child needs and who just tells you what you want to hear?
This seminar is NOT a SRIS sales pitch. We want to give you the knowledge and criteria to differentiate good schools with valid education offers from those just infotaining your children for money, with little value on later university selection or the job market.
10 facts you need to know when choosing a school.
“My seminar in the SRIS seminar series “Education Essentials” focuses on what school is best for your education goals and your family budget. The education market in Bishkek has become highly competitive. Being one of the pioneers of education in Bishkek, offering international education since 1996, we meet many parents who are confused by the abundance of educational options available now. Should you supplement your studies at a public or private school with language courses, or is it easier to go to an international school? What should I pay attention to when choosing a school? How do you know which school will actually give what your child needs, and who just tells you what you want to hear?”
Shelly Gupta
About SRIS
Silk Road International School provides the best stimulation for young students to develop responsibility, integrity and self-motivation. «SRIS» is a Cambridge International School in independent ownership.
Managing Multilingual Content.
SRIS students get trained in managing multilingual content. We train our students in ICT in using Memsource, a translation management software, which support many file formats and integrated website translation. Another reason why SRIS students are ready to take on important positions in internationally operating Companies after graduation.
We are a Cambridge International School offering Cambridge IGCSE levels and Cambridge A-Levels. We teach the curriculum of Cambridge at Silk Road International School since 1999.
SRIS is a small school offering individual support to its selected students. Our homey campus, securely located in the 11th micro-rayon, offers all the facilities needed to provide quality education and familial atmosphere.
TESTIMONIALS
What Parents Said …
General Questions
FAQ
What is the Format of the Seminars?
Each Education Essentials Seminar is conducted as live seminar and is done bilingually on location. A video of the seminars is later published online.
Cambridge IGCSE explained
Introduction to Cambridge 9th Grade for parents and 8th grade students.
In this Seminar «Cambridge IGCSE explained» we explain the structure of the Cambridge System in general and the IGCSE examinations in specific.
This seminar is for parents of 8th grade students. The participation of your child is encouraged. It may also be useful to parents of 7th grade students, considering the switch to a Cambridge school, planning to use the 8th grade for optimal preparation to get their child ready for IGCSE.
We will also introduce the 9th grade IGCSE program and curriculum offered at Silk Road International School for the next school year.
Since most of the seminar is relevant for all parents, who are interested in international education, we opened this seminar also to external parents.
Seminar participation is free, but requires registration via phone or WhatsApp, since seats are limited.
The seminar will cover these topics:
- Which universities can we apply to with IGCSE certificates?
- What will universities look for when you apply in the future?
- Which IGCSE courses should I choose with my career goals?
- What is the relevance of the Cambridge ICE award?
- How does the Cambridge Grading System (A* to G) work?
- What workload do we need to expect?
- What English language level is needed to succeed?
- How does the Cambridge Examination work?
- How do our current education decisions impact the future career prospects of our child?
The «Education Essentials» seminars address all parents, no matter what international, private or public school their children are attending.
They are especially valuable to families that focus on multilingual education or want to send their kids to universities abroad.
Our Vision for a Better School
Director Shelly Gupta outlines achievements, ongoing improvements and her vision for a better school at SRIS in her 2022 Spring Keynote. She shows why SRIS is the best place for merited young talents.
10 facts you need to know when choosing a school.
Seminar: “Choosing the best school” – February 12, 2022. 10 facts you need to know. This SRIS workshop from the “Education Essential” series focuses on how to determine which school is best suited for the set educational goals and family budget.
The Silk Road school hosted the Nooruz holiday and a school uniform contest
During the Nooruz festival 2021. Shelly Gupta gave a status report of achieved goals and ongoing projects. Parents were able to choose the design of a new school uniform. The keynote covered the format of education in the context of the pandemic in the 2020 academic year.
SRIS Uniform Contest
Parents and students voted for a new uniform created by young local designers During the Nowruz celebration of the Silk Road International School (Bishkek) at Asanbai Center on 19th of March 2021, the Cambridge International School presented new design concepts for...
Primary School
First to fifth grade: Our program for children from 5-11 years old.
Middle School
Sixth to eighth grade: Our lower secondary program for children from 10-14 years old.
Lower Secondary
Ninth to tenth grade: Our graduation program for teenagers 14 years or older.
Upper Secondary
Cambridge Advanced is a preparation program typically for learners aged 16 to 19 years who need advanced study to prepare for university and higher education.
GOS Attestat
We are fully accredited by the Kyrgyz Ministry of Education, so our students take the GOS attestat in 9th and 11th grade.
Cambridge Pathway
As a Cambridge International School we offer the full Cambridge pathway from Cambridge Primary to Cambridge Advanced.
