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enrollment
Enrollment Manager
Ms. Martina Moetz
enrollment@lisluanda.com

Admission Criteria
Application Process
English Requirements
Initial Placement
Southern Hemisphere
Special Needs
Withdrawl
Confirmation
Placement by Age

Luanda International School appreciates your interest in wanting to enroll your child/ren to our community. If your company is supported by Luanda International School Certificates, please contact your company representative in Angola to express interest in enrolling your children.

Admission Criteria
LIS accepts students from diverse school backgrounds, with a range of academic abilities. However, the school reserves the right to refuse admission to students whose educational or physical needs cannot be well served by the school, or to those with references indicating that their enrollment may be detrimental to the school.

Application Process
A completed LIS application includes:

We will only process your child/ren’s application once all the relevant documents, including previous academic records, have been received by the enrollment office.

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EAL Admissions and Testing Rationale
Admissões e Testes do programa de “Inglês como segunda língua”

BACKGROUND

Students in classrooms around the world face the challenge of learning and using language in order to acquire the knowledge and skills they need to be successful. The challenge becomes more complex as students progress through the year levels and become increasingly exposed to specific academic subject writing types, grammatical structures and vocabulary.

Students whose first language does not match the school’s language of instruction face a double challenge, that of acquiring the general language – which in the case of LIS is English – and also of learning all the subjects in English. The LIS situation is not uncommon around the world, and is addressed in both international and national systems, as it is at LIS, by the provision of extra support for English as an Additional Language (EAL) students.

English language testing plays a key part in determining the level of extra support that an EAL student will need in order to acquire the general and academic English needed to access the curriculum, as well as whether the school is in a position to admit the student. At LIS the LAS links proficiency test is used to provide an insight into the English language proficiency of both potential and current students.

ESL Standards for Pre-K-12 Students, Online Edition

There are 5 levels as follows: Level 1 Beginner; Level 2 Early Intermediate; Level 3 Intermediate; Level 4 Proficient and; Level 5 Above Proficient. The following guidelines outline the way these levels are used at LIS with particular reference to how they inform enrollment decisions.

EAL Guidelines for enrollment of EAL students:

Levels are based on LAS links proficiency descriptors.

PP3 – Year 5

Children may be accepted at a beginner’s level but will find it easier to settle and succeed in the school environment if prepared by having attended some English classes before arrival

Year 6 and 7 – Early Intermediate Learner – Level 2

  • Developing the ability to communicate effectively.
  • Errors impede basic communication and comprehension
  • Lexical, syntactic, phonological and discourse features are emerging.

Year 8 and 9 – Early Intermediate Learner – Level - 2

  • Developing the ability to communicate effectively.
  • Errors impede basic communication and comprehension
  • Lexical, syntactic, phonological and discourse features are emerging.

Year 10 and 11 – Intermediate Learner– Level 3

  • Developing the ability to communicate effectively on English across a wide range of year level appropriate language demands in the school context.
  • Errors interfere with communication and comprehension.
  • Repetition and negotiation are often needed.
  • Student exhibits a limited range of lexical, syntactic, phonological and discourse features when addressing new and familiar topics.

Year 12 and 13 – Proficient Learner – Level 4

  • Communicates effectively across a range of year level appropriate language demands in the school context, even though errors occur.
  • Students exhibit productive and receptive control of lexical, syntactic, phonological and discourse features when addressing new and familiar topics.

The IB Diploma program is a very challenging university preparatory course that requires candidates to achieve high academic standards in six areas of knowledge. The IB Certificate program provides academic challenge, but in a reduced number of subjects. In order to be accepted into a year 12 or 13 program, students must achieve at least a LAS level 4

For more information you can download the school's Language Policy.

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Initial Placement
All students are initially placed according to their age cohort. Details of these age ranges and appropriate Grades (Year Groups) are available at the school. In rare cases it may be necessary to adjust the placement. This will only take place after a few weeks have elapsed allowing for careful observation and written assessments.

All incoming students are assessed in basic skills prior to enrollment. Non-native English speakers may be assessed for English proficiency.

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Southern Hemisphere
Students arriving from schools operating on a Southern Hemisphere academic calendar may be placed back a partial year. For example, if they joined us in January after completing Year 2, they would be initially placed in Year 2. After a three-week trial period, the Principal would make a decision to keep them at that level or to move them up a year.

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Special Needs
Parents must inform the school at the time of application if their student has been receiving any special help in their previous school.

The resources of LIS and Luanda are limited in their ability to accommodate students with special needs. If parents suspect their student may have difficulty, they should discuss this with the Principal or Director at the time of application.

If it is determined that a student cannot succeed in the school’s regular academic program, the student will not be permitted to re-enroll the following school year.

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Withdrawal Procedures
Parents who intend to withdraw their child(ren) either during, or at the end of the school year should obtain and complete the Withdrawal Form from the Enrolment Office before their departure. Transcripts and Leaving Certificates cannot be released or forwarded to new schools until the completed Withdrawal Form is given to the Enrolment Office. The Withdrawal Form ensures that all classroom textbooks, materials and library books have been returned in good condition.

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Confirmation of Registration
Families should not assume they will be given a space until receipt of confirmation from the Enrollment Manager. enrollment@lisluanda.com

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Age Ranges for Classes for the 2008 2009 School Year

Become Age
Date of Birth
1st September to 31st August
Year Group
Older
Contact secondary principal
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15
09/1993 - 08/1994
10
14
09/1994 - 08/1995
9
13
09/1995 - 08/1996
8
12
09/1996 - 08/1997
7
11
09/1997 - 08/1998
6
10
09/1998 - 08/1999
5
9
09/1999 - 08/2000
4
8
09/2000 - 08/2001
3
7
09/2001 - 08/2002
2
6
09/2002 - 08/2003
1
5
09/2003 - 08/2004
PP4
4
09/2004 - 08/2005
PP3

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