Dalat International School
| Dalat International Tsc | |
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| Address | |
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Tanjung Bunga Penang, 1120 Malaysia |
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| Information | |
| Type |
Private International School Day & Boarding School |
| Motto | Education for Life |
| Religious affiliation(s) | Christian |
| Established | 1929 |
| Director | Karl Steinkamp |
| Principal | Shantel Seevaratnam (K-4) Shawna Wood (5-8) Brian Brewster (9-12) |
| Faculty | 85~ |
| Grades | PS-12 |
| Gender | Coeducational |
| Enrollment | 600 approx. |
| Campus | Suburban (beachside) |
| Colour(s) |
Blue and Gold |
| Athletics conference | MSSPP |
| Mascot | Eagle |
| Accreditation |
ACSI WASC |
| Yearbook | Reflector |
| Affiliations | EARCOS and Association of International Malaysian Schools(AIMS) |
| Athletic Director | Chance Edman |
| Website | www |
Dalat International School is an international day and boarding school in Penang, Malaysia. Founded as a boarding school for children of missionaries in Southeast Asia, it's now grown into an international school with a diverse student population. As of the beginning of the 2016-2017 school year, there are 600 students representing 25 different countries. It is one of eight schools on the island and is the only one offering an American curriculum.
Dalat School was founded in 1929 as a private Christian boarding school in Dalat, Vietnam to provide a North American elementary and high school education for children of Christian and Missionary Alliance (C&MA) missionaries in Indochina. In 1962, Reverend Archie E. Mitchell, who was on staff at the school with his wife Betty, was abducted by Viet Cong guerrillas. As the Vietnam War escalated, in 1965, the teachers and staff were evacuated by the USAF to a temporary location in Bangkok, Thailand. Eight months later, the school relocated to Tanah Rata in the Cameron Highlands of Malaysia where it remained for six years.
During the late 1960s, the British forces based in Penang were withdrawing from the peninsula after the conclusion of the Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation and school administrators were looking for a new location at that time. In June 1971, Dalat moved into the former British R&R facility known as "Sandycroft" along the beaches of Tanjung Bunga in Penang, Malaysia where it has been ever since. Despite some renovations and additions to the buildings, the initial architecture and layout of the property remains largely unchanged since the school moved in.
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