Italy, Rome
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The campus features whiteboard-equipped classrooms and science laboratories that support hands-on learning. A debate society and other student life spaces are available on site. The environment fosters creativity, reflection, and hands-on exploration at every stage. Staff act as mentors who guide students with warmth and purpose. The campus emphasizes a caring, values-based community where learning extends beyond textbooks.
The school runs a broad sports program from Kindergarten through Grade 10, including football, athletics, gymnastics, and yoga-inspired stretching, plus relay and team-building games. Physical education sessions occur indoors or outdoors and are organized with separate sessions for boys and girls at appropriate ages. The program emphasizes teamwork, perseverance, humility, and a values-based approach to competition. Annual Sports Day and inter-school matches provide opportunities to celebrate achievement and leadership.
The school has whiteboard-equipped classrooms that support interactive lessons, while science laboratories enable practical demonstrations and experiments. The arts program includes visual arts, drama, and nasheed, with exhibitions and performances that integrate creativity across the curriculum. Arts integration across the curriculum encourages interdisciplinary projects and student-led presentations. The school blends rigorous academics with character development and faith-based reflection.
The student life includes clubs, competitions, sports, arts, nasheed, debate, leadership opportunities, and community service. Enrichment programs extend beyond the classroom, with activities such as science experiments, arts and crafts, coding, calligraphy, drama, and debate. New Activity Classes were launched for 2025 to expand enrichment opportunities. Students are encouraged to discover strengths and passions through holistic enrichment that builds confidence, teamwork, and creativity.
Modern International School Rome is a Cambridge curriculum school in Italy, serving students ages 3 to 18. The curriculum runs Cambridge Primary through Secondary (Grades 1–10) with a pathway to IGCSE and onward to A Levels or IB. Complementing Cambridge, the school offers a British Islamic Curriculum (Arabic Medium) that includes Qur'anic Studies, Islamic Studies and Arabic Language, with Italian language instruction and a tri-lingual program in English, Italian and Arabic. The campus features whiteboard-equipped classrooms, science laboratories and spaces for debate and student life. A broad sports program runs from Kindergarten to Grade 10, with age-appropriate PE and inter-school events. The arts program spans visual arts, drama and nasheed, with cross-curricular arts integration. Enrichment includes clubs such as Book Club & Creative Writing, Science Club and Public Speaking & Debate, plus leadership and sustainability activities. A signature feature is Qur'anic memorization and tajweed integrated with Cambridge studies.