Nepal, Kathmandu
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The school offers extra-curricular options including Theater, Robotics, Public Speaking, Music, Dance, Table Tennis, Football, Basketball, Tennis, and Badminton. Social Studies in Upper School includes project-based learning and a mock federal parliament for eighth graders to discuss real-life issues. The Information and Communication Technology (ICT) curriculum emphasizes computational thinking and digital literacy as part of the curriculum.
The Music curriculum develops a love for music, creativity, and self-expression; students learn to read notations, beats, and instruments, and may progress to specialized work with chosen instruments. Drama and Dance expose students to plays, drama activities, self-composed spoken word poetry, puppet shows, and culminating performances, with professional theater experts guiding them. The Visual Arts program engages with watercolor, collage, papier mache, woodcraft, clay and pottery, and other techniques to design and craft their own work.
The school offers a broad set of extra-curricular activities as part of the Extended Curriculum, including Theater, Robotics, Public Speaking, Music, Dance, Table Tennis, and a range of sports such as Football, Basketball, Tennis, and Badminton. These activities are conducted by experts in their fields and provide opportunities to pursue interests outside the classroom.
The Youth Leadership program was launched in 2016 by Princeton-in-Asia Fellows to support student-led projects; small groups of students collaborate with counterparts in public schools to effect concrete changes.
The school supports leadership development through the Youth Leadership program and provides college counseling and college placements support via its College Counseling team.
Physical Education promotes sport and fitness, with football and basketball being popular; students participate in athletics, tennis, volleyball, dodgeball, yoga, martial arts, aerobics, and related activities to develop teamwork, discipline and resilience. Social-emotional development is a focus, with a guidance counselor available to support students.
Rato Bangala School is a co-educational day school in Patan Dhoka, Nepal, that houses a teacher training institute. The curriculum progresses from Lower School through A-Levels, with Cambridge Assessment International Examinations Grades XI–XII. In early years, Language Arts are taught in Nepali and English alongside Social Studies, Science, Mathematics and Digital Literacy, with specialist teachers for ICT, Nepali, Physical Education, Visual Arts, Music, Gymnastics and Martial Arts. Chinese is taught with the Confucius Institute at Kathmandu University, and Newari appears in Grade IV. Upper School emphasizes hands-on, project-based learning social-emotional growth, while A-Levels are delivered by a registered Cambridge Center NP704 and have produced high marks and Cambridge awards. Founded in 1992, the school champions progressive education through Bank Street College of Education links and a focus on social justice. Facilities include a library, STEAM Lab, five science labs, three computer labs, Art and Design rooms, wood workshop, Kamalmani Theater.