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TCIS is situated in Bangplee Yai, Samut Prakan Province, just southeast of central Bangkok, close to Suvarnabhumi Airport and the Mega Bangna shopping complex - an easy commute via major roads and near public transit links.
The school serves students from age 2 through Grade 12, divided into Early Years (Pre‑K), Elementary (Grades 1–4), Middle School (Grades 5–8), and High School (Grades 9–12).
TCIS is a non-profit, co-educational day school. It does not offer boarding.
The school provides an English Language Learner programme and small-group “push-in” support in homerooms, plus differentiation and acceleration options tailored to individual needs.
TCIS operates under an American-based curriculum and is accredited by the US Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC), but it is an independent school with no direct affiliation to a specific country’s government.
There is no religious affiliation; TCIS is a secular institution.
The campus opens at 6:00 am (with supervision from 6:30 am), classrooms open at 7:10 am, and dismissal is at 3:10 pm. The school office and supervision end at 4:00 pm, and the campus closes by 5:30 pm.
TCIS operates a school bus service with structured pick-ups and drop-offs aligned to school hours; supervision for students runs until 4:00 pm, and those in extracurricular activities must be collected by 5:30 pm.
Thai-Chinese International School (TCIS), located in Samut Prakan near Bangkok, offers an American curriculum with instruction in English, along with daily Thai and Mandarin classes from early years through Grade 12. Accredited by WASC and the Thai Ministry of Education, TCIS enrolls students from over 17 nationalities and supports trilingual learning as a core feature of its program. The school provides Advanced Placement (AP) courses in subjects such as Calculus, Biology, and Psychology during high school. Facilities include separate buildings for elementary, middle, and high school, plus a library, music rooms, science labs, and sports courts. A standout offering is TCIS’s After School Enrichment Program (ASEP), which includes Chinese calligraphy, hip-hop dance, watercolor painting, yoga, and additional language support in Japanese and Korean. With small class sizes and an average enrollment of under 700 students, TCIS emphasizes close student-teacher interaction while maintaining strong academic and language programs.
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