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Turkey, Tarsus
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The campus has extensive green areas and a large indoor sports hall for student use. Boarding facilities house about 140 students (65 girls, 75 boys) drawn from cities across the region. The Korkut Beriker Library provides access to about 15,000 books, e-books, periodicals and databases, with subscriptions to major resources such as Ebscohost, JSTOR, SIRS Researcher and Destiny; the library is open on weekdays from 8:30 to 17:30 and in the summer from 10:00 to 12:00 and 14:00 to 16:00. The school offers the IB Diploma Programme, authorized in 2004, with graduates earning both a national diploma and the IB diploma, and CIS accreditation renewed in 2006, 2011, 2016 and 2024. The electives follow the Turkish Ministry course distribution, and prep English programs support incoming students.
The extensive green areas of TAC provide outdoor facilities and a large indoor sports hall for student use. Students spend their free time playing basketball, volleyball, tennis, soccer, and table tennis.
Korkut Beriker Library is a research center designed for the IB units. The library holds subscriptions to Ebscohost, JSTOR, Ebrary, SIRS Researcher and Noodletools. There are about 15,000 books and other resources in multiple languages used for instruction. The library provides access to the Destiny electronic catalog and campus-wide databases, with computers available in the library and on campus. ConnectED is used as a web-based learning platform across grade levels to provide synchronous and asynchronous course content.
Traditional school activities and a broad range of extra-curriculars include Projects with Sister Schools, English lessons for the school staff, Turkish, Bookmobile, Golden Stickler Film Festival, Science Fair and Social Studies Fair, field trips to NASA and CERN, field trips to Germany and France, TIMUN, THIMUN, ISTA, Destination Imagination, Duke of Edinburgh Certificate program, Science Knowledge Bowl, Philosophy Day, and leadership/community service fairs across SEV American High Schools. External contests and exams include IELTS, DELF, SAT, PSAT and Hypatia, among others. Community service projects involve activities with hospitals, cat shelters and animal shelters, senior residents homes, and bookmobile trips to village schools, plus organized fundraisers for village schools and collaborations with local centers.
Tarsus American College (TAC) is a private, coeducational day and boarding high school in Tarsus, Turkey, offering the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme alongside a Turkish national curriculum. Since 2004 TAC delivers the IB Diploma, and it remains the only IBDP school in the Mediterranean region. In grade 9 students decide whether to pursue the IB pathway from grade 10, completing grades 10–11 to receive both the national diploma and the IB diploma. The school teaches Turkish for language and social subjects, while core English, science and mathematics are taught in English; TAC Prep English provides an immersion year for incoming students. The campus includes green spaces, an indoor sports hall, and boarding for 140 students. The Korkut Beriker Library holds about 15,000 books and major databases, and CIS accreditation has been renewed through 2004–2024. An Elite Artist Program (2023) enriches visual and performing arts, with trips to NASA and CERN.
