“Learning happens at the point of challenge.”
— Karin Morrison, Mark Church, and Ron Ritchhart in Making Thinking Visible.
Welcome to the International School of Ticino!
On behalf of our wonderful team of students, parents, and staff, we are delighted to invite you into a community that works and grows together to offer a challenging and invigorating IB education.
Our aim is to challenge students at every performance level, ensuring that every learner is stretched and supported to reach their full potential. We work hard to provide students with a holistic education that prepares them for an increasingly complex and exciting world.
One of our greatest strengths is our small student population, which means smaller class sizes and a more bespoke learning experience. Our teachers know each student exceptionally well and design learning experiences that engage, excite, and accelerate their learning potential.
We have been operating in Lugano for more than ten years and are proud to be the only accredited International Baccalaureate Continuum School in the canton of Ticino, offering all four IB programmes. We place our students at the heart of everything we do, enabling them to become lifelong learners and achieve their very best academically from ages 3 to 18 through the Primary Years Programme (PYP), Middle Years Programme (MYP), Diploma Programme (DP), and Careers-related Programme (CP).
This website offers a glimpse into our vibrant community, but we warmly invite you to visit us for a fuller understanding of what we can offer. We look forward to welcoming you to our school for an Open Day, a personalised visit, a trial day, and, of course, enrolment.
NICHOLAS BRUCE, PRINCIPAL