PARTNERSHIP

Why Schloss Krumbach?

At the heart of our organisation lies a commitment to truly altering the course of lives of the young people who receive our support. This is why we partner with Schloss Krumbach International School, an institution of unique values, resources, and educational quality.

Schloss Krumbach International School is a private international school, fusing modern approaches to education and Austrian scholarly heritage. Co-education, democracy, and cultural diversity are the solid cornerstones of our community, which renders Schloss Krumbach a booming innovation hub for international students of all backgrounds and languages. Schloss Krumbach is Austria’s only institution accredited as both an IB World School and a Cambridge International Education School and can offer either diploma in High School.

By pursuing their education at Schloss Krumbach international School, students grow into confident, socially responsible and brilliantly educated young leaders, capable of critical thinking and taught to have a strong moral stance.

Schloss Krumbach International School is an institution of one of a kind, due to its thorough and honest approach to education, extracurricular learning, and robust unshakable mission of preserving the childhood and healthy development of the students entrusted to them.

This is evident through the SKIS Manifesto, a founding document expressing the core beliefs of the school.

READ HERE

About Schloss Krumbach

Schloss Krumbach International School is a co-educational bilingual boarding school (Grades 7- 12). Located in a beautiful 13th Century castle, the school is designed to accommodate a maximum of 100 students.

As a private elite institution, our school is small enough to have a truly bespoke academic offering to each individual student but large enough to offer the finest of challenges and opportunities both within and outside the curriculum.

Specifically, Schloss Krumbach provides high-quality international education in English, two international diploma programmes (IB DP and A-Levels), a range of extracurricular activities and sports, an innovative bilingual system of studying (English and German throughout Grades 7-9), diverse co-curricular day trips and a unique student leadership system.

This unique school is very futuristic in its harmonic appreciation of history and innovation, responsibility and tradition. For example, the school practises digital detox, promotes strict discipline and zero drug tolerance on campus, and yet cultivates a family atmosphere of trust and friendship, offers all the advanced teaching materials, 3D printing workshops and coding.

Students of today are leaders of tomorrow, and SKIS students, raised in Krumbach, will lead well.

Our Story

Our school is new, yet it stems from centuries-old teaching traditions. We are writing our own history, boldly and in style.

For many centuries, Schloss Krumbach was an integral part of the local ecosystem – it is a dearly loved and greatly respected place in Austria. Now it is a thriving international school, the only institution in Austria to host students at a real-life castle while offering both IB DP and A-Levels as high school diploma options.

Schloss Krumbach at Glance

Educational Opportunities

Educational Programmes

As Austria’s only international school accredited to teach within the framework of both IB DP and Cambridge A-Level Diploma programmes, we pride ourselves with providing academic excellence of truly one of a kind. Currently SKIS offers a truly multilingual approach, having a bilingual mode of learning throughout the Middle School, mother tongue support and an opportunity to learn a third language.

Supervised Homework

At Schloss Krumbach International School, we do take productivity rather seriously though. As a boarding school, we strive to teach our students not only academic subject knowledge and languages but also life skills, including such a vital competence as time management. Through a range of activities, from student leadership and homework supervision to day planning and revision organization, SKIS students encounter, practice, and master the art of structuring the time, tasks and deadlines in the most effective manner.

We practice high-quality individualized education and a student-oriented approach, both in class and beyond. One of our important inventions is the concept of supervised homework, through which we ensure a continuous learning curve beyond the lesson hours.

At SKIS, we believe that, to a large extent, it is through individual studies and responsible attitude to homework, that students grow to understand that their future and their success is always in their own hands. Yes, there can be plenty of support from the outside, but only one’s hard work, persistence, and commitment can transform these benefits into gains.

Having such a mindset is ultimately what turns the talented ones into the ones who succeed, and that is what we teach at SKIS.

Learn more about SKIS unique supervised homework system with Cian Walshe, Head of Languages Department & English Language Teacher.

Sports and DofE

At SKIS, we strive to create a balance between intellectual activity and physical development, providing a range of sports clubs, outdoor venues and extracurricular athletic activities. In general, there is at least one hour of sports every day, various athletic sections, a pre-breakfast stretching routine as well as seasonal skiing trips to the nearby slope.

From October 2021 on, SKIS is an acting member of the Duke of Edinburgh framework, a UK-designed comprehensive system of extracurricular activities and sports, aimed at increasing students’ confidence, resilience, and team working skills.

Through a DofE programme young people have fun, make friends, build confidence, and adopt an ethical attitude to nature and environment around them.

Having a DofE award on their resume also provides students with an additional competitive advantage when applying to college.

Join Filip Damjanovic, PE teacher, as he walks you through our sports and recreation policies at SKIS.