Welcome to HIS - Hanoi International School

Welcome to the 2023/2024 School Year from the Principal

I am delighted to welcome you to Hanoi International School (HIS) on behalf of the community. I hail from Canada, and although I am new to HIS, I have called Asia home for the last eighteen years, teaching and leading in IB world schools and working as an IB lead educator, supporting the development and growth of IB educators and schools. I am excited to call Hanoi home and establish myself as a lead learner in this incredible school community.

HIS is an intentionally small school in the center of Hanoi, a boutique school that provides individualized attention to each learner. The school is fully accredited by the Council of International Schools (CIS) and an authorized International Baccalaureate (IB) world school, offering the IB Primary Years (PYP), Middle Years (MYP), and Diploma Programmes (DP). HIS is a founding member of the Mekong River International Schools Association (MRISA), through which students participate in inter-school sporting and cultural exchanges and tournaments in South-East Asia.

The HIS faculty is international, representing over eighteen countries, including a core group of talented and dedicated teachers and staff from Vietnam. The student body is global, comprised of fifteen nationalities. Parents are welcome to learn about all aspects of the IB curriculum and social and emotional development through coffee mornings to be held throughout the year. Parent voice is honored at HIS through the Parent Teacher’s Association (PTA).

HIS is a mission-driven school in its twenty-sixth year of successful operation. Over the past two and a half decades, the school has strived for excellence, shown commitment to inclusion, and focused on a community-driven approach. Excellence is demonstrated daily through innovative teaching and learning practices, rigor across the continuum, and consistently impressive IB results. HIS is inclusive, honoring learners at different language phases and cognitive abilities, and supporting students to achieve their personal best. The school strives to be a diverse, equitable, and inclusive organization through word, action, and ongoing open dialogue. HIS is a warm and inviting school where community values are central. The caring faculty and staff members strive to nurture a safe and loving learning environment with the needs of children always at the center.

Daun Yorke

HIS Principal

Learn more about the History of HIS

School History

School History

In 1996, Hanoi International School was founded as a joint venture company, following an agreement between the Centre for Education Technology and the International School Development Inc. Hanoi International School opened its doors in late 1996 using premises leased from a school next to today’s campus. The school enrolment at the end of the first year was 54 students from preschool age to Grade 11.

The school continued to grow steadily and moved to the current purpose-built location in the 1999-2000 academic year. As of September 2022, the student enrolment stood at 272 from pre-kindergarten to Grade 12 representing 25 nationalities.

From its start, Hanoi International School (HIS) was an IB Diploma school receiving its membership certificate in 1996. In 1998, the school became a member of the Council of International Schools (CIS) and received its full accreditation in 2013 from both CIS and the New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC).

The joint venture was renewed in 2016, and today the school is now fully authorized to deliver three IB programmes: Primary Years Programme (PYP) in the Elementary school, Middle Years Programme (MYP) in Grades 6 -10 and the IB Diploma Programme (DP) in Grades 11 and 12.