About Yongsan International School of Seoul (YISS)
Yongsan International School of Seoul (YISS) is a warm, inclusive community of students, parents, and Christian educators. We welcome families and students of all religions and worldviews from more than 50 countries, providing a rich multicultural student experience anchored in the core principles of truth, excellence, and diversity.
Within this nurturing, close-knit environment, a shared commitment to individual student success is fostered by a team of highly qualified, passionate faculty and staff who inspire a love of learning and unleash each student’s potential to achieve. It is an extraordinary educational experience that empowers students and prepares them to excel in college and beyond, anywhere in the world. Yongsan International School of Seoul was established as "a renowned, world class educational institution for the children of foreign investors in Korea" by the Korean Foreign Schools Foundation.
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American
Primary Language
English
Ages
5 to 18
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14 Reviews of Yongsan International School of Seoul (YISS)
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Even though many people specify that this school is not worth the money, it surely is. This school compared to other international schools in korea has a significant and well deserved tuiton fee compared to even smaller interational schools in korea. Furthermore, many people argue the claim that YISS has bad teachers, while you can surely argue the fact that teachers are stricter than others, academically YISS teachers are very well trained, but their personality can 100 percent affect a students view on the teacher. Adding on, sports is excellent. I claim this because YISS cannot change or add any other sports to the KAIAC season, so arguing that YISS should add more sports is a very straightfoward argument. However YISS also needs people to tryout to make into sports teams, and those that do if do not follow YISS policy (failing a class, behavior issue, etc) are immediately kicked out from the team or cant participate in jamborees. This means that YISS only accepts people that are not only athletic wise good, but also people who can maintain a good academic status. Music and arts is also very good because YISS spents a good chunk of its budget towards keeping instruments in good condition, and buying luxury instruments that the school could use in later dates such as concerts, and places that are needed. The technology is great because i believe that the tech office staff are one of the most high trained staff here at YISS, and i know this due to the fact that most of these staff have been here since i joined YISS, back in 2017. Adding on to the fact that i have been here since 2017, many people argue that recess is terrible. Recess is not the best, however elementary recess is much more high quality because they go on the field, and also have 2 recess times. A few adjusements could be made to the recess in older grades of the school, however this is not the biggest issue in the world. Lastly, the campus is extremely well maintained and students are taught to clean up for themselves, making the jobs of the cleaning ladies easier. In conclusion, i would say this school has problems such as grading systems and such, but is surely a very high quality international private school in korea.
Best school I've been to.
Facilities are okay, but there is a lot of morning traffic because there is only one entrance, and their "track" is not really a track. Academics are okay too. Music and sports are under-average. School provides good computers. The worst part about this school are the teachers and staff. Most are not supportive, ignorant, not understanding, and not motivating. The staff is not very good either.
Academically they are mediocre at best. Facilities are quite nice. Teachers are quite biased and very vague with explaining during lessons. It's easy to tell which ones are better than others. Music program is okay, not that good. Sports programs are terrible. No track and field for middle school, heck, I don't know if they have a track at all! Just a square 300 meter soccer field you can run around. Recess yard is terrible, basketball hoops are not good. Does it matter? Not really, the recess is a mere 10 minutes and the kids there hog the ball during soccer/basketball anyway so good luck getting a shot off. They provide nice MacBooks, though. Definitely not worth the money to attend this school.
School is not run well, grading system is very bad, music is atrocious, and some of the teachers are not friendly. I was excited about joining track and field in middle school when I first got in, because the staff member giving us an introduction said there was track and field for middle school and high school. Turns out they don't. Their other sports are not good either. Regret going to this school. The only good thing about this school is that the campus is quite nice. Choose a different international school instead.
The school is amazing. Academic and personal school life is very manageable in this school environment.
It's a nice place with great education and opportunities. However, I think they should focus more on academics and the student's well-being. Although it is a Christian school, I don't think they focus on academics enough.
I used to go to Yiss, the staff is extremely biased and they literally do not do anything about bullying. (I left yiss in 2022)
Students are all mostly good, but very very bad administration. The staff at YISS are biased, and they do not care about their students opinions. At first people are like, “oh YISS has the friendliest teachers”! but that is very false. Teachers are rude, ignorant, and VERY BIASED. Middle school principal does not listen to their students opinions and does not work up to the goal she tells students she will accomplish. I would not recommend YISS to any student that is looking for an international school in Korea.
Very good facility but a feeling of a factory when it comes to communicating with parents. They are not interested in the backgrounds of students and only focus on English ability and nationality (prefer nationals from English speaking countries). Very disappointing...
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Olegs Ilgis, a year ago
Yongsan International School of Seoul is one of the top international schools in Seoul for expats. Great facilities, experienced teachers and helpful administrative team.
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Marie Tidoe, 10 months ago
This seems like a great school but are there any dorms near the school , how much is the school fee, do you teach different languages except for Spanish and French, what king of courses are there, if it’s your first time in Korea is there a way I can go to the school will the school pa for certain things and how do I transfer from a school in America to a school in Korea? My apologies if I asked to many questions but please try your best to answer. And also, what kind of after school activities do you have. Please list as many as you want and again my apologies if I asked too many questions.
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Beyond TOI, 4 months ago
Yongsan International School of Seoul is very average school. Academics has got very little focus. Its ok to have focus on religion, but probably that's the only thing they are focused on here and little else. Its a church, not a school... google should change the category of this posting! Teachers are way too average and "artificial" in the way they present themselves... have seen them get basic spellings and 2 digit summations wrong in elementary school... and these weren't errors, they repeat those mistakes!
