 
History
“Memorial
International School of Tirana” (MIST)
has been
opened in the 2001 under the permission of Albanian
Government by “Turgut Ozal Education Company” to meet the
international education need in Albania.
Starting from its foundation MIST strives to complete CIS
membership procedures. In 2001 MIST has started processes of CIS
accreditation from position of Prospective Membership. After taking
a very successful Preliminary Visit by CIS Accreditation Officers
MIST became a ''Regular Member of CIS''. MIST continues processes
for the ''Full Accredited School'' position.
MIST has started education in its well equipped building in Rr.
Elbasanit Tre Vellezerit Kondi. Then at the beginning of 2005-06
Academic Year MIST has moved to its new building which is known as
Ish Shkola Partise in Rr. Durres.
MIST provides a safe and caring learning environment where students
are challenged to make use of their potentials and integrate into a
multicultural world community and
continues to serve for
international education with qualified teaching staff in its modern
and well equipped school building.
Mission Statement
We endeavour to provide a
safe and caring learning environment where students are challenged
to make use of their potentials and integrate into a multicultural
world community.
MIST
sets a good example of educational excellence.
We aim:
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To provide the best curriculum, faculty, learning
facilities and environment for our students to acquire their highest
potentials at MIST.
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To give every student access to coherent English-
type international curriculum.
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To prepare our students for a life-long learning,
equipped with skills and adaptability to cope confidently in a
rabidly changing world.
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To promote high standards of behaviour and to foster
caring, tolerant, supportive and respectful relationships between
all members of our international school community.
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To strive to attain the highest standards of
international education in order that students respond to challenge
and integrate into a multicultural world community.
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To provide a broad based curriculum which emphasizes
strong academic and creative expressions and which facilitates entry
to schools with similar program.
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To recruit and retain suitably qualified, experienced
and highly capable teachers.
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To develop an understanding and appreciation of
diversity of cultures within our community.
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To build respect for people from different cultures
and ethnic backgrounds.
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To prepare our students to grow up with self –
confidence, self – discipline and high ethical standards – ready to
communicate and operate within today’s global community.
Finally we distill all this down to a short motto
that really tells what MIST is: the right school where
“students come first”
Vision
Statement
"The
first choice for international education in Albania"
Philosophy
We believe …
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that each child has a unique
talent and potential, so we encourage each child to explore
his/her talent and help to bring out the best in them.
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in dignity and worth of our
school community and recognize the importance of our mutual
responsibilities to each other and to others in the world
community.
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that knowledge is acquired
through a constructive process; and therefore our curriculum
should emphasize experimental learning at all levels.
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that education in an
international school with o community of diverse cultural and
religious backgrounds should provide and promote understanding
and appreciation of all creeds and cultures.
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that education should be student
centered and is a partnership among students, teachers, parents
and broader community.
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in measuring our value as human
beings by our humanity towards others. Goodness, generosity,
tolerance and honesty can not be forced or ordered. They can
function only by being modelled upon. MIST is the
embodiment of all good features and qualities.
Students’ and Parents’ profile
There are about 160 students
in the classes from Kindergarten to Year
11 at MIST.
In 2008-09 Academic Year, Year
12 class is going to be added to the range of our classes and we are
going to have our first graduates at the end of 2008-09 Academic
Year.
We have students
from 19 different nationalities.
All the students built a good
friendship among each other.
A big majority of the Albanian parents are
businessmen, of the foreigner parents are businessmen, teachers and staff of
embassies or other international organizations.
Accreditation
MIST
is accredited by Ministry of Education of Albania and has a
licence for Kindergarten, Primary (Year 1- Year 9) and Secondary
(Year 10 - Year 12) Schools.
MIST is Regular Member of CIS (Council of
International Schools).
Starting
from its foundation MIST strives to complete CIS membership
procedures.
In 2001
MIST has started processes of CIS accreditation from position of
Prospective Membership.
After
taking a very successful ''Preliminary Visit'' by CIS Accreditation
Officer Mrs. Margaret Alvarez in May 2005, MIST became a ''Regular
Member'' of CIS and started ''Self Study'' for the CIS
accreditation.
In
November 2007, CIS Accreditation Officer Mr. John Heard visited the
MIST to review the accreditation process. He has suggested February
2009 as the date for completion of the ''Self Study'' and April 2009
for the ''CIS Team Visit'' date.
All
members of the MIST; administrators, teachers, parents, students and
workers, continue to work alltogether to improve MIST through the
process of accreditation and to become a ''Fully Accredited
School''.
The following news are taken from "CIS
Accreditation
Newsletter May / June 2005"
and are available in CIS website.
NEWS FROM EUROPE
(Cont…)
Memorial
International School Tirana, Albania
Since inception
this school has grown to its current enrolment of around 60 students
and is housed in a charming villa in a residential part of town. 'A
school with a big heart' very much sums up the school's climate.
Students and staff were very welcoming and were genuinely delighted
to have a visitor in school. Above all they are committed to
educational improvement processes and have whole heartedly embraced
the accreditation process.
accreditation
process.
Pictured above are
the delightful Grade 2 students from the Memorial International
School Tirana, Albania. These students have been working diligently
to produce an animated version of a piece of literature and were
snapped by Margaret Alvarez during her recent Preliminary Visit to
the school.
CIS
Accreditation Newsletter
May / June 2005
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