Kyushu Lutheran International School (Primary)
Chuo-ku, Kumamoto, Kumamoto, Japan
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- IB PYP candidate; inquiry-based, aligned with the Japanese Course of Study
About this school
Kyushu Lutheran International School (LIS) is the international primary school division of Kyushu Lutheran Gakuin, a Christian school corporation in Kumamoto. The corporation decided in April 2024 to establish an international elementary section, and the school now admits new and transfer pupils for Grades 1 to 6 on the Kurokami campus in Chuo-ku.
LIS is a candidate school for the IB Primary Years Programme and is working toward authorisation as an IB World School. Learning is inquiry-based and child-centred, organised around the PYP's six transdisciplinary themes and a school-wide programme of inquiry, and it ends with a Grade 6 exhibition. Other subjects follow Japan's national Course of Study, so the programme combines an international approach with Japanese curriculum standards.
Rooted in the Lutheran school's Christian values, the school aims to develop gratitude, service and lifelong learning, using personalised learning plans and service projects. It has also run a MEXT-commissioned project on curricula for children of highly skilled foreign professionals, and it offers a summer programme. Its website is published in Japanese, English and Traditional Chinese.
