Why APIS?

  • 01
    Global Network
    of Schools
    APIS Seoul has a sister school in America - APIS Hawai‘i. With these two schools, APIS students are able to take advantage of our global school network and pursue, quite literally, our school’s mission, ‘bridging the gap between East and West’.
  • 02
    Personalized and
    Relationship-Based
    Education
    Education for the future is no longer viable at a mega-school with a factory-like education system. Instead, as a small school by design, each child is cared for individually.
  • 03
    College Success
    All our students graduate to go to universities in the U.S. and around the world. In 2018, 11% of our students matriculated to the top 10 universities around the world, while another 80% managed to secure spots within the world’s top 30 universities.
  • 04
    The Hibiscus Model of
    International Education
    The 21st-century demands new ways of thinking towards education. The Hibiscus model is the APIS way of preparing our students for the New Pacific Century, with deliberate choices and emphasizing on the following three domains: Core Curricular Content, Key Character Strengths, and the New Pacific Century Skills & Dispositions.
  • 05
    Emphasis on Building
    East Asian Competencies
    The rise of Asia and the relationship between East and West will play a critical role in shaping the New Pacific Century. APIS has a fully articulated K-12 foreign language program that requires all students to take two East Asian languages.
  • 06
    New Pacific
    Century Academy
    Every year, our middle school students
    are given the opportunity to participate
    in a month-long Project-Based Learning Camp
    at our sister school in Hawai‘i, U.S.
  • 07
    Purpose-Built,
    Collaborative
    Learning Environment
    APIS students are able to explore and have limitless imaginations using our state-of-the-art recording studios, cooking lab, STEM labs, woodshop, and maker spaces.
  • 08
    Incredible
    Opportunities to Shine
    All of our students participate in student-led clubs, and the majority of our students play one or more sports and are members of a musical ensemble. Our small school environment encourages student involvement and entrepreneurship.