Duong Mai
duong.mai@isriga.lv
University Guidance Counsellor
There is a full-time counselor to assist with university admission, careers and personal counseling in the Secondary School. In addition a comprehensive academic programme the High School also offers pastoral care through:
- Health & Wellness (H&W, G9-10) and University Guidance (UG, G11-12) classes designed to enhance each student’s self-esteem, social and health awareness and to assist them with their applications to college or university.
- Student Council and House Captain opportunities for students to assume increasing amounts of responsibility and leadership.
- A Tutor programme that promotes positive interaction between students of different interests, cultures and backgrounds.
- A personal counseling support and guidance to assist students in this time of significant physical and emotional change, increased peer pressure and social demands.
- An extracurricular activities programme which complements the overall school program, designed to cover a full range of student interests and emphasizing skill-building and participation.
International School of Riga is a Candidate School* for the IB MYP. This school is pursuing authorization as an IB World School. These are schools that share a common philosophy—a commitment to high quality, challenging, international education that ISR believes is important for our students. *Only schools authorized by the IB Organization can offer any of its four academic programmes: the Primary Years Programme (PYP), the Middle Years Programme (MYP), the Diploma Programme (DP), or the Career-related Programme (CP). Candidate status gives no guarantee that authorization will be granted. For further information about the IB and its programmes, visit http://www.ibo.org.
