THE SCHOOLENKA is a private, non-profit Pre-K – 12 co-educational day school in Istanbul, Turkey founded in 1996 as a center of educational excellence in the cultural capital of the country to provide an inspirational model for schools within Turkey and internationally.

Our academic programs foster global awareness and incorporate academic excellence with a commitment to educate a globally-minded student population. Our programs promote leadership and responsibility.

ENKA is commi�ed to IB principles and practices which shape the teaching and learning in the school. ENKA was the first Turkish school in in the country to be authorized by the IB to offer the IBPYP.

THE FACULTY118

TurkishNationals

168Total

TeachingStaff

7:1Student to

TeacherRatio

50Foreign

Nationals

11Nationalities

on staff

50Leadership

Team and Support

Team

Pre-SchoolPrimary SchoolMiddle SchoolHigh SchoolTOTAL

1783603503501238

THE STUDENTS

68Students

in the Class of

2018

Coordinator of College CounselingSandi Englersandi.engler@enka.k12.tr

College CounselorGüniz Gücükoğluguniz.gucukoglu@enka.k12.tr

IB DP CoordinatorErwin Utchanaherwin.utchanah@enka.k12.tr

Academic CoordinatorAnn Lindseyann.lindsey@enka.k12.tr

Head of SchoolRichard Bartlettrichard.bartlett@enka.k12.tr

High School PrincipalErkan Gültekinerkan.gultekin@enka.k12.tr

• Primarily Turkish nationals, with approximately 10% dual citizens• 100% of students continue on to higher education•Approximately 75% matriculate to universities abroad• 25% of High School students are recipients of academic scholarships• 10% of High School students are recipients of elite athlete scholarships, many of whom compete on Turkish national teams or individually at the international level.

Enrolment

THE MISSION & VISIONThe mission of ENKA Schools is to lay the intellectual and behavioral foundations that will prepare and motivate each individual to continuously develop to the full extent of his/her capacities, to instill the mental and moral habits fostering freedom of thought and action in themselves and others - irrespective of their origins, and to seek to be leading citizens of Turkey and their countries of origin.

PRINCIPLESDeveloping the Learning Community: We believe… • in the centrality of learning rather than teaching; • in the richness of each stage of human development and the uniqueness of each person; and• that all children should learn at personally challenging levels of achievement.

Developing the Individual: We believe… • in the importance of character above all else; • in a commitment to the best that is within each person.

Acting in the Local and Global Community: We respect all members of the community and diversity within the community; we recognize that the individual and the community are interdependent and have mutual responsibility; we advance the common good by serving the local, national and international community; we commit to raising global consciousness among all members of the school community; we know, appreciate and embrace the importance of bilingualism for the individual and the society.

A bilingual professional community is fostered within the school.

IB DIPLOMA NO. 2546

CEEB696580

HIGH SCHOOL PROFILE 2017-2018

Sadi Gülçelik Spor Sitesi, İstinye 34460 Istanbul, Turkey | Tel: +90 (212) 705 6500www.enka.k12.tr

THE CAMPUSThe campus is situated in the heart of the new business center of Istanbul, on the European side of Istanbul on 16 acres within the ENKA Sports Facility. The range of facilities demon-strates the importance ENKA places on contemporary education, sports, and the arts. The school’s academic facilities include three full science labs, 3 libraries totaling 40,000 volumes, computer labs, a multimedia room, and contemporary purpose-built classrooms. In addition to these, it has an amphitheater, an exhibition center, a music hall, an art gallery, 2 indoor pools, an outdoor Olympic sized pool, 12 tennis courts, a full gymnasium, fitness center, and a tartan track and field ring.

• Council of International Schools (CIS)• New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC)• Fully authorized IBDP and PYP, with MYP in authorization candidacy stage• Turkish Ministry of Education (MEB)

ACCREDITATIONS

CURRICULUM

• All students meet the requirements for and receive a Turkish High School (Lise) Diploma.• All students follow a full IBDP curriculum.• Students in grades 9 and 10 follow the Turkish National Curriculum, along with IGCSE Interna-tional Math and English first language and IBMYP.

All students in grades 11 and 12 choose 6 IB courses. Those who qualify for and choose to pursue the Full Diploma choose 3 SL and 3 HL courses; IB course studies students choose a range of SL or SL and HL courses. The two-year IB program engages students in a challenging curriculum in an interactive way. Through inquiry and investigation students develop critical thinking skills, and hone their analytical abilities. Students’ IB choices are subject to academic perfor-mance and scheduling parameters. At present, ENKA offers the following IB subjects: Turkish A , English A, English B, French B, German B, Turkish Social Studies SL, Economics, ITGS, Psychology, Global Politics, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Environmental Systems and Societies SL, Mathematics, Math Studies, Visual Arts, Music.

It should be noted that students must also fulfill all requirements for the Turkish National Diploma and therefore, in addition to studying 6 IB courses and TOK, they take additional Non-IB courses.

LANGUAGE• Bi-lingual instruction, all students study a third language from grades 5-12.• English as the primary language of instruction in High School: → 55% in English for Grades 9-10 (students also learning a third language) →75% in English for Grades 11-12 (students also learning a third language)• High School Math and Science courses are taught in English.

ASSESSMENT & RANKING• All grades in Turkish High Schools are recorded on the Turkish Ministry of Education’s 100 point scale. Students are given grades each semester and the final course grade is an average of the two semesters. GPAs are calculated by multiplying grades by the number of course hours in each course. IB classes are not weighted and are graded on the same 100 Turkish scale. An average of 85 is required to earn high honors, and it is rare for students to do so. An average of 70 is required to earn academic honors and passing grade is 50.

COMMUNITY SERVICECommunity Service is highly emphasized at the core of ENKA School’s mission and this is reflected throughout K-12. Students in the middle and high school are expected to meet minimum community service hours. Students volunteer regularly throughout Istanbul as well as in community service projects throughout Turkey and internationally. For the past several years, groups of students and teachers have traveled to under-developed areas in Turkey and abroad to help disadvantaged children in Baksi, Finike, and Nepal and other locations.

The co-curricular program plays an important role in the educational program we provide at ENKA. Students are offered nearly 70 club and 30 a er-school activity choices, giving them a wide range of social, cultural, and sporting options. Some of the options include:

Each year the school and students organize many key events, including a dance festival, film festival and MUN conference, Turkish and English drama productions, year-end performances, local and international celebrations and festivals. All of these provide our students with many opportunities to express them-selves.

ENKA is affiliated by THIMUN, European Youth Parliament, and has a Global Member Round Square School since 2011. Through the Round Square programs, students have the opportunity to partici-pate in overseas service projects, school exchanges, and global conferences.

Many students take the opportunities ENKA provides through its incredible athletic, arts, performing arts, and music facilities to pursue their interests and passions in these areas. ENKA student athletes, musicians, and artists are highly successful participants in teams, competitions, and exhibitions both nationally and interna-tionally. Several students have ranked at the top in world champion-ship events. In addition the school offers team and club sports in over 10 sports. Our Arts students participate in clubs and activities such as: theatre, school chamber orchestra, various music groups, film creation and film festival, art club, photography club, and art projects with Turkish Museums.

CookingEnglish DramaFilm ProductionDanceYogaCeramicsSwimmingExploring Istanbul

Community ServiceDuke of Edinburgh Intl. AwardYoung Guru Academy Model United NationsEuropean Youth ForumIntl. Chain of AwarenessInteract ClubSchool MagazineLego Robotics

CO-CURRICULAR ATHLETICS & ACTIVITIES

RECENT STUDENT DISTINCTIONSCOMMUNITY SERVICE & DEVELOPMENTFollowing the bone cancer fatality of one of their classmates, ENKA high school students initiated the IyİLİK Foundation, raising funds and awareness to build a bone marrow analysis laboratory, which is now one of the world’s top 10 labs of its kind.

To date ENKA has had 7 bronze and 5 silver Duke of Edinburgh International Award winners.

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTIn summer 2017 TEAMS Competition, ENKA high school students won:1st Place in the International Category- representing Turkey at the finals

With her ESS Class Project, one of our high school students won:2nd place in the world- Genius Olympiad, USAHonorable Mention- I-SWEEP Environmental Science Fair, USA

ATHLETIC ACHIEVEMENTIn July 2016 Gymnasiade for swimming in Trabzon, Turkey, one of our Grade 12 students won:3rd Place in the world- for 4 different events

In April 2017 at the ISF International Swimming Championship for High Schools in Budapest, Hungary, one of our Prep students won: 1st Place in the world- for 3 different events

In the Berlin Fed Cup, one of our Grade 11 students won:3rd Place in Europe- 16 Year Olds Division

ReadingMean

*553/610

MathMean

*657/645

CompositeMean

28

132 Test takers,of whom

98% were non-nativeEnglish speakers

25 Test takers,of whom

98% were non-nativeEnglish speakers

BIOLOGY SLBIOLOGY HL

CHEMISTRY SLCHEMISTRY HL

PHYSICS SLPHYSICS HL

MATH EMATICS SLMATH EMATICS HL

ENGLISH A SLENGLISH A HL

TURKISH SLTURKISH HL

PSYCHOLOGY SLPSYCHOLOGY HL

ECONOMICS SLECONOMICS HL

GERMAN SLFRENCH SL

INFORMATION TECH. G.S. SLINFORMATION TECH. G.S. HL

VISUAL ARTS HLGLOBAL POLITICS SLGLOBAL POLITICS HL

ENVIRONMENTAL SYS. & SOC. SL

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11TH GRADE IB SUBJECT DISTRIBUTIONS (CLASS OF 2018)

ACT RESULTS 2015-2017SAT SUBJECT RESULTS2015—2017

MathMath IIPhysicsBiology

ChemistryFrench

English Lit.

693 (49)730 (61)

700 (30)615 (6)

706 (8)502 (10)581 (7)

SAT RESULTS 2015-2017

*OLD SAT

IB DIPLOMA RECIPIENTS’ AVERAGE SCORE (2015-2017) : 31 The current world average IB Diploma score is 29.95.

GRADING SCALE & DISTRIBUTION OF GRADE 11’S CUMULATIVE AVERAGES (CLASS OF 2018)

Grade 9th-11th

HIGH HONORS

HONORS

Turkish 100 point scale95.00-100

90.00-94.9985.00-89.99 80.00-84.9975.00-79.9970.00-74.9965.00-69.9960.00-64.9955.00-59.9950.00-54.99

# of students03131381112621

% of students0%4%19%19%12%16%17%9%3%1%

Medical University –Varna, BulgariaCharles University Prague, Czech RepublicParis College of Art, France (2)SciencesPo -Menton, FranceCarl Benz School of Engineering, GermanyJacobs University, Germany (3)University of Debrecan, HungaryAmerican University of Rome, ItalyUniversita Bocconi, Italy *3 (4)Nuova Accademia di Belle Arti, ItalyIDC Herzliya Raphael Recanati, IsraelNagoya University, JapanErasmus Universiteit Ro�erdam, NetherlandsGerrit Rietveld Academie, Netherlands (2)KABK –Royal Academy of Art, Netherlands *1Leiden University, Netherlands *1 (2)Universiteit Maastricht, NetherlandsUniversity College Utrecht, NetherlandsAmsterdam University College, Netherlands *1 (2)University of Amsterdam, Netherlands*1 (2)De Haagse Hogeschool, NetherlandsCesar Ritz Colleges, SwitzerlandLes Roches International School of Hotel

Management, Switzerland (2)

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DA University of British Columbia *1 (5)

Carleton UniversityDalhousie University (2)University of GuelphHumber CollegeMcGill University *5 (19)Sheridan CollegeSimon Fraser UniversityUniversity of Toronto *2 (15)Western UniversityYork University

Beginning with the first graduating class of 2008, 440 ENKA students have matriculated abroad. A total of 63 students applied to overseas universities in 2017. This number constitutes 93% of the graduating class. The matriculation for the Class of 2017 are shown in bold.

*indicates the number of students matriculated this year

American University *2 (2)Arizona State UniversityBabson College (8Ball State University (2)Barnard CollegeBentley University *1 (4)Berklee College of Music (2)Binghamton University (2)Boston CollegeBoston University (13)Brandeis UniversityBrown University *1 (9)Bryant University (2)Bucknell University (2)University of California, Berkeley (2)University of California, IrvineUniversity of California, Los Angeles (4)University of California, San DiegoCarnegie Mellon UniversityChapman UniversityClark UniversityColumbia University *2 (6)Connecticut College *1Cornell University (2)The Culinary Institute of AmericaDartmouth College *1Drew University (2)Duke University (7)Emerson College (2)Emory University *2 (4)Fashion Institute of TechnologyFordham University *1 (2)Fullerton College (2)Georgetown University (5)The George Washington University *1 (7)Georgia Institute of TechnologyHarvard University (3)University of Illinois at Urbana-Cham-paign (4)Johns Hopkins University (5)Johnson & Wales University (3)Lafaye�e CollegELehigh University (4)Lake Forest CollegeLynn University (2)University of Massachuse�sUniversityof Miami *1 (4)University of Michigan(7)Michigan State University (4)Mount Ida CollegeNew York University (15)The New School *1 (9)Northeastern University *1 (7)Northwestern University *2 (6)Oberlin College (2)Old Dominion UniversityUniversity of PennsylvaniaPennsylvania State University (6)Pepperdine University *1 (4)Pra� Institute *1 (8)Purdue University (2)Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

University of Rochester (3)Rhode Island School of Design(4)Rutgers University (2)San Diego State University *1 (2)San Francisco State University *1Santa Clara University *1Santa Monica CollegeSavannah College of Art and DesignSchool of the Art Inst. of Chicago (4)School of Visual Arts (3)Skidmore College (2)University of Southern California *1 (6)Southern Methodist UniversitySt. Edward's UniversityStanford University (2)Suffolk UniversityTrinity UniversityTu�s University *1 (4)Vanderbilt University (2)Vassar CollegeUniversity of Virginia (15)Wellesley College (2)Worcester Polytechnic Institute *1 (4)University of Washington

Architectural Assoc.School of Architecture *1 (3)Arts University BournemouthUniversity of Bath *1 (5)Bournemouth UniversityUniversity of Brighton (2)Brunel University (3)Camberwell College of ArtsCambridge School of Visual and Performing Arts *1Central Saint Martins College of Art & Design *1 (3)City University *1 (2)Durham UniversityUniversity of Edinburgh (2)European School of Economics LondonUniversity of Exeter *1University of GlasgowGoldsmiths College, University of LondonImperial College London (2)University of Kent (2)King's College London *3 (12)Kingston University (2)London College of CommunicationUniversity of Manchester (2)University of No�ingham *1 (8)University of OxfordOxford Brookes UniversityQueen Mary, University of London *1University of Reading (3)Royal Holloway, University of London *2 (12)School of Oriental and African StudiesUniversity of Surrey (2)University of Warwick (2)University of York *1

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Acibadem Üniversitesi 2Bahçeşehir Üniversitesi *2 (11)Beykent Üniversitesi *1 (5)Bilkent Üniversitesi 4Boğaziçi Üniversitesi 3Çanakkale 18 Mart Üniversitesi 1Dokuzeylül Üniversitesi 1Gebze Teknik Üniversitesi 1Hace�epe Üniversitesi 1Haliç Üniversitesi 1Işik Üniversitesi 5İstanbul Arel Üniversitesi 1İstanbul Aydin Üniversitesi 1İstanbul Bilgi Üniversitesi *2 (78)İstanbul Kültür Üniversitesi 2İstanbul Teknik Üniversitesi 4İstanbul Üniversitesi 7Kadirhas Üniversitesi 2Koç Üniversitesi (6) 38Medipol Üniversitesi *1 (1)Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi *1 (2)Okan Üniversitesi 3Özyeğin Üniversitesi *1 (26)Sabanci Üniversitesi 33Yeditepe Üniversitesi *1 (9)Yildiz Teknik Üniversitesi 1

UNIVERSITY MATRICULATIONS 2008 - 2017

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