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The Westlake International School, abbreviated WIS and commonly known as Westlake School, is a private international and boarding school in Kampar, Malaysia. Founded in 2013, the school sit on a 20 acres campus area by mountains and lakes within Kampar - an education hub which house premier institution of higher learning. In 2015, WIS has 380 students, including about 50 foreign students.

The Westlake International School follows the Cambridge International General Certificate of Secondary Education (IGCSE) Curriculum syllabus under the Cambridge International Examinations Board. WIS curriculum range from ages 3 to 18 years old from Early Years Centre (Pre-School) to Primary School, Secondary School, and A Levels.

The school's vision is to transform minds and change lives in the pursuit of excellence as a responsive, relational and reflective school and aims to produce a school culture where everyone is aligned to the Cambridge Profile of confidence, responsible, reflective, innovative and engaged.

Curriculum
The Childcare Centre (Preschool) program follows on the Montessori education framework, an educational approach based on scientific observations of children.

The Primary comprise Key Stage 1 (lower primary) and Key Stage 2 (upper primary). Students build a strong foundation in English, Mathematics and Science and developing in other areas, including languages, art, music, physical education and environment studies.

The Secondary consist of Key Stage 3 and Key Stage 4. The students engaged in subject disciplines founded on thinking skills and language proficiency. In Year 9, students sit for the Checkpoint, the diagnostic tests for English, Mathematics and science.

The A Level, based on the Cambridge Advanced curriculum, student are prepared for university study by obtaining the Cambridge International qualifications focused on the development and understanding of their selected subjects.

Co-curricular activities
Westlake International School offers a wide range of Co-Curricular Activities (CCA) for the Primary, Secondary and the A Level students which they may participate in after school hours. The House Sports is held on Monday while the CCA is on Wednesday.

WIS House Sports program includes:

• Athletics • Badminton • Basketball • Capture the Flag • Chess • Dodge Ball • Football • Kick Ball / Four Square • March Pass • Mini-marathon • Netball • Table Tennis • Tennis • Throwing (discus, short putt) • Tug-of-War • Ultimate Frisbee / American Football

WIS CCA program includes:

• Art Attack Audio Visual & Lighting • Board Games • Carrom • Chinese Society • Craft • Creative Writing • Dance • Drama • English Language Society • Home Science • Junior Fun Club • Photography • Programming & Informatics • Spanish • Study Hall • Wind Orchestra Westlake (WOW)

Sports Houses
House System is an integral part of the school and is divided into four different houses represent animals, each in its respective house colors.


 * Tigers (red)
 * Dolphins (blue)
 * Otters (purple)
 * Camels (yellow)

The House System provide the framework for the rewards system where student accumulate points individually for the House Cup during the annual Sports Day.

Facilities
Westlake International School has indoor auditorium, fine art centre, multipurpose hall (MPH), a two storey lirabry, cafeteria, sickbay, Information and Communications Technology (ICT) lab, laboratory, and a gym.

Outdoor athletic facilities including two football field, artificial field, swimming pool, table tennis, basketball and tennis courts.

Boarding Houses
The boarding house which sit within the school campus has a dedicated boarding house parents who look after the well-being of the boarding students. The boarding house to boarder ratio is at 1:15.

Accreditations and partnerships
Westlake International School is accredited by the Boarding School Association (BSA) and a licensed The Duke of Edinburgh's Award Center.

It has academic partnerships with University Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR) and University Teknologi Petronas (UTP).