Wednesday, February 10th 2016 – Members of the Board of Directors at Bangkok International Preparatory & Secondary School (Bangkok Prep), and the Head of School, Mrs Valerie Thomas-Peter invited representatives from the Primary and Secondary Student Councils, parents and teachers to join in the Groundbreaking Ceremony that took place on February 4th on the future site of the new Secondary School Campus, set to open in August 2017.
Invitees were asked to “break-the-ground” with the Bangkok Prep’s commemorative shovels to mark the auspicious beginning of the construction of the new Secondary School Campus, located on Sukhumvit 77 amid a secure and prime residential area of central Bangkok.
The environment at the new Secondary School Campus is carefully designed and planned to compliment the natural surroundings. The School’s priority is to provide a safe, comfortable and visually stimulating school environment for the students and teachers of Bangkok Prep. The focus is to provide a space that’s ideal for teaching and learning – with generously sized and carefully planned learning spaces enhancing 21st century teaching, learning and full student engagement.
All of the buildings are elevated in order to create shaded areas on the ground level and are linked together by a main pedestrian walkway. The modern design of the new Secondary School Campus buildings will feature energy saving concept involving solar panels and a special building structure that allows the school to capitalize on the source of natural light. “Elements such as these will establish Bangkok Prep as the 21st century international school with an environmental conscious mind," said Mr Sinn Ponghanyut, the project’s chief architect from Plan Architect.
The new Secondary School Campus will feature state-of-the art learning spaces, an Aquatics Centre with an olympic sized swimming pool, an indoor Sports Hall, a 400-seat auditorium, a theatre, a large outdoor sports field and tennis courts.
“Our new campus reflects the need to expand our facilities to meet the demand of our growing student body, specifically that of Secondary students”, explained Valerie Thomas-Peter, the Head of School. The facility will enable us to deliver the School’s mission to provide a high quality and stimulating learning environment, where students can prepare for life and realise their full potential.”
The construction will take place from February 2016 and is expected to be completed by August 2017. Approximately 400 students, aged 11 to 18 years old, will move from the current campus on Sukhumvit 53 to the new Secondary School Campus on Sukhumvit 77.
The campus on Sukhumvit 53 will be exclusively dedicated to the Primary School and will continue to cater for children aged 3 to 11 years old.
About Bangkok Prep
Bangkok International Preparatory and Secondary School (Bangkok Prep) is a private co-educational mid-size school located adjacent to the Thonglor BTS station, making it the most accessible and conveniently located international school in Bangkok.
The programme of study is based on the National Curriculum of England providing quality education to students from Nursery to Year 13. The school offers a rigorous ‘IGCSE’ programme to Year 10 and 11 students as a precursor to the Cambridge-approved ‘A’ Levels studied in Years 12 and 13, thereby PREParing students for acceptance to leading universities throughout the world.
Bangkok Prep is proud of its holistic international approach to education and with more than 42 nationalities represented the school celebrates its cultural diversity. Students develop their own sense of identity whilst recognising and empathising with other cultures, traditions and beliefs.
Bangkok Prep: PREParing students for life
For further details, visit www.bkkprep.ac.th
