Living and Learning in Bali – A Visit from Bali Island School to Jakarta

Lenny Marlina Tanu, Tressabel Hutasoit, Mike Miller & Vika Katharina

Bali Island School in partnership with Exquisite Media hosted a talk show and afternoon tea on 3 May 2023, bringing a taste of Bali to Jakarta. Held at Hotel Indonesia Kempinski Jakarta, the event prided a closer insight on providing children with an outstanding educational experience that focuses on international mindedness and unveiling the beneficial elements of living and getting an education in Bali.

Bali Island School’s Head of School Mike Miller and Marketing Manager Vika Katharina were the main speakers of the talk show, with Tressabel Hutasoit as the moderator.

Opened in 1986, Bali Island School is renowned as the pioneer school in Bali to offer the PYP, MYP, and DP curriculums of International Baccalaureate (IB) programmes. Today, it has developed into the most established IB school in Bali, delivering a world-class education, with 75% of the teachers holding a master’s degree and teaching experience coming from all over the world, while also employing certified and competent Indonesian teaching partners and staff.

BIS offers the most comprehended IB curriculum experience, not only inside the class but outside of the classroom, with a 100% pass rate, 45 highest DP score, and 34.18 average scores for IBDP compared to the global average.

The school is fully licensed and authorised by the IB curriculum as well as CIS, WASC, and also the Indonesia Ministry of Education, embedding values from the IB learner profile which creates a positive and tolerant learning community.

The concept of international mindedness is engrained at BIS, where it provides opportunities for leadership, extracurricular exploration, and athletics through our extensive after-school activity programmes.

To end the talk, BIS invited SukkhaCitta to do a little workshop of creating a handmade bracelet from locally sourced thread, beautified with a dragon pendant, the school’s mascot.


Bali Island School
Jalan Danau Buyan IV No. 15
Sanur, Denpasar
Bali, 80228 Indonesia
T: (+62) 361288770
F: (+62) 361285103
E: info@baliis.net
W: baliislandschool.com
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