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Skagerak International School

The international schools at Skagerak are a group of private schools located on the waterfront in Sandefjord, Norway. Skagerak is located at the prestigious premises of the former shipyard administration at Framnes. They comprise a kindergarten, primary school, middle school, and a high school. The high school is recognized as an International Baccalaureate World School. Together, they promote mutual respect, intercultural awareness and international-mindedness through the International Baccalaureate programmes: the Diploma, Middle Years and Primary Years programmes. The PYP was authorized in June 2006 and the Middle School is a candidate for MYP authorization in June 2007.

History
The Kindergarten (est. 2005) and the Primary School (est. 2000) were located in Kjellbergveien until 2011, and the Middle (est. 2000) and High Schools (est. 1991) in Framnesveien, housed in the old prestigious 21 High School students at Skagerak attended a Habitat for Humanity trip to Cluj in the Transylvania region of Romania on June 23, 2012. The students raised money before traveling to Romania where they constructed houses for the poor. Besides Romania, Skagerak has arranged similar trips to Moshi, Tanzania since 1997, where students have built classrooms, toilets, washing facilities, and more. Two developing projects in Nepal received 300,000 NOK after a fundraiser by Skagerak in 2014. Rotary International donated 2,50 NOK for every 1 NOK the school collected for the projects. 26 students traveled to Nepal in the fall of 2014 to check up on the projects. The school has done similar fundraising with projects in Ladakh in the Himalayan part of India. In the 2014 school year, international trips were offered to Spain, Germany, Nepal, Paris, France, and Geneva, Switzerland. High School and Middle School students traveled to Rongai, Kenya in the summer of 2016 as part of the Global Awareness Project. Skagerak International School will open an elementary school and a middle school in Tønsberg, Norway in the fall of 2020. The schools will be located in the former facilities of Slottsfjellskolen, a building near Tønsberg Fortress which was designed by Henrik Thrap-Meyer in the 1880s. ==Accreditations and affiliations==
Accreditations and affiliations
Skagerak is a member of the Norwegian Association For Private Schools (NFFL). The High School is also a member of UNESCO's SOUL project. It is accredited by the Norwegian Department of Education and Science. ==Rankings==
Rankings
National tests in 2010 found Skagerak Middle School to be the second-best middle school in Norway. The first release of national High School scores by the Ministry of Education and Research in 2016 found Skagerak to be one of the best in Norway. ==Playmaker Theatre==
Playmaker Theatre
Skagerak's Playmaker Theatre, previously known as Sandefjord Playmakers, was established in 2011. The theatre group's first production, a rendition of Peer Gynt by Henrik Ibsen, was performed at Sandefjord Spa in April 2012. In April 2013, they performed The Wizard of Oz and the performances were moved to Verdensteatret (The World Theatre) at Konges gate 1 in Oslo. The 2014 theatrical production was Romeo and Juliet, while C.S. Lewis’ Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe was featured in 2015. The 2016 production was a rendition of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit, in 2017 Oliver Twist, and the 2018 production was a reenactment of George Orwell’s Animal Farm. The 2019 production is Louise Carroll's Alice in Wonderland “Treasure Island” “Midnight Summer’s Dream” ==References==
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