Busan Foreign School (BFS) first began to serve the community of Busan
in October of 1996. The school is located in Haeundae New Town; a new and expanding area of Busan. In addition, the New Town area is well populated by an expatriate community that is doing business in the areas surrounding Busan. This district expects to see continuous growth of foreign business and development in the near future. It is the mission of BFS to offer the highest quality North American-style education to all students enrolling in the school.
Most of our students are members of foreign families that have relocated to Korea due to their parents working in the Busan area. BFS also serves third culture
children living in Korea and ethnic Koreans returning to Korea after living overseas for five or more years. Though a majority of the students live in the Busan area, students from the areas surrounding Busan; such as the towns of Ulsan, Changwon and the Kimhae area are also enrolled.
BFS offers a complete
educational program; nursery through 12th grade. We offer a wide
range of courses for all grade levels. For students in need of
ESL support, we offer elementary, middle, and high school ESL classes. For students who need additional support, the school offers an after-school ESL program for an additional
4 hours a week. ESL students are slowly integrated into the
mainstream classroom, but only after testing and teacher
recommendations are completed.
BFS has shown tremendous growth in the past several years. Beginning with just a
kindergarten through sixth grade program, serving a small number of students, the school has grown to include
an inclusive program, offering full service to all students from
nursery to twelfth grade. Although the school has grown, we continue to emphasize small class size as a vehicle for individualized instruction for all of our students. In addition, the school has added advanced level courses and we maintain a priority of aligning our curriculum to the standards found in the United States.
Busan Foreign School offers all core subject areas to all grade levels. In addition, we offer a variety of electives such as
physical education, band, music theory, art, guitar, independent
study, Spanish , Korean , drama, reading & writing, world cultures,
sociology, current events, Spanish, Korean, speech, health, communications,
orchestra, life
skills, study skills, vocabulary & grammar, photography, multimedia, English
composition, international business, AP physics, AP calculus and
AP English classes serve to further extend our curriculum.
BFS also offers
numerous after school activities for its students. These
activities include: art, guitar class, soccer, music,
basketball, cross country running, dance, yoga, chess,
orchestra, SAT
preparation classes, and TOEFL preparation classes.
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