Life at StGIS

At St. Gilgen International School your child will be supported by a teacher dedicated to supporting the needs of a small group of students. We call these staff members ‘mentor tutors’ and their primary job is to become experts in the subject of their mentees.
These staff will support, guide and encourage students at every step of their educational journey. Mentor Tutor groups are small and have no more than 6 students to a group to allow for personal attention. The groups meet every day to ensure regular contact. The mentor tutor is a primary contact point for teachers and parents in relation to the needs and development of their tutees and under the guidance of the Houseparents will coordinate all support and extension activities.

We take a proactive and positive approach to promoting healthy physical, social, and emotional wellbeing and encourage our students to take care of themselves in each of these elements of life.
We emphasise this approach through our wellbeing class for students from Grade 7-10. These lessons use positive psychology to help students become aware of their strengths, to support positive decision-making and to maximise their health and happiness.
However, we also know that adolescence can be a difficult time, and for these times we have a well developed pastoral web of staff, nurses, and external support agencies we can call on to help should this be necessary.