Items covered by the Additional Fees:

The additional fees cover all the important extra-curricular activities for each year group.

For all students in Elementary it covers the cost of swimming lessons, ice-skating, day field trips, IB program fees and ISA/CATS testing.

It also includes an activites programme for students in the Elementary and Secondary that runs after school lessons have finished.

Students can choose up to nine different activities each year with each session running ten weeks. For more detailed information on the activities programme please refer to the sheet entitled “The Activities Programme”.

In addition for Grades 2 - 5 it includes overnight field trips. The students in Grades 4 and 5 attend an overnight residential trip at the beginning of the school year. This enables the teacher to know their class better and for the children to make friends with each other. Grade 2 and 3 go on a field trip at the end of the academic year.

The children are accompanied by their class teacher and another teacher. They experience a mix of educational and outdoor activities. It gives them an opportunity to see another part of Austria and to gain independence and confidence.

There are also a series of residential field trips for students in the Secondary school.  As part of the International Baccalaureate Middle Years Programme (IBMYP) students in Grades 6 to 10 also visit the Austrian countryside at different times of the year. The aim is to develop their personal and social skills, as well as addressing the areas of interaction central to the MYP.

These are enjoyable as well as challenging trips, and they from an integral part of the programme.   

Grades 11 and 12 also take part in additional activities that are central to the IB Diploma Programme. There is a Creativity Action and Service (CAS) retreat held in Burgenland.
The purpose of the retreat is to initiate students into the types of activities that are expected for CAS as an IB requirement. 
Working collectively and “off campus” serves to focus their minds. The retreat is fun and also serves to give students many ideas on what is required for CAS.

There is also an intensive TOK workshop. This takes place over a weekend and addresses key topics from the TOK programme.
ISA (The International School´s Assessment) is an assessment designed especially for students in international schools in the third, fifth, seventh and ninth grades.

It measures Reading Literacy, Mathematical Literacy and Writing. The ISA provides an assessment with a broad culturel base, international normative information, information about growth over time and relevant comparisons between like schools.


FOR NEW STUDENTS

There is an Application Fee of Euro 170 for students wishing to be considered for a place at DISV. In addition when a student joins DISV, we charge an Enrolment Fee of Euro 3500 as a contribution to the school´s past and future capital development. This includes students returning to DISV after a period registered in another school (see Terms and Conditions).

We also charge a Security Deposit of Euro 365 upon first entry to the School. This deposit will be refunded after the student finally leaves DIS.


METHOD OF PAYMENT

Fees must be paid in Euros. 

All payments should be made to Danube International School and should refer to the invoice number. 

Please note that parents are responsible for any bank charges. 

Cash payments can be made at the Finance Office, open Monday to Friday between 09.00 and 13.00. 

Bank transfers can be made to the following accounts

1. By instalments:
Bank Austria - Creditanstalt
BLZ 12000, # 0952 3119700
Int. transfers:  IBAN AT 41 5800 0201 7319 3115 SWIFT HYPVAT2B

2. Annual fees:
Vorarlberger Hypo Bank 
BLZ 58000, # 20 173 193 115
Int. transfers: IBAN AT 41 5800 0201 7319 3115 SWIFT HYPVAT2B 

It is important that all payments are made by the due date.   


RESPONSIBILITY FOR PAYMENT 

Parents whose children´s fees are paid by agencies or companies are reminded that the contractual agreement regarding fees is with parents in the first instance and that parents are therefore responsible for ensuring that fees are paid by the due dates. 


NOTICE OF WITHDRAWAL
(please refer to the contract for specific details)

The general terms and conditions of Danube International School are laid down in the contract that each parent is required to sign.

Specific note should be made of Section 4: Payment Obligations in the event of Premature Termination of Contract and Section 2: Term of Contract.
The school reserves the right to alter fees should there be a significant change in circumstances. Fees are not refundable in the event of temporary withdrawal by parents, or of suspension or expulsion of the student by the school.


DIFFICULTIES WITH PAYMENT 

The school understands that families occasionally have difficulties with fee payments and will try to assist in such circumstances.

If you anticipate any problems with payments of fees, please arrange to meet with the Director or Business Manager as early as possible so that alternative payment plans could be discussed.