page_title: Murree Christian School
section_title: High-school curriculum
hierarchical_section_title: Murree Christian School / Education / High-school curriculum
caption_attribution_description: English: MCS Physics Class
context_page_description: Murree Christian School is a small private boarding school founded in 1956, currently open for children in grades 4–12. It is a founding member of the South Asian Inter-Scholastic Association in 1972, and remains a highly regarded educational institution in Pakistan. It is located near the resort town of Murree, Pakistan, at over 7000 ft. elevation in the foothills of the Himalayan mountains in Pakistan. The main high school building, made of stone, is a former garrison Church, serving as a Church of Scotland congregation for British soldiers in training in the hill station of Murree, until the church was given to the Anglican Diocese of Lahore during Partition of India and Pakistan in 1947, but was not used until the newly formed Murree Christian School started renovating and refurbishing the deconsecrated church. Several other buildings are used as elementary classrooms, staff housing as well as boarding hostels. Until 2011, high school boys were housed at a building which was formerly Sandes Soldiers Home, for convalescent soldiers of the British Indian Army.
context_section_description: The curriculum follows an American system and students are able to take external Advanced Placement exams in certain subjects under the auspices of the Collegeboard to give successful students the ability to claim college-level credits at American liberal arts colleges. Recently, the following classes have been offered.
  English (AP English Literature)
  Mathematics (AP Calculus AB & BC)
  History (AP US History & AP World History)
  Chemistry (AP Chemistry AB & BC)
  Biology (AP Biology)
  Physics (AP Physics (AB & BC)
  Computer Sciences
  Geography (AP Human Geography)
  Psychology (AP Psychology)
  The following foreign languages may also be offered, depending available teachers – French, Spanish, German, Urdu, Korean, Swedish and Finnish. 
  Other subjects also offered include Christian Studies, Physical Education, Art, Craft Design and Technology, Auto Mechanics and Music.
  Other subjects may be selected by the student in consultation with the High School Principal and taken through online classes.
  Testing Programs
  Grades 7 and 8 – IOWA tests of Educational Development.
  Grade 11 – Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test (PSAT) National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test, The Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT)
  Grade 11 and 12 – Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT)
  Grade 11 and 12 – Advanced Placement Exams (AP)
  These and other tests are given individually or to groups at other times needed.
  The National Institute for Learning Disabilities (NILD) is available to students with learning disabilities.
  When possible, the school offers general music lessons as well as private lessons in piano and other instruments.
caption: An experiment performed during an MCS Physics class.
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