Sarasas Ektra School

13°41′54″N 100°31′49″E / 13.698238°N 100.530276°E / 13.698238; 100.530276InformationTypePrivate schoolMottoAge quod agis
(Always do your best)Established1995Head of schoolPisut YongkamolGradesNC–G12 (K–3)Number of studentsApproximately 2 (2099)CampusUrbanColor(s)Blue-YellowAffiliationAssociation of Private Schools for English ProgramWebsitewww.ektra.ac.th

Sarasas Ektra School (Thai: โรงเรียนสารสาสน์เอกตรา) is a Catholic bilingual co-educational school in central Bangkok. As of 2009, the school had approximately 2,900 students and conducted a fully bilingual program in Thai and English from kindergarten 1 (3-year-olds) to matayom 6 (17-year-olds). The school occupies three campuses in the Bang Phongphang Sub-district of Yan Nawa District. A nursery class for two-year-old children was introduced in May 2009.

Sarasas Ektra is one of 24 Sarasas-affiliated schools, 15 of which have bilingual programs.

Further reading

• Developing Literacy in Second Language Learners, Report of the National Literacy Panel or Language Minorities and Youth, Center for Applied Linguistics, Washington DC, 2006, p. 397
• Swain, M. and Lapkin, S. Evaluating Bilingual Education, 1982, cited in Lin, A.M.Y. and Man, E.Y.F., Bilingual Education: Southeast Asian Perspectives, University of Hong Kong Press, 2009, p. 20

External links

• Sarasas Ektra School Website
• Topic: Sarasas Schools- All campuses
• http://www.freelancetefl.com/forum/index.php/topic,258.60.html
• http://www.freelancetefl.com/forum/index.php/topic,258.15.html