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Port Moresby International School

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Port Moresby International School (PMIS) is a private international school in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea providing education from year 7 through 12 to both the Papua New Guinean and expatriate community. The school is one of the 20 establishments managed by the International Education Agency of Papua New Guinea. The school holds an annual "UN Concert", a fête for international culture where students wear costumes and perform cultural works.PMIS's curriculum is based on the following courses: Papua New Guinea School & Higher School CertificatesExternal examinations are conducted in Grades 8, 10 & 12 for certification. Australian Capital Territory Senior Secondary CertificateExternally moderated courses at Grades 11–12. The ACT Senior Secondary Certificate is issued in year 12 and students have the opportunity to gain an Australian Tertiary Admission Rank (ATAR) which enables entrance into Australian universities. International General Certificate of Secondary EducationThe IGCSE has external examinations that are internationally accredited and externally moderated by University of Cambridge International Examinations. Examinations occur in Grades 8 & 10. International BaccalaureateThe IB Diploma Programme is a two-year programme offered at the Grade 11 and 12 level. It has external examinations and gives students the opportunity to gain university entrance around the world.

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Port Moresby International School
Karu Street, Port Moresby Boroko

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Battle of Port Moresby
Battle of Port Moresby

The Battle of Port Moresby was an aerial battle fought between the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) and United States Army Air Force (USAAF) on one side and the Imperial Japanese Army and Imperial Japanese Navy on the other between 3 February 1942 and 17 August 1943 over Port Moresby, Papua. At the start, the defenders consisted only of Australian Army anti-aircraft batteries and machine-guns, but by late March had been strengthened by the arrival of Kittyhawk fighters from No. 75 Squadron RAAF. However, in just nine days they lost 11 aircraft and only the arrival of replacements enabled the unit to maintain ten serviceable machines. According to the Australian government: On 31 March, the Australians were joined by the American 8th Bombardment Squadron with A-24 bombers and for two weeks in May by six P-39 Airacobras of the American 36th Pursuit Squadron. Despite the American assistance, the daily air battles over and around Port Moresby by 1 May had reduced No. 75 Squadron RAAF to just three airworthy machines. The American 35th, and the full 36th, Pursuit Squadrons arrived to relieve the Australian squadron. During their time in Port Moresby 75 Squadron had lost 21 aircraft and 12 pilots. The Battle of the Coral Sea, which was fought mostly in the waters south-east of Papua in early May, diverted a Japanese naval attack against Port Moresby and removed the immediate threat. However, by May 1942 the Japanese had established themselves in the arc of islands north and east of the island of New Guinea as well as in the region around Lae and Madang on the north coast of the mainland.