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International Community School

 

 

Curriculum

The Academic Program

At ICS, the International Baccalaureate Primary Years Program (IBPYP) is a framework for the Georgia Performance Standards of the Quality Core Curriculum. 

The IBPYP is a trans-disciplinary program of international education designed to focus on the total growth of the developing child. It fosters the development of the whole child, encompassing social, physical, emotional and cultural needs in addition to academic development.

The Georgia Performance Standards (GPS) are the state-mandated, standards-based curriculum for English language arts, mathematics, science, and social studies.  This curriculum which is linked to the annual Criterion-Referenced Competency Tests, (CRCT) allows the state to measure student achievement of the state-mandated curriculum. Results of the CRCT test are also used to publish Georgia’s Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) reports for all public schools as required by the federal No Child Left Behind Act of 2001.*

ICS teachers receive on-going certification training in IBPYP skills and also continually work within the GPS framework.

ICS students have the opportunity to learn within these frameworks, as well as learn languages (a choice of French or Spanish), music, art and a variety of after-school classes. Tutoring is available during the school day and after-school, as needed.

 

* Because ICS has achieved “Adequate Yearly Progress” (AYP) for four years in a row, the school as been awarded a Distinguished TITLE ONE School by the Georgia Department of Education.