Colegio Internacional de Caracas
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Colegio Internacional de Caracas (CIC) is an private English-medium school located in Caracas
, Venezuela
serving the educational needs of pre-nursery to twelfth grade students. The goal of the school is to foster the intellectual and personal development of its students in a caring and supportive environment. CIC is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools
(SACS – AdvancED) and by the International Baccalaureate Organization
in its Middle Years
(MYP) and the Diploma Program
(DP). In 2010 student enrollment was about 160 total, with 45 faculty.
CIC offers the International Baccalaureate Program, a program that prepares an international student body to enter a variety of post-secondary schools in the Americas, Europe
, and beyond. As an IB World School, CIC's objective is to foster a learning community with high academic standards focused upon the International Baccalaureate Profile. The profile encourages students to be “balanced, caring, communicators, knowledgeable, inquirers, open-minded, principled, reflective thinkers, and risk-takers.”
In eleventh and twelfth grades, the school offers the Diploma Program (DP) of the International Baccalaureate. The Diploma Program is a rigorous college-preparatory curriculum, the goal of which is to provide a broad intellectual foundation for post-secondary endeavors and to strengthen ethical and moral values, by way of its Creativity, Action and Service (CAS) program. The Diploma Program requires students to study languages, mathematics, sciences, humanities, fine arts and theory of knowledge.
To prepare for the demands of the IB Diploma Program, the school offers the IB Middle Years Program (MYP), a program that integrates courses in languages, humanities
, technology
, mathematics
, arts
, sciences, and physical education
through the curricular lenses of health and social education, community and service, environment, human ingenuity, and approaches to learning.
English
is the language of instruction. For those students who come to the school not speaking English, CIC offers English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) classes. For those students who come to the school not speaking Spanish
, the school offers Spanish as a Foreign Language (SFL) classes.
As part of the school's commitment to holistic learning, students participate in various grade-level field trips that integrate concepts taught in various classes. Students participate in the Model United Nations
(MUN) programs in the middle school (JMUN) and the high-school (SAMUN).
is housed in a 565 square meter area, with roughly 30,000 books, 10,000 of which belong to the Elementary Library. Materials are mostly in English, but there are also books in Spanish, French
, Portuguese
, Greek
, and Japanese
.
For students in elementary school, library classes occur every week. These classes focus on teaching students how to best function in libraries: The classes concentrate on such things as the use of on-line catalogues, web pages
, videos, and magazines, all of which help students in their research.
At present, the library is working on the Lexile
Project. A Lexile number is a standard score that matches students reading ability to the difficulty of text material. The library catalogue has been updated with Lexile number for 75% of all books: labels are placed on the spines, and each student is given a personal Lexile number after taking the Measures of Academic Progress (MAP) reading test. A student’s lexile number is matched with an equivalent Lexile book number. The student is able to choose a book that matches his/her reading level.
The CIC Library is open from 7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
, Trinidad and Tobago
, Brazil
, Venezuela
, Jamaica
, Sudan
, and Iran
. About 15% of students are primarily English-speaking, and just over half are Spanish-speaking. Nearly all graduates continue to higher education in the UK, US, or other countries.
, CIC employs certified teachers
from all over the world. It currently has 55 teachers certified in the area they teach. CIC uses professional recruiting fairs to fill its teaching needs, and allocates 5% of its budget for the further professional development
of its personnel.
Caracas
Caracas , officially Santiago de León de Caracas, is the capital and largest city of Venezuela; natives or residents are known as Caraquenians in English . It is located in the northern part of the country, following the contours of the narrow Caracas Valley on the Venezuelan coastal mountain range...
, Venezuela
Venezuela
Venezuela , officially called the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , is a tropical country on the northern coast of South America. It borders Colombia to the west, Guyana to the east, and Brazil to the south...
serving the educational needs of pre-nursery to twelfth grade students. The goal of the school is to foster the intellectual and personal development of its students in a caring and supportive environment. CIC is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools
Southern Association of Colleges and Schools
The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools is one of the six regional accreditation organizations recognized by the United States Department of Education and the Council for Higher Education Accreditation...
(SACS – AdvancED) and by the International Baccalaureate Organization
International Baccalaureate Organization
The International Baccalaureate , formerly the International Baccalaureate Organization , is an international educational foundation headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland and founded in 1968. IB offers three educational programmes for children ages 3–19.The organization's name and logo were changed...
in its Middle Years
IB Middle Years Programme
The International Baccalaureate Middle Years Programme is an educational programme intended for students aged approximately 11 to 16 . Thus, in the United States the programme is often taught throughout the middle school years and the first two years of high school...
(MYP) and the Diploma Program
IB Diploma Programme
The International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme is a two-year educational programme for students aged 16–19that provides an internationally accepted qualification for entry into higher education, and is recognised by universities worldwide. It was developed in the early to mid-1960s in Geneva by...
(DP). In 2010 student enrollment was about 160 total, with 45 faculty.
History
CIC traces its history back to 1896. Originally called Colegio Americano, the school merged with Academia La Castellana in 1971 and took the name Colegio Internacional de Caracas, in English, The International School of Caracas.Academics
The educational programs of the Colegio International de Caracas combine academic instruction with a global world view.CIC offers the International Baccalaureate Program, a program that prepares an international student body to enter a variety of post-secondary schools in the Americas, Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
, and beyond. As an IB World School, CIC's objective is to foster a learning community with high academic standards focused upon the International Baccalaureate Profile. The profile encourages students to be “balanced, caring, communicators, knowledgeable, inquirers, open-minded, principled, reflective thinkers, and risk-takers.”
In eleventh and twelfth grades, the school offers the Diploma Program (DP) of the International Baccalaureate. The Diploma Program is a rigorous college-preparatory curriculum, the goal of which is to provide a broad intellectual foundation for post-secondary endeavors and to strengthen ethical and moral values, by way of its Creativity, Action and Service (CAS) program. The Diploma Program requires students to study languages, mathematics, sciences, humanities, fine arts and theory of knowledge.
To prepare for the demands of the IB Diploma Program, the school offers the IB Middle Years Program (MYP), a program that integrates courses in languages, humanities
Humanities
The humanities are academic disciplines that study the human condition, using methods that are primarily analytical, critical, or speculative, as distinguished from the mainly empirical approaches of the natural sciences....
, technology
Technology
Technology is the making, usage, and knowledge of tools, machines, techniques, crafts, systems or methods of organization in order to solve a problem or perform a specific function. It can also refer to the collection of such tools, machinery, and procedures. The word technology comes ;...
, mathematics
Mathematics
Mathematics is the study of quantity, space, structure, and change. Mathematicians seek out patterns and formulate new conjectures. Mathematicians resolve the truth or falsity of conjectures by mathematical proofs, which are arguments sufficient to convince other mathematicians of their validity...
, arts
ARts
aRts, which stands for analog Real time synthesizer, is an audio framework that is no longer under development. It is best known for previously being used in KDE to simulate an analog synthesizer....
, sciences, and physical education
Physical education
Physical education or gymnastics is a course taken during primary and secondary education that encourages psychomotor learning in a play or movement exploration setting....
through the curricular lenses of health and social education, community and service, environment, human ingenuity, and approaches to learning.
English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
is the language of instruction. For those students who come to the school not speaking English, CIC offers English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) classes. For those students who come to the school not speaking Spanish
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
, the school offers Spanish as a Foreign Language (SFL) classes.
As part of the school's commitment to holistic learning, students participate in various grade-level field trips that integrate concepts taught in various classes. Students participate in the Model United Nations
Model United Nations
Model United Nations is an academic simulation of the United Nations that aims to educate participants about current events, topics in international relations, diplomacy and the United Nations agenda....
(MUN) programs in the middle school (JMUN) and the high-school (SAMUN).
Library
The CIC LibraryLibrary
In a traditional sense, a library is a large collection of books, and can refer to the place in which the collection is housed. Today, the term can refer to any collection, including digital sources, resources, and services...
is housed in a 565 square meter area, with roughly 30,000 books, 10,000 of which belong to the Elementary Library. Materials are mostly in English, but there are also books in Spanish, French
French language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
, Portuguese
Portuguese language
Portuguese is a Romance language that arose in the medieval Kingdom of Galicia, nowadays Galicia and Northern Portugal. The southern part of the Kingdom of Galicia became independent as the County of Portugal in 1095...
, Greek
Greek language
Greek is an independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages. Native to the southern Balkans, it has the longest documented history of any Indo-European language, spanning 34 centuries of written records. Its writing system has been the Greek alphabet for the majority of its history;...
, and Japanese
Japanese language
is a language spoken by over 130 million people in Japan and in Japanese emigrant communities. It is a member of the Japonic language family, which has a number of proposed relationships with other languages, none of which has gained wide acceptance among historical linguists .Japanese is an...
.
For students in elementary school, library classes occur every week. These classes focus on teaching students how to best function in libraries: The classes concentrate on such things as the use of on-line catalogues, web pages
Web page
A web page or webpage is a document or information resource that is suitable for the World Wide Web and can be accessed through a web browser and displayed on a monitor or mobile device. This information is usually in HTML or XHTML format, and may provide navigation to other web pages via hypertext...
, videos, and magazines, all of which help students in their research.
At present, the library is working on the Lexile
Lexile
The Lexile Framework for Reading is an educational tool that uses a measure called a Lexile to match readers of all ages with books, articles and other leveled reading resources....
Project. A Lexile number is a standard score that matches students reading ability to the difficulty of text material. The library catalogue has been updated with Lexile number for 75% of all books: labels are placed on the spines, and each student is given a personal Lexile number after taking the Measures of Academic Progress (MAP) reading test. A student’s lexile number is matched with an equivalent Lexile book number. The student is able to choose a book that matches his/her reading level.
The CIC Library is open from 7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Students
CIC has approximately 160 students of diverse backgrounds. Students come from many countries such as NigeriaNigeria
Nigeria , officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a federal constitutional republic comprising 36 states and its Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The country is located in West Africa and shares land borders with the Republic of Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in the east, and Niger in...
, Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago officially the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago is an archipelagic state in the southern Caribbean, lying just off the coast of northeastern Venezuela and south of Grenada in the Lesser Antilles...
, Brazil
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
, Venezuela
Venezuela
Venezuela , officially called the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , is a tropical country on the northern coast of South America. It borders Colombia to the west, Guyana to the east, and Brazil to the south...
, Jamaica
Jamaica
Jamaica is an island nation of the Greater Antilles, in length, up to in width and 10,990 square kilometres in area. It is situated in the Caribbean Sea, about south of Cuba, and west of Hispaniola, the island harbouring the nation-states Haiti and the Dominican Republic...
, Sudan
Sudan
Sudan , officially the Republic of the Sudan , is a country in North Africa, sometimes considered part of the Middle East politically. It is bordered by Egypt to the north, the Red Sea to the northeast, Eritrea and Ethiopia to the east, South Sudan to the south, the Central African Republic to the...
, and Iran
Iran
Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...
. About 15% of students are primarily English-speaking, and just over half are Spanish-speaking. Nearly all graduates continue to higher education in the UK, US, or other countries.
Faculty
As an accredited schoolEducational accreditation
Educational accreditation is a type of quality assurance process under which services and operations of educational institutions or programs are evaluated by an external body to determine if applicable standards are met...
, CIC employs certified teachers
Certified teacher
A certified teacher is a teacher who has earned credentials from an authoritative source, such as the government, a higher education institution or a private source. These certifications allow teachers to teach in schools which require authorization in general, as well as allowing educators to...
from all over the world. It currently has 55 teachers certified in the area they teach. CIC uses professional recruiting fairs to fill its teaching needs, and allocates 5% of its budget for the further professional development
Professional development
Professional development refers to skills and knowledge attained for both personal development and career advancement. Professional development encompasses all types of facilitated learning opportunities, ranging from college degrees to formal coursework, conferences and informal learning...
of its personnel.