International Community School (Thailand)

International Community School
Address
1225 The Parkland Rd.
Khwaeng Bang Na, Khet Bang Na
Bangkok, 10260
Thailand
Coordinates 13°40′1.3″N 100°39′07.5″E / 13.667028°N 100.652083°E / 13.667028; 100.652083Coordinates: 13°40′1.3″N 100°39′07.5″E / 13.667028°N 100.652083°E / 13.667028; 100.652083
Information
School type Private International School
Established 1993
Headmaster Darren Gentry
Grades K-12
Gender Boys/Girls
Age range 4-18
Enrollment 1050
Student to teacher ratio (Approximate) 24:1
Language English
Campus size 16.2 rai (7.4 acres)
Campus type Suburban
Color(s) Blue, Yellow, Maroon, and White
Athletics Basketball, Volleyball, Soccer, Swimming, Cross Country, Track and Field and Badminton
Athletics conference Bangkok International Schools Athletic Conference
Mascot Eagles
Accreditation Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC)and Association of Christian Schools International (ACSI)
Website http://www.ics.ac.th/

International Community School (ICS) is an international Christian school in Bang Na District, Bangkok.[1] It follows an American curriculum and is jointly accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) and by the Association of Christian Schools International (ACSI).

In 1981, expatriate families began a cooperative to educate their children from a biblical worldview. The cooperative continued for 12 years, providing first grade to sixth grade education. In 1990 many of these expatriate families and The Network of International Christian Schools (NICS) met to discuss the feasibility of establishing a Christian school to provide kindergarten through twelfth grade education to the English speaking international community in Bangkok. In 1993 a suitable site was leased and the name International Community School (ICS) was chosen. The school was located on Soi Prong Jai in the Sathorn area of Bangkok and welcomed 120 students into kindergarten through eighth grade when it opened in August 1993. In the third year of operation the International Community School Educational Foundation assumed ownership and remains the current owner of the school.

In 1998 ICS received accreditation from two U.S.-based accrediting agencies: The Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) and the Association of Christian Schools International (ACSI). The school expanded by one grade each year until it offered a K-12 education. The ICS community celebrated its first graduating class in 1998.

In 2002 the local school board of International Community School decided that ICS should become independent of NICS in favor of self- governance. ICS enrollment consistently increased, outgrowing the leased facility despite several on-site building projects. The ICS Educational Foundation Board, with the generous cooperation of the families of ICS, purchased the current 16.2 rai (7.4 acres) of land in Bangna and began building in 2003. International Community School opened the Bangna campus in September 2004 with close to 500 students in four-year-old kindergarten through twelfth grade. The original campus at Soi Prong Jai was closed in June 2007.


References

  1. ↑ "Contact Us." International Community School. Retrieved on March 6, 2013. "1225 The Parkland Rd. Khwaeng Bangna, Khet Bangna Bangkok 10260 Thailand"


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