Lucaya International School

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Lucaya International School
Address
Chesapeake Dr., Midshipman Rd.

Freeport
,
Grand Bahama Island

The Bahamas
Coordinates 26°32′45.0″N78°35′38.1″W / 26.545833°N 78.593917°W / 26.545833; -78.593917
Information
School type International School
Religious affiliation(s)Accepts All Religions & Beliefs
Founded1997
Head of schoolKathryn Dillette
GradesPre Kindergarten - Year 13
GenderAccepts Both Genders, Male & Female
Age range3-18
Enrollment280
LanguageEnglish, Spanish & French
Hours in school day8
Campus type Suburban
School colour(s)Red/White/Blue
SportsSoccer, Basketball, Softball, Volleyball, Track Ń Field
MascotThe Buccaneer
Team nameBuccaneers
Accreditation IBO PYP & IBO DP
YearbookLucaya International School 2013 - 2014 Student Year Book
L.I.S Celebrations!L.I.S celebrates Bahamas Day etc. with amazing music, fun and dancing. We also celebrate holidays and have Winter Concerts.
Accepting OthersWe accept all differences between others including religion, color/race, gender, ages etc.
Sports & ClubsL.I.S. has club sign-up sheets for tennis lessons, creative activities, homework clubs etc.
Website www.lucayainternationalschool.com

Lucaya International School is an international school in Freeport, Grand Bahama Island. The schools offers early years to grade 13 education to Bahamians and foreign residents. [1] [2] [3] [4]

International school type of school

An international school is a school that promotes international education, in an international environment, either by adopting a curriculum such as that of the International Baccalaureate, Edexcel, Cambridge Assessment International Education or International Primary Curriculum, or by following a national curriculum different from that of the school's country of residence.

Freeport, Bahamas Place in Grand Bahama, The Bahamas

Freeport is a city, district and free trade zone on the island of Grand Bahama of the northwest Bahamas. In 1955, Wallace Groves, a Virginian financier with lumber interests in Grand Bahama, was granted 50,000 acres (20,234 ha) of pineyard with substantial areas of swamp and scrubland by the Bahamian government with a mandate to economically develop the area. Freeport has grown to become the second most populous city in the Bahamas.

Grand Bahama island

Grand Bahama is the northernmost of the islands of the Bahamas, lying 103 kilometres (64 mi) off Palm Beach, Florida. It is the fourth largest island in the Bahamas island chain of approximately 700 islands and 2,400 cays. The island is roughly 530 square miles (1,400 km2) in area and approximately 153 kilometres (95 mi) long west to east and 24 kilometres (15 mi) at its widest point north to south. Administratively, the island consists of the Freeport Bonded Area and the districts of East Grand Bahama and West Grand Bahama. Nearly half of the homes on the island were destroyed in early September 2019 due to Hurricane Dorian.

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The school

The school was founded in 1998 with the main goal of offering an internationally based curriculum to the expatriate and local community. The school has an enrollment of 230 students. Approximately 40% are Bahamian Nationals, with the remainder coming from over 30 countries. The school is located in the suburb of Lucaya, on an open campus with sport fields.

Curriculum

The school is authorized to offer the International Baccalaureate Organization IB Primary Years Programme (PYP) to primary age students, and the IB Diploma Programme to secondary students. Middle years students are offered an adapted UK National Curriculum, and the school offers IGCSE exams in Year 11.

The International Baccalaureate Primary Years Programme (PYP) is an educational programme managed by the International Baccalaureate (IB) for students aged 3 to 12. While the programme prepares students for the IB Middle Years Programme, it is not a prerequisite for it. The subject areas of the PYP are language, social studies, mathematics, science and technology, arts, and personal, social and physical education. Students are required to learn a second language during the programme. Assessment is carried out by teachers according to strategies provided by the IB, and with respect to guidelines to what the students should learn specified in the curriculum model.

Primary education First stage of formal education

Primary education, is typically the first stage of formal education, coming after preschool and before secondary school. (The first year of primary school, reception, is part of the. Primary education takes place in primary school, the elementary school or first and middle school depending on the location.

The International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme (IBDP) is a two-year educational programme primarily aimed at 16-to-19-year-olds. The programme provides an internationally accepted qualification for entry into higher education and is recognized by many universities worldwide. It was developed in the early to mid-1960s in Geneva, Switzerland, by a group of international educators. After a six-year pilot programme that ended in 1975, a bilingual diploma was established.

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References

  1. ↑ "Lucaya International School". lucayainternationalschool.com. Retrieved 1 February 2014.
  2. ↑ "Lucaya International School" (PDF). state.gov. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 January 2014. Retrieved 1 February 2014.
  3. ↑ "Lucaya International School". ibo.org. Retrieved 1 February 2014.
  4. ↑ "Lucaya International School". privateschoolsearch.com. Retrieved 1 February 2014.


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