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Every term features extracurricular activities that enhance academic interests beyond class time. Students explore STEAM, participate in History Bowl or Math Competitions, and practice languages such as Mandarin, Spanish, or French. Participation stimulates growth beyond the classroom.
The arts program provides a broad spectrum of activities, including visual arts and photography, as well as performing arts such as drama, dance, and music; other creative pursuits support future designers, architects, and engineers. The Juilliard School collaboration enriches students' performing arts experiences.
A range of language-related clubs and activities are offered, with opportunities to study and practice languages such as Mandarin, Spanish, and French.
Students participate in Model United Nations and Model G20 clubs to develop public speaking and research skills. A wide array of clubs includes Lego, chess, board games, computer science, financial investing, community service, environmental activities, Yearbook, and Newspaper Club.
UNICEF SDG resources are embedded in teaching and learning to empower global citizenship. Students engage in service-learning and volunteering locally and globally; BISB runs trips such as the Tanzania Service Learning Trip.
High School students can participate in the Duke of Edinburgh International Award Program, focused on leadership development across physical challenges, volunteering, and camping; completing the highest level may be recognized by the Royal Family.
A sports and athletics program offers soccer, track and cross-country, basketball, curling, with rotations that may include yoga, mindfulness, or martial arts. Forest School adventures for younger students promote outdoor activity, confidence, creativity, and communication.
British International School of Boston is a private day school serving students from 18 months to 18 years on a spacious campus in Jamaica Plain, Boston. The school delivers a throughline of international curricula, integrating the IEYC and English National Curriculum from early years through primary, with Cambridge IGCSE in the middle years and the IB Diploma Programme in the final two years. Preschool emphasizes play-based learning aligned with the IEYC and EYFS, including Forest School, with specialist French and music. Lower School uses a cross‑curricular approach with English National Curriculum and IPC, and Middle School prepares for IGCSEs and the IB DP. The campus centers on a STEAM hub, theatres, and dance and music studios, plus four age-appropriate outdoor spaces. Students participate in Global Campus collaborations with MIT, Juilliard, and UNICEF via Nord Anglia Education, enriching studies with real-world projects, service learning, and international opportunities across local and global.
