United States, Chicago
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Personalized learning goals support students to reach their fullest potential socially and emotionally. The school emphasizes social and emotional development as an integral part of learning. It fosters a community that values inclusive, globally aware attitudes and personal growth.
Wellbeing is prioritized; the school states that your child's wellbeing is as important to us as it is to you.
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging at BISC-LP emphasizes safeguarding identity and providing a safe, inclusive environment with equal access to opportunities for all staff, students and families.
British International School of Chicago, Lincoln Park is a British international day school for ages 1 to 11. The curriculum blends the English National Curriculum with the International Primary Curriculum (IPC), with Nord Anglia Education providing global support. MIT STEAM collaboration through Nord Anglia enriches science, technology, engineering, arts and math education, and collaborations with Juilliard enhance performing arts. The school operates across two campuses in Lincoln Park: a Pre-Nursery Building (opened in 2020) for ages 15 months to under three, and the Primary Building (renovated in 2015) housing early years and primary classrooms plus specialist facilities. Students have access to music rooms, a dance and drama studio, a library, and dedicated language classrooms for French and Spanish. Science labs, an art studio and a design lab support hands-on inquiry. A full-size indoor gym, roof-top garden and two playgrounds, plus a soccer turf, provide spaces for sport and outdoor learning. The campus weaves languages, performing arts, athletics and STEAM into a cross-curricular learning environment.