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Academic Enrichment Classes include STEM, language, and math explorations. Students engage in science experiments, LEGO robotics, coding, math games, Mandarin games, calligraphy, songs, and cultural traditions. Through playful exploration and collaborative problem-solving, students develop confidence as inventors, creators, and curious thinkers. These explorations celebrate both languages and cultures, helping students connect their ideas to the world around them.
Art club is offered as part of after-school clubs. The program provides opportunities for visual arts and creative expression through projects. After-school activities emphasize collaboration and shared creative achievement through creative projects.
The school uses a 50:50 bilingual model with English and Chinese, ensuring bilingual learning. Chinese is a language of instruction in the Primary Years; Mandarin is taught as part of the curriculum. The IB Primary Years Programme framework supports inquiry, creativity, collaboration, and empathy. After-school activities include Mandarin games, calligraphy, songs, and cultural traditions.
Clubs include chess, eco-club, art club, gardening, and board games. Competitions and festivals provide opportunities to showcase talents, work as a team, and celebrate shared success while fostering a strong sense of belonging.
Sports and Fitness include soccer, basketball, gymnastics, dance, and yoga. These activities develop coordination, teamwork, and a love of movement, building healthy lifelong habits that nurture body and mind.
Hiba Academy Bay Area is a private international independent school opening Fall 2026 in San Francisco. As the newest member of the Wellington College Education network, it draws on a 160-year UK heritage and a global footprint that includes schools in the UK, China, Thailand, India, and beyond. The school delivers a bilingual English–Chinese curriculum from Early Years through Primary Years, with Chinese used as an instruction language in the Primary Years and English and Chinese used across learning experiences. The IB Primary Years Programme framework emphasizes inquiry, creativity, collaboration, and empathy. In Early Years, learning is immersive and hands-on, developing mathematics, literacy, language, and the arts in both languages. Academic Enrichment includes STEM, coding, language, and math explorations, while arts, calligraphy, and cultural traditions reinforce creative expression. A range of after-school activities supports wellbeing, sport, and social belonging. The campus will offer modern facilities designed for bilingual learning experiences.
