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”’The British International School of Chicago, Lincoln Park”’ (BISC Lincoln Park) is a private international school in Chicago, Illinois, serving students aged 15 months to 11 years (pre-nursery through Year 6). It is located in the [[Clybourn Corridor]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20130928/ISSUE01/309289971/private-schools-are-popping-up-around-town|title=Private schools are popping up around town|website=Crain’s Chicago Business|date=28 September 2013|access-date=2016-04-01}}</ref> In September 2001, BISC Lincoln Park was the fourth school to be opened in the United States by the [[British Schools of America]] and the first campus to open in the [[Midwestern United States|Midwest]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Private School Chicago {{!}} British International School of Chicago, Lincoln Park |url=https://www.nordangliaeducation.com/bisc-lincoln-park/about-us |access-date=2025-05-06 |website=www.nordangliaeducation.com |language=en}}</ref> The school is organized into three stages: [[Early Years Foundation Stage]] (ages 15 months to 5 years),<ref>{{Cite web |title=Early Years Curriculum {{!}} BISC Lincoln Park |url=https://www.nordangliaeducation.com/bisc-lincoln-park/academic-excellence/early-years |access-date=2025-05-06 |website=www.nordangliaeducation.com |language=en}}</ref> [[Intermediate, Junior, Senior & Big League Baseball|Key Stage 1]] (ages 5 to 7),<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-05-06 |title=Curriculum – Globeducate British International Schools |url=https://www.britishinternationalschool.com/about-us/educational-excellence/curriculum |access-date=2025-05-06 |website=www.britishinternationalschool.com |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=AmericaEducators |date=2023-01-09 |title=School of Chicago Lincoln Park, Admission, Boarding schools in Chi |url=https://americaeducators.com/school-of-chicago-lincoln-park/ |access-date=2025-05-06 |language=en-US}}</ref> and [[Key Stage 2]] (ages 7 to 11).<ref>{{Cite web |last=AmericaEducators |date=2023-01-09 |title=School of Chicago Lincoln Park, Admission, Boarding schools in Chi |url=https://americaeducators.com/school-of-chicago-lincoln-park/ |access-date=2025-05-06 |language=en-US}}</ref>

”’The British International School of Chicago, Lincoln Park”’ (BISC Lincoln Park) is a private international school in Chicago, Illinois, serving students aged 15 months to 11 years (pre-nursery through Year 6). The school is organized into three stages: [[Early Years Foundation Stage]] (ages 15 months to 5 years),<ref>{{Cite web |title=Early Years Curriculum {{!}} BISC Lincoln Park |url=https://www.nordangliaeducation.com/bisc-lincoln-park/academic-excellence/early-years |access-date=2025-05-06 |website=www.nordangliaeducation.com |language=en}}</ref> [[Intermediate, Junior, Senior & Big League Baseball|Key Stage 1]] (ages 5 to 7),<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-05-06 |title=Curriculum – Globeducate British International Schools |url=https://www.britishinternationalschool.com/about-us/educational-excellence/curriculum |access-date=2025-05-06 |website=www.britishinternationalschool.com |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=AmericaEducators |date=2023-01-09 |title=School of Chicago Lincoln Park, Admission, Boarding schools in Chi |url=https://americaeducators.com/school-of-chicago-lincoln-park/ |access-date=2025-05-06 |language=en-US}}</ref> and [[Key Stage 2]] (ages 7 to 11).<ref>{{Cite web |last=AmericaEducators |date=2023-01-09 |title=School of Chicago Lincoln Park, Admission, Boarding schools in Chi |url=https://americaeducators.com/school-of-chicago-lincoln-park/ |access-date=2025-05-06 |language=en-US}}</ref>

== History ==

== History ==

Originally called the British School of Chicago, the school opened in 2001 in the [[Edgewater, Chicago|Edgewater Community Area]], near the [[Manor House (Chicago)|Manor House]] in [[Bryn Mawr Historic District]], intending to offer parents an alternative to the public school model.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.chicagomag.com/Chicago-Magazine/October-2011/The-Top-Private-Schools-in-Chicago-and-the-Suburbs/|title=The Top Private Schools in Chicago and the Suburbs|website=Chicago magazine|access-date=2016-04-01}}</ref> In 2008, the school relocated to a newly constructed building in the [[Lincoln Park]] neighborhood. In 2006, the school was acquired by [[Nord Anglia Education]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.relocatemagazine.com/articles/anne-keeling-06-d3-2015-nord-anglia-education-finalises-the-acquisition-of-six-more-schools|title=Nord Anglia Education finalises the acquisition of six more schools|last=Keeling|first=Anne|website=Relocate Magazine|access-date=2016-04-01|date=2015-06-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170705080053/https://www.relocatemagazine.com/articles/anne-keeling-06-d3-2015-nord-anglia-education-finalises-the-acquisition-of-six-more-schools|archive-date=2017-07-05|url–status=dead}}</ref>

Originally called the British School of Chicago, the school opened in 2001 in the [[Edgewater, Chicago|Edgewater Community Area]], near the [[Manor House (Chicago)|Manor House]] in [[Bryn Mawr Historic District]], intending to offer parents an alternative to the public school model.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.chicagomag.com/Chicago-Magazine/October-2011/The-Top-Private-Schools-in-Chicago-and-the-Suburbs/|title=The Top Private Schools in Chicago and the Suburbs|website=Chicago magazine|access-date=2016-04-01}}</ref> the school to in the Lincoln Park . In 2006, the school was acquired by [[Nord Anglia Education]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.relocatemagazine.com/articles/anne-keeling-06-d3-2015-nord-anglia-education-finalises-the-acquisition-of-six-more-schools |= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170705080053/https://www.relocatemagazine.com/articles/anne-keeling-06-d3-2015-nord-anglia-education-finalises-the-acquisition-of-six-more-schools|archive-date=2017-07-05|-=}}</ref>

== Campus ==

== Campus ==

[[File:BISC Lincoln Park Campus Exterior.png|thumb|The five-story, 75,000 square foot British International School of Chicago, Lincoln Park campus]]

[[File:BISC Lincoln Park Campus Exterior.png|thumb|The five-story, 75,000 square foot British International School of Chicago, Lincoln Park campus]]

The 75,000 square foot, five-story campus<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.epsteinglobal.com/case-studies/the-british-school-of-chicago|title=Epstein|website=www.epsteinglobal.com|access-date=2016-03-31}}</ref> was designed for an enrollment of up to 650 students and a 70-person staff.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.kloainc.com/portfolio-view/british-school-of-chicago-traffic-impact-studies/|title=British School of Chicago Traffic Impact Studies – KLOA, Inc. {{!}} Kenig, Lindgren, O’Hara, Aboona, Inc.|website=www.kloainc.com|access-date=2016-03-31}}</ref> The campus features an architectural framework of columns and beams, a curving exterior, prominently placed bay windows, and a high-ceiling gym on the upper floors. The building features more than 40 learning spaces, including an indoor and outdoor physical development space, robotics and science labs, [[Maker space|a maker space]], [[dance studio]], a library and a [[STEM]] corridor meant to bridge different areas of learning.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ktvn.com/story/31461603/british-international-school-of-chicago-lincoln-park-exhibits-new-stems-at-the-midwests-premier-flower-show|title=British International School of Chicago, Lincoln Park Exhibits New ‘STEMs’ at the Midwest’s Premier Flower Show|website=www.ktvn.com|access-date=2016-04-01|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160414034906/http://www.ktvn.com/story/31461603/british-international-school-of-chicago-lincoln-park-exhibits-new-stems-at-the-midwests-premier-flower-show|archive-date=14 April 2016}}</ref>

The 75,000 square foot, five-story campus<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.epsteinglobal.com/case-studies/the-british-school-of-chicago|title=Epstein|website=www.epsteinglobal.com|access-date=2016-03-31}}</ref> was designed for an enrollment of up to 650 students and a 70-person staff.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.kloainc.com/portfolio-view/british-school-of-chicago-traffic-impact-studies/|title=British School of Chicago Traffic Impact Studies – KLOA, Inc. {{!}} Kenig, Lindgren, O’Hara, Aboona, Inc.|website=www.kloainc.com|access-date=2016-03-31}}</ref> The building features more than 40 learning spaces, including an indoor and outdoor physical development space, robotics and science labs, [[Maker space|a maker space]], [[dance studio]], a library and a [[STEM]] corridor meant to bridge different areas of learning.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ktvn.com/story/31461603/british-international-school-of-chicago-lincoln-park-exhibits-new-stems-at-the-midwests-premier-flower-show|title=British International School of Chicago, Lincoln Park Exhibits New ‘STEMs’ at the Midwest’s Premier Flower Show|website=www.ktvn.com|access-date=2016-04-01|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160414034906/http://www.ktvn.com/story/31461603/british-international-school-of-chicago-lincoln-park-exhibits-new-stems-at-the-midwests-premier-flower-show|archive-date=14 April 2016}}</ref>

==Curriculum==

==Curriculum==

Preschool and primary school in Chicago, Illinois, United States

The British International School of Chicago, Lincoln Park (BISC Lincoln Park) is a private international school in Chicago, Illinois, serving students aged 15 months to 11 years (pre-nursery through Year 6). The school is organized into three stages: Early Years Foundation Stage (ages 15 months to 5 years),^[1] Key Stage 1 (ages 5 to 7),^[2][3] and Key Stage 2 (ages 7 to 11).^[4]

Originally called the British School of Chicago, the school opened in 2001 in the Edgewater Community Area, near the Manor House in Bryn Mawr Historic District, intending to offer parents an alternative to the public school model.^[5] It was the fourth school to be opened in the United States by the British Schools of America and the first campus to open in the Midwest.^[6] In 2006, the school was acquired by Nord Anglia Education.^[7] In 2008, the school relocated to a newly constructed building in the Lincoln Park neighborhood.

The 75,000 square foot, five-story campus^[8] was designed for an enrollment of up to 650 students and a 70-person staff.^[9] The building features more than 40 learning spaces, including an indoor and outdoor physical development space, robotics and science labs, a maker space, dance studio, a library and a STEM corridor meant to bridge different areas of learning.^[10]

The British International School of Chicago bases its global education learning goals on the International Primary Curriculum,^[11] as well as the National Curriculum. The school teaches art, entrepreneurship and innovation, information and computing technology, literacy, math, foreign languages, music, physical education, health, and science.^[12] In particular, the school emphasizes the benefits of a STEAM program,^[13] including a program centred on the subjects developed in collaboration with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.^[14] the program is part of the Juilliard-Nord Anglia Performing Arts Program, and operates its own music school, and participates in the Nord Anglia Education global campus program.

In February 2015, Nord Anglia Education and The Juilliard School selected British International School of Chicago as one of ten Nord Anglia schools to pilot the launch of the Juilliard Nord Anglia-Performing Arts Program.^[15] The campus officially implemented the program in the fall term of 2015. Since then, BISC Lincoln Park students have received visits and performed for Juilliard President Dr. Joseph W. Polisi and Grammy-award winning artist Itzhak Perlman.^[16] The learning-model program is built around the key works of music, dance, and drama, with special visits and workshops led by Juilliard alumni.

The 2016 Cannes Corporate Media & TV Awards festival showcased a Silver Dolphin-winning short film featuring Juilliard alumni, Peter and Will Anderson, workshopping and performing with students at BISC Lincoln Park’s campus.^[17]

In early summer of 2016, British International School of Chicago, Lincoln Park announced it would become one of the 13 inaugural Nord Anglia Education schools to collaborate with MIT to enhance science, technology, engineering, arts and math (STEAM) teaching and learning for K-12 students.^[18] Launched in September 2016, the program includes developing a series of in-school challenges for students that focus on the juncture between the five STEAM disciplines.^[19]

In 2006, the school won the British Consul General Award from the British American Business Council for advancing relations between the U.K. and the U.S. as well as increasing the company’s international exposure.^[20]

The school is accredited by the International Primary Curriculum (IPC) and the Council of International Schools (CIS).^{[21][obsolete source]} In 2010, the private school was the fourth only in the world to achieve the “mastering” level in all areas in delivering the IPC.