OUTSTANDING EXPERIENCES

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SHAPING A GENERATION OF GLOBAL CITIZENS
A VIBRANT WORLD OF CONNECTIONS AND INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATIONS

AMPLIFYING YOUR CHILD’S LEARNING

At British International School of Boston, we bring your child’s education to the next level. Sharpening our students with the skills to succeed, we transform their learning through a variety of extraordinary experiences — featuring our immediate global connections around the world through Nord Anglia Education and our collaborative lessons and activities with the experts of MIT, Juilliard, and UNICEF.
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COLLABORATIONS

The Juilliard School
Our collaboration with the world’s most renowned arts institution enriches our students’ love of dance, drama and music.
MIT
The MIT-Nord Anglia STEAM programme helps our students to develop their creativity and problem-solving skills by tackling interdisciplinary challenges facing the world today.
UNICEF
Students are challenged to make a difference locally and globally by tackling the Sustainable Development Goals.
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DISCOVERING INTERESTS. BUILDING PASSION.

From Reception/Pre-K through High School, BISB students participate in a wide range of age-appropriate clubs, enrichment activities, and competitions that motivate them to explore new areas, while also deepening their interests.

Although our after-school enrichment activities vary each term by age group, here’s a sampling.

OUR EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
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SPORTS AND ATHLETICS
Beginning from the age of four, we offer a range of sports and athletics at British International School of Boston that encourage our students to love being active, lead a healthy lifestyle, and strengthen their skills. Our program includes soccer, track and cross-country, basketball, and curling. So students can participate in a variety, our extracurricular offerings rotate each term, and sometimes include yoga, mindfulness, or martial arts.
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THE ARTS
We offer a great spectrum of artistic and creative activities that allow your child to express themselves through the senses — using images, design, movement, sound, and more! Our activities may span the visual arts and photography; the performing arts, including drama, dance, and music; and other creative activities for future designers, architects, and engineers.
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MODEL UN AND MODEL G20 CLUBS
Your child can become highly practiced at public speaking, critical thinking, and international research, while serving on the global stage as a delegate for either our Model UN Club or Model G20 Club. Model UN has been long established as a way for BISB’s world-changers to participate in local and national competitions on a variety of pressing global issues. Meanwhile, our Model G20 Club also debates issues of an international scope, but focuses on policy initiatives for climate change, the global economy, and sustainability.
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OTHER INTERESTS AND SKILL-BUILDING ACTIVITIES
Every term includes other stimulating activities that allow students with common interests to come together, create connections, and boost their skills. Past ones have included Lego, chess, board games, computer science, financial investing, community service, environmental activities, Yearbook, and Newspaper Club, among others.  
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OTHER INTERESTS AND SKILL-BUILDING ACTIVITIES

While all BISB clubs allow students to explore their interests, by High School, these interests take on an even more essential role in guiding our students’ futures — equipping them with many useful experiences that can inform aspects of their university or future career decisions.

Through our High School Newspaper Club, for example, students enhance their skills not only in journalism but also in project management, marketing, research, and publishing.

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THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH INTERNATIONAL AWARD PROGRAM
BISB High Schoolers can participate in activities of the Duke of Edinburgh's International Award Program (DofE) — the world's leading youth achievement award from the UK. Highly regarded by universities, this program focuses on leadership development across physical challenges, volunteering, and camping. Students who complete the highest level may receive their award from the Royal Family.
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ACADEMIC ENHANCEMENT
Every term features extracurricular activities that allow students to enhance their academic interests beyond class time. Whether your child loves to explore STEAM, is strong at History Bowl or Math Competition, or wishes to practice another language (like Mandarin, Spanish, or French), their participation in these clubs will stimulate their growth beyond the classroom.
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GLOBAL CAMPUS COMPETITIONS
Through Nord Anglia Education's Global Campus, the online platform that connects our students with their peers across our worldwide family, students can enter creative writing and visual arts competitions. By participating with peers across NAE, our students get inspired, deepen their creativity, and learn from others’ perspectives.
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MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL ENRICHMENT ACTIVITIES
During “Enrichment” that spans two periods, our Middle and High Schoolers deepen their interests in an area of creativity, activity, or service (CAS) — from STEAM activities, to dance, to song writing, and beyond. To complement their chosen enrichment activity, High Schoolers will also get exposed to different careers, and students in Year 11 (Grade 10) can participate in a two-week “work experience” program that gives them first-hand insights.
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AMAZING EXPEDITIONS in Switzerland

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EXPLORATIONS NEAR AND FAR

Whether your child is enhancing their understanding of the world with a local lens — through nature, culture, or the history of Boston, for example — or experiencing another geography in different part of our world, we offer incredible trips and memorable hands-on experiences that will shape their lifetime as a global citizen.
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FOREST SCHOOL ADVENTURES

For our youngest learners in our Early Childhood program (Nursery/Preschool and Reception/Pre-Kindergarten), our "Forest School" adventures are thrilling experiences centered around playful explorations of our campus’ beautiful, green woodland. Through many hands-on, outdoor activities that extend what students learn and do in class, your child will not only love playing in nature — they’ll also build confidence, creativity, and communication skills, laying a strong foundation for their future.

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OVERNIGHT AND OUTDOORS TRIPS
Across Lower, Middle, and High School, our students go on annual trips that offer the time and space to boost learning with thrilling memories with classmates. For example, Lower School students in Years 4–6 (Grades 3–5) go on overnight trips; Middle and High Schoolers go skiing; and High School Juniors go on a special reflection trip before beginning the IBDP, as the final stage of their learning journey. All trips allow our students to build their confidence, expand their knowledge, and strengthen relationships through camaraderie.
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GLOBAL GAMES
Our Middle Schoolers come together with international peers throughout the Nord Anglia family across the Americas at this international Olympic event. Athletes of all abilities compete in fun sporting events and make friends. Held annually at one of our sister schools, the NAE Global Games boost our students’ global awareness, while they represent BISB in an international context.
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HANDS-ON SERVICE IN TANZANIA
Our High Schoolers can go on our annual international service expedition to Arusha, Tanzania. Alongside peers from other Nord Anglia schools, our students deepen their global citizenship when they get to know Arusha’s people, culture, and environment through hands-on service. Students contribute to construction programs, like those around farming and irrigation, while also considering sustainability. As they deepen their understanding, they strive to make a tangible impact.
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CREATING GLOBAL CITIZENS

At British International School of Boston, we guide your child through experiences that enrich their understanding of their place in the world. Our online platform, Global Campus, plays a significant role. On Global Campus, your child can virtually connect with over 70,000 of their peers in the Nord Anglia family. Whether it’s virtually climbing Mount Kilimanjaro or creating intriguing work for creative writing, music, and visual arts competitions, our students exchange with others’ experiences.

Global Campus also hosts our Social Impact Program, focused on teaching the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. This program equips BISB students with important frameworks for understanding how their local efforts connect to a larger understanding of an issue.

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STUDENT WELL-BEING

CULTIVATING PERSONAL AND SOCIAL SKILLS

We teach students how to care for their well-being beginning in Lower School at BISB. Students take Personal and Social Education classes and increase their awareness around a variety of issues in local and global contexts. By Middle School, and continued throughout High School, our students have mentor teachers who they check-in with every morning, among a small group. Mentors provide guidance and support socially, emotionally, and personally, and they also lead activities that help students build their relationships, trust, independence, and confidence.

Additionally, BISB High Schoolers can build their leadership by acting as peer counselors to our Middle Schoolers, helping them to navigate the changes of adolescence. With the support of their mentors, our Middle Schoolers get more experienced at connecting with others and resolving conflicts peacefully; in turn, our High Schoolers build their empathy.

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IMPACTFUL EXPERIENCES

SERVING AS GLOBAL CITIZENS

From Lower School, your child will discover how they can positively contribute to the communities around them. Woven throughout global aspects of the International Primary Curriculum (IPC), we build your child’s character as a global citizen by expanding their knowledge and awareness of the world. Our youngest students begin to address the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) through small habits, for example, such as using refillable water bottles. And by Middle School, our students participate in clubs like Model UN and Model G20, debating social issues on local and international scales.

Our other clubs contribute service through direct action. “Allies for Action” — our Middle and High Schoolers' social justice initiative — focuses on equity, diversity, and acceptance while contributing to a variety of service organizations. Meanwhile, students in the International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma Programme initiate, lead, or participate in “Creativity, Activity, Service” (CAS) projects.

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OUR INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENT

On our campus of green surroundings, BISB students connect with their peers and teachers to create meaningful relationships. With this kind of supportive community, they build the confidence to go beyond what they know, pursuing more than they ever imagined possible.

OUR CAMPUS