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The purpose of school should be to go beyond outstanding academic achievement.  It is to create dynamic learning environments, that empower individuals to take risks with their learning, experience personal success and feel in control of their futures.  We see immense value in supporting students’ wellbeing alongside their academic success, so that they have the skills and confidence to thrive in a complex future world.
Adam Stevens
Principal, The British International School of Charlotte
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Learning in different and better ways

Here at British International School of Charlotte, we thoroughly understand there’s no singular approach to teaching and learning. Our teachers deliver our international curriculum using personalized strategies and techniques that build upon your child’s interests, needs, and goals. Accordingly, our community works closely together to motivate, support, and challenge your child every day.

Because of our world-renowned international curricula at BIS Charlotte, our students discover the relevance of what they’re learning and how all subjects are connected in real life. Our teachers guide their creativity, experimentation, research, and collaboration across these subjects and their personal goals — so they can dig deeper in their understanding and stretch beyond their limits.
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LEARNING DRIVEN BY FASCINATION

Every activity, lesson, and experience at British International School of Charlotte offers something new to your child. Our expert teachers and staff are incredible guides, who help your child discover what compels them, and create a roadmap for an enriching journey ahead.
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Academic Excellence
Every BISC teacher is passionate about helping your child to succeed, thrive, and reach their personal best. Whether your child is performing and building confidence on stage, creatively rising to a STEAM challenge, or taking a risk in a mathematical solution, our teachers will nurture their resilience to grow through every academic experience.
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Academic Excellence
At the British International School of Charlotte, we go beyond traditional education to create personalized learning experiences that encourage your child to participate in the classroom and to build a love for learning. Using overarching themes across all subjects, interactive lesson plans, and small collaborative groups, our teachers create differentiated lessons that cater to the unique learning styles of each child. 

Our teachers work collaboratively with you and your child to create a personalized success plan (PSP) that acts as a helpful roadmap in highlighting key skills and action points for your child to follow. Student progress is continually evaluated in collaboration with class teachers and overarching Phase Group Leaders — ensuring your child is making outstanding progress that’s personal to their potential.

Alongside each child’s academic goals, 50% of your child’s PSP will focus on personal goals and essential life skills, such as time management, problem solving, or resilience. These personal goals enhance their understanding of how they learn best, and this also increases their self-confidence, sense of social and emotional fulfilment at school, and ability to succeed in higher education and life.
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The World's Best Teachers
With their world-class training and fantastic experience from the UK educational system, our talented teachers are among the best in the world. They work step by step with your child on their personal success plans, while ensuring their happiness, wellness, and fulfillment every day at school.
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The World's Best Teachers

Our highly experienced, British-trained teachers come with a wealth of experience using varied teaching approaches, techniques, and strategies, so every child has the right amount of challenge and support to make their learning meaningfully aligned with their personal goals.

 

Because we have small classes of about ten students each, our teachers get to know every child extremely well, caring for their personal interests and wellness alongside their academics. Every student builds a collaborative-working relationship with their teachers, boosting their confidence as they work through their goals and go beyond what they ever imagined possible. As a result, 99% of our parents feel their child has a great relationship with their teachers, and 96% confirm their child's happiness.

 

Our teachers follow global standards of excellence, supported by Nord Anglia Education's Oxford-based Global Education team, as well as world-class resources from Nord Anglia University. This includes professional development from the world-leading organizations of MIT, Juilliard, and King's College London. Nord Anglia also gives our teachers a highly connected, global network of training and guidance from top NAE educators worldwide. This leads 98% of our parents to feel that their child is receiving an excellent quality education.

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Outstanding Learning Experiences
Whether it's on a service trip, during MIT STEAM activities, or while creating an artistic masterpiece, our students are continually developing skills for life through dynamic and nurturing experiences in and beyond the classroom.
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Outstanding Learning Experiences
At the British International School of Charlotte, we go beyond academics. Your child will experience a curriculum delivered in an enriching environment that supports a balance between their studies and their social and emotional wellness. To reinforce this, we nurture a strong sense of self, international mindedness, resilience, and empathy. 

We bring every child’s love of learning to life, beginning in Early Years, where our youngest learners engage in various activities in creative indoor and outdoor learning environments that activate their curiosity and imagination. Fast forward to Secondary school (Middle and High School), and students participate in ecological renewal projects, residential visits, and age-appropriate internships that guide them towards a future aligned with their personal interests. 

Students enjoy a well-rounded education at BIS Charlotte that also includes specialist courses. Each week, students study French or Spanish; dance, music, and drama, as part of our Juilliard collaboration; and STEAM programs through MIT, where students solve real-world challenges each year. Additionally, in Upper School, we support our students’ well-being and creativity through our Creative Best and Personal Best programs, where we utilize similar specialist courses and extracurricular activities in the arts, STEAM, and athletics to provide an engaging outlet and skill-building opportunities. We encourage every student to explore their interests and uncover new ones, while applying their creativity and critical thinking skills.
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The Nord Anglia Education Family
At the British International School of Charlotte, we’re one family. We continually bring together students, parents, teachers, and staff through lively learning activities and community events, especially in celebration of our diversity and varied cultural traditions.
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The Nord Anglia Education Family
Vital to our wellness and success as a community, we embrace parents and students alike at BIS Charlotte. We know that having family involved can make a world of difference to each child’s journey. We create many opportunities for parents and families to be present at BISC and to participate in our inviting learning culture — such as through volunteering at school events or classroom visits. BISC’s Parent Community takes pride in bringing our whole community together, whether it’s through personal “coffee chat” introductions among families or open communication with our school.

During all-school events and celebrations, we learn about each other’s cultural backgrounds and experiences in the world. Parents annually lead World Fest, for example, where they make a favorite food from their family’s culture and raise charity funds. Other exciting events include the BISC winter play and Winter Fest (featuring the creation of an outdoor “Winter Wonderland”); Trunk or Treat during Halloween; Turkey Trots during Thanksgiving; Family Quiz Night; and Upper Secondary Prom.

With our Nord Anglia international family around the world, our students also look forward to events that encourage their friendships, such as through our online platform Global Campus, as well as our annual Global Games sporting competition for our Lower Secondary students. On Global Campus, students learn from peers around the world during stimulating global challenges and virtual adventures, as they collaborate and share their perspectives. Global Games, meanwhile, is a thrilling one-week, in-person sporting event for our students build their teamwork skills in friendly competition with peers from other schools across the Americas. 
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Our Social Purpose
Students at the British International School of Charlotte discover their place in the world as they contribute their skills, abilities, and talents to the lives of others. Whether it’s giving a hand to help a neighbor or delivering international assistance through a student-run club, our students discover how to make a difference, both near and far.
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Our Social Purpose
Throughout our international curriculum with many hands-on learning experiences at BIS Charlotte, we build your child’s global citizenship. They consider who they are, what they can do, and how they help with their unique set of skills, abilities, and talents. In this way, they build their “social purpose” as they discover they can make a difference in the life of another.

From the Early Years, we nurture empathy in each child to lay strong foundations for a future of global citizenship. In Primary School, we proceed to focus on expanding each child's international mindedness and global self-awareness. By Secondary School, we enrich our students’ worldview and encourage their leadership. Our students become increasingly experienced at recognizing differences between themselves and others. They also make appropriate connections to projects where they can assist or contribute solutions — including around problems of inequalities, unfairness, or needs from vulnerable groups.

All Secondary students participate in the “creativity, activity, service” (CAS) component of the International Baccalaureate (IB), which guides them as changemakers. Many design their own service projects and fundraise for local communities, like running the BISC Book Fair, cleaning up the stream at the local greenway, or participating in a Habitat for Humanity building project. Through journaling, our students go on to reflect on their service, deepening their understanding of an issue or need and considering their impact for those who benefited.
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An Advanced Learning Environment
On the BIS Charlotte campus, our colorful, uplifting classrooms and outdoor spaces inspire your child to go beyond their limits and be a leader who connects with the world. Our first-rate technology and equipment throughout our stimulating facilities also give your child everything they need for success.
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An Advanced Learning Environment
At BIS Charlotte, we have a dynamic and lively learning environment, where students move from space-to-space buzzing with ideas, connecting across subjects and collaborating with friends. The layout and design of our school has been carefully arranged and brightly designed to stimulate these connections with murals, displays, and classroom projects that showcase the learning that happens inside the classrooms and inspire connectivity and growth throughout the school community.

There are several areas students especially gravitate to such as the Makers Space where your child will develop and utilize “design thinking” skills through MIT challenges to create solutions for real-world problems. This dynamic space is equipped with 3D printers, virtual reality sets, drones, programable Spheros and worktables for construction of projects, - encouraging every student’s curiosity and creative thought process, whether through tinkering, coding, or play.

Our IB Suite is another special space in our school, designed exclusively for the preparatory needs of our IB students in Years 12 and 13. This unique space offers private cubicles, group meeting spaces and a reference area for our IB students to manage their schedule to study, work on projects and collaborate with their teachers and peers to prepare for the demands of higher education and success beyond.

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