Auckland International College
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| Auckland International College | |
 |
|
| Motto | - |
| Type | Private: Fully Reg. Co-Ed Secondary (Year 11-13) with Boarding Facilities (AIC Tower), accredited IB World School. |
| Year established | July 2003 |
| Address | 85 Airedale Street, Auckland |
| Principal | Roger Lewis (acting) |
| School roll | 204 |
| Socio-economic decile (10 is high) | n/a |
| Ministry of Education Institution no. | 473 |
| Website | www.aic.ac.nz |
Auckland International College (often abbreviated AIC) is a private coeducational secondary school in Auckland, New Zealand. The school is instituted under the Japanese juku company Oshu Corporation, and is part of a bigger institution Academy for the International Community (also abbreviated AIC). It adopts the IB Diploma Programme as a sole curriculum. It also offers Pre-IB studies to allow students to prepare for the IB curriculum. Students in the Pre-IB programme can cycle through all of the school's subject offerings. Activities, sports and a research project of 2000 words form part of the Pre-IB programme.
AIC offers a wide range of subject choices: - Group 1 : English A1, Japanese A1, Vietnamese A1, Korean A1, Chinese A1, and A1 Self-taught - Group 2 : English A2, English B, Japanese B, Chinese ab initio, French B, and German B - Group 3 : Economics, History, and Geography - Group 4 : Biology, Physics, and Chemistry - Group 5 : Mathematics, Matemathical Methods, and Mathematical Studies - Group 6 : Visual Arts and Information Technology in a Global Society (ITGS)
AIC has a sister school, the AICJ Oshu Gakuen in Hiroshima, Japan, also set up by the Oshu Corporation in April 2006.
[edit] History
- July 2003: AIC is established by the funding of the Oshu Corporation
- January 2006: Craig Monaghan takes over as Principal of AIC
- May 2006: The inaugural Class of 2006 graduates from AIC
- December 2006: Craig Monaghan resigns as Principal of AIC to take over as principal of Westlake Boys. Roger Lewis takes over as Acting Principal. 2007 Prefects elected.
