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Welcome to International Community School

Where students will train to become learners and leaders through the strengths of a Christian faith, family engagement, and a challenging learning environment. ICS is a learning environment unlike any other. Our model combines the most current educational research and practices into one unique school built on the three pillars of faith, family and scholarship.

ICS is built on five core values: Faith Family Scholarship Partnership Community

Faith

ICS is distinctively Christian, building our educational, civic, and moral training on the person, work, and world of Jesus Christ.

Family

ICS believes that families are the primary source of training for children, developing educational choices with the goal of supporting, encouraging, and engaging the family in the learning process.

Scholarship

ICS combines the best in educational practice with a global and moral perspective, offering rigorous academics that equip both mind and heart. ICS trains not just learners, but leaders-citizens who are ready to challenge and change our world with ideas and actions.

Partnership

ICS’s philosophy is built on the idea that the best education emerges by fostering complementary relationships in the learning process. To accomplish this, we engage with families to support and equip them in their educational goals, encourage families to partner with teachers, and we offer opportunities for students to connect with resources and locations outside the school to broaden their world view.

Community

ICS has community at the center of our name, our structure, and our heart. By bringing diverse perspectives, traditions, and cultures together around the common goals of building the church, strengthening the family, developing well-trained minds through rigorous academics, fostering responsible citizenship and meeting the practical needs of the community both locally and globally, our faith becomes action, and we are challenged to become more like Christ. This is the very heart of ICS.

Educational Philosophy

A Sound Education is a Christian Education

There is ultimately no knowledge that is incompatible with the truths of the Christian faith, and a comprehensive education is based on a biblical worldview.

Family Engagement is Foundational to Learning Success

Parental involvement makes a critical difference in the life of the learner.

A Moral Foundation is Necessary for Exemplary Scholarship

The partnership between parent and teacher to provide moral training develops an ethical core that gives learning its purpose.

The Learning Environment Should Encourage Questions, Critical Thinking and the Pursuit of Truth

International Community School values inquiry-based learning that develops thinking skills and respect for diverse points of view.

A Solid Academic Framework is Based on Developmental Stages of Learning

Students at International Community School progress from concrete knowledge of skills and facts to logic and integration of information and ideas, finally mastering abstract thinking, communication and defense of knowledge.

Students Follow Diverse Pathways to Learning

The best schools address multiple intelligence levels and learning styles within the educational environment.

Experience and Service are Critical Extensions of Academics

Putting learning into practice is a key balance to classroom study, and must be taught with a theology and ethic of work.

All Christian Students Should be Trained for a Life of Ministry

Encouraging a life of service to God and others is essential to faith-based education, regardless of the vocation pursued at its conclusion.

Is ICS Right for You?

  • Do you and your spouse have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ?
  • Are you disciplining your child to pursue a personal relationship with Jesus Christ?
  • Do you and your family attend church weekly and are you actively involved in Christian ministry?
  • Would your family be in agreement with our Statement of Faith and be able to sign it?
  • Do you believe that parent involvement is an integral part of education?
  • Does our tuition fit in your family’s budget?
  • Is one parent able to stay home on Mondays and Wednesdays for home instruction days?
  • Do you have time in your schedule to Parent Partner in the classroom (an average of 3 times per semester)?
  • Would both parents be able to complete the required parenting course within the first semester? (PK-5th Grade: 15 Week Course, 6th-12th Grade: Book with Questions)
  • Is your child able to learn on an advanced track, without the use of multiple learning aids?
  • Does your student have a record without any suspensions, expulsions, drug use, criminal charges, or violent behavior?

If you answered yes to all of the questions above, it is possible that ICS is the school for you.

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Informational Meetings

Open Enrollment for the 2026-2027 school year begins February 6th at 10am and closes June 9th.

To find out more about how International Community School can meet your family’s educational needs, please attend one of our Informational Meetings. These meetings are a mandatory first step for enrollment. Informational Meetings last approximately one hour and are followed by a campus tour. To honor the time and space of all in attendance, these meetings are for adults only. We do request that you arrange childcare for your children, as this is a parents only meeting.

To RSVP to our upcoming Informational Meeting please fill out the questionnaire below

Prospective Family Questionnaire

Upcoming Informational Meeting Dates

March 2026
April 2026

Steps to Enrollment

Step 1
Attend an International Community School Informational Meeting
These meetings are held throughout the school year and are a mandatory first step toward involvement in any International Community School program. In an effort to honor everyone in attendance, children are not allowed to attend.

Informational Meeting Dates
Open Enrollment for the 2024-2025 school year begins February 9, 2024 at 10:00am and closes on June 11, 2024.
Step 1
Step 2
Complete Application & Pay Registration Fees
Pick up a New Family Enrollment Packet from the office, complete and return with applicable registration fees.

All registration fees are non-refundable nor transferrable.
Step 2
Step 3
Family Interview
A representative from the school office will call to set up a time for your 45-minute on-campus family interview. We’d like to meet your entire family and have you meet us!
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Step 4
Complete Academic Evaluation and/or Gesell Testing
Following the family interview, an academic evaluation will be necessary for class placement in the 1st through 11th grades. All students entering pre-kindergarten and kindergarten will take the Gesell Test to determine developmental readiness. Fees are due at time of testing.
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Step 5
Meet with Our High School Administrator
If your student is in grades 9-12, the High School Administrative Assistant will call to schedule a meeting with the High School Administrator to write a four-year graduation plan following the family interview. This meeting does not guarantee acceptance.
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Step 6
Start Tuition Payments
If it is on or after July 31st, it’s time to begin paying tuition for the coming school year. After the withdrawal deadline in May you are committed to paying the full year’s tuition.
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Step 7
Submit Medical Forms
Make sure your student’s immunizations are up-to-date and all necessary medical forms are turned in to the school office prior to your student starting school. We will need the original immunization form, the original DH 3040 School Entry Health Exam form (current exam within 12 months) and a copy of the birth certificate.
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Order Textbooks and Uniforms
Get a class textbook list and uniform information from the office to make your purchases. Delaying this step may mean your child will not have the appropriate books and uniforms for the first day of classes. Please allow at least four weeks for curriculum orders.
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Step 9
Attend Parent/Student/New Family Orientation
New Family Orientation is a vital, mandatory step in enrolling at ICS and takes place in June. Parent and Student Orientations occur the week before school begins and are a time of training and preparation for the new school year. Refer to the ICS calendar for specific orientation dates.
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Step 10
Take Required Parenting Course
Parents have to complete the required Christian parenting course (PK-5th) or parenting book with questions (6th-12th) by the end of the first semester of enrollment. Contact the Registrar for details.
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What Makes Us International?

We are called international because we believe that our students should be able to reflect the heart and character of Christ everyday and everywhere. In addition to academic challenges and extracurricular development, your child will benefit from a broad-based enrichment of a global worldview including:

Respect

A respect for other cultures and the critical thinking needed to engage those who are different

Partnerships

Global Emphasis in service-learning partnerships

Experiences

Overseas learning experiences