These courses culminate in a Model United Nations. All students also enroll in a foreign language course chosen from the 6-8 languages offered each year. Jr. High students will take a different survey course each quarter while High School students will choose one language to follow throughout their high school years. These classes create and organize an International Festival each spring. ISA teaches students to connect classroom learning to the realities of the outside world.
Classes also foster a strong emphasis on international understanding and responsible citizenship.
To instill a desire to explore, learn and understand other cultures and people To be actively engaged in learning and strive for excellence in all disciplines To foster moral, aesthetic, physical and intellectual growth To acquire skills and knowledge necessary for college To develop the ability to think critically, and to debate from an informed perspective To understand the importance of roles in society To actively become involved in service to others, service in participatory government, and service in social responsibility To develop the ability to communicate in a foreign language and have an understanding of the cultural dimensions and roots of that language To understand and be able to use computer systems and online communication systems including the Internet To have the desire and the ability to continue studying at the college level and to obtain a college degree To establish specific future goals for education, career, and family life and to work to attain these goals.