📌 Overview

At ICS-Mushrif campus we pride ourselves on how we have grown and established into one of the best respected collaboration of schools in Abu Dhabi. We strive to instill our original ethos of hard work and excellence which enabled us to develop and grow, into our student community. In doing this, we fulfil our mission, by ensuing that our students are nurtured into lifelong learners, who understand and embody ICS’ values, and are able to express these in their daily lives. We are honoured to cultivate our students into global minded, future leaders. The "School of Choice" - inspiring, challenging and empowering a 21st century learning community through an ethical and innovative education system. Provide a safe, friendly learning environment where lifelong learners follow an international curriculum which promotes academic excellence and nurtures key values and competences in our global minded, future leaders. Positioned in the center of Abu Dhabi Island, International Community School - Mushrif Branch is a private K-12 school attracting students from all over the city. Catering to nearly 1500 students, the school is licensed by ADEK as an American Curriculum school and internationally accredited by Advanced. At International Community Schools (ICS) our commitment is to ensure a stimulating and intellectually challenging environment that safely empowers our students to become innovative thinkers, creative problem solvers and inspired learners prepared to thrive in the 21st century. ICS is renowned for offering an outstanding holistic education and boasts an enviable reputation for providing high-quality academic programs enriched and extended by a broad range of co-curricular and extra-curricular activities. Resources and facilities at ICS are of the highest standard. Accomplished ICS graduates leave the school as dynamic and impactful citizens, fully prepared for success at university. Positioned in the center of Abu Dhabi Island, International Community School - Mushrif Branch is a private K-12 school attracting students from all over the city. Catering to nearly 1500 students, the school is licensed by ADEK as an American Curriculum school and internationally accredited by AdvancED. At International Community Schools (ICS) our commitment is to ensure a stimulating and intellectually challenging environment that safely empowers our students to become innovative thinkers, creative problem solvers and inspired learners prepared to thrive in the 21st Century. ICS is renowned for offering an outstanding holistic education and boasts an enviable reputation for providing high-quality academic programs enriched and extended by a broad range of co-curricular and extra-curricular activities.Resources and facilities at ICS are of the highest standard. The multi-cultural ICS faculty is comprised of a dedicated team of highly qualified and experienced 21st Century educators drawn from nineteen different countries. Likewise, ICS students come from a wide range of countries, more than forty nationalities, including UAE, Egypt, Jordan, Palestine, Canada and Lebanon. Accomplished ICS graduates leave the school as dynamic and impactful citizens, fully prepared for success at university and in a wide variety of professions including engineers, doctors, lawyers, entrepreneurs, environmentalists, journalists and educators. At ICS learning comes to life, and all students are challenged and motivated to achieve high levels of success and become 21st Century learners and future leaders. We are an American curriculum school following the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) California framework for English Language Arts and Mathematics and the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) for Science. We also follow the Ministry of Education (MOE) curriculum for Arabic, Islamic Studies, Social Studies and Moral Education. The school is internationally accredited by AdvancED. The school’s curriculum offers a large breadth and depth of study with flexibility in learning pathways and addresses a variety of learning styles. It offers many opportunities for integrating the learning objectives from a variety of subjects, in a relevant and highly engaging manner. The school supports innovation and development, especially in relation to the use of ICT and other technologies to enhance and enrich learning across the school’s curriculum. The school has introduced Advanced Placement (AP) courses starting from the Academic Year 2018-2019. The first batch of AP students will sit for examination in May 2019 at the end of Grade 12. AdvancED is the largest community of education professionals in the world. They are a non-profit, non-partisan organization that conducts rigorous, on-site reviews of a variety of educational institutions and systems to ensure that all learners realize their full potential. With expertise grounded in more than a hundred years of work in school accreditation, AdvancED is committed to help institutions continuously improve. Our faculty is assiduously working toward high placement recognition by ADEK. The school’s new building offers excellent facilities promoting extracurricular activities, essential for an inspiring learning experience. Our cosmopolitan student population consists of 1500 K-12 students from 49 countries who have made UAE their home. We are committed and determined to provide the best educational experience to these students, promoting their growth and development to become tomorrow’s leaders. We believe that every student is unique, gifted and talented; and we will strive toward highlighting their interests and uncovering their potentials. Our administration, faculty and staff work collaboratively and diligently with parents and the community for the welfare of the students. The highly professional and dedicated academic and support staff provide a welcoming, safe and nourishing environment where learning is owned by the students through focusing on student-centered and reflective activities and fostering their skills for lifelong independent learning and character growth, attributes deeply entrenched in UAE values and culture. We always aspire to provide the best to our students; therefore, in addition to the AP program, we are currently working on the candidacy for adopting the International Baccalaureate Diploma Program, IBDP, as of September 2020. This will provide an amazing opportunity for our students to gain the internationally renowned diploma, become international citizens and be better prepared for their further studies at higher institutes. We are also integrating digital and adaptive learning platforms such as IXL and ALEKS. Furthermore, as we move toward digital literacy and adaptive learning in the next phase, parents will have access to our learning management system through a mobile application. Communication will be more efficient and constructive. Another exciting news is the implementation (available now) of an online payment system through the official school website or an application.... more