The Caribbean International School is a bilingual educational institution which operates officially under permit granted by the Ministry of Education of Panama, that offers students a bilingual college preparation diploma, and a commercial certificate at the end of 12 year of studies. (6 years of Primary education, 3 years of Junior High Studies and 3 years of High School Preparation). It carries the title “International” due to the varied nationality of the students and the curriculum which fosters a peaceful and harmonic co-existence among the different ethnic groups, while, at the same time, preparing them academically with the capacity to understand and respect all cultures and ideology.
Classes are given in English (total immersion) with the exception of Social Studies, Government and Labor Law, which by mandate of the Republic of Panama, must be administered in the native language of the country. (Spanish). The academic pensum also includes cultural subjects, and 3 years in French and Computer Science; the latter of which begins at the kindergarten level.
The curriculum provides for the formation of young people with a basic knowledge that permits them a sound development in the areas of Science, Humanities and Commerce, that are the basis of the many careers offered at Universities world-wide. Students are formed with a keen sense of ethics, morals, and respect; aside from the civic obligations mandatory of all civilized human beings.
The program demands the formation of sentiments of mutual respect and empathy towards the social environment in which they are immersed, creating a co-habitation based on understanding, the tolerance of the culture and rules which govern the varied nationalities of the world.
At the end of the program; graduates will be prepared to continue higher studies, be useful to society and capable of valuing themselves, co-existing in a civilized manner with this fellowman. Academically he will be prepared to:
- Understand one’s relationship to the global environment.
- Understand human relations in interpersonal and family settings.
- Gather, select, interpret, organize, use and evaluate information.
- Develop a broad knowledge of human civilization.
- Develop and apply critical thinking skills.
- Develop, articulate and act upon one’s value system.
- Use self-assessment to determine one’s educational progress, plan future growth, and become a self-directed learner.
- Prepare for the working world by developing and educational plan.
- Express themselves creatively through various art forms, developing a sense of aesthetics.
- Understand, evaluate and use a wide range of technological tools.
- Solve mathematical problems in a variety of ways.
- Demonstrate knowledge of economic systems on a personal, community, state, national and global level.
- Read, analyze and interpret various written materials.
Demonstrate literacy and knowledge of basic methods, terms and concepts in the sciences. |
