Lake County International Charter School (LCICS) provides a unique educational opportunity for the students of Lake County. Please call 707-987-3063
or email info@lcics.org for more information or to pick up a Student Enrollment package.
Educational Philosophy and Program:
Mission: The mission of Lake County International Charter School is to educate students in grades K-8 to be literate, knowledgeable, principled, local, national, and global citizens. Students participate in an enriched and nurturing learning environment that honors the whole child - intellectually, emotionally, creatively, physically, socially and culturally. LCICS students become competent and self-motivated individuals with a commitment to life-long learning that enables them to reach their full potentials.
Vision: LCICS emphasizes academic excellence and artistic expression; respect and appreciation of diversity; personal, social, and environmental responsibility; and an understanding of the interconnectedness of all living things and our global environment. Students of diverse backgrounds and abilities advance academically, artistically, socially and personally through the highly successful and proven teaching methods of the International Baccalaureate Primary Years Program.
The transdisciplinary (across disciplines) program of inquiry is a multi-cultural curriculum, which engages critical thinking, research, exploration, creative expression, and technology, and the acquisition of a second language. Thematic and project-based units of inquiry, differentiated materials, hands-on activities, and community action projects engage multiple intelligences and the whole child while providing meaningful context for all aspects of the curriculum. Thus, various kinds of learners, learning styles, abilities, and readiness are addressed in a child-centered and active learning environment inspired and created through the cooperation and collaboration of parents, teachers, staff, students, and community.
An educated person in the 21st century: At the heart of 21st century education is instilling children with a love of learning for a lifetime. Individuals should develop a strong sense of self, and the resourcefulness and skills necessary to meet the challenges of life, and participate meaningfully in local and global communities.
LCICS provides a 21st century education within a framework that meets children’s cognitive, social, physical, emotional and cultural needs. Students acquire basic skills and real world applications of knowledge, to enable them to understand the connection between their studies and the world. As students explore and ask questions, experiment and create, their abilities for critical thinking increase. They analyze new ideas and complex information, collaborate with others, problem solve and apply knowledge to new situations. Students skills broaden as they become literate, knowledgeable, principled, and responsible global citizens of the 21st century.
An educated person in the 21st century:
- Understands the core academic content at much higher levels than basic competency.
- Is adept at utilizing information technologies and communication technologies.
- Examines issues from multiple perspectives and world-views.
- Is respectful of themselves, others, and the environment.
- Understands and appreciates the environment as well as humans’ inter-relationship with and impact on the environment in order to better address and assess environmental issues.
- Takes responsibility for their behavior and the effect of their actions towards others and the environment.
- Assesses and solves problems both independently and collaboratively.
- Reflects on their own work, and the work of their peers in a constructive manner.
- Understands the skills of democratic participation such as mediation and conflict resolution, leadership, consensus building, speaking and listening skills and collaboration.
- Communicates effectively in their ability to articulate written and spoken ideas clearly and confidently in more than one language.
- Holds a sense of personal commitment to action and service.
- Is self-directed, self-knowledgeable, and active participants in their communities, in life, and in their own life-long education.
Governing Board
At LCICS, parents participate through volunteering their services in different ways including
assisting in the classrooms, teaching areas of expertise, office work and on the Parent Council
or as board members. The Governing Board (Charter Council) is composed of parents and community
members who are elected for their experience in various fields. It is an active board and its
members welcome the public at their meetings.
The governance of the school and ongoing evaluation of its program is accomplished by a
strong collaborative effort of teachers and parents or guardians through the Charter Council,
Parent and Teacher Councils and the school administration. Parental involvement in the
classroom as well as in extra-curricular activities is instrumental in creating an
environment in which each child can excel.
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