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International Community School (ICS) is a small 6-12th grade public school in the Lake Washington School District, with about 60 students per grade. It is part of a series of schools founded by Dr. Bruce Saari. "International" in the school's name reflects an international focus in curriculum, and it is not an International School as defined here International Schools. ICS is a choice school, for which an application must be submitted, and is not part of the Lake Washington School District middle -> high school feeder system. All complete applications are entered into a lottery to select those who will be admitted. In the event that there is space available in excess of the applications submitted by in-district students, applications by out-of-district students are allowed. In recent years, there have been over 800 applications for the 65 spots available yielding a chance of less than 10% to be admitted. The school offers an integrated six year Humanities/International Studies/Arts core curriculum, instead of the regular no art/LA/SS(Language Arts/Social Studies). Each year also has rigorous Science and Math classes. Additionally, students study Spanish, for at least four years, with the intention of achieving fluency. All classes in 9-12 grade are Honors or AP classes. The curriculum is fixed and the same for all students until Junior year, when there are 2 electives, and in Senior year when there are 4 electives. Every year in May students go on a theme based Focus Week where they enrich themselves through travel or local activities, leaving "the confines of the classroom to expand their knowledge".〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Focus Week )〕 The mascot for ICS is the Phoenix, and the motto is "Forever We Rise". ==Rankings== The International Community School has received recognition as one of the best high schools in the United States, public or private. In every year since it was founded, ICS students have achieved top-tier scores on national and state achievement tests like Washington Assessment of Student Learning (WASL) test, the High School Proficiency Exam (HSPE), and Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC). 100% of students participate in AP classes with essentially all students receiving passing grades. As a result ICS has been ranked among the top high schools in the United States in multiple rankings. In 2007-2014 it was selected as a Gold Medal School, ranking between 10th-30th out of the top 100 schools in US News' Best High School list.〔(【引用サイトリンク】work=Best High Schools )〕 In 2014, the International Community School was ranked 13th in the nation by U.S. News & World Report. In 2008-2014, Newsweek selected ICS as one of the Public Elites, one of the best high schools in the nation.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Public Elites )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=America's Best High Schools: The Elites )〕 In the 2012 OECD PISA evaluation, ICS was ranked as the number 1 school in Math, number 4 in reading, and number 7 in Science of all US High School participating in the evaluation.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=OECD Test for Schools )〕 In 2005, it was selected as a No Child Left Behind—Blue Ribbon School of Excellence. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「International Community School (Kirkland, Washington)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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