Auckland International College

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Auckland International College
Motto	-
Type	Private: Fully Reg. Co-Ed Secondary (Year 11-13) with Boarding Facilities (AIC Tower), accredited IB World School.
Year established	July 2003
Address	85 Airedale Street, Auckland
Principal	Roger Lewis (acting)
School roll	204
Socio-economic decile (10 is high)	n/a
Ministry of Education Institution no.	473
Website	www.aic.ac.nz

Auckland International College (often abbreviated AIC) is a private coeducational secondary school in Auckland, New Zealand. The school is instituted under the Japanese juku company Oshu Corporation, and is part of a bigger institution Academy for the International Community (also abbreviated AIC). It adopts the IB Diploma Programme as a sole curriculum. It also offers Pre-IB studies to allow students to prepare for the IB curriculum. Students in the Pre-IB programme can cycle through all of the school's subject offerings. Activities, sports and a research project of 2000 words form part of the Pre-IB programme.

AIC offers a wide range of subject choices: - Group 1 : English A1, Japanese A1, Vietnamese A1, Korean A1, Chinese A1, and A1 Self-taught - Group 2 : English A2, English B, Japanese B, Chinese ab initio, French B, and German B - Group 3 : Economics, History, and Geography - Group 4 : Biology, Physics, and Chemistry - Group 5 : Mathematics, Matemathical Methods, and Mathematical Studies - Group 6 : Visual Arts and Information Technology in a Global Society (ITGS)

AIC has a sister school, the AICJ Oshu Gakuen in Hiroshima, Japan, also set up by the Oshu Corporation in April 2006.

[edit] History

• July 2003: AIC is established by the funding of the Oshu Corporation
• January 2006: Craig Monaghan takes over as Principal of AIC
• May 2006: The inaugural Class of 2006 graduates from AIC
• December 2006: Craig Monaghan resigns as Principal of AIC to take over as principal of Westlake Boys. Roger Lewis takes over as Acting Principal. 2007 Prefects elected.