Mission

Vision Statement

IGA serves K-12 international students who use their education and experience to pursue a life of character and health so they can positively engage with the world.

Mission Statement

IGA educates the heart (desires), head (thoughts), and hands (habits) of the individual student.

Core Values

  • We believe all individuals are inherently valuable, worthy of love and care.
  • We believe school should be a safe place that students and staff enjoy and value.
  • We believe academic excellence requires ongoing evaluation, development, and refinement of our curriculum and program.
  • We believe all people make mistakes and that mistakes are part of the learning and maturing process; mistakes should be addressed with a focus on restoration and growth as well as grace whenever possible.
  • We believe, as an international school, the variety of cultures present in our community is an enriching element to be stewarded well.
  • We believe teaching and learning requires a partnership between teachers, students, and families as well as support from the broader community.
  • We believe we should strive to operate in a way that honors and respects our neighbors and community.
  • We believe all staff members should model ethical behavior and strong moral convictions.
  • We believe we should provide sustainable and affordable education by setting tuition and fees based on actual operating costs and should seek ways to supplement tuition to cover those costs.

Expected Student Learning Outcomes (Profile of a Graduate)

Heart (Desires)

  • Appreciate cultural differences and the ideas of others as a reflection of the beauty of diversity
  • Value education and the pursuit of knowledge
  • Desire to explore the world and all of existence to celebrate beauty, creativity, and imagination
  • Understand personal levels of intellectual, spiritual, emotional, and physical health and aspire to be healthy
  • Seek and desire to be a person of character who embraces responsibility
  • Enjoy physical activity and exercise
  • Develop empathy and an eagerness to serve
  • Embrace a need to depend on others
  • Imagine and design ways to improve life and meet the needs of the world



Head (Thoughts)

  • Recognize a personal place in the world and home culture, and learn from the cultures of others
  • Have a well-rounded knowledge of both humanities and STEM subjects
  • Engage in logical, lateral, and divergent styles of thinking
  • Explain the differences between intellectual, spiritual, emotional, and physical health and weakness
  • Understand positive character and virtue and recognize it in history and daily life
  • Analyze and reflect on the thinking process
  • Identify interdependencies between individuals, their community, and the world and the responsibilities that result
  • Acquire the knowledge to care for the world
  • See both truth and lies, beauty and ugliness, goodness and evil in the world and analyze their causes and sources

 

Hands (Habits)

  • Work to create an environment where all cultures collaborate and contribute to the community
  • Use technology in a positive, productive, ethical manner
  • Practice innovation, focus, and repeated trial and error in the problem solving process
  • Develop and practice healthy emotional, intellectual, spiritual and physical habits
  • Set an example by living as a person of character
  • Pursue life giving hobbies and continual learning
  • Serve and love all people
  • Show proper respect and fulfill responsibilities
  • Steward resources and contribute to a culture of sustainability to help meet the needs of the world and beyond