Amsterdam International Community School

Amsterdam International Community School (AICS)
Address
Prinses Irenestraat 59 Amsterdam , Noord-Holland 1077 WV
Information
Established	2003
Principal	Annette Sloan
Grades	Group 1 – DP2
Language	English
Color(s)	Blue   Red   Yellow
Nickname	AICS
Website	https://aics.espritscholen.nl

The Amsterdam International Community School or AICS, is a school in the south of Amsterdam established in 2003 which accepts children from 4 to 18 years old. It is a part of the Esprit Scholengroep. AICS is made up of 3 different campuses (Main, Satellite and South East). The AICS has more than 1500 students from various cultures and nationalities to reach their goal of diversity.

AICS is an English language Dutch public international school and offers both Primary education and Secondary education with the possibility of the IB diploma to be achieved.

Leadership

Boris Prickarts has been deputy director (previously known as headmaster) since the start of the school in 2003 until he left in June 2020. Annette Sloan is the current director (previously known as principal) of the school, she started in 2018. Nico de Vrede was interim director in the first half of 2018. From 2006-2017 Kees van Ruitenbeek was the principal, he continued to lead the projects for realisation of new buildings until the end of 2020. From 2003-2006 Sylvia Visser was the first principal of AICS, she requested the license to start the school in 2002 while working as the principal of the Berlage Lyceum, also located in the south of Amsterdam.

The AICS is working with a team of heads of school (previously known as leaders for learning) for each part of the school (9 in 2020). Finally there is a leader of operations and a leader of administration.

AICS Main

AICS Main is located near the WTC in the south of Amsterdam (Prinses Irenestraat 59). It is the largest and first campus of the AICS, located here since 2007. It has more than 1000 students attending. This campus offers primary education to children aged 4 to 11 and secondary (IB MYP) education to children aged 11 to 16. Finally it offers the IB Diploma Programme for students aged 16-18.

From 2003-2007 the secondary school was located at the Wodanstraat 3. The primary school started at the Wodanstraat in 2004, moved to the Hygiëaplein in 2005 and to the Uiterwaardenstraat in 2006. In 2007 the primary and secondary school reunited at the Prinses Irenestraat.

The new main campus building is currently under construction at the Arent Janszoon Ernststraat 1179. The campus will move there at the start of 2022.

AICS Satellite

AICS Satellite was opened in 2016 due to the increasing demand for international education in Amsterdam, it is located at Arent Janszoon Ernststraat 130, opposite the mall gelderlandplein. It has approximately 200 students attending. It offers primary education for children age 4 to 11.

AICS South East

This campus is the latest addition. It is currently located at the Darlingstraat 2 in the South East area of Amsterdam. It has more than 300 students attending. It offers primary education to children aged 4 to 11 and secondary (IB MYP) education to children aged 11 to 16.

It started in 2018 at the President Brandstraat 29 in the Eastern part of the city. In 2019 the construction of the modular and circular building at the darlingstraat was completed and the campus moved there.

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