Carmen Sweeting, Superintendent

Greetings to the CIC Community

On behalf of the CIC Board of Directors and the school’s leadership group, welcome to CIC for the new school year 2011-12. For new students and their families, we are especially pleased that you have chosen CIC. For our returning students we anticipate an exciting and challenging new year. As always, we encourage all members of our community to become actively engaged and seize opportunities to participate in the school’s myriad activities and programs in collaboration with our students and faculty.

Building on over a century’s experience of educating students in an English-medium international school environment here in Venezuela, CIC’s academic program has never been stronger. The IB Diploma and Middle Years (MYP) programs are the pillars of our curricular foundation. The school’s Elementary program continues to be top-rate and, in this respect we expect to further enhance it through our transition to adoption of the IB’s Primary Years’ Programme (PYP). CIC is also proud to be taking a leading role regionally in the implementation of the MAP testing program.

During this school year, CIC will be working on the self-study of the Middle Years Programme and will host the visit from the International Baccalaureate Organization for the reaccreditation of the school.

CIC benefits from formidable strengths this year deriving from the stability of our excellent professional teaching staff as well as continuity in our school’s administrative leadership team. This stability and continuity provide us with a solid base to enhance the academic rigor of our program as well as leverage our highly experienced administrative leadership team in successfully managing the school and its resources in a challenging environment.

The CIC Board and leadership team have high hopes and expectations for an outstanding year of progress and accomplishment for the school, but also, above all our students as learners.

Please take the opportunity to learn more about CIC, Colegio Internacional de Caracas, by browsing our website. Should you wish to contact us, you may communicate directly with me at sweetingc@ciccaracas.com.ve. Alternatively, you may contact our School Principal Mr. Chris Walker at walkerc@ciccaracas.com.ve and Ms. Mariana Gonzalez, our Elementary School Coordinator, at gonzalezma@ciccaracas.com.ve.

I look forward eagerly to working with all members of our community in a constructive and positive way to assure that our school’s vision is upheld and our mission advanced in this common cause of educational excellence focused on student learning achievement.

Warmest regards,
Carmen Sweeting