Mr Mindorff adds , “ We are a US Department of State Office of Overseas Schools-endorsed institution and one of only 41 schools in the world to have all four IB programmes . This is just the beginning . We have successfully completed the first level of the application procedure to join the prestigious Round Square network of independent schools , which will benefit the students with new programmes and resources , but also cement the school ’ s position within the leadership ranks of an elite education landscape .”
Over this past decade , while faculty balanced the daily emphasis on delivering a superb education with the longer-term accreditation process , the Board and other school leaders implemented an even farther-reaching plan to construct a new campus for the Upper School adjacent to St Paul ’ s Church . With stronger systems and protocols in place , the school could look forward and outward for growth and secure the physical space needed to both permit expanding to meet demand and also to fulfil the growing vision for students . In order to sustain itself and fulfil its mandates and promises , the school had to expand its footprint . LCIS ’ need to develop its facilities to support the development of opportunities for students made the decision to purchase land and build a new campus for the Upper School a necessity . As Board Co-Chair Mr Bryan Glinton put it , “ We had not just the opportunity , but the need , to develop the leading academic Primary
6 and Secondary School in the Caribbean and to provide our students with the most challenging and transformative experience possible .”
In 2014 , the Board and school administrators formulated a new strategic vision to physically transform LCIS . With thorough preparation , guidance from local and international architectural firms and generous philanthropic support , an inspiring master plan was presented . In early 2016 , after careful vetting , the Board of Directors approved not only plans for the new Upper School campus but also a renovated Lower School campus . With purpose-built science and robotics labs , an art studio and performing arts studio , all on the doorstep of the St Paul ’ s Field already leased by the school , acres of land and a master plan to guide the continued build-out of athletic , academic and other facilities , students would now have access to spaces that aligned with and facilitated the school ’ s high-quality programmes . “ The new Secondary School campus will allow LCIS to teach academics in ways that only the world ’ s top boarding schools now achieve ,” stated Head of Upper School Mr Frédéric Bournas .
Concurrently , the school continued to develop the skilled and visionary Board that had already brought so much stability and growth to the school . One hallmark of a strong Board of Directors is that the group of people have enough in common , yet