GRADUATE WITH IDEATE: APPLY NOW!
BCIS’s IDEATE Program empowers high school students to take charge of their learning and thrive in an everchanging world. IDEATE is a personalized pathway that enables students to develop future-ready competencies and leverage their strengths in pursuing their passions and applying their learning in their communities. Engagement in the IDEATE Program is open to students in Grades 9-12, and students can choose from different opportunities available for their respective grade level. The IDEATE Program is fully accredited and widely recognized by universities around the world.
In designing a personalized pathway to earning a BCIS Diploma, students can select a combination of courses that fulfill BCIS graduation requirements and fit with student’s goals and strengths. These include the following:
- In-person courses offered in the International Baccalaureate programme (MYP or DP, depending on the student’s grade level)
- In-person courses offered in the IDEATE Program (only available for Grade 11-12 students for school year 2025-2026)
- Online dual enrollment courses with Arizona State University and Savannah College of Art & Design
Online high school courses through Global Online Academy and Virtual High School
These personalized graduation plans are co-designed with the student, family, counselors, and IDEATE Coordinator. The personalization of the IDEATE Program enables students to create a challenging, future-focused pathway. IDEATE can be the most rigorous pathway offered at BCIS due to the opportunity to earn multiple university credits.
It is important that families determine the requirements of the universities of interest as early as possible in order to inform the decision about the student’s pathway to graduation. As a part of the enrollment and admission process into grade 11, all students will be supported by the University Guidance Counselors and Program Coordinators to guide a best-fit approach to completing their High School Diploma and pursuing post secondary opportunities.
The in-person IDEATE courses are project-based and competency-based. Each IDEATE course is structured around developing key essential understandings while empowering students to explore their own interests in greater depth. Evidence of learning is curated in a portfolio which forms the basis of final assessment. IDEATE teachers serve as coaches and facilitators who inspire and support IDEATE students to become self-directed learners.