Florida Intercultural Academy, a Broward County Public Charter School, opened its doors in Hollywood in 2005. The school finished the first year with 59 students and offered a curriculum that encompassed world studies of different cultures. Now, the Hollywood campus has both elementary and middle school grade levels and enrolls nearly 300 students.
Because of the increase in its student body, Florida Intercultural Academy has purchased additional property in Davie at 3367 N. University Drive on the southeast corner of Stirling Road and University Drive to serve even more students. The school will incorporate a “World Wise” program modeled on the United States Peace Corps World Wise Schools curriculum.
“The Peace Corps World Wise Schools program, which is implemented within our middle school, is promoting cultural understanding through an appreciation of similarities and differences of world peoples,” said Wayne Williams, a board member and parent. “It’s important that middle school students understand and value opinions and cultures different from their own, making them global citizens.”
The school hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Jan. 28 to introduce the Davie campus, and Dr. Gwendolyn Purcell, founder and director of Florida Intercultural University and a Returned Peace Corp Volunteer (RPCV-Jamaica), said the school is unique in the fact that it offers a multicultural education that focuses on a specific country each month and implements that culture into each subject taught at the school, whether math, reading, social studies or even science.
“The students will have a global attitude and a global outlook,” she said. “Specifically, we aim to foster dialogue moreover than a general textbook by offering students experiences of what life is like in places around the globe through Returned Peace Corps Volunteers (RPCV), video DVDs, Peace Corps books, social studies lessons, Multicultural Food Fair and many other culminating lessons. Students and parents enjoy the focus of a well-rounded education inclusive of world studies.”
For more information, visit www.interculturalacademy.com.
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Everybody here has a great heart and they really care for us like we were their own children! Imagine! If the school is already amazing with one small campus in Hollywood, Imagine how amazing it'll be with a BRAND NEW CAMPUS!!!BIGGER!BETTER!BRIGHTER!
GO FIA!!!
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