Years Program), MYP (Middle Years Program), and DP (Diploma Program). BHA is accredited by The Council of International Schools and the Western Association of Colleges and Schools, and within 8 months of its inception was certified for all IB programs that it currently offers. “With IB at the heart of our three educational programs we challenge our students to focus on identifying problems of the real world and how to address them through many different forms of solution including design, collaboration, and debate,” says Dr. Cinde Lock, Principal, Branksome Hall Asia. Today, BHA offers a boarding program between Grades 6 and 12. Each boarding student is placed in one of the four boarding houses and these facilities are modern and aesthetically pleasing. The school’s well-trained staff is always present to support each girl. Every boarding student is assigned to a group of 10 girls and is counselled by one member of the staff. Teacher Dons live on campus to provide support at all times. Each boarding student can benefit from BHA’s boarding programs including supervised study halls, in-house activities, outdoor activities, open swimming in the Olympic-size swimming pool, design studio, library, indoor gym, and art studio. The students are provided apt academic support by their don and qualified teachers. The students are provided with social counseling as appropriate. A CASE of SPICE BHA offers a unique after school program, dubbed CASE. CASE stands for Creativity, Activity, Service Learning, and Enrichment. The program aims at providing learning and experiential opportunities (both inside and outside of the classroom) for students across a range of disciplines. The depth of this program is considerable, as130 programs per term are included in the four areas. The school is focussed on nurturing leaders of the future and this focus is accentuated through the school’s SPICE, which are BHA’s unique
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