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Founder
  
Doctor Joe Hale

Phone
  
+82 31-855-1277

Headmaster
  
Mr. Linroy Kilgore

Province
  
Gyeonggi Province

International Christian School Uijongbu

Established
  
August 1983 (as Liberty Christian School)

Grades
  
Kindergarten through grade 12

Enrollment
  
approximately 170 (as of February 2017)

Associations
  
NICS, WASC, ACSI, KAIAC, KORCOS, KIMEA

Address
  
28 Jindeung-ro, Nogyang-dong, Euijeongbu, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea

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The International Christian School of Uijongbu (Korean: 국제 크리스쳔학교), or ICS-UJB, is a Christian international school founded in 1983 in Uijongbu, South Korea.

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The campus has a 5-story main campus building which contains the classrooms and a cafeteria, together with a gym located approximately 100 meters from there.

It is one of the many schools that are part of the NICS organization. It was the first school of its kind, and was founded by Doctor Joe Hale, who is also the founder of the NICS organization. Some of the athletic events are held inside Camp Red Cloud

As of February 2017, approximately 170 students are attending ICSU.

There are a total of 28 faculty and 11 staff members at ICSU.

ICSU is ACSI and WASC accredited, and is a member of KAIAC, KIMEA and KORCOS.

Academics

ICSU currently has an ESL program(English as a Second Language), to help students attain a certain level of English proficiency in the areas of speaking, listening, reading, and writing. Also, ICSU has a honors program and an AP program for students in higher levels.

ICSU uses a 1:1 google Chromebook policy from 4–12th grade, so that the students can have flexibility in participating. Students from kindergarten to 3rd grade uses iPads instead of Chromebooks.

As of 2016, 50% of the faculty completed a Masters program, 78% graduated from a Christian College, and the average staff tenure was 7 years, which is higher than most international schools in Korea

Sports and activities

ICSU participates in KAIAC, with Basketball, Cheerleading, Soccer, Cross Country, and Volleyball. From 2013–2015, ICSU was in the 3rd place in Cross Country, and ICSU also received several sportsmanship awards.

Since 2016, ICSU has a forensics team including Debate and Speech.

Military

International Christian School has been serving to strengthening military families since 1983, when a military Chaplain on Camp Red Cloud encouraged Dr. Joe Hale to start an “American” school for the families living in Area 1. ICS and Area 1 have been partners in education since that day.

Missions

As a Strong-Christianity based School, every classes are taught in a Biblical point-of-view. ICSU has chapels each week, and bible classes which every students must attend. Also, several times in a year, some students and teachers from ICSU goes to mission trips to various countries.

References

International Christian School Uijongbu Wikipedia