Boca Prep International School

Head Name: Pelham Lindfield Roberts
BA ( Hons), PGCE (Oxon), MEd (Bristol)
Telephone: +1 561 852 1410 ext 220
Fax: +1 561 852 9638
E-Mail: Fill the contact form
Address: 10333 Diego Drive South, Boca Raton, Florida
Web: www.bocaprep.net





General Information

Type Coeducational
Age Range Pre Kinder - 12th grade
Nursery Yes
Day/Boarding Day, the school also has a network of homestay families able to provide accommodation on a short term or yearlong basis.
There are currently 42 Nationalities and 20 languages represented on campus.

Admission Requirements

Entry Requirements Interview, transcripts, visas, testing
Scholarships, Bursaries Financial assistance for siblings and staff children, in addition to financial need, academic scholarships in Senior school

Subjects


Selection of Honors and AP subjects from 9th grade, with SAT and ACT preparation classes. Boca Prep International School is currently a Candidate School for the PYP and MYP programmes of the International Baccalaureate and is hoping to start the IB Diploma in August 2009

  • Fine Arts
  • Geography
  • History
  • Economics
  • Politics
  • Health
  • Library Skills
  • Guidance
  • Mathematics
  • Music
  • Information and Communication Technology
  • Earth Science
  • Marine Science
  • Forensic Science
  • Sports Science
  • Drama
  • Yoga
  • Physical Education
  • English Literature
  • Physics
  • Chemistry
  • Biology
  • Environmental Science
  • English Language
  • English Literature
  • Japanese (senior class)
  • Spanish Language
  • Spanish Literature
  • Spanish (as from Pre K 3), Italian (7th grade), Russian (8th grade), French (10th grade), Japanese (11th and 12th grade) Senior programmes include Language and Literature

Facilities

  • Soccer pitches
  • Track
  • Basketball courts
  • Baseball Diamond
  • Sports Hall
  • Heated outdoor semi Olympic Swimming Pool used all 12 months with competitive swim club
  • Air conditioned Gymnasium
  • Access to local parks, nature reserves, museums, art galleries, coral reefs and the Everglades National Park

Activities

  • Drama club as elective and after school activity
  • Full range of additional "enrichment activities"
  • Contemporary Dance
  • Model United Nations
  • National Honor Society
  • Computing/IT
  • Instrument practice and choir
  • Community service
  • Hispanic celebration in October "Mes de la Hispanidad"
  • Climbing Wall
  • After school Competition Table Tennis club
  • Drama/Theatre Studies
  • Life Saving/1st Aid
  • Scuba Diving club and BASI awards
  • "Aloha" Maths club
  • "Mindlab" - instruction of strategies for a variety of mindgames
  • Science club and model Rocket Launching club
  • Film club
  • Supervised homework hall
  • Frequent ecological, cultural and leadership activities in the local area
  • Opportunity for short term cultural exchanges and homestay
  • Annual participation in ISA Leadership conferences and InterSEK sporting and cultural encounters

Sports

  • Swimming
  • Athletics
  • Tennis (State Finalists 2008)
  • Basketball (State and National record breakers in 2008)
  • Indoor Lacrosse and Floor Hockey
  • Fitness Training
  • Soccer (Regional Finalists in 2008)
  • Golf
  • Flag Football, Touch rugby
  • After school Jujitsu, wrestling, Ping Pong, Baseball

Summer Camp

  • ESOL, DRAMA "Drama Works" leading to a theatrical presentation
  • Academic support (all subjects available)
  • "Headstart" Pre Kinder and Kinder courses
  • "Sun Lake"/ I9 Crafts and sports
  • University of Miami Reading programme
  • Homestay families available for foreign students wishing to participate in summer camp

Maps and Directions

Map Google Maps
Railway Station 20 minutes: Palmetto Road (Miami - Palm Beach Line)
International Airport Palm Beach and Fort Lauderdale (40 minutes) Miami, 50
Location From Miami: Take I 95 Highway north towards Palm Beach. Exit at Glades Road within Boca Raton limits. Turn left at junction onto "Glades West" and proceed for about 20 minutes until you reach the Mission Bay shopping Plazas at intersection 441 (Route 7), after the Turnpike entry. Go across route 441 and take the second on the left (Diego Drive South), signposted SEK Preparatory School, Mission Bay Club and Evert Tennis Academy. The school entrance is opposite The Evert Tennis Academy, on Diego Drive South.