GEMS World Academy-Chicago

Located in downtown Chicago, GEMS World Academy Chicago is the first preschool-12 school in the United States from GEMS Education. An independent private school, GEMS opened in September 2014 in the Lakeshore East neighborhood of Chicago. GEMS Education has a global network of international schools in Europe, Africa, North America, Asia, and the Middle East. The GEMS Education network educates more than 250,000 students from 151 countries and employs more than 20,000 education professionals, specialists, and staff from more than 115 countries.[1]

GEMS World Academy Chicago
Address
350 East South Water Street

Chicago
,
Illinois
60601

United States
Coordinates41.8867°N 87.6187°W / 41.8867; -87.6187
Information
School typePrivate
Established2014
GradesPreK-12

School Facilities

GEMS World Academy Chicago's Lower School serves preschool through grade 5 and offers inviting classroom space, interactive wall-mounted monitors in each classroom and hallway, a Design & Innovation Lab, a rooftop playground, a gym, a library, a dining hall and a Wi Fi-enabled parent lounge — all in an innovative vertical urban campus. The building, designed by bKL Architecture, has won numerous architectural awards.

Phase Two of the GEMS campus, an Upper School that serves grades 6 through 12. The Upper School, designed by bKL Architecture, includes a two-level university-caliber library, fully equipped design and science labs, a 550-seat, multipurpose auditorium that can be reconfigured into a high-tech media lab, a rooftop common area and dramatic views of Lake Michigan and the Chicago skyline.

Curriculum

GEMS World Academy Chicago provides students with international education framework through the International Baccalaureate Organization (IBO).[2] GEMS is an International Baccalaureate World School, formally authorized for the IB's Primary Years Program (preschool through grade 5) and Middle Years Program (grades 6 through 10). GEMS is a candidate school for the IB's Diploma Program, which serves students in grades 11 and 12. GEMS also is an Apple Distinguished School.

All students at GEMS receive daily instruction in a world language; embark on regular Field Studies — focused explorations of the neighborhoods, institutions and people of Chicago; and complete a robust STEAM program that threads coding, robotics and design-thinking throughout the curriculum.

References
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