Midtown International School Inc.

“Head of school, bookkeeper and business officer review with treasurer of the board of trustees.”

“Due diligence on contracts, with new vendors, meeting time devoted to disclosure.”

“Board analyzes nais data to determine head of school compensation.”

“Board analyzes data from various sources to determine an appropriate wage.”

“Available online and by request.”

“Midtown international school serves gifted and academically superior students who thrive in small class environments. The globally-minded curriculum and problem-based instruction create a community of engaged global leaders dedicated to the values of respect, responsibility, citizenship, and justice. The school immerses students in a diversity of viewpoints that transcend national, ethnic, and socio-economic boundaries. Problem solving and critical thinking are the foundation of our integrated curriculum, developing inquisitive, flexible, and collaborative thinkers who will be successful in a knowledge-driven global society. Mis ignites the educational and social learning of gifted students through advanced instruction in science, math, and technology; arts integration across the curriculum; development of student leadership and peer collaboration; strategic community partnerships; and international travel for all upper elementary, middle, and high school students.”

“2016-2017 is the 4th year of operation at mis. Steady enrollment growth: year 1 - 45 students year 2 - 102 students year 3 - 156 students year 4 - 190 students (projected) strong family and faculty satisfaction as seen through 98% retention for 2015-2016; 99% for 2016-2017. Board of trustees expanded to 5 members in 2016-2017. Administration team expanded to 4 members; teacher headcount now at 41. Opened a 9th grade, thus venturing into high school. Hired a 5-star chef and opened a scratch- kitchen serving over 100 kids a day. Mis faculty and staff attended 8 national conferences, presenting at 6. Furthered the mis online footprint and grown community awareness through a strategic and targeted marketing plan, most notably a november, 2016 newspaper article in the atlanta journal constitution. Constructed a functional court space in the back lot for mis gym and athletics. Initiated a road race, the run for dek thai, which supports the education of high school girls in rural thailand. Created identity workspaces, which arose from our be brave discussions last year related to race, ethnicity, gender, and identity. Started a student-run newspaper and further created content for our mis arts programming. New sports options available for students k-9. Approach to education: gifted and academically superior students are a population with different educational needs due to their unique intellectual development. Students demonstrate giftedness in various ways, including superior cognitive abilities, social awareness, visual-spatial reasoning, exceptional memory, and ability to connect ideas and insights from multiple experiences and sources. Grounded in the belief that students learn best in small groups, mis uses research and an evidence-based curriculum as the foundation to its programs. Mis students collaborate in groups of their peers, with deep concentration in steam subjects and an infused global curriculum. Maximum class size of 12 students, maximizing large and small group opportunities. 50% of classroom time is on steam curriculum (200% more than national average). Engaged with berlitz-a school with 135 years of language teaching experience - to teach our language program. Spanish, mandarin and french languages are taught to every student. Students have the option to also take german and hebrew. In 5th grade students choose a language for mastery, while continuing conversational instruction in the other two languages. Student travel opportunities begin in 3rd grade domestically, and internationally in 4th grade to ensure opportunities for global citizenship. Subject matter expertise is the norm for all specialist and upper school faculty, ensuring that students have opportunities to explore content areas with depth, complexity and abstraction. Gifted certification is required of all faculty at employment or within two years. Because mis students are able to acquire concepts readily, instruction focuses on deeper level thinking, complexity of ideas, and problem solving skills in a collaborative environment.”