AICE Program

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AICE is an international diploma that students can earn via an advanced academic curriculum and assessment program written and administered by a non-profit department (CIE) of the University of Cambridge in England. AICE program courses and examinations are offered during grades 9, 10, 11 and 12 in schools worldwide registered as CIE Centers. There is a Pre-AICE, or International General Certificate of Secondary Education (IGCSE), curriculum and assessment program for grades 9 & 10.  At BHS, all honors students take their coursework through the Pre-AICE and AICE Curriculum. 

AICE not only prepares students to get into a university with up to 45 hours of college credit, but it also provides them with the skills required to be successful once there. A study done by Bill Kolb, former Director of Admissions at the University of Florida, found that AICE program graduates attending the University of Florida had an average end-of-freshman year GPA of 3.46 whereas students coming from other acceleration mechanisms such as Advanced Placement (AP) and International Baccalaureate (IB) had an average GPA of 3.12 and 3.10 respectively. 

In order to earn the AICE Diploma, students in the 10, 11 & 12 grade must pass six credits worth of AICE examinations. At least one examination must come from each of the three subject groups: Mathematics & Sciences, Languages, and Arts & Humanities. Advanced Subsidiary (AS) Level exams count for one credit and Advanced (A) Level exams count for two credits.  Advanced (A) Level syllabuses and exams cover approximately two years of college-level curriculum in a subject. The Advanced Subsidiary (AS) Level syllabus and exam covers the first year of the two-year Advanced (A) Level curriculum. An AS level exam counts for one credit towards the AICE Diploma. The A-Level exam counts for two credits.  At BHS, we offer the following:

  • Mathematics & Sciences: Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Environmental Management, Mathematics I (Pure Mathematics I and Statistics I), Mathematics II (Pure Mathematics III and Mechanics I), Psychology and Thinking Skills I & II
  • Languages: English Language, Spanish Language, French Language
     
  • Arts & Humanities: Art & Design I & II, Classical Studies, English Literature I & II, French Literature, Geography, History (United States, Euopean & International), Psychology, Sociology  Spanish Literature and Thinking Skills I & II.
Future classes at BHS may include the following based on student interest:
Business, College Algebra, Computing, Dance, Drama, English Language II, Food Studies, Global Perspectives, Music