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Global Communications Academy

Global Communications Academy
Open Choice for Suburban Residents
Grades K to 8
85 Edwards Street
Hartford, CT 06120
Global Academy

School Overview

Global Communications Academy scholars are future world leaders!

At Global Communications Academy, we prepare our students for world citizenship using an array of opportunities to inquire and develop intellectual, academic, social and communication skills through an international school design.

  • Global Communications Academy is part of the Association of International Baccalaureate (IB) World Schools, offering the Primary Years Programme (PYP) in Grades K-5.
  • The IB Primary Years Programme (PYP) focuses on the development of the whole child as an inquirer, both in the classroom and in the world around them.
  • Global Communications Academy works with five elements, Knowledge, Concept, Skill, Attitude, and Action, to construct a rigorous curriculum that is transdisciplinary, engaging, relevant, and that supports students in becoming lifelong learners.
  • The Learner Profile is the heart of the IB program. It helps develop globally minded students who are empowered to create a better and more peaceful, just world.
  • We promote individual and collective voice as well as respect for humanity and the environment as we strive to create a better and more peaceful world.

School Report Card – the Connecticut State Department of Education (CSDE) has prepared this report, which includes information about student enrollment, student achievement, student and teacher diversity, and much more.

Fantastic Facts

  • Included as part of the Association of International Baccalaureate World Schools, offering the Primary Years Programme for students in grades K–5
  • International school design provides an array of opportunities to inquire and develop intellectual, academic, social and communication skills 
  • Offers a rigorous academic curriculum with three embedded themes: global issues, global systems and global cultures

Sports, Clubs & Activities

Basketball, Soccer, and Track

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