Press Release: April 2005
ACS Hillingdon International School celebrates the opening of Harmony House, International Centre for Musical Arts
ACS Hillingdon International School (formerly known as the American Community School, Hillingdon) recently celebrated the opening of Harmony House, International Centre for Musical Arts. Situated in a building on campus and renovated at a cost of £1.7 million, the Centre has a digital recording studio, rehearsal rooms, practice studios and a computer lab for music technology.
Commenting on the new Centre ACS Hillingdon Head of School, Ginger Apple said “ACS Hillingdon has increasingly become a destination for students wishing to combine a solid academic education with a high level of music study. The school offers the International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma, including the IB Certificate in Music. In addition to study at ACS Hilliingdon, our students also take individual private lessons at the Guildhall School. One of our IB students was recently accepted to the Guildhall Music School.”
The renovation of Harmony House is just one component of the ongoing development and investment in facilities and programmes. ACS Cobham International School recently built a new Early Childhood Building and ACS Egham International School has redeveloped its cafeteria. Each of our campuses have development plans to ensure that the organisation remains at the forefront of academic philosophy and practice and that our facilities are among the best in the world. In line with these developments, the schools recently rebranded to reflect the international nature of the academic programmes and the schools’ communities.
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ACS International Schools enrol a total of 2,300 students from over 60 countries, with the main nationalities being American and British. The co-educational Schools offer rigorous international and American curricula to students aged between 2 1⁄2 and 18 at three locations in Greater London, England – Cobham, Egham and Hillingdon. Each School incorporates expansive grounds, state-of-the-art facilities, and an on-going programme of investment. The student-centred philosophy is built on strong core academic programmes; these are complemented by extensive art, sports, and cultural activities which make use of the many opportunities presented locally and internationally. Boarding is available at ACS Cobham for students aged 12 years and over.
Formed 38 years ago to support the needs of internationally mobile business people, the schools today educate students from over 60 countries, offering American and international curricula including the International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma and American Advanced Placement (AP) courses. The flexibility and rigour of these programmes have meant that the ACS International Schools' graduates attend many of the finest universities around the world including: Cambridge, Erasmus, Harvard, Imperial College London, Keio, London School of Economics, McGill, Norwegian Institute of Technology, Oxford, Princeton, Stanford, Stockholm School of Economics, Tokyo, and Yale.
The Schools recently rebranded to better reflect the international nature of the school community and academic programmes. The schools are now officially known as the ACS International Schools and the three Greater London campuses are known as ACS Cobham International School, ACS Egham International School and ACS Hillingdon International School.
For more information, contact:
Fergus Rose
Head of Marketing
Tel: 01932 867 251
Email: frose@acs-england.co.uk
