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The Codrington School began in 1917 as a boarding school. However, in the mid-80s it closed and the buildings lay empty for some years. The present Codrington School began its life, in the renovated buildings, in September 2002, with just eight children. By the beginning of the 2008-2009 school year this number had risen to 132 children and the school, which has a single-class intake, with maximum class sizes of 15, expects to run at full capacity within the next couple of years. Its current policy is to add one year level annually, so that MYP five (15–16 years) will be added in September 2009, DP one in September 2010 and DP two in 2011. The school buildings are set in three acres of wooded grounds, which include gardens and shady mahogany trees that are more than a century old, as well as a large sports field and specialist facilities for art, science, ICT, music and drama. It has a small, but rapidly growing, library. In the spring of 2007, the Parents and Friends Association donated an air-conditioned ICT lab, fully equipped with computers, to the school. The professional staff is headed by a career international school administrator, who joined the school in 2006, and boasts well-qualified teachers from ten different countries. The student body represents seventeen different nationalities, including Barbadian (25%), British (17%) and US citizens (15%).It teaches gifted students from grades 4 to 8. every one welcome Mrs.redmond who has the prime ministers award for teaching The school, whose academic year runs from September to July, offers students the opportunity of studying to the highest levels of national and international excellence. It is an IB World School, authorized to offer all three IB programmes - The Primary Years Programme (PYP), Middle Years Programme (MYP) and the Diploma Programme (DP). All children in the primary school study Spanish from the age of seven and students in the upper years may opt to do both French or Spanish. The school has an impressive enrichment programme, which includes art club, chess, choir, cricket, (and more cricket), drama, fencing, foreign languages, instrumental music, karate, rugby, Scrabble, scuba diving, soccer, surfing and tennis. All children through the age of thirteen have swimming lessons as part of the regular curriculum. == See also == * List of schools in Barbados 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Codrington School (Barbados)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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