Chadwick International ( ko, 채드윅송도국제학교) is a PK-12, coeducational,
nonsectarian
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non-profit
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independent
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, international day school located in the
Songdo International City
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Republic of Korea
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. The curriculum is based on the
International Baccalaureate (IB) program and received PYP, MYP, DP, and CP accreditations. It is currently run by the Roessler-Chadwick Foundation and is named after
Chadwick School
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in
Palos Verdes
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California
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United States
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History
Chadwick International was created in 2010 with a 150 billion won (US$135 million) investment by the Incheon Metropolitan City government as part of the $40+ billion
Songdo International Business District
Songdo International Business District (Songdo IBD) is a smart city or "ubiquitous city" & " Private town " built from scratch on of reclaimed land along Incheon's waterfront, southwest of Seoul, South Korea and connected to Incheon Internat ...
.
Extracurricular Activities
Athletics
Chadwick International is a part o
KAIAC(Korean-American Interscholastic Activities Conference) among 17 other international schools located in South Korea, and competes in a variety of sports against members of the KAIAC school league.
The school has two indoor gymnasiums equipped with a rock-climbing wall, an athletic field, a running track, five tennis courts, an indoor 25m pool along with a dance studio and a weight training room.
Chadwick International offers a variety of sports available to students, with some that allow for students to continue off season practices and participate in competitions all year.
Village school sports
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Badminton
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Basketball
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Cross country
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Flag football
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Floor hockey
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Soccer
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Swimming
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Table tennis
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Tennis
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Track and field
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Ultimate Frisbee
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Volleyball
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Middle school sports
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Badminton
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** Boys Badminton
** Girls Badminton
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Basketball
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** Boys Basketball
** Girls Basketball
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Cheerleading
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Cross country
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Places
* Cross Country, Baltimore, a neighborhood in northwest Baltimore, Maryland
* Cross County Parkway, an east–west parkway in Westchester County, NY
* Cross County Shopping Center, a mall in Yo ...
** Boys Cross Country
** Girls Cross Country
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Dance
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Fit team
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Golf
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Golf, unlike most ball games, cannot and does not use a standardized playing area, and coping ...
** Boys Golf
** Girls Golf
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Soccer
** Boys Soccer
** Girls Soccer
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Swimming
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** Boys Swimming
** Girls Swimming
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Table tennis
Table tennis, also known as ping-pong and whiff-whaff, is a sport in which two or four players hit a lightweight ball, also known as the ping-pong ball, back and forth across a table using small solid rackets. It takes place on a hard table div ...
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Tennis
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** Boys Tennis
** Girls Tennis
Upper school sports
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Badminton
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** Boys Badminton
** Girls Badminton
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Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball (approximately in diameter) through the defender's h ...
** Boys Basketball
** Girls Basketball
*
Cheerleading
Cheerleading is an activity in which the participants (called cheerleaders) cheer for their team as a form of encouragement. It can range from chanting slogans to intense physical activity. It can be performed to motivate sports teams, to ent ...
*
Cross country
Cross country or cross-country may refer to:
Places
* Cross Country, Baltimore, a neighborhood in northwest Baltimore, Maryland
* Cross County Parkway, an east–west parkway in Westchester County, NY
* Cross County Shopping Center, a mall in Yo ...
** Boys Cross country
** Girls Cross country
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Dance
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Fit team
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Soccer
** Boys Soccer
** Girls Soccer
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Swimming
Swimming is the self-propulsion of a person through water, or other liquid, usually for recreation, sport, exercise, or survival. Locomotion is achieved through coordinated movement of the limbs and the body to achieve hydrodynamic thrust that r ...
** Boys Swimming
** Girls Swimming
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Tennis
Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball c ...
** Boys Tennis
** Girls Tennis
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Track and field
Track and field is a sport that includes athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name is derived from where the sport takes place, a running track and a grass field for the throwing and some of the jumping eve ...
** Boys Track and field
** Girls Track and field
*
Golf
Golf is a club-and-ball sport in which players use various clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a course in as few strokes as possible.
Golf, unlike most ball games, cannot and does not use a standardized playing area, and coping ...
** Boys Golf
** Girls Golf
Outdoor Education
Chadwick International has also begun an outdoor education program like its sister school,
Chadwick School
Chadwick School is a nonsectarian independent K-12 day school located in an unincorporated area on the Palos Verdes Peninsula in Los Angeles County, California, United States. Specifically it is located at the top of the neighborhood referred to ...
. Chadwick International's Outdoor Education (OE) Program allows for students from Pre-K to Grade 12 to explore the outdoors in various locations within Korea, progressively lengthening the trip as the students rise in grade level.
During the 20–21 school year, Chadwick International hosted its Outdoor Education within Songdo International City, with activities planned around local parks and tents set up inside campus.
Statistics and Figures
* As of 2021, the tuition fee for Chadwick International for a full year are KRW 22,950,000 + USD 13,020 for Village School (PK-G5), KRW 24,670,000 + USD 13,990 for Middle School (G6-G8), and KRW 27,000,000 + USD 15,320 (G9-G12).
*Additional fees for new students are the application fee of KRW 400,000 and matriculation fee of KRW 1,000,000.
*Admissions start from the start of November to late January. (For the 2021–2022 school year, applications were accepted from November 2, 2020, to January 18, 2021.)
References
{{International schools in South Korea
Educational institutions established in 2010
Buildings and structures in Incheon
American international schools in South Korea
International Baccalaureate schools in South Korea
2010 establishments in South Korea
Kohn Pedersen Fox buildings
Songdo International Business District