Tradition & History

Since 1896

Our school has been delivering quality education here in Caracas since 1896. Originally called Colegio Americano, the school merged with Academia La Castellana in 1971 and took the name Colegio Internacional de Caracas, or The International School of Caracas. CIC has a proven record of academic excellence and leadership among international schools in Venezuela. We were early adopters of the International Baccalaureate Diploma and Middle Years Programs, which have built a world-wide reputation for rigor, high standards, international perspective and effective university preparation. Through generous consultancy and collegial collaboration, CIC's curriculum ideas are being implemented at many of the smaller international schools around the country.

CIC has a rich history that spans more than a single lifetime. Our story is bound up in the stories of our students who have gone on to use the discoveries made here, the teachers who made daily investments in lives, the administrators who have led with wisdom, the parents who took ownership of their children's education and all the others, from secretaries to maintenance staff, who have helped make CIC what it is today. It's all of these people's individual stories that make up our story.

Are you one of these people, an alumnus, a former teacher or administrator, a parent of a CIC student, a Board member, a CIC employee? If you are, we'd like to know your story and how it's connected to ours. We are in the process of a research project to better document the school's rich history and share it with all of you who helped write the story.

Please share some of your memories of your time at CIC (even if it was not yet called CIC). Any photographs you could send along from your days here would also be very helpful. You contributed to the story while you lived here, and now you can contribute to our collective memory no matter where you are now. Send text and photos via email to the school office at cic@cic-caracas.org.