International School of Brooklyn provides an intimate, progressive and multicultural education that is ideal for preparing our children - tomorrow's business and civic leaders - to face the challenges and opportunities of an international future.

El Colegio Internacional de Brooklyn ofrece una educación de cáracter íntimo, progresista y multicultural, ideal para preparar a nuestros hijos - los futuros líderes de sociedad y empresa - para afrontar los retos y las oportunidades de un futuro a nivel internacional.

L'École Internationale de Brooklyn dispense une éducation approfondie, progressiste et multiculturelle idéale pour préparer nos enfants, qui seront les citoyens et les professionnels de demain, aux défis et opportunites d'un avenir international.

International School of Brooklyn is an independent, non-sectarian, not-for-profit educational institution. ISB is New York's only French & Spanish language immersion school following the International Baccalaureate curriculum. Students at ISB are taught in a nurturing and challenging environment in order to become bilingual, critical thinkers, and global citizens.

Based in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn, ISB serves the local and international community of New York City with a private day school program serving Nursery through 2nd grade (in 2008-2009) and community-wide programming, including Language-Immersion Playgroups for toddlers and preschoolers, Enrichment Classes for elementary students, international film showings, and other multicultural events.

International School of Brooklyn project, launched by Dr. Habiba Boumlik in March 2003, has grown from an idea supported by a group of 10 people to a grassroots, parent-led movement with over 100 Brooklyn and NYC families committed to the founding of ISB. During Fall 2003 and Winter 2004, Dr. Boumlik, Rebecca Skinner and other committed parents held open meetings in Park Slope, Fort Greene and Boerum Hill, surveyed interested families in order to identify the needs of the community, and set in motion the process of incorporating as a non-profit school.

Of the more than 100 families surveyed, with children ranging in age from newborn to 9 years old, 58% were interested in French, 29% in Spanish, and 13% in German. While many of these families speak English at home, other native languages include French, Spanish, German, Creole, Portuguese, Russian, Arabic, Dutch, Catalan, Korean, Serbo-Croatian, Hindi, Italian, Latin and Japanese.

In March 2004, the Friends of the International School of Brooklyn was created as a not-for-profit corporation organized to undertake preliminary activities necessary for the formation and chartering of ISB. In September 2004, ISB received its operational charter from the New York State Department of Education and spent the 2004-2005 school year piloting language immersion playgroups in Park Slope, Cobble Hill and Brooklyn Heights and laying the foundation for the preschool opening. In September 2005, ISB launched the preschool program with 16 students in its inaugural class.

ISB expects to be accredited by IB in 2010. Throughout the accreditation process, ISB staff and administration will work closely with IB consultants to train staff and successfully implement the PYP in the ISB Preschool and Elementary school on a school-wide basis.

ISB received its operational charter from the New York State Department of Education in 2004 and is currently a provisional member of the New York State Association of Independent Schools. ISB is also pursuing accreditation with the French and Spanish Ministries of Education.