Khalil Gibran International Academy
Khalil Gibran International Academy is a public school in Boerum Hill, Brooklyn, New York City, New York that opened in September 2007 with about 60 sixth grade students. As the first English-Arabic public school in the country to offer a curriculum emphasizing the study of Arabic language and culture, it was placed at the center of controversy by opponents. Khalil Gibran, the school's namesake, was a Lebanese-American poet.
| Khalil Gibran International Academy | |
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| Address | |
362 Schermerhorn Street , New York 11217 | |
| Coordinates | 40°41′9.4″N 73°58′47.4″W |
| Information | |
| School type | Public high school |
| Founded | 2007 |
| School board | New York City Department of Education |
| School district | 15 |
| School number | 592 |
| Principal | Winston Hamann |
| Grades | 9 - 12 |
| Enrollment | 263 (February 2017) |
| Language | English and Arabic and French |
| Accreditation | IB World School |
| Website | khalilgibranhs.org |
The committee that designed the school included the original principal Debbie Almontaser (a former teacher and community activist) and several nonprofit groups, including Lutheran Medical Center, the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, the Salaam Club of New York, and the lead partner, the Arab American Family Support Center, a Brooklyn-based nonprofit.
Khalil Gibran International Academy transitioned to a public high school in 2012 and became an IB World School in 2015, making it one of the first public schools in NYC to offer the rigorous IB Diploma Programme.