Students planning to take the SAT during 2018-2019 should be aware of the following testing dates and should click on the weblink below for more information:
SAT Test Dates 2018-19 Link to College Board
Remember registration deadlines tend to be 1 month before the test with late penalty fees for registering up to 2 weeks before the test.
NOTE: Students planning to take the SAT during 2018-2019 should know that since the March 2016 administration, the format of the SAT has changed to the NEW FORMAT (1600 pts total with 'optional' essay). For more info on these changes, please contact Mr. Inui or Ms. Arredondo or the Career Center for more info on these changes.
2018-2019 Test Dates:
August 25, 2018
October 6, 2018
October 10, 2018 (at Poly for Grade 12)
November 3, 2018
December 1, 2018
March 9, 2019
May 4, 2019
Jun 1, 2019
Students planning to take the ACT during 2018-2019 should be aware of the following testing dates:
Remember registration deadlines tend to be 5 weeks before the test with late penalty fees for registering up to 3 weeks before the test.
Click on the above link to go to the ACT website to register for this test
NOTE: The Essay format for the ACT has changed beginning in the Fall of 2015. Please contact Mr. Inui or Ms. Arredondo or the Career Center for more info on these changes.
2018-2019 Test Dates:
September 8, 2018
October 27, 2018
December 8, 2018
February 9, 2019
April 13, 2019
June 8, 2019
July 13, 2019
Center for International Curriculum
CIC emphasizes an Honors college prep curriculum with a global approach infused into each course.
Since 1982, CIC has prepared students for university admission and successful global careers through a unique variety of AP, Honors and Accelerated courses, including Japanese and Chinese.
These languages have been identified by the U.S. State Department as critical (along with Russian, Korean and Arabic) to meeting the nation's needs in the 21st Century.
Since Fall 2015, a 4 -year Civic Leadership Pathway has begun to be integrated into CIC.
CIC is continuing to develop a second career focus area through a Global Logistics and Finance pathway with partnership ties to CSULB's College of Business Administration's Supply Chain and Operations Management path. .
CIC has a dedicated faculty (teachers are assigned to teach sections that, as a whole, include only CIC students) of 20 teachers, 1 counselor, an asst. principal and a facilitator/program director. Offering 7 classes per semester, CIC provides students the chance to select a general elective in addition to 5-6 core classes.
CIC has a 100% college attendance rate, 91% retention rate over 4-years and a near 100% graduation rate (having fallen short of 100% only in 2015-16 by one).
CIC strives to offer as many choices and options as possible, knowing students do NOT all share the same strengths. As such, CIC students have the opportunity to take a range of courses Accelerated, Honors and APs to tailor the 4-year curriculum to their strengths.
In Grade 9, CIC offers AP Seminar and World Geography/International Relations, as well as Physics and Lab Physical Science Accelerated.
In Grade 10, CIC offers AP World History and Modern World History Accelerated, as well as Algebra2-Trig Accel. and Algebra 2.
In Grade 11, CIC offers Honors Chemistry and Chemistry 1-2, as well as AP US History and Honors US History. CIC also offers Honors Japanese 5-6 and Japanese 5-6.
In Grade 12, CIC offers AP US Gov't and US Government Accel, as well as Japanese 7-8 and Chinese 7-8, in addition to AP Japanese and AP Chinese. In most years, we have offered an option to AP English Lit & Comp as well.
Students sometimes do have to make choices as the classes are predicated on class enrollment and district rules for sustaining sections.
Students in CIC have the unique opportunity in LBUSD to study Chinese and Japanese. As an option to these languages, some students do pursue German or Native Speaker Spanish (students who actively use and understand Spanish in the home with family). CIC does NOT offer Spanish or French.
See CHOICE Gr8 page for more details on the process of selection.
Click on CIC-Staff Pages on the LEFT side of this page to find a listing of all CIC staff and their contact information.
College visitations and presentation are on the CIC-4-year Curriculum page - Click on the link on the LEFT side of this page
