Independence Charter School
Ramzy Andrawos has a diverse work experience. Ramzy started their career in 1998 as an Outside Sales Representative at Chorus Communications. In 1999, they worked as a 3rd Grade Teacher at Cornerstone Christian Academy. From 2001 to 2004, they held various roles at the Nationalities Service Center, including Volunteer Coordinator, Operations Manager, and Director of Senior Services. In 2004, they joined Independence Charter School as the Director of Operations. Ramzy's most recent role is being the Owner of Takara Koi, a position they have held since 2012.
Ramzy Andrawos has a Master of Education (M.Ed.) degree in Urban Education and Leadership from Eastern University. Prior to that, they obtained a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) degree in International Business from Messiah University. In addition, they attended the International Business Institute for a short period in 1997, where they focused on studying international economics, global marketing, and business development.
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Independence Charter School
Independence Charter School (ICS) is a community-oriented public K-8 charter school located in Center City Philadelphia. At Independence Charter we provide our students with an intellectually stimulating and internationally focused curriculum emphasizing the arts, languages, and world cultures. Recognized nationally for our innovative global studies program, we are the only Philadelphia school to deliver an integrated curriculum that uses world cultures and second language acquisition to introduce and connect content disciplines. We strive to develop a bilingual, interculturally competent, high-achieving student body. All students at ICS study Spanish within two distinct programs: the Spanish Enhanced program, which includes 30-40 minutes of Spanish language instruction daily; or the Spanish Immersion program, in which students begin Kindergarten with 90% of their day taught in Spanish and 10% in English. By fifth grade that balance is 50/50. By the time they graduate, ICS students are bilingual and biliterate in Spanish. Independence Charter serves over 800 students from almost every zip code in Philadelphia. Students are randomly chosen through an annual blind lottery. Independence Charter was founded in 2001 by a group of parents and community members devoted to raising their families in Philadelphia. These founding members developed ICS’s mission and program, and many remain instrumental today as parents of current students and in founder seats on our Board of Trustees. Teachers ICS could not achieve its results without our energetic, talented, and caring teachers. They bring to life our approach to cross-thematic teaching and they embody our international focus. Our teachers come from Venezuela, Colombia, Spain, Ecuador, Dominican Republic, Mexico, Argentina, Guatemala, and the United States, to name just a few represented countries.