Canadian College Italy

Canadian College Italy is a university-preparatory, co-educational boarding high school located in the central Italian town of Lanciano, in the province of Abruzzo. The School offers a culturally rich and academically challenging curriculum for students in Grades 9, 10, 11 and 12. It has been operating in Italy since 1995. Students may enroll for one semester or for a full year.

CCI debuted among Europe's private schools as the first Canadian school in Italy to offer an independent high school program. Operating under the supervision of the Ontario Ministry of Education, CCI prepares students for entrance into universities in the U.S.A., U.K., Canada and Europe. Since its founding, our boarding school in Europe has grown to be a unique source of English-language private school education for both Canadian and International students. CCI has received credit granting authority annually by the Ontario Ministry since its founding in 1995.

CCI has seen over three thousand graduates pass through its home of Lanciano, an ancient-yet-modern city of 45,000 in the Central region of Abruzzo. About a twenty minute drive to the bustling city of Pescara and less than three hours by bus to Rome, Lanciano is centrally located and well connected by train and bus. Unique to most private schools, CCI provides boarding for its students. Lanciano, with its over 3,300 year history, has much to share with them as both boys and girls residences are located within the historical centre and a quick walk to the main school building.

Our mission is to provide a unique environment in which students experience a renaissance: academically, socially and culturally. Our objectives are:

• To translate the name of the school into a curricular and social reality
• To offer a special living environment: communal, foreign, and culturally rich
• To provide an extraordinary learning environment: small classes, an experienced and caring faculty and quality resources
• To trigger a renewal in student learning through faculty accessibility, challenging academic demands, and focused study
• To consciously promote humanistic values
• To bring students to an acceptance of social responsibility as a basic right
• To inculcate in our students an acceptance of ownership for their learning
• To effect a change in student outlook through contact with the local Italian community and with the cultural and artistic aspects of Italy
• To develop the curriculum so that each course taught has a cultural component
• To involve students in the structure of their living and learning