INDEPENDENCE CHARTER SCHOOL WEST (ICS-WEST) IS A COMMUNITY-BASED K-7PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL OF ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE, LOCATED IN SOUTH-WESTPHILADELPHIA AND SERVING A DIVERSE COMMUNITY OF LEARNERS. ICS-WESTPROVIDES AN INTELLECTUALLY-STIMULATING CIRRICULUM WITH A GLOBAL FOCUSDESIGNED TO DEVELOP INDEPENDENT, THOUGHTFUL, GLOBAL CITIZENS. WEEMPHASIZE SECOND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION AND INTEGRATE ARTS, IDEAS, ANDHISTORIES FROM AROUND THE WORLD.