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Students are required to participate in a minimum of one product team per year. Students are organized into cross-grade teams to work with a mentor on a semester-long project which will link their academic learning with a tangible product or service and organizational process. Each team is required to submit reports to student government. Each student will be graded by the mentor according to the product team profile.
Product teams will be engaged in a variety of projects including: community service, in school services, service to consortium schools, business and international partnerships. The primary organizational, management and task responsibilities will remain with the students.
Credits from 4 Product Teams are an IA graduation requirement.
The student profile will be used within the International Academy to evaluate each student's progress in product teams. Students will have the opportunity to use their enrichment week documentation, internship documentation and product time documentation to create an impressive resume of activities and achievements.
| Ambassadors | IAMHS | Product Team Council |
| College Connections | Men's Fitness | Student Leadership |
| Econ-Intern | Newspaper | Teen Tutoring |
| Female Fitness | Outreach | Yearbook |
| Photography |
The ambassadors are the IA connection to the Middle Schools of the sending districts. They schedule visits, meet with prospective students, and organize testing and the lottery. In addition, they manage the school lost and found, and IA clothing.
College Connections is responsible for organizing college meetings with IA students. Such colleges as U of M, Hope, and MSU make visits and talk about applications, among other things. Connections also runs the IA Alumni Program, keeping tabs on former IA students and their whereabouts.
Students involved in the Econ-Intern Product Team think up ideas for a school product that would be offered up for sale. They are also involved in the Junior Achievement Program for elementary students. They also sell items from other countries, internationalism.
The girls involved in Female Fitness do various activities, ranging from something as rudimentary as tag to something like Yoga.
Students in this product team organize fundraisers to collect money for the Michigan Humane Society, as well as inform people of abandoned animals. Different subcommittees organize different projects. There are also students involved with the Michigan Cancer Society.
Men's Fitness gets students active and involved in various sports engaged at the ISC. Also, they run extra-curricular activities, such as soccer and Ultimate Frisbee after school.
The Overachiever, the monthly school newspaper, is written by this product team. All the essentials for newspapers are covered here, not just writing, but layout, photography, design, etc. You can also join a club after school to become part of the staff.
The Outreach Product Team raises money for happenings outside of school, such as the recent disaster in New Orleans. They sponsor various fundraisers for worldwide tragedies, as well as simple causes here at home.
Here, students explore photography techniques, and take pictures of schoolwide happenings such as dances, and the Olympics.
This product team oversees all of the other product teams in the school. They run the school wide Snack Bar, the profits of which are directed toward sending grants and loans out to Product Teams and clubs. They also have subcommittees within the product team that work on various things, like recycling, gardening, and PR with other product teams. PT Council sponsors the enrichment scholarship program; see Mrs. Van Dusen for further details.
Students organize various activities throughout the school. They are part of the OAA, or Open Activities Association, where all Oakland County schools met to promote student leadership. Such events they organize include Charity Ball, the Powderpuff Football squad, Spirit Week, and other popular events.
Students try to find kids who need tutors and hook them up with kids who are willing to tutor. They are also compiling a list of professional tutors. If they aren’t busy at the time, the hour is used as a study hall period, and the students can help each other out. They have sheets in the office for kids who need tutors to fill out if they feel they need help.
The yearbook staff is in charge of putting together the annual school yearbook. Taking photos, wrting blurbs, special clubs, all is under the sight of the yearbook product team. Last year’s yearbook is available in the hexagon after school for $60.