English as a Secondary Language

Mandarin

20

The Internet is an integral part of an AIS education. AIS is now 100% wireless with fast Internet speed. Students are encouraged to carry laptops and stay online wherever they go, and ‘smart boards’ are used to generate excitement and enhance learning.

Entrance exams

AIS administers an external aptitude test and an in-house Math/English test to determine grade placement. Additionally, AIS administers a ‘get to know you’ test that reveals aspects of the student’s character, personality, learning style, creativity and interests. Overall, the entrance exams take about two hours to complete.

Yes

2 canteens

Yes

AIS offers many clubs and activities.

Physical education

Yes

2 gyms, swimming pool, fully equipped fitness training room, indoor soccer court, playground.

Aguinaldo International School is a values-oriented international school that produces academically excellent, globally competent students. Children reach their full potential with individualized instruction in a diverse and nurturing environment.

The school's curriculum aligns with National Standards and American Core Standards. Additionally, it incorporates international standards from McRel and the International Baccalaureate Programme. AIS presently uses i-Ready and BRIGANCE assessment tools to determine each student’s learning, relative to the desired performance standards and indicators. The curriculum is tailor-suited to meet the needs of the school's unique and diverse student population. Producing a custom made curriculum is hard work; it requires the teachers to review, update, and improve school documents on a regular basis. Through this process, the curriculum is becoming increasingly diversified and modernized with a variety of current topics, international perspectives and modern teaching strategies.

The AIS curriculum is focused on the attainment of the six facets of understanding. Additionally, it follows a spiral design, which means that students re-visit topics as they advance through the grade levels – every time at a higher level of complexity and in greater depth. A spiral curriculum allows students to develop understanding gradually (at age-appropriate stages) as opposed to demanding immediate mastery. By returning to the same topics every year, the curriculum can ‘catch’ each child when he or she is ready. So if a child doesn’t grasp an idea or master a skill in grade four then he or she will get another chance in grade five. Thus readiness to learn is at the core of a spiral curriculum.