Courses offered:IBPYP、IBDP

Grades of Initiation:Kindergarten, elementary, middle, high school

Whether to recruit Chinese students:not

Tuition fees (excluding accommodation fees, etc.):118100~215000 yuan / academic year

The first truly international school in South China and the largest international school in Guangdong to be accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC). Founded in 1981 as an educational service for the children of executives from U.S. consulates or U.S. companies in China, Guangzhou American International School (AISG) has grown to become an international school that embraces students of different nationalities.

AISG has first-class hardware facilities, with high-quality and resource-rich libraries in Ersha Island and Science City campuses, with a collection of more than 35,000 books, and its school theater equipment has even reached the world-class level, with a large gymnasium, music room, art room, campus WiFi, etc. It is worth mentioning that AISG has set up an innovation lab, purchased a lot of 3D printers and drones for students to use to build atomic models, explore unknown terrain, etc., encourage students to provide new technologies to solve problems, and build a platform for students' whimsy and creativity.

Teachers are the most important configuration of every school, and AISG will naturally not ignore them. Its teacher-student ratio is 1:10, more than 9 percent of the faculty and staff are from the United States, Canada, Australia and other English-speaking regions, more than 7 percent have more than 10 years of teaching experience, most of them hold a master's degree or above, and students will communicate and learn with expert teachers in art, physical education and music and other subjects every day. At the same time, AISG has a learning support specialist and a full-time guidance consultant, who can better guide students to learn and choose a direction suitable for their future development outside of the classroom.

AISG has about 20 students per class, and the small class size stimulates student interaction and creates a better learning environment for students. Its classrooms focus on helping students build better academic literacy, and teachers work with curriculum experts to develop teaching curricula. In primary school, iPads are used for teaching, and in secondary schools, everyone has a MacBook, and for non-native English students, there will be ESL (English as a Second Language) support to help students learn English better. At the same time, the school encourages students from different countries to communicate with each other, creating the most international cultural experience and helping students grow into true global citizens.

The international curriculum requires students not only to perform in the classroom, but also to their performance after class. AISG students have a variety of after-school activities after 3pm and vary from season to quarter, depending on the student's hobbies and individual needs, the main activities include choir, drama, badminton, table tennis, Lego, reading club and some handicraft classes. At the same time, each class will conduct 2~3 field trips in Guangzhou, which is intended to enable students to have in-depth experience of different regional cultures.

AISG is a day school, and the school has buses to pick up and drop off, and the detailed route of each bus can be seen on its official website so that students can plan ahead. Its canteen has been rated as a food safety A-level unit of catering service by the Guangzhou Food and Drug Administration, and parents do not need to worry about the food problems of students. At the same time, the menu of each grade can be viewed on the school's official website every day, except for sandwiches, ramen and other fixed staple foods, there will be almost no repetition of dishes in a month, including kung pao chicken, fried rice cakes, pork chops, pizza, spaghetti and other Chinese and Western dishes are provided.

AISG focuses on communication with parents, who receive a bi-weekly briefing from the school to keep abreast of their child's learning and school performance. Parents can also visit the school's website for daily announcements, a calendar of events and other information. Like schools in the United States, AISG also involves parents in the work of the school, giving full play to their role, making the school's decision-making and management more in line with the needs of parents, and making the connection between the school and parents closer.

AISG's family group includes executives of multinational companies, consular officials, business founders, etc., but it is reported that the entire parent group of the school is very low-key and peaceful, and there is hardly any flaunting of wealth, and parents get along with each other equally and friendly, which is bound to have a positive impact on children.