One School Two Welcoming Campuses
One Mission
The mission at Atlanta International School is to develop courageous leaders who shape their world for the better.
Core Values
At our core is creating a joy of learning and purposeful effort, and mutual respect and understanding, in an inclusive and intercultural community.
Different by Design
Atlanta International School opened its doors to students in 1985. The school was the vision of local families and leaders who wanted a different sort of private school in Atlanta; one where a global mindset, language, and intercultural understanding would be centered in the pursuit of academic excellence.
These principles are still the heart of AIS today.
Discover AIS
Students come to AIS from all over the world, the US, and the Atlanta area. They have one thing in common. They are young people who will become courageous leaders, ready to shape their world for the better.
The AIS community represents 90 nationalities and more than 60 languages. This wonderful intercultural and inclusive environment creates a very special energy. It is a place where all students and their families belong.
Every student at AIS is offered the full International Baccalaureate curriculum, from 3K to Grade 12, and the opportunity to learn at least one language in addition to their own.
Primary School (3K - Grade 5) is located on our Buckhead Campus and is a Day program.
Middle School (Grades 6 - 8) is also located on the Buckhead Campus and is a Day program.
High School students in Grades 9 - 12 (this is also called Upper School at AIS) can choose Day School on either our Buckhead or Sandy Springs Campus.
AIS Boarding School is for Grades 9 - 12 and is located at Sandy Springs.
Language and Culture at the Heart of AIS
A Community of 90 Nationalities
Both Day and Boarding Students
Offering the Full IB Curriculum 3K - Grade 12
Young People Who Follow their Passions
We Have a Thriving Parent Organization
Exciting Athletics Programs for 3K - Grade 12
Our 2024 Graduates are now at 48 colleges
One AIS
Primary School
Secondary School
Key
IB - International Baccalaureate
ELC - Early Learning Center
LPS - Lower Primary School
- Upper Primary School
MYP - IB Middle Years Program
DP - IB Diploma Program
CP - IB Career-related Program
AISx - AIS Flexible Academic Program
Buckhead Day School
Sandy Springs Day and Boarding School
Primary School (PS)
Our Primary School has three parts:
The Early Learning Center. Students in 3K & 4K learn in spaces designed to enhance a ‘whole child’ experience. With indoor and outdoor classrooms, students’ days are immersed in one of four language programs; Chinese, French, German or Spanish.
In 5K, students move to the Primary Learning Center, a bespoke building that opened in 2018. The PLC houses both Lower Primary (5K - Grade 2) and Upper Primary (Grade 3 - 5).
All Primary School students enjoy the school Library and Sports and Activity Center, as well as the many outdoor facilities, such as the running track.
Secondary School (SS)
Secondary School, is for Grades 6 - 12. Middle School (Grades 6 - 8) happens on the Buckhead Campus in the historic Main Building, the modern Arts, Science and Design building, the Sports and Activity Center and in the many outdoor spaces.
Upper School (the AIS name for High School) is Grades 9 - 12, either in Buckhead or Sandy Springs - with a choice of Day or Boarding.
The International Baccalaureate (IB)
At many schools, only a small number of students are selected to study the IB. At AIS, the IB is offered to everyone.
The AIS IB curriculum is the Primary Years (3KGrade 5), Middle Years (Grades 6 - 10), Diploma (Grades 11 - 12) and Career-related Programs (Grades 11 - 12).
Each builds upon the other, developing inquisitive, knowledgeable, and caring young people who are motivated to succeed and make a difference in the world.
Atlanta International School is one of the very few schools in the United States offering the full IB continuum to all students - for both Day and Boarding.
Primary Years Program (PYP)
Through the PYP, we develop critical thinkers from a young age. Students become globally-minded, able to think conceptually to solve complex problems - and to do so collaboratively, with classmates and friends from different cultures and world views.
Middle Years Program (MYP)
The MYP fosters creative, critical, and reflective thinkers. MYP students are service-oriented doers and internationally-minded leaders, poised to make a positive impact in the world now and in the future. All MYP students participate in Services as Action.
Diploma Program (DP)
The DP provides students with an unparalleled depth and breadth of courses and selfmanaged learning. AIS students have a headstart when they reach college or university. DP students give back to the community in ways representing Creativity, Activity and Service (CAS). They study Theory of Knowledge, requiring them to reflect on what we claim to know, honing critical thinking skills. And through the DP Extended Essay requirement, students select topic of special interest to them and produce a 4,000 word, research essay.
Career-related program (CP)
The CP is an internationally recognized framework that incorporates the IB philosophy and rigor into a unique program, focussed on a more career-related educational pathway. The innovative IBCP curriculum develops future-ready students.
The AIS IBCP has unique features for its students, such as;
Personal & Professional Skills -to develop skills and strategies to be applied to personal and professional situations, Service Learning, a Reflective Project and specialist Language Development.
Language Learning
French curriculum
3K & 4K: Full immersion
5K - Grade 5*: Partial immersion (50%)
Grades 6 - 10: Language Acquisition, Language & Literature
Grades 11 & 12: Language & Literature, French B
Spanish curriculum
3K & 4K: Full immersion
5K - Grade 5*: Partial immersion (50%)
Grades 6 - 10: Language Acquisition, Language & Literature
Grades 11 & 12: Language & Literature, Spanish B, Spanish ab initio
*Until December in Grade 1, no previous language experience is necessary. After that students require a sufficient skill level to manage the dual language curriculum. Each student is assessed individually. From 5K, Chinese is partial not dual immersion due to the added complexity of learning characters rather than using the Roman alphabet.
Chinese curriculum
3K & 4K: Full immersion
5K - Grade 5: Partial immersion (c30%)
Grades 6 - 10: Language Acquisition
Grades 11 & 12: Chinese B
German curriculum
3K & 4K: Full immersion
5K - Grade 5*: Partial immersion (50%)
Grades 6 - 10: Language Acquisition, Language & Literature
Grades 11 & 12: Language & Literature, German B, German ab initio
Additional Languages
Primary School
Language Clubs
Language Clubs support student learning, in Chinese, English, French, German and Spanish, through enjoying activities such as crafts, art or cuisine.
Heritage Language Program
The Heritage Language Program is open to AIS and non-AIS students from 5K - Grade 5 and fosters home languages outside of the curriculum, currently Arabic, Dutch, Farsi, Korean, Portuguese and Russian.
Secondary School
School Supported Self-Taught Languages (SSST)
The IB promotes the literary heritage of a student’s home language. They can pursue native languages beyond our traditionally-taught languages.
SSST students are guided by a faculty member and partnered with an outside tutor.
Bilingual Diploma
Language learning allows your student to develop cognitive skills needed to be successful problem solvers in our intercultural world. All students graduate with skills to communicate in at least two languages, with many students earning a bilingual or even trilingual Diploma.
AISx
AISx is an innovative program, launched in 2023, designed to provide flexible, hybrid academic programs for students who are pursuing sporting, other specialist professional routes, or for those who simply want to explore a flexible academic schedule.
The AISx core mission is to develop courageous leaders who help shape their world for the better, with a joy of learning and purposeful effort.
This bespoke educational program ensures students are able to pursue their passions in sports, arts, or other professional fields, without compromising on high-quality academic rigor and holistic support, provided by an AIS education.
AISx is available to students in Upper School (High School, grades 9 - 12), for both day and boarding students. IB courses, honors level classes, dual enrollment, and other curricular offerings are available to AISx students.
Classes are taught either in person, online through remote instruction, or asynchronously, based on students’ individual needs. Most AISx students complete the in person element of their schedules at the AIS Sandy Springs Campus.
Through AISx, Atlanta International School has developed unique partnerships, where we are now the lead education provider for students in the Atlanta United Football Club Development Academy, and the Mouratoglou Academy Atlanta for tennis.
Supporting our Students
We understand that your student’s well-being is the most important thing in the world. Our counseling services will ensure that the academic, social, emotional, and personal needs of your child are met - so that they can reach their highest potential. All of our counseling is tailored according to the age and needs of a student.
In primary school, the personal and social education component of the IB PYP provides the framework for social and emotional issues, as well ensuring health and wellbeing for your student.
Your student’s secondary school counselor is their advocate, helping them to be the most they can be. They work with parents, teachers, and outside resources to give every student with tools for positive growth and development.
All AIS Boarding students will have access to a social, emotional, and health counselor at all times.
Learning Support
The Learning Support Department is committed to helping each child become a successful, effective, and joyful learner. We create an inclusive educational environment that fosters self-awareness, confidence, and the appreciation of each student’s unique strengths. By doing so, we aim to enhance their learning opportunities and help them reach their full potential.
English as an additional language (EAL)
In the EAL program, our goal is to ensure that students’ English proficiency allows them to reach their highest academic potential. We work with students, parents, and teachers to identify each child’s needs and to tailor teaching to meet their English language skills (reading, writing, listening and speaking).
Athletics
AIS offers a wide variety of sports each season. The athletic department is dedicated to encouraging and developing student athletes through participation and competition. We emphasize the value of good health and well-being, and cultivate skills that help athletes become team oriented leaders who embody camaraderie, humility, and good character - in competition, practice, or just when having fun.
Primary School
Students in our Jr. Eagles program participate in a variety of sports throughout the school year. The program emphasizes basic skills and knowledge of sport.
Primary School students can enjoy basketball, Eagles on the Move (running/fitness), golf, recreational soccer, tennis, and volleyball.
Middle School
The vast majority of students who try out are placed on teams and have the opportunity to compete against other schools. A goal of Middle School athletics is to love sport in a culture that prepares students for Upper School teams.
Try out for basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, swim, tennis, track and field, ultimate, and volleyball
Upper School
All students Grades 9 - 12 can try out for athletics teams, chosen on skill at this level. Upper School teams participate in the GHSA, aiming to compete at state championship level.
Basketball, cross country, eSports, golf, soccer, swim and dive, tennis, track and field, ultimate, and volleyball are the sports typically offered in Upper School.
Arts
Arts play a critical role in developing students, as effective communicators, able to express creativity. Theatre, music, visual arts, and media & film classes at AIS emphasize innovation, and learning a craft, processes, and techniques of an art form. Students integrate their understanding of the arts with local and global issues.
Theatre
Through IB classes and the co-curricular theatre season, AIS students develop a passion for theatre. Their training helps them to take risks, solve problems, collaborate, and have their voices heard.
Music
Our department of music serves all students from 3K to Grade 12. Through music classes, ensembles (chorus, orchestra and band), and an extensive private lesson program, students create, participate, and reflect on music from their own culture and of others.
Visual Arts
All students participate in the IB Visual Arts program, providing a way to explore the world, through artistic expression. Students have the opportunity to display artwork throughout the school.
Media & Film
Practical, hands-on instruction allows students to experience media production. Classes focus on guiding them to understand the power of media as a tool of expression and investigation,
Global & Experiential Learning
Travel and AIS go hand in hand. Primary School students take trips every year. And in Grade 5 they have a residential trip to a country that supports their language learningsuch as China, Costa Rica, Germany and France.
Secondary School students have field trips at the start of each school year, to destinations (such as Washington D.C. and Chicago). They also travel in support of their classes and extracurriculars - to Peru for a service project for example.
Innovation
By being reflective risk-takers, AIS students are perfectly poised to innovate.
Innovation is found throughout our IB curriculum and the learning and teaching methods at AIS. We strive to inspire your student to shape their future for the better.
Through interdisciplinary connections, encouraging them to pursue a wide range of activities both in and out of school, innovation happens. At AIS we ask students to push the boundaries of their thinking, in science, arts, language, and global understanding.
STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math)
In Primary School, STEAM is transdisciplinary. Students inquire and investigate through interconnected thinking.
In Secondary School, STEAM is interdisciplinary, where students integrate subject knowledge and skills with real world issues.
Innovation Programs
Many initiatives support students innovation, such as AIS Innovators, STEAM Lunch & Learn, Space Program, Summer Internship Program, and cocurricular programs.
Makerspaces
We have dedicated Makerspaces in Primary and Secondary Schools.
Equipped with state of the art technology, students are encouraged to design, prototype and iterate products.
Primary School
Primary School
3K & 4K
Early Learning Center (ELC)
All students participate in fully immersive French, German, Chinese or Spanish programs. Teachers are native speakers or of bilingual proficiency.
In the ELC, the IB Primary Years Program (PYP) engages your student in hands-on, play-based learning. Our faculty includes Art, Music, Library, and PE teachers as well as a School Counselor, a Community & Belonging Director and a STEAM coach.
An ELC day includes indoor and outdoor learning, morning snack, lunch time, and rest time. There are a minimum of two adults in each classroom.
ELC drop off is from 7:40 - 8:20 a.m. and pick up is from 2:30 - 2:50 p.m. Afterschool care is offered until 6:00 p.m. (subject to availability) and camps are offered during school breaks and the summer.
The ELC is a nut free environment. Our meal program includes organic products with gluten-free options.
5K - GRADE 5
Primary Learning Center (PLC)
Primary students participate in a Chinese, French, German, or Spanish language program.
French, German and Spanish are taught as dual immersion: i.e. 50% of learning is in English and 50% in the other language.
Chinese is taught as partial immersion: 70% in English, 30% in Chinese. All your students’ teachers will be native speakers or of bilingual proficiency.
The PYP focuses on inquiry, conceptual understanding, and transdisciplinary connections
PLC faculty include a STEAM coach, a digital coach, Learning Support teachers, school counselors, a Community & Belonging Director, librarians, a curriculum coordinator, and EAL teachers.
Every day students enjoy Music, Art or PE, 2-3 recesses, snack, and lunch (either from home or the school cafeteria).
There are over 100 afterschool clubs, music lessons, sports and activities to choose from.
Signature IB!
The Grade 5 Exhibition is the culminating experience of the PYP. The students are challenged to design, organize, and present an in-depth, collaborative inquiry. Parents see their research and work - displayed through a range of creative showcases - during the Grade 5 Exhibition Celebration.
5K - Grade 5 drop off is 7:40 - 8:20 a.m. and pick up 3:00 - 3:20 p.m. Afterschool care is available until 6:00 p.m. (depending on availability) and camps are offered during the school breaks and summer. The PLC is a nut safe environment. Our meal program includes organic products with gluten-free options.
Afterschool Activities
Designed to reinforce the curriculum, afterschool programs provide a wonderful opportunity for your Primary School student to make friends, have extended play time, and enjoy new activities.
They can choose from over 100 options including: Ensembles, Junior Eagles Athletics, Language Clubs, STEAM clubs, Arts, and many more. AIS also offers afterschool care at Kaleidoscope After School (KAS), half and full day camps, plus summer camps.
Kaleidoscope After school (KAS)
KAS is a caring environment for students in 3K - Grade 5, from when classes end until 6 p.m. daily. Students can enjoy playgrounds, gardens, activities, arts and crafts, or have quiet time for homework.
There are childcare camps available on half days and during many school holidays.
KAS registration opens twice a year, once for full time and once for part time, and places
Enrichment Activities
We offer afterschool enrichment for all students from 3K to Grade 5. The extensive program has included, depending on the availability and the age of the student; Playball, Ballet, Yoga, LEGO, Chess, Capoeira, Coding, Arts & Engineering, Magic, Creative Design, Sewing and more. Registration is opened at the start of the fall, winter and spring semesters, and places are allocated on a first come, first serve basis.
Private Music Lessons
We have a highly regarded private music lesson programs after the regular school day, taught by exceptional artists - in cello, piano, harp, guitar, flute, clarinet, vocal training, and more.
Secondary School
Secondary School
Secondary School: Grades 6 - 12
AIS Secondary School has two levelsMiddle and Upper (the AIS name for High School).
Middle School, for Grades 6 - 8, is based on the AIS Buckhead Campus and is a day program.
Upper School is Grades 9 - 12, either at the AIS Buckhead or Sandy Springs Campus, with a choice of Day or Boarding programs.
Middle School
Middle School students follow the IB Middle Years Program. Their schedule is arranged over a cycle during which they study 9 different classes. Some are options selected at the start of each Grade (such as computer science, additional languages, music ensembles, or extended math). Other classes are universal.
Students with a higher level of language proficiency can take humanities courses
taught in French, German or Spanish. Middle schools students have many extracurricular activities available to them - and will be encouraged to pursue their passions. Athletics, theatre productions, and community service activities ensure there is something for everyone
At the end of Grade 8, students and families enjoy graduation celebrations, including a formal awards evening.
Secondary School
Upper School
During the first two grades of Upper School (Grades 9 and 10), students continue the IB Middle Years Program curriculum.
In Grades 11 and 12, all AIS students have the options of the prestigious IB Diploma or Career-related Program. Graduates also receive their Georgia High School Diploma. AISx flexible scheduling is an option open to all Upper School students pursuing pre professional level careers - day or boarding, depending on their specialist needs.
The IBDP Diploma can be attained in more than one language (a bilingual or trilingual diploma) and STEM/STEAM endorsements are available. The IBCP Diploma is internationally recognized by colleges and universities.
Students in Grades 9 - 11 are encouraged to participate in an internship over the summer, where they are matched with one of our many partners in industry, professions and commerce.
US students enjoy a wide range of Junior Varsity and Varsity sports teams as well as numerous groups and activities to join - Model United Nations, Robotics, Mock Trial, and Theatre - to name a few
All Secondary School students have one hour of recess each day. For day students, the regular school day starts at 8:20am and ends at 3:45pm. There is no-cost afterschool tutoring available as well as extended learning time options with both morning and afternoon study hall.
Meal plans and declining balance payments are available from the cafeteria for day students, who are also welcome to bring food from home. Boarding catering is provided as part of the fee.
Secondary School Beyond the Classroom
At Atlanta International School, we constantly ask ourselves, “How do we best prepare your student for life beyond school?” The answer lies not only in the world renowned IB curriculum, but in the opportunities we offer outside the classroom.
In addition to the industry internships, students throughout Secondary School participate in activities, including Global and Experiential Learning, Service as Action (SA), Creativity, Activity, Service (CAS), Athletics, Arts, and more.
Co-curricular & Extra curricular offerings
Secondary school students have clubs that include the following available: Afterschool Music Lessons, Athletics, Model United Nations, MS/US Theater Production, InVenture, MS Math Competition Club, MS Coding Club, Robotics, Science Olympiad, AV Team
Service as Action (SA)
SA is a fundamental part of the Middle Years Program. All students in Grades 610 are involved by participating in projects that contribute to positive change (be that in school, the local area, or globally).
Projects are often initiated by students and connect to their classes.
Creativity, Activity, Service
Another unique way in which AlS fosters world-ready leaders is through Creativity, Activity, Service (CAS), an essential element of the IB Diploma Program. CAS extends learning beyond the classroom as students initiate and participate in experiences representing the three strands:
• Creativity: Arts and other experiences that involve creative thinking.
• Activity: Physical exertion contributing to a healthy lifestyle.
• Service: Collaborative and reciprocal engagement with the community in response to an authentic need.
For each CAS experience, students learn to initiate and plan, implement, take action, and adapt as necessary.
Secondary School Course Options
Course options will vary depending on an individual student’s schedule and campus
Middle Years Program (Grades 6 - 10)
Group 1
Language & Literature
Group 2
Language Acquisition
Group 3
Individuals & Societies
Group 4
Science
Group 5
Mathematics
Group 6
Arts
Group 7
PHE
Group 8
Design
Other options
English, French, German, Spanish, School Supported Self-Taught Languages (SSST)
Chinese, English, French, German, Spanish
English I&S, French I&S, German I&S, Spanish I&S
Offered in French, German and Spanish in Grades 6 - 8 only
Biology, Chemistry, Physics
Mathematics, Extended Mathematics
Visual Arts, Music, Theatre, Media/Film, Music Ensembles
Physical & Health Education
Product Design, Digital Design, Computational Design (Grade 10 only)
Computer Science, Additional Language Acquisition, Science Option, Additional Math Courses, Contemporary Issues*, Social Entrepreneurship*, Contemporary Music Production*, Resource^
*Only available in Grades 9 - 10 | ^Recommended by Learning Support
Diploma Program (Grades 11 & 12)
Group 1
Language & Literature
Group 2
Language Acquisition
Group 3
Individuals & Societies
Group 4
Science
Group 5
Mathematics
Group 6
Arts & Other options
Language & Literature: English, French, Spanish, German Literature: English, School Supported Self-Taught Languages (SSST)
Chinese, English, French, German, German ab initio, Spanish, Spanish ab initio
Economics, Geography, History, Psychology
Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Environmental Systems & Societies, Computer Science, Design Technology
Applications & Interpretations, Analysis & Approaches
Music, Theatre, Visual Arts, Film, Business Management
Secondary School
Career-related Program (Grades 11 & 12)
The CP includes a minimum of three IB Diploma Program (DP) courses (including Math, English, Science), a career-related study, and the unique CP Core, outlined below.
Personal and Professional Skills
Service Learning
Reflective Project
Language Development
Personal and professional skills is designed for students to develop attitudes, skills and strategies to be applied now and in the future, with an emphasis is on skills development for the workplace
Service learning is the development and application of knowledge and skills towards meeting an identified and authentic community need. utilizing skills, understandings and values developed in their academic studies.
The reflective project is an in-depth body of work produced over an extended period of time and submitted towards the end of the CP. The reflective project promotes high-level research, writing and extended communication skills, intellectual discovery and creativity.
The ability to communicate in more than one language is essential to the IB’s concept of an international education. Language development encourages students to improve their proficiency in a language other than their best language.
College Counseling
Our college counselors provide expert, individualized guidance in the search and application process for universities worldwide. Through individual, family, and group meetings, we help your students to identify and apply to colleges and universities that best fit their academic and personal interests, needs, and goals.
Class of 2024 Highlights
Number of Graduates
Number of overseas matriculations
Number of US Matriculations
AIS students with Bilingual Diploma
College Matriculations
UNITED STATES
Agnes Scott College *
American University
Auburn University*
Babson College
Barnard College*
Bates College
Bentley University
Berry College
Boston University*
Bowdoin College
Brown University
Bryn Mawr College
Bucknell University
Case Western Reserve University
Chapman University
Claremont McKenna College
Clemson University*
Colgate University
College of Charleston
Colorado School of Mines
Columbia University
Dartmouth College
Denison University
DePaul University
Drexel University
Eckerd College*
Elon University
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (Daytona Beach)
Emory University*
Emory University - Oxford College
Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising
Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University
Florida Atlantic University
Florida State University
George Mason University
George Washington University*
Georgetown University*
Georgia Institute of Technology*
Georgia Southern University*
Georgia State University*
Hampton University
Hobart and William Smith Colleges
Hofstra University
Howard University
Indiana University (Bloomington)
*Class of 2024 matriculations
Kennesaw State University*
Lehigh University
Loyola Marymount University
Loyola University Chicago
Lynn University
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Miami University (Oxford)
Michigan State University
Middlebury College
Mississippi State University
Morehouse College
New York University*
North Carolina A & T State University
Northeastern University*
Northwestern University
Oberlin College
Oxford College of Emory University
Pace University (New York City)*
Parsons School of Design, The New School
Penn State University (University Park)
Pepperdine University
Pratt Institute
Princeton University
Purdue University (Main Campus)*
Purdue University Northwest
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Rhodes College
Rice University*
Rutgers University (Camden)*
San Diego State University*
Savannah College of Art and Design*
School of the Art Institute of Chicago
School of Visual Arts
Smith College
Southern Methodist University
Spelman College*
Stanford University
Suffolk University
Syracuse University
Tennessee State University
Texas A&M University*
The University of Alabama
The University of Alabama at Birmingham
The University of Tampa
The University of Tennessee (Knoxville)
The University of Texas at Austin
Tufts University
Tulane University of Louisiana*
University of California (Berkeley)*
University of California (Davis)
University of California (Los Angeles)*
University of California (San Diego)*
University of California (Santa Barbara)*
University of Central Florida
University of Chicago
University of Colorado Boulder*
University of Denver
University of Florida
University of Georgia*
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
University of Massachusetts (Amherst)
University of Miami
University of Michigan*
University of Mississippi*
University of New Haven
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
University of North Carolina at Asheville
University of North Georgia*
University of Oregon
University of Pennsylvania*
University of Richmond
University of Rochester
University of South Carolina*
University of Southern California
University of Vermont
University of Virginia (Main Campus)*
University of Washington (Seattle Campus)*
University of Wisconsin (Madison)
Vanderbilt University
Vassar College
Villanova University
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University*
Wake Forest University*
Washington and Lee University
Washington University in St. Louis
Western Carolina University
Western Washington University*
Xavier University of Louisiana
Yale University
INTERNATIONAL
AUSTRALIA
Queensland University of Technology
CANADA
Concordia University (Montreal)*
McGill University*
Mount Allison University
University of British Columbia University of Toronto
FRANCE
Sciences Po Paris*
GERMANY
RWTH Aachen University*
SAE Munich
IRELAND
The Lir Academy
ITALY
Bocconi University*
NETHERLANDS
Delft University of Technology
HAS Hogeschool
Maastricht University*
Tilburg University
University of Amsterdam
University College Maastricht University of Groningen
SWITZERLAND
EHL Hospitality Business School
THE UNITED KINGDOM
Aberystwyth University
ESCP Europe Business School, London
King’s College London
Lancaster University
Loughborough University
Northumbria University
Regent’s University London
Richmond American University London*
The University of Edinburgh University of Nottingham
University of Glasgow
University of Kent
University of St. Andrews
University of Sussex
Boarding Life
Be Part of Something New!
AIS Boarding is located at the stunning 25 acre wooded AIS campus in Sandy Springs, Georgia. USA.
The campus offers fantastic accommodation, sports facilities, classroom, and recreation spaces for up to 70 co-ed boarding students in grades 9 - 12.
Surrounded by nature, AIS boarding students will benefit from all that AIS has to offerincluding the full International Baccalaureate, languages, innovation, and intercultural opportunities.
Your boarding student will be part of Atlanta International School community, with many shared activities and community events with our Buckhead Campus students and other AIS day students also based in Sandy Springs.
World Class Academics
Grades 9 - 10 study the IB MYP | Grades 1112 study the IB DP or CP
AIS Boarding School students study the world-renowned and globally accepted International Baccalaureate curriculumincluding the Middle Years Program (MYP), the Diploma Program (DP) or the Careerrelated Program (CAP).
The IB is highly regarded by prestigious US and international universities and employers.
Boarding students who require a flexible academic schedule to accommodate a pre-professional career path, such student athletes or performers, please ask about the AISx program
Extra-Curricular Experiences For All
No two days are the same for AIS Boarding students. Competitive athletics, recreational sports, technology, innovation, ecology, leadership, arts, culture, excursions, visits and visitors - will all be on your student’s weekly schedule!
Making friends and connections from all corners of the globe, in our unique intercultural community, will mean your student will expand their understanding and perspective of the world around them.
Where School Feels Like Home
Life for an AIS boarding student means friendship, fun, and personal growth. Our residential life program focuses on the whole student’s wellbeing, academic progress and social development.
At the peaceful Sandy Springs Campus, they will be surrounded by nature - to nurture their body and mind, with the all excitement and culture of the Buckhead Campus, and the City of Atlanta just a few miles away.
AIS Boarding is so much more than just academics - it’s self-advocacy, independence, curiosity, and personal growth.
Community
Parent Organization
The AIS Parent Organization (PO) is a wonderful part our vibrant, international community. The extensive range of committees, cultural clubs, and events ensure that your family will find interests, make friends, and have a deep sense of belonging.
Throughout the year the PO promotes the school community through events like Worldfest and the German Christmas Market.
Every AIS family is automatically a member of the PO.
PO Clubs include: Amigos Hispanic Culture Club, Asian Culture Club, Ensemble French Culture Club, Deutsch Connection German Culture Club, and Harambee Culture Club for the Black and/or African-American, African or Caribbean Population at AIS.
Get involved with PO groups such as the Family Ambassadors, Arts Boosters, Learning Differentiation, Parent Programs, STEAM teams, Team Appreciation, and Worldfest
Alumni
Around the world, AIS alumni are carrying out the school’s mission as courageous leaders who shape their world for the better.
Almost 2000 former students are now part of our alumni network, since our first graduation in 1992. Alumni are an important part of school life and foster the diverse AIS community.
The AIS Alumni Board advances the mission of AIS by cultivating and amplifying the alumni voice, creating opportunities to positively impact students.
The Eagles Fund
Supporting the AIS Annual Fund, The Eagles Fund is the single most important way you can support AIS each year. Making a contribution that’s right for your family, truly makes a difference.
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