About American International School Riyadh (AIS-R)
The American International School - Riyadh (AIS-R) is an independent, non-profit, co-educational school offering an enriched American curriculum with an international perspective for students in Pre-Kindergarten through Grade 12. AIS-R was founded in 1963, and celebrates more than half a century of excellence in education on a beautiful, purpose-built campus in North Riyadh. AIS-R is accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC) and the Council of International Schools (CIS), and is International Baccalaureate (IB) authorized. In January 2021, AIS-R was awarded five year re-accreditation status by both CIS and NEASC and AIS-R recently submitted its five year evaluation to the IB. The academic year is from September to June with 176 instructional days.
AIS-R's curriculum is modeled on the US State Department Standards (AERO), Common Core State Standards and selected National Association Standards. The school also offers the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme in Grades 11 and 12. Instructional objectives are clearly defined, but academic expectations are flexible enough to support and challenge individual students. Instruction in all subject areas encourages students to think creatively, reason critically, and communicate effectively. AIS-R does not have a Special Needs Program.
AIS-R's enrollment is more than 1400 students with more than 50 nationalities.
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American,IB
Primary Language
English
Ages
3 to 18
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The teacher is always disrespecting the students and their privacy. Btw RIP to anyone in Ms.Rabeea’s class. My son can’t stand her
Very thorough and advanced leadership and curriculum. Very good at individualization and support of specific student needs. Great move banning phones during school time - takes courage to do that in this day and age. Very good security, and student-teacher ratio.
I have been deeply impressed by AIS-R. My son has really succeeded in high school here. The administration is outstanding and the teachers are superb. The facilities are excellent.
AISR is the best school I have experienced in my 21 years as a parent. My child is in High School and thriving. He is in the full IB program, playing three sports and involved with theater tech. Colin Boudreau is an outstanding Superintendent, providing constant communication with parents and showing true dedication and caring to AISR kids. The teachers are exceptional and challenge my child to learn and to be a good world citizen. At AISR we all belong - all nationalities, all abilities, all learning styles. Together we are raising good people, in the best possible environment.
AIS-R is a great school, it is one of the best in Saudi. Dedicated teachers and staff. Program is excellent and prepared me well for college.
AIS-R is an outstanding school! Best in Riyadh.
Great school, maths is learnable, science can be fun, humanities is a delight, the only real downfall in my opinion would be the language classes, although of some variety, could be bettered and developed, as in my experience i've barely learned from the schools Arabic class due to lack of TEACHING, I would not recommend this school if you are endeared only for the arabic language, instead get a tutor or likewise, otherwise the school is as you can see from my star rating, good.Thank you for your time, goodbye!
AIS-R is one of the best schools in KSA. Yes, it is pricey however the program offerings, learning experiences and and academic staff justify this cost. Would highly recommend this school.
AISR has a beautiful campus and great facilities - but not utilized to the best of its capacity. The curriculum is lacking and not up to par of an international school and the fees do not reflect the quality of education. Unfortunately, the fact that there’s only 2 English speaking K-12 international co-Ed schools leaves a lot of parents no choice but to accept the status quo.
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Milena Pashova, 3 months ago
I have been waiting for 2 month for withdrawal papers. No support and understanding from the administration! I returned to US and I needed to get my my child's documents send to me through email ao I can enroll her ASAP and they said that they can't do that because that's them policy! I never ever in USA have seen a school to reject you from accessing your child's withdrawal papers!!! You should correspond with parents and explain them what them options are !!!!! Also they make me pay a fee of 265 SAR to get my child's withdrawal papers and to pay extra to be sent to me through mail??? This should be included in your high admission prices !!!!!! horrible
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Haya Alrashood, 10 months ago
Very bad school waste of money don’t go it’s so bad there is a lot of bullying and the teachers don’t do anything about it
