The American International School in Egypt
P.O. Box 8090, Masaken Nasr City 11371, Cairo, Egypt
Phone: 2 02 2618 8400 Fax: 2 02 2617 4002
Email: afernandez@aisegypt.com
School Profile 2012 – 2013
Superintendent
Director
High School Principal
Assistant Principal
Assistant Principal
IB Coordinator
Enrollment (Pre-K – 12)
High School Enrollment (9 – 12)
Senior Class of 2012
High School Code
Head of Counseling
High School Counselor
High School Counselor
Walid Abushakra
Bill Delbrugge
Mark Lentz
Loay Malak
Steve Spannring
Dina Taher
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Antonio Fernandez
Melissa Sheaffer
Michael Smith
Founded in 1990, the American International School in Egypt is an independent, co-educational day school for grades PK – 12. It’s student
body is 80% Egyptian and 20% from 48 other nationalities. 100% of AISE graduates go on to attend 4 year colleges and universities worldwide.
The majority of AISE faculty are certified teachers from the United States and Canada; Arabic and French language classes are taught by native
speakers; approximately 45% hold advanced degrees. Average class size at the high school is 19.
All instruction is in English, except for Arabic, Spanish and French classes, and AISE students are typically bilingual or trilingual. Although
English is typically not spoken in their homes, students perform in a demanding college preparatory curriculum.
Accreditation:
Egyptian Ministry of Education
International Baccalaureate Organization
Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools
Council of International Schools (CIS)
Curriculum:
AISE offers
- an American Diploma program with college preparatory and honors courses
- an American Diploma program with up to three International Baccalaureate (IB) certificates in selected courses
- an IB Diploma program for highly motivated students in grades 11 and 12.
Courses offered:
English 9 – 12
Honors, 9, 10
Effective Speaking & Writing
Arabic 9 – 12
Honors, 9, 10
Visual/Performing Arts
2D/3D Studio Art
Band
Choir
Drama
Social Studies
Science
Math
World History I & II
Physical Science (+ Honors)
Algebra I, II
US History
Biology (+ Honors)
Geometry
International Relations
Chemistry
Pre-Calculus
Egyptian History
Physics
Calculus
Economics
Environmental Science
Statistics
Modern Egyptian Culture Applied Science and Technology
Psychology
Foreign Language
Technology
Arabic as a Foreign Language, Beginner – Advanced
Computer Programming
French I – V
Digital Multimedia
Website Design
Physical Education
Computer 9/10
PE/Health
Business Computing
Sports and Fitness 1 and 2
Computer Programing and Robotics
Team Sports
International Baccalaureate: Approximately 40% of all grade 11 and 12 students are IB Diploma candidates; IB courses at AISE include:
IB English: Literature A1
IB English: Lang. & Lit A1
IB Arabic: Lang & Lit A1
IB Arabic A2
IB Arabic B
IB Arabic ab initio
IB French B
IB French ab initio
IB Spanish ab initio
IB History
IB Economics
IB Psychology
IB Business &
Management
IB World Politics
IB Biology
IB Chemistry
IB Physics
IB Math HL
IB Math SL
IB Math Studies
IB Visual Art
IB Theory of Knowledge
Recent AISE IB Results
# Diploma Candidates
# Diploma Awarded
Average grade obtained
Average total points
Highest Total
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May 10
32
27
4.81
31
40
May 11
42
40
5.19
33
43
May 12
32
32
5.33
33
40
Credits and Grading
Students take seven courses per year, each earning one credit. Classes meet for 72 minutes, four times each week on a
rotating schedule. Only grades earned at AISE are used in computing the GPA. The GPA is not weighted and the school
does not rank.
Letter Grade
Regular Course
IB/Honors Course
Quality Points
A+
98 – 100
98 – 100
4
A
93 – 97
88 – 97
4
A90 – 92
85 – 87
4
B+
88 – 89
82 – 84
3
B
83 – 87
78 – 81
3
B80 – 82
75 – 77
3
C+
78 – 79
72 – 74
2
C
73 – 77
68 – 71
2
C70 – 72
65 – 67
2
D+
68 – 69
63 – 64
1
D
63 – 67
61 – 62
1
D60 – 62
60
1
F
59 and below
59 and below
0
Graduation Requirements
English
5 credits*
Math
3 credits
Science
3 credits
Social Studies
4 credits
Physical Ed./Health 1 credit
Second Language
3 – 4 credits
Electives
5 – 6 credits
Art/Performing Art 1 credit**
Total credits: 26
Minimum GPA: 2.00
*5th required course: Effective Speaking and Writing
**Required beginning with Grade 9 students, 2009 - 2010
AIS Graduates have been admitted to the following universities and colleges:
UNITED STATES
Albion College
Drexel University
Marist College
American University
Earlham College
Maritime School of Miami
Amherst College
Eastern Mennonite University
Marquette University
Arizona State University
East Carolina University
Massachusetts Institute of
Babson University
Emmanuel College
Technology
Bates University
*Embry Riddle
Michigan State University
Barton College
Ferris State University
Mount Holyoke College
Berkeley College
Florida International University
*Mount Ida College
Bethel College
Florida Institute of Technology
Northern Michigan University
Biola University
Fordham University
New York Institute of Technology
*Boston University
George Mason University
*New York University
Brock University
George Washington University
Newbury College
California State University
Georgetown University
New Jersey Institute of
Calvin College
Georgia Institute of Technology
Technology
Capitol College
Golden West College
*Northeastern University
Carleton College
*Grinnell College
North Carolina State University
Carnegie Mellon University
Hofstra University
Northeastern University
Chapman University
*Harvard College
NYSID
Colby College
*Iowa State
Ouachita Baptist University
College of William & Mary
*Indiana University in
Ohio State University
Colorado State University
Bloomington
*Pace University
Connecticut College
International University of
Parsons, The New School for
Cornell University
Geneva
Design
CUNY Brooklyn college
James Madison University
*Pennsylvania State University
CUNY Hunter College
Louisiana State
*Pepperdine University
Dean College
*Loyola University of Chicago
Pitzer College
*Daemen College
*Loughborough University
Portland State University
*Depaul University of Chicago
Johnson State College
Pratt Institute
Design Institute of San Diego
Lynn University
*Purdue University
Manhattanville College
Providence College
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Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
*San Jose State University
Santa Monica College
Savannah College of Art & Design
St. Mary’s College of California
Stanford University
*Suffolk University
Swarthmore College
*Syracuse University
Temple University
Texas Tech.
*Trinity University
Tufts University
*University of Arizona
University of Boulder
*University of California,
Berkeley
University of California, Davis
*University of California, Irvine
*University of California, Los
Angeles
*University of California:
Riverside
University of Central Florida
University of Denver
University of Florida, Gainesville
University of Houston
*University of Iowa
University of Illinois, Champaign
University of Illinois, Chicago
*UMass, Boston
*UMass Ahmhest
University of Maine
University of Maryland
*University of Miami
*University of Michigan
University of Minnesota
University of Montana
University of New Hampshire
University of New Haven
*University of Nebraska
University of North Carolina,
Wilmington
University of Northern Iowa
University of Oregon
University of Pennsylvania
University of Pittsburgh
University of Richmond
University of Rochester
University of San Diego
*University of San Francisco
University of Southern California
University of South Florida
University of Southern Illinois
University of Tampa
*University of Texas
University of the District of
Columbia
University of the Pacific
University of Vermont
*University of Virginia
Virginia Polytechnic and State
University
Wake Technical Community
College
Washington State University
Washington University St. Louis
Wesleyan University
Test Virginia University
Wingate College
Williams College
Winthrop University
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
UNITED KINGDOM
American Intercontinental
University
*Aston University
Brighton University
Bournemouth University
Brunel University
*City University London
*Cardiff University
Glasgow University
Goldsmiths College
*Hult International Business
School
Imperial College London
Keel University
Kings College London
*Kingston University
*Lancaster University
Leeds Metropolitan
Liverpool University
London Metropolitan University
London School of Economics
and Political Science
*Loughborough University
Middlesex University
Newcastle University
Nottingham Trent University
Oxford Brookes University
Queen Mary University
Regents College
Richmond American International
University
Royal Holloway
University of London
School of Oriental and African
Studies, University of London
St. Andrews University
St. George’s, University of
London
Southampton University
Straffordshire University
Sussex University
University College London
University of Aberdeen
University of Baton
*University of Birmingham
University of Brighton
University of Bristol
University of Derby
University of Dundee
University of East Anglia
*University of Edinburgh
University of Essex
University of Glasgow
University of Kingston
*University of Lancaster
University of Leeds
*University of Liverpool
University of Leicester
University of Maastricht
University of Manchester
University of Nottingham
University of Reading
*University of Southhampton
University of Sheffield
University of Sterling
University of Surrey
University of the Arts, London
University of Wales
University of Warwick
University of Waterloo
University of West England
CANADA
Algonquin College
Brock University
Carleton University
Concordia University
Dalhousie University
McGill University
McMaster University
Queen’s University
Ryerson University
Seneca College
Simon Fraser University
Trent University
University of Alberta
*University of British Columbia
University of Ottawa
University of Saskatchewan
*University of Toronto
University of Waterloo
University of Western Ontario
York University
EUROPE
Bocconi University, Italy
Deree College, Greece
Franklin College, Switzerland
Glion Institute, Switzerland
Griffith University, Ireland
Les Roches, Switzerland
Marbella Design Academy, Spain
St. Louis University, Madrid,
Spain
Webster University, Austria
*Webster University, Switzerland
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EGYPT
*Ain Shams University
*American University in Cairo
Arab Academy for Science and
Technology
*British University of Egypt
Cairo University
Flight School of Egypt
*German University in Cairo
*Misr International University
Nile University
HONG KONG
Hong Kong University
LEBANON
*American University of Beirut
Dubai
*American University of Dubai
QATAR
Virginia Commonwealth
University
Georgetown University, Qatar
Kuwait
*American University of Kuwait
AUSTRALIA
Ballarat University
*Class of 2012 Acceptance
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