Our Mission and Vision

Mission

We empower learners to build their futures and contribute to a better world.

Values

• We pursue EXCELLENCE in all that we do.
• We promote WELLBEING so people flourish.
• We design learning that challenges each individual to GROW.
• We commit to INCLUSION so that everyone belongs.
• We develop GLOBAL CITIZENS to make a positive impact together.

Safeguarding and child protection

CEESA (Central and Eastern European Schools Association​) Safeguarding and Child Protection Statement

• Safeguarding and Child Protection is a priority for every CEESA School.
• CEESA commits to supporting school environments that safeguard children through both prevention and intervention.
• CEESA works in cooperation with international agencies to ensure standards associated with best practices are regularly reviewed, revised and applied in all operations, activities, and events.
• CEESA leaders honor and uphold child protection guidelines and procedures, in partnership with all stakeholders in their respective school communities.

Global citizenship

 At AISB, Global Citizenship is an outlook on life and behavior, aiming to improve the world for both current and future generations.

We demonstrate global citizenship by

• Creating an equitable and inclusive culture that respects and values diversity
• Understanding the need to protect the environment and actively taking steps to do so
• Demonstrating creativity, courage and critical thinking when involving ourselves in local and global issues
• Developing a strong sense of self that exhibits moral and ethical behavior

Internationalism

Internationalism is a philosophy that values both our diversity and our common humanity.

At AISB, Internationalism enables us to achieve new understandings, broadening our local and global experiences and, in the process, empowering us to become citizens of the world.

AISB affirms a commitment to internationalism through community-building experiences, service-learning opportunities and the philosophy that underpins our policies and programs.

We seek to develop students who are at ease with multiple cultures, who can lead as well as collaborate, who can communicate in several languages, and who proactively contribute to our world.

Academic excellence

We understand Academic Excellence as aspiring to excellence in all areas of a student’s curricular and co-curricular experience.

Academic Excellence is the maximum development of one's individual capacity and skills, and is demonstrated by

• Taking initiative, responsibility and ownership to broaden one’s learning
• Taking risks and setting individual challenges to achieve personal growth
• Applying creativity, knowledge, skills, and teamwork to authentic situations, and local and global problems
• Reflecting critically on one’s work in order to learn from experience and improve future performance
• Approaching academic pursuits with pride, passion, rigor, and integrity
• Incorporating a solution-oriented, problem-solving approach to the ethical use of technology
• Meeting and/or exceeding the stated standards and benchmarks as documented in the AISB curriculum