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Our Vision, Mission and Goals |
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Our Vision
The American International School of Kingston empowers students to be critical and creative thinkers, who are socially responsible, and motivated to achieve their full potential.
Our Mission AISK is an independent international school whose structure, traditions and style emanate from the United States but whose curriculum and methodology reflect the best in worldwide education research and practice. Our school is diverse and dynamic, and our students have the highest aspirations for their education and future lives.
Our mission is to build a community of enthusiastic and reflective life-long learners who are passionate, caring and who will become responsible world citizens.
Our Goals
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To inspire and motivate students to become life-long learners and to achieve their individual potential in all areas: intellectual, ethical, emotional, creative and physical.
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To co-exist respectfully in a multi-cultural non-sectarian environment that supports all students to acquire the knowledge, skills and values to be self-sufficient individuals in our global society.
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To employ current and research-based educational methods and to ensure that class sizes remain small.
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To maintain a highly-qualified staff of committed and sensitive teachers who are encouraged to be innovative and responsive to a diverse student body with all their various needs and requirements.
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To promote an ordered and structured code of conduct in which self-discipline is encouraged and integrity is paramount.
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To foster compassion and develop an active social conscience within the student body through an awareness of and participation in social and environmental programs.
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To prepare students for entry to institutions of tertiary level education both locally and around the world.
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To instruct all students in a well-rounded approach to physical fitness and health through an engaging sports program and non-competitive extra-curricular activities.
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To cultivate an awareness and enjoyment of the arts to encourage self-expression and self-confidence.
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To facilitate the ongoing and integrated use of information technology.
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