Information
SCHOOL PROFILE
The Principal will maintain a regularly updated school profile that includes addresses, phone numbers, curriculum description, standardized test performance information, graduation requirements and college placement facts for use in disseminating information to parents, schools, colleges and universities. A copy of the profile is available on request in the office.
OFFICE HOURS
The main office and business office are open from 7:30 a.m. until 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday.
DAILY SCHEDULE
School begins at 8:00 a.m. and ends at 3:00 p.m., Monday through Friday.
BUILDING ADMINISTRATION
Director Austin E. Briggs Jr. abriggsjrz@yahoo.com
Principal Neli C. Santiago neli@aiscr.com
Counselor Andrea Villalobos avillalobos@aiscr.com
College Counselor Anna Oliveras anna-oliveras@hotmail.com
Business Manager Arturo Chavarria arturocd@costarricense.cr
MEP /Adm. Assist Aisha Mora aimora@aiscr.com
Secretary Paula Waltzing pwaltzing@aiscr.com
Main Office Tel: 293-2567 Fax: 239-0625 e-mail: ais@aiscr.com
TRANSPORTATION
The American International School of Costa Rica contracts bus services to all general areas of the city. Fees for bus service are charged only to those families who use the buses. The current bus routes are:
Rohrmoser Trejos Montealegre-Escazú Sabanilla-San Pedro
Sabana- Escazú Alajuela
Bello Horizonte- Escazú Heredia-Cariari
Santa Ana- Escazú La Uruca- San Pedro
EMERGENCY EVACUATION PROCEDURES
In the event of a major fire or earthquake, emergency information in both English and Spanish will be broadcast on Radio Monumental (93.5 on the FM dial or 670 on the AM dial)
Emergency drills are held once each quarter. All faculty members are responsible for the safety of the students assigned to them at the time of the drill or real emergency and will take attendance to insure that all students are accounted for and evacuate the buildings by the route posted in each classroom or office. All teachers must carry a class list of the students he or she is responsible for during that period. Specific fire drill regulations will be posted in every classroom and be made known to students at the beginning of the school year. In case of other emergencies requiring evacuation of the buildings (e.g. bomb threat), similar evacuation procedures will be followed, although some evacuation routes may be changed. The routes will also be made known to the staff and students at the beginning of the school year.
Should evacuation of the school become necessary, parents must pick up their children since bus transport will not be available. In order to reduce traffic jams, we ask that parents park on the main street entering the Bosque de Doña Rosa (the boulevard) or area designated by the guards and proceed to the soccer field in front of the school to pick up your child.
MEDICAL EMERGENCY
In the event of injury to a student, the nurse will render first aid as necessary and will notify the parent immediately. Parents should have all emergency numbers on file with the front office.
If a serious injury were to occur requiring immediate transport to the hospital or clinic, the school will arrange for such transport by car or by ambulance, accompanied by school personnel. The school nurse will notify the parent immediately so that they may proceed to the hospital. Public ambulances will take students to the Hospital Mexico unless otherwise directed.
VISITORS
All visitors to the school must enter through the main gate and register with the guard. School-age guests of students may visit only during the lunch hour and must have prior permission from the appropriate administrator. Parents and volunteers must register at the main office, but may enter the school at any time during normal hours. They should not enter a class in session without an invitation from the teacher. Former students who have left the school as a result of disciplinary action may not attend as a visitor for any reason.
To further ensure the safety of all students and staff, we are expanding the Visitor Policy to include the following:
• All visitors must sign out when they leave school grounds.
• Any person without children in the school must have an appointment with a staff member. The visitor must wait in the front office, and the staff member must meet the visitor and escort him/her to a meeting area and remain with the visitor until s/he leaves the school.
• Any person without an appointment or children in the school must wait in the front office, for an administrator to meet with them.
• Any person delivering goods to the school must also follow the above policy. Persons receiving goods must escort the delivery personnel to the drop-off area.
* These policies may be modified during school-sponsored events at the school at the discretion of the administration.