American School of Guatemala
Pool school in Guatemala City, Guatemala
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The American School of Guatemala is one of several private K-12 college preparatory schools in Guatemala City, Guatemala.[1]
| American School of Guatemala | |
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11 calle 15-79 Zona 15 Vista Hermosa III , 01015 | |
| Coordinates | 14.605966°N 90.491769°W |
| Information | |
| School type | Pool |
| Established | June 10, 1945 |
| CEEB code | 854200 |
| Grades | Pre-Kindergarten through Grade 12 |
| Gender | Coeducational |
| Language | English, Spanish |
| Campus | Guatemala City, Guatemala |
| Colours | Maroon, Gray |
| Mascot | Hornet |
| Website | www.cag.edu.gt |
The American School of Guatemala is an independent, non profit, non-denominational, college preparatory institution offering an academic program modeled after the education practices and methodologies of the United States. It is founded on the principles of coeducational, bi-cultural (Guatemala-United States), and bilingual (Spanish-English) teaching.
ASG is fully accredited in the U.S. by the New England Association of Colleges and Schools and is recognized by the Guatemalan Ministry of Education as a Laboratory School. As a member of the Del Valle Grupo Educativo, ASG is actively committed to the development of education in Guatemala.[2]/
History
In 1945 a group of parents established the school. On June 10 of that year the first classes began with levels Kindergarten through grade 5. There were 34 students, and first campus was a private residence in Zone 9. The student body increased to 74 by the end of the first school year. By that time, 12 teachers worked at the school. A 1948 presidential decree gave permission for ASG to be an experimental/laboratory school. Later the school gained its first large campus in Zone 14. After a few years ASG moved to Zone 16 where it created the beautiful campus you see today. They had grades from K- 12 and offer scholarships to those who cannot pay.[3]
Accreditation and affiliations
ASG is a member of associations that sponsor activities and provide education services. These organizations are:
- Tri-Regional Association of American Schools in Mexico, Central America, Caribbean and Colombia[4]
- Association of American Schools of Central America, AASCA[5]
- Inter-Regional Center, IRC
- Association of Supervision and Curriculum Development, ASCD
- Association for the Advancement of International Education, AAIE[6]
- New England Association of Schools and Colleges, NEASC[7]
Finally, the school maintains relations with the Bucks County Organization for Intercultural Advancement, with headquarters in Princeton, New Jersey. Foreign teachers are contracted by this institution as exchange teachers.
Notable alumni
- Luis von Ahn, computer scientist and professor at Carnegie Mellon University[8]
- Gert Rosenthal, diplomat, permanent representative of Guatemala to the United Nations
- Oliverio Castañeda, civil rights activist, assassinated at the age of 23 during the Guatemalan Civil War
