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Our innovative program is grounded in contemporary educational research.<br /> Through individualized education, we foster academic excellence and cultivate self-confident,<br /> creative, reflective, and analytical thinkers. AIS students are motivated to act in the<br /> selfless tradition of the Indian heart, actively contributing to their expanding global community.</div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left">&nbsp; </td> <td colspan="2" align="left">&nbsp; </td> </tr> <tr> <td height="30" align="left" class="style2"> OUR PHILOSOPHY </td> <td colspan="2" align="left">&nbsp; </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left">&nbsp; </td> <td colspan="2" align="left">&nbsp; </td> </tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2" align="left" valign="top"> <table width="100%" border="0" class="bodytext02"> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top"> <strong><em style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif,Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold; line-height: 15pt; text-decoration: none;">Individualized Instruction:</em></strong> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top"> <div align="justify" style="color: #303A52; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 9pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;"> Each classroom at AIS is purposefully designed to be an interactive laboratory where the student conducts his/her research.&nbsp; Given the opportunity to construct their own understanding, students will learn differently. Each child has unique talents, ways of thinking and levels of understanding. Each student brings to the classroom a set of prior learning experiences and values from their family and community. We believe and build upon the fact that all of these differences are important to our understanding of individual students and how he/she makes sense of the world. &nbsp;<br /> </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top">&nbsp; </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top"> <div align="justify" style="color: #303A52; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 9pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;"> We anticipate that students will learn at different rates and expect that learners of the same chronological age will be at different places in their social, emotional, and physical development. The job of the teacher is not to create a single perfect curriculum or lesson, but rather to interact with individual students carefully and create individualized instructional strategies based on what each child needs at each stage of their learning process.&nbsp; As a baseline, teachers work to make sure that students are working at their current grade-level, yet the individualized curricula at AIS makes it possible for individuals to also study material beyond their current grade level. </div> </td> </tr> </table> </td> <td colspan="2" align="left">&nbsp; </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" rowspan="16" align="left" valign="top"> <table width="85%" border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td align="center"> <span class="small-text"><a rel="lightbox" title="An early elementary student experiments with using dialog during &ldquo;Word.&rdquo;&nbsp;" href="images/philosophy/word3.jpg"> <img src="images/philosophy/word3-s.jpg" width="200" height="200" border="0" /></a></span> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" class="caption-text" style="color: #303A52; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 9pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;"> An early elementary student experiments with using dialog during &ldquo;Word.&rdquo;&nbsp; </td> </tr> <tr> <td>&nbsp; </td> </tr> <tr> <td>&nbsp; </td> </tr> <tr> <td>&nbsp; </td> </tr> <tr> <td>&nbsp; </td> </tr> <tr> <td>&nbsp; </td> </tr> <tr> <td>&nbsp; </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center"> <span class="small-text"><a rel="lightbox" title="An early elementary student shares an interest in airplanes during &ldquo;Word.&rdquo;&nbsp;The teacher helps the student identify the sounds and letters written in the word &ldquo;airplane.&rdquo;" href="images/philosophy/word2.jpg"> <img src="images/philosophy/word2-s.jpg" width="200" height="200" border="0" /></a></span> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" class="caption-text" style="color: #303A52; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 9pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;"> An early elementary student shares an interest in airplanes during &ldquo;Word.&rdquo;&nbsp; The teacher helps the student identify the sounds and letters written in the word &ldquo;airplane.&rdquo; </td> </tr> <tr> <td>&nbsp; </td> </tr> <tr> <td>&nbsp; </td> </tr> <tr> <td>&nbsp; </td> </tr> <tr> <td>&nbsp; </td> </tr> <tr> <td>&nbsp; </td> </tr> <tr> <td>&nbsp; </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center"> <span class="small-text"><a rel="lightbox" title="An early elementary student imagines an &ldquo;ice bat,&rdquo; during &ldquo;Word.&rdquo; Teachers support the student as he returns to his writing to discuss conventional spelling patterns and lowercase letter formation." href="images/philosophy/word1.jpg"> <img src="images/philosophy/word1-s.jpg" width="200" height="200" border="0" /></a></span> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" class="caption-text" style="color: #303A52; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 9pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;"> An early elementary student imagines an &ldquo;ice bat,&rdquo; during &ldquo;Word.&rdquo; Teachers support the student as he returns to his writing to discuss conventional spelling patterns and lowercase letter formation. </td> </tr> <tr> <td>&nbsp; </td> </tr> <tr> <td>&nbsp; </td> </tr> <tr> <td>&nbsp; </td> </tr> <tr> <td>&nbsp; </td> </tr> <tr> <td>&nbsp; </td> </tr> <tr> <td>&nbsp; </td> </tr> <tr> </tr> <tr> </tr> <tr> <td align="center"> <span class="small-text"><a rel="lightbox" title="A first grade student adds to make sure there will be ample lodging for attendants to an upcoming kite festival." href="images/philosophy/1st-mv.jpg"> <img src="images/philosophy/1st-mv-s.jpg" width="200" height="200" border="0" /></a></span> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" class="caption-text" style="color: #303A52; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 9pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;"> A first grade student adds to make sure there will be ample lodging for attendants to an upcoming kite festival. </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td align="left">&nbsp; </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td align="left"> <table width="100%" border="0" class="bodytext02"> <tr valign="top"> <td align="left"> <strong><em style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif,Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold; line-height: 15pt; text-decoration: none;">Inquiry:</em></strong> </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td align="left"> <div align="justify" style="color: #303A52; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 9pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;"> Education is a spiral process in which one is always assimilating new information with what one already knows. To that end, we structure our classrooms and curricula to generate questions from both teachers and students. In our classrooms, teachers model and require inquiry-based thinking, planning, implementation and reflection as part of every lesson. Through this process, students learn how to investigate topics thoroughly and gain a comprehensive understanding of each subject area. Rigorous academic skills are embedded in the context of this inquiry-based work. Our inquiry-based classrooms create reflective and analytical learners who develop thinking habits that make them interested and interesting students. </div> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td align="left">&nbsp; </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td align="left"> <table width="100%" border="0" class="bodytext02"> <tr valign="top"> <td align="left"> <strong><em style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif,Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold; line-height: 15pt; text-decoration: none;">High Expectations: </em></strong> </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td align="left"> <div align="justify" style="color: #303A52; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 9pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;"> Teaching at AIS demands the highest level of professional commitment.&nbsp; Our teachers express confidence in our students, sharing a conviction that all children are naturally curious, want to learn and in fact, rise to meet any challenge. Teachers at AIS set high expectations for every student, inspire students to go beyond self-imposed limits, ask probing questions, and support students with specific, constructive feedback. Our teachers take every opportunity to work with individual students. In these conversations, teachers coach and assess a child's level of thinking. Using these interactions and observations, teachers at AIS are always working to generate the next challenge for each individual student. <br /> </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>&nbsp; </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <div align="justify" style="color: #303A52; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 9pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;"> Our teachers also collaborate and share insights with one another; setting high expectations for themselves and their colleagues. At AIS, there is a constant flow of conversation about children. Every teacher, administrator and staff member is an important role model and takes responsibility for the character development of our students.</div> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td align="left">&nbsp; </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td align="left"> <table width="100%" border="0" class="bodytext02"> <tr valign="top" class="bodytext02"> <td align="left"> <strong><em style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif,Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold; line-height: 15pt; text-decoration: none;">Educational Stewardship and Ownership:</em></strong> </td> </tr> <tr valign="top" class="bodytext02"> <td align="left"> <div align="justify" style="color: #303A52; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 9pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;"> We believe that all children are capable students and invested community members. We expect students to seek opportunities to explore their world and deepen their knowledge. Therefore, our students have a responsibility to 1) create a community of inquisitive thinkers throughout the school, 2) foster an interest and passion for learning across subjects, 3) build fluency with academic concepts and skills, and 4) develop the critical thinking skills necessary to apply these skills and concepts in a variety of problem-solving arenas. At the end of their careers at AIS, we expect our students to see themselves as able young adults with a broad base of strategies and skills with which they can engage the world around them.<br /> </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>&nbsp; </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <div align="justify" style="color: #303A52; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 9pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;"> Students in our school demonstrate strong ownership of what they are doing and exhibit an agency to learn that is not always seen in traditional, teacher-led classrooms.&nbsp; Students at AIS are taught to be internally motivated to create their best work. In this model, students work hard and succeed not to please others but rather, because it is intellectually fulfilling and an integral part of their learning profile. </div> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td align="left">&nbsp; </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td align="left"> <table width="100%" border="0"> <tr valign="top" class="bodytext02"> <td align="left"> <strong><em style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif,Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold; line-height: 15pt; text-decoration: none;">Collaboration:</em></strong> </td> </tr> <tr valign="top" class="bodytext02"> <td align="left"> <div align="justify" style="color: #303A52; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 9pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;"> The abilities to work with others, innovate and expand upon their ideas and reconsider one&rsquo;s own understanding are necessary tools for the 21st century. Collaboration provides the vehicle to build, practice and enhance these skills. We think it is vital for students to learn to explain their own thinking, to consider alternative points of view, to build on someone else's ideas, and to reconsider their own thinking based on feedback from others. Teachers at our school expect students to collaborate to solve problems, to plan activities, and to work together on whole-class projects. When students are exposed to multiple strategies for solving a problem, they become more flexible in their thinking. Students learn to assume leadership at the same time that they assume responsibility for recognizing the needs of others in the group.<br /> </div> </td> </tr> <tr valign="top" class="bodytext02"> <td align="left">&nbsp; </td> </tr> <tr valign="top" class="bodytext02"> <td align="left"> <div align="justify" style="color: #303A52; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 9pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;"> The sanctity and importance of each student's learning style and personal work is a core value that teachers and parents at AIS share. To build the best possible environment for each student; teachers, parents and children collaborate and communicate regularly about the accomplishments and future goals for each student.</div> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td align="left">&nbsp; </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td align="left"> <table width="100%" border="0" class="bodytext"> <tr valign="top" class="bodytext02" style> <td align="left"> <strong ><em style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold; line-height: 15pt; text-decoration: none;">Indian Values and Traditions: </em></strong> </td> </tr> <tr valign="top" class="bodytext02"> <td align="left"> <div align="justify" style="color: #303A52; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 9pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;"> As our students learn to innovate, create and evolve beyond their current understandings, it is crucial that they maintain the core values and traditions that are true to the Indian culture. In each intellectual and social endeavor, we expect our students to share the generosity and humbleness that is a part of the Indian heart. Thinking of others before oneself and working to help others succeed are values that are reinforced and demonstrated daily at AIS. </div> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td align="left">&nbsp; </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td align="left"> <table width="100%" border="0" class="bodytext"> <tr valign="top" class="bodytext02"> <td align="left"> <strong><em style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif,Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold; line-height: 15pt; text-decoration: none;">Global Citizenship:</em></strong> </td> </tr> <tr valign="top" class="bodytext02"> <td align="left"> <div align="justify" style="color: #303A52; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 9pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;"> Modern India demands that students not only understand and appreciate their role in Indian culture but in the broader global community as well. Throughout their careers at AIS, students are supported to consider multiple viewpoints and perspectives and to learn widely about the world around them. With this knowledge comes the responsibility to actively contribute to one&rsquo;s immediate and broader community. Students from AIS pursue opportunities to enhance the lives of others and to support the health and well-being of our planet. We teach our students to listen carefully to others, to help one another, to share what they have learned, to coach one another, to participate in group discussions, to hone their individual skills and develop areas of expertise. We believe that developing understanding and compassion for different points of view and empathy for the needs of others is essential to the moral development of a child. </div> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td align="left">&nbsp; </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td align="left"> <table width="100%" border="0" class="bodytext"> <tr valign="top" class="bodytext02"> <td align="left"> <strong><em style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif,Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold; line-height: 15pt; text-decoration: none;">Athletics</em></strong><em>:</em> </td> </tr> <tr valign="top" class="bodytext02"> <td align="left"> <div align="justify" style="color: #303A52; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 9pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;"> AIS not only supports the development of a healthy mind, it also expects its students to maintain healthy bodies. This expectation is the foundation upon which the school&rsquo;s athletic program is built. Athletic choice commitment, competition, and teamwork are the core values that drive the athletic program. Participation in sports is just one piece of a challenging program that pursues educational excellence at many levels, but it is an important part of the AIS experience.</div> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td align="left">&nbsp; </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td height="71" valign="top" bgcolor="#006474"> <table width="98%" border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="bodytext"> <tr> <td width="60%" height="70" align="left" valign="middle" class="bodytext1" style="color: #FFFFFF; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11px; text-decoration: none; line-height:20px;"> 5, &lsquo;F&rsquo; Block, Opp. Govt. 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