AIS/D
has well earned a reputation in the international schools
community as an excellent school, with a highly regarded professional
staff and wonderful facilities. At
the heart of it all, however, is most important element
in
any good school, our students.
Central to everything done at the school, are the
needs of the over 600 individual students, who range in age
from
3 to 18
and hail from
all over the world. Every AIS/D professional and
support staff member takes very seriously the school’s
mission to develop students who are independent learners
and international
citizens, in an academic environment where each individual
is included, challenged and successful.
AIS/D is accredited by the New England Association
of Schools and Colleges (NEASC) and the Council for International
Schools (CIS). In addition, the school is authorized by the International
Baccalaureate Organization (IBO) to offer the IB Diploma. The school-wide
AIS/D curriculum framework is based on the Education for Understanding
model for learning developed at the International School of Brussels.
Our program, which includes a community service component from
elementary through high school, prepares students to become compassionate,
thoughtful and confident individuals, capable of success in school
and beyond.
As a new staff member, having joined the school
this year, I am learning something new about AIS/D everyday. My
wife, Joyce Tromba, who will be teaching science in the high school,
and I are delighted to call Dhaka our new home. We have two adult-children,
Megan and Jesse, who are attending university in the United States.
As a family, in addition to the United States, we have lived in
Austria, Samoa, Tanzania, Zambia, and most recently Hong Kong.
Joyce and I are excited to be part of this vibrant community, while
Megan and Jesse are looking forward to a new place to visit.
I hope to meet many of you in person, in the coming
year. I invite you to visit and experience for yourself the warmth
and vitality of the school. Please contact me if I can be of assistance
to you or your family.
Sincerely,
Walter Plotkin
Superintendent
wplotkin@ais-dhaka.net
