American School of Warsaw
Encyclopedia
The American School of Warsaw, Commonly abbreviated as ASW, is an English
-using international school
in Warsaw
, Poland
, founded in August, 1953. The school is divided into Elementary, Middle and High School wings. Students can prepare for the International Baccalaureate Diploma, and even those that choose not to take the full diploma receive IB courses.
ASW is a member of Central and Eastern European Schools Association (CEESA), Sports Council for International Schools (SCIS), and New England Association of Schools and Colleges
. It is internationally accredited.
The school moved to a new facility in 2001 and are continuing to go through upgrades to the building, with a new Physical Education and Art wing currently under construction, expected to be completed in the spring of 2012.
The school has some nine hundred students from Pre-K to 12th Grade, with twenty students per class. The student body contains 52 different nationalities. The student population is approximately 20% Polish, 20% American and the rest from around the world.
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
-using international school
International school
An International school is loosely defined as a school that promotes international education, in an international environment, either by adopting an international curriculum such as that of the International Baccalaureate or Cambridge International Examinations, or by following a national...
in Warsaw
Warsaw
Warsaw is the capital and largest city of Poland. It is located on the Vistula River, roughly from the Baltic Sea and from the Carpathian Mountains. Its population in 2010 was estimated at 1,716,855 residents with a greater metropolitan area of 2,631,902 residents, making Warsaw the 10th most...
, Poland
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
, founded in August, 1953. The school is divided into Elementary, Middle and High School wings. Students can prepare for the International Baccalaureate Diploma, and even those that choose not to take the full diploma receive IB courses.
ASW is a member of Central and Eastern European Schools Association (CEESA), Sports Council for International Schools (SCIS), and New England Association of Schools and Colleges
New England Association of Schools and Colleges
The New England Association of Schools and Colleges, Inc. is the U.S. regional accreditation association providing educational accreditation for all levels of education, from pre-kindergarten to the doctoral level, in the six-state New England region. It also provides accreditation for some...
. It is internationally accredited.
The school moved to a new facility in 2001 and are continuing to go through upgrades to the building, with a new Physical Education and Art wing currently under construction, expected to be completed in the spring of 2012.
The school has some nine hundred students from Pre-K to 12th Grade, with twenty students per class. The student body contains 52 different nationalities. The student population is approximately 20% Polish, 20% American and the rest from around the world.