| American International School of Budapest | |
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A Bridge Around the World
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| Location | |
| Budapest, Hungary | |
| Information | |
| Type | International School |
| Established | 1973 |
| Director | High-School: Mr. Ray Holiday, Middle-School: Mr. Paul Ducharme |
| Faculty | Elementary Staff, Middle-School Staff, High-School Staff |
| Grades | Pre-K - 12 |
| Number of students | about 850 |
| Website | www.aisb.hu |
The American International School of Budapest (or AISB) is an international school located in Budapest, Hungary. It was established in 1973 by the United States Embassy to serve United States Government employees' dependents, however, it now has a much more diverse student body including children of the local and expatriate business and diplomatic communities. English is the primary medium of instruction. The school's website reports that it serves a population of about 1200 students from 57 countries.
AISB previously occupied two purpose-built campuses; however, has since moved to one main campus located in Nagykovácsi. Pre-Kindergarten - Grade 2 (lower elementary) were housed at the Buda Campus (on Kakukk út) in the Buda Hills. Grades 3 - 12 (upper elementary, middle and high school) shared the Nagykovácsi Campus located just 13 kilometers from the center of Budapest. Currently, the Nagykovácsi campus holds two buildings (PK-Grade 5, Grade 6-12) on a expanded site.
The School operates four divisions on one campus. The Primary-school building (PK-grade 5) has its own library, multi-purpose room and gym. The other building houses grades 6-12 in a ‘state-of-the-art’ facility built in 2000, complete with 54 classrooms, library, cafeteria, computer rooms, double-sized gymnasium, 25-meter indoor swimming pool, 350-seat theatre, performing and visual arts facilities, and playfield (these facilities are also shared with the Lowerschool).
A bridge connects the two buildings
AISB participates in a lot of Sport/Activity events, such as the 'Season Sports'every season there will be different sports, in the Summer/Fall there will be Soccer/Football and Tennis. The students can participate in these sports in the Summer and Fall. After having done some trainings (5 weeks, 2-3 times a week) there will be a huge sport event with all the other International School in East and Central Europe. This is called CEESA (Central and Eastern European Schools Association) and there will be teams from all the internation schools in Eastern and Central Europe, and they will be able to win different awards, 1st place, 2nd place, 3rd place and Sportmanship. And in the other seasons, Winter there is basketball and swimming, which will also participate in CEESA. And in Spring there is Volleyball and Softball.
At AISB there is a wall of honours, with pictures of all the teams that won a prize, either 1st, 2nd, or 3rd place, or sportmanship. The Blazer's mascot is Sparky.