The American School Foundation of Guadalajara (ASFG) is a school of 1426 students in pre-school through twelfth grade. It is the only US accredited school in Guadalajara. The school was founded in 1908, and has been a non-profit organization since 1956. ASFG offers accredited US and Mexican diploma programs, and graduates go on to attend prestigious universities in the United States, Mexico, and around the world. Bilingual instruction carried out by native English and native Spanish-speaking faculty, recruited both locally and internationally. Janet Heinze serves as Director General or ASFG.
ASFG has the second largest collection of books published in English among the private schools in Mexico. The school publishes the award winning Sin Fronteras literary magazine. In addition it has a very competitive Model United Nations team (attending UNITESO, CACMUN, BEIMUN, SMUNC, and IMMUNS). In recent years, ASFG has received international recognition at Destination ImagiNation in Tennessee, and at the INFOMATRIX competition in Romania.