Culture Clubs
Amigos
The Amigos promote the Spanish language and celebrates cultural diversity and educational activities for families of AIS. The Amigos work with the Spanish department at school by assisting teachers to enhance the students' language and the Latin culture. After school, Spanish speaking parents run the homework assistance program, available to all Spanish track students in the Primary School. The Amigos also organize Spanish language classes for interested parents.
Contact: Cynthia Fleck cf111222@yahoo.com
Asian Cultural Club
The Asian Cultural Club has a full lineup of events for this school year: download the official calendar as a PDF.
Contact: Jiaxing Weng wengjx@gmail.com
Ensemble
A multiculural parent association representing all French cultures of AIS. Parent-members are native and non-native speakers from all school levels. Ensemble works to support, further and promote all issues regarding AIS's French section with regard to academic curriculum, promotion of the French program, parent and family education, social and cultural activities, etc.
Contact: Emmanuelle Badarani sbadarani@yahoo.com
Deutschvergnügen
Deutschvergnügen supports the German language program at AIS. It does this by promoting German culture, language and educational standards at AIS. Deutschvergnügen also helps prepare students who may be re-entering the German education system. It holds the annual Christmas Market and several other cultural events each year.
Contact: Tom Schwartz taschwartz@bellsouth.net
Harambee
The purpose of Harambee is to assist AIS in fulfilling its mission by increasing awareness and sensitivity among the AIS community to the unique perspectives, experiences and issues of those who view themselves as members of the black African and/or Diaspora population. Harambee extends this conceptualization to include those who do not identify as such, yet offer their support. We are committed to the fundamental AIS values of respect, diversity, effort and joy of learning.
Contact: Woody Hall whall@diversapack.com
Sports Boosters
This club, also known as Eagle Watchers, is organized as part of the PO for the purpose of building a network of parent and student involvement to support the sports program and recognition of athletes. The club welcomes parents of students participating in all of the school sports programs. Club officers are selected annually.
Contact: Philip Leopold pleopold@sportsworksatl.com
Swiss Parent Association (SPA)
The purpose of the SPA is to support and nurture the multicultural education of students at AIS. Switzerland, with its four different languages and twenty percent resident foreigners, represents a multilingual and multicultural society and is, therefore, a natural partner for AIS. The SPA is recognized by the Federal Government of Switzerland and so receives funding from it. This has allowed the SPA to sponsor two Swiss teachers and provide educational materials mainly from Switzerland to AIS. In addition, the SPA takes an active role to promote AIS in the local international community.