Application Help

The following documents or photos are required in order to begin processing your child's application.  Upload these documents into the PowerSchool account you will create for each of your children.  (AISE handles thousands of applications each year, so emailing your documents to the admissions team does not ensure that they will be uploaded into your PowerSchool account.  This is the responsibility of the applicant.)  The faster we have your full portfolio of documents, the faster our team can begin processing your application.  

For all applicants, the application portfolio requires these identity documents:

• A completed application form
• A recent passport-sized color photograph
• An original electronic birth certificate (Egyptians only)
• A photocopy of the student's passport
• A Parent ID (Passport or National ID)

For Grades 1 - 12 applicants, the following progress/grade reports are required:

• The two most recent grade reports from their current school.

For Grades 10 - 12 applicants, a complete record of (unofficial) transcripts are required for their credit check. AISE's graduation is credit-based.  For grades 10 - 12 applicants, it is necessary to ensure that the applicant is able to graduate from AISE.  Please provide a complete set of transcripts for any school they have attended starting from their 9th grade year.

• Copy of transcript of high school courses and credits for students in Grades 10, 11, and 12

*For Grades 1 - 12, AISE Admissions Testing includes an English and Math MAP Screener and WIDA Writing Test. If your applicant child already has recent MAP testing, please upload their  report to PowerSchool.  This will allow the applicant to skip additional MAP testing.

• Student Birth Certificate
• Student Health Form
• Parents' Passports
• Student Photo (Passport Size)
• Parents’ Photo (Passport Size)
• Student's Final Report Card from previous school
• For students in 4th - 12th grade, an approved Mac iPad or Laptop is required to attend school.  (Academic offices will provide more information after the student has been enrolled.)

The Egyptian Ministry of Education requires that all Egyptian nationals or nationals from officially Arabic-speaking nations must take Arabic classes from Grade 4 - 12.  If you would like to apply for an exemption, register your complaint at this link.  An exemption may take several months to be processed, so it's essential to begin this process early.  Your child will be placed in an Arabic course until the results of the exemption are issued by Egyptian authorities. 

*If you child holds two passports, one from an officially-Arabic speaking country and one from a non-Arabic country, you will work directly with AISE Student Affairs office to get your exemption.  You do not need to register a complain with the Egyptian Ministry of Education.

*Please note that AISE registers each student with the Ministry of Education, but the school does not handle exemptions.

The Egyptian Ministry of Education and AIS policy regulates placement into grade level by age and year of birth.