ADMISSIONS POLICY
Student eligibility
shall be determined based on Board policies and in compliance with host country
regulations. Besides, the school reserves the right to exclude students or to
require special supplementary measures at the parents’ expense, if the
student’ goals or abilities differ significantly from the School’s objectives.
Residency
Students
enrolled at the American International School (BHS) must temporarily reside
with their parents or legal guardians in the country of India. BHS is a school
for day students. There are no boarding facilities for students whose parents
live and work outside of Chennai.
Non-discrimination
The
American International School - Chennai celebrates the diversity in our
community. The School ensures that each student is treated with dignity and
respect and protected from intimidation, discrimination, physical harm, and/or
harassment from other students and/or school staff. The School treats all
students equally regardless of gender, race, national or ethnic identity,
sexual orientation, or religion in allowing them access to courses of study,
career guidance, preparation, and qualifying examinations for further study,
athletics, and extracurricular activities. School regulations, communications, and staff development opportunities shall reinforce these expectations.
No
student, who is otherwise eligible (as stated in this policy), shall be denied
admission to, the School on the basis of race, color, gender, religion,
national or ethnic origin. Nor shall race, color, gender, religion, national or
ethnic origin affect in any way the treatment, evaluation or any other
consideration of the students of the School.
Within
the limits defined by Board policy or by host government directive, the School
shall accept for admission students with disabilities, provided that such
disabilities can be accommodated within available school resources, including
physical space, trained faculty, and impact of student’s enrollment on the
learning of other students.
Admissions standards
Admission
in all cases is contingent upon a determination by the Admissions Director
and/or Head of School that:
·
The student will be
able to meet the school’s academic standards;
·
The student has
exhibited acceptable behaviour in his/her previous school;
·
The School will be
able to meet any special needs of the student;
·
The student will
embrace the school’s mission
Together
we inspire a love of learning, empowering all students with the courage,
confidence, creativity and compassion to make their unique contribution in a
diverse and dynamic world.
Priority system
In
keeping with its Mission, Bangalore High School (BHS) will ensure that a seat
is available for all Priority Category 1 applicants that satisfy the general
eligibility criteria for admissions. As space becomes available, BHS will
release seats for other eligible students in the order specified by the
priority categories listed below, by completed date of application within each
category:
1.
Dependents of U.S.
Government employees, dependents of eligible BHS faculty and administration
2.
U.S. citizens
3.
Siblings of students
currently attending BHS (NOTE: If a sibling requires EAL services and the
appropriate services are at capacity the seat will be offered to the next
eligible applicant. The sibling will maintain his or her position in the wait
pool until both a grade level seat and EAL seat are available.)
4.
Non-U.S. and
non-Indian passport holders who are native English speakers or have
mainstream-level proficiency, as demonstrated through academic records and the BHS
English language proficiency assessment
5.
Non-U.S. and
non-Indian passport holders that require English as an Additional Language
service (EAL). NOTE: If the appropriate EAL services are at capacity, the seat
will be offered to the next eligible applicant. The sibling will maintain his
or her position in the wait pool until both a grade-level seat and appropriate
EAL seat is available
6.
Eligible citizens of
India.
Age requirement and grade placement
We
understand that enrolling families are coming from and going onto a variety of
educational systems that may or may not be similar to the grade name,
curriculum and instruction they will encounter at BHS. Some parents initially
wonder if age-appropriate grade placement beyond a student’s chronological age
might be necessary to ensure sufficient academic rigor for their student. In
fact, in choosing BHS, you have chosen to enroll your student in a program
explicitly committed to providing children with both a challenging academic
curriculum and many comprehensive opportunities for social, emotional, musical
and athletic development. Regardless of the month of enrollment, the student
must have reached the required age for his or her intended entry grade on or
before August 31st of the school calendar year.
The
minimum age requirements for School enrollment are as follows:
|
For Child Enrolling In
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Age Guidelines
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On or Before *
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Preschool 3*
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3 years
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August 31st
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Preschool 4
|
4 years
|
August 31st
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Kindergarten
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5 years
|
August 31st
|
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Grade 1
|
6 years
|
August 31st
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*To
enter the Preschool program, a child must not only meet the minimum age
requirement above but also be toilet trained and not reliant upon a feeding
bottle throughout the day
The
criteria for enrollment into all other grades shall be based not only on age,
but also on school records, academic achievement, grade level completion and
sequential studies in an American-based curriculum school. High School
placement shall be determined by both the student’s age at the time of
enrollment, and the number of high school credits that may have been previously
earned. Students, whose age at high school graduation would exceed by two years
the normal age for graduation, would not normally be enrolled in the School.