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El Alsson British & American International School | |
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NEWGIZA KM 22 Cairo-Alex Road,Imbaba , 12411 Egypt | |
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Type | Privateinternational school |
Established | 1982 (1982) |
Director | Colin Rogers and Soumaya Amr[1] |
Grades | Preschool–12 |
Age range | 3–18 |
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Colour(s) | Blue and Yellow |
Website | www |
El Alsson British and American International School is aprivateinternational school in New giza,Giza, Egypt that was established in 1982. It offers aBritish section fromFoundation Stage 1 (3 year olds) toGCSE with asixth form forAS and A-Levels (18 year olds), and anAmerican section fromPreschool toGrade 12 with an option of takingAdvanced Placement (AP) courses. The school moved to its new campus in New-Giza on a 14 fellan site.
The school has ahouse system consisting of four houses: Memphis (blue), Siwa (yellow), Thebes (red), and Memphis (green). In some school years, the houses in the secondary school were Horus (blue), Sekhmet (yellow), Anubis (black) and Sobek (green) referring to the Egyptian gods. The houses compete in the Annual Alsson Library Quiz, Sports' Day, Rugby matches and football matches and different quizzes.
The El Alsson School Council represents thestudent body. The council is constituted of representatives from every class. The council is not politically aligned and does not involve itself in the day-to-day running of affairs of the school but are active in organizingcharity,bake sales and events.
The school has a library known as the 'Eileen Lucas Library', used for recreational and research purposes and has a media room adjacent to it.