Dominican Republic, Santo Domingo
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The school is located at Calle C
Nido II to 12th grade.
Private international school.
Affiliations with Cognia (AdvancED), College Board, and the Advanced Placement program.
The school offers a transportation service. Bus contact: bus@americanschool.edu.do; Rosalina Sención, Bus Services Coordinator; (809) 603-2449.
Application / Admissions fee
- A non‑refundable admissions process fee of USD 50 is required and is payable at the school's administrative office.
Tuition fees by year group (per term / per year)
- No published, itemized tuition schedule (per grade, per term or per year) is available on the school's public information pages for the 2026/27 academic year (or for 2025/26). Parents are told to complete the admissions steps but specific annual or term tuition amounts are not listed publicly.
Billing schedule and payment terms
- No standard billing schedule (for example: number of installments, due dates or percentage per term) for general tuition is published. Specific programs and activities may use their own payment arrangements (see Other costs).
Boarding fees (if applicable)
- The school operates as a day school; no boarding programme or boarding fees are published. Therefore no boarding fees apply.
Other costs and programme fees
- Extension / after‑school (Talent School) monthly fees (examples listed by programme):
- Introduction to Drawing & Painting: RD$ 3,700 per month.
- Jazz Dance: RD$ 3,700 per month.
- Programming (Scratch): RD$ 5,000 (ages 5–8) / RD$ 5,500 (ages 9–12) per month.
- Craft Club: RD$ 3,400 per month.
- Chess I/II/III: RD$ 3,500 per month.
- Homework Supervision: RD$ 6,000 per month (2 days/week) or RD$ 10,000 per month (4 days/week).
- Music programme (Guitar/Piano/Violin): a single‑payment programme fee shown as RD$ 35,950 for the cycle.
- Hummingbird Adventures (outdoor education trips) payment options and deposits:
- A USD 100 reservation payment is used to reserve a student's place on a trip; remaining cost may be paid in up to three instalments, paid together with school tuition, or in full prior to the trip.
- Transportation service is available (school bus) and the school publishes coordinator contact details, but no standard transport fares are published on the public pages.
- Uniforms and textbooks are referenced as typical student costs in general school materials, but no firm uniform pricing or book‑cost schedule is published on the public pages.
Refund information
- No public refund or withdrawal policy (for admissions, tuition, deposits or programme fees) is published on the school's public pages. Specific programmes (for example extension programmes or trips) publish their own payment terms (see Hummingbird Adventures deposit and instalment options).
Fee payment options (methods)
- No general list of accepted payment methods (credit card, bank transfer, local currency cash, online payment portal, etc.) for school tuition is published. Specific programmes note payment by instalment or single payment, but methods are not detailed publicly.
Brief summary of available fee items and missing information
- Available, publishable fee items: Admissions process fee (USD 50) and detailed fees for several extension/after‑school programmes and the Hummingbird Adventures deposit/instalment arrangements.
- Missing from public materials: a full published tuition schedule by grade (per term and per year), a standard billing schedule for tuition, published boarding fees (not applicable), a published refund policy for general tuition/deposits, and a list of accepted payment methods for general tuition. These items are not available on the school's public pages.
American School of Santo Domingo is a private international school serving students aged 2 to 18, delivering a multi-curriculum program that includes Advanced Placement, Cambridge IGCSE, and a bespoke curriculum. The school is accredited by the Dominican Ministry of Education and Cognia (AdvancED), with graduates earning a high school diploma valid in the Dominican Republic, the United States, and internationally. Instruction is in English with integrated Spanish, and Social Studies is taught in Spanish as required by MINERD. The Language and Arts curriculum follows Lucy Calkins' Reading and Writing Workshop; Math uses a University of Chicago–developed platform; Science covers biology, chemistry, physics and environmental science with hands-on experiments; Computer Science builds essential digital skills. Social Emotional Education uses the Character First Program with restorative practices; Community Service Education connects classroom learning with real-world issues. Signature offerings include Hummingbird Adventures outdoor education, Talent School afterschool programs, Eagle's Cafe, and a comprehensive athletics program through the ASSD Eagles.