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Mexico, Tuxtla Gutierrez
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Robotics, mental arithmetic, and business for children programs are offered as extracurricular academies.
More than 15 academy options include orchestra, music instruction, painting and visual arts, piano and singing, and dance/performing arts.
Model United Nations and French and Italian language instruction clubs.
House competition assigns families to four Hogwarts-style houses; members receive colored shirts to show house spirit. Through friendly competition, students learn teamwork and connect with peers across grade levels, building a shared community. Model UN (SIMUN) is an educational and cultural event in which upper-school students act as diplomats, developing oratory, rhetoric, and negotiation skills. The Student Council is elected and works with a faculty advisor to provide student voice and governance, representing student concerns to the administration; the school also hosts annual events such as Winter Festival, Halloween, Mexican Pic-nic, 4th of July, Spring Festival, Kermesse, and Flower Fest.
ASFC runs campaigns each school cycle to benefit the community, engaging students, parents, and staff and promoting ecological and social awareness. Campaigns include a zero polystyrene use policy, collection of PET bottle caps for donation to institutions, tree planting, beach cleanups, and collecting clothing, shoes, school supplies, and food for homes, shelters, and migrants. The school also organizes visits to hospitals and shelters to provide support and care.
Student Council and House Competition programs develop leadership skills.
Sports such as basketball, Taekwondo, soccer, and skating are offered through academies to support physical health and teamwork. The Wonder Camp provides bilingual summer activities in English and Spanish, including arts, crafts, soccer, music, skating, robotics, and language reinforcement. Annual events and house competitions contribute to a vibrant school life and a sense of community wellbeing.
The American School Foundation of Chiapas (ASFC) is a private co-educational international school in Tuxtla Gutierrez, Chiapas, Mexico, with over 30 years of operation. The school offers education from Maternal through Preparatoria (High School) with an IB programme and bilingual English-Spanish instruction. ASFC offers more than 15 extracurricular academy options including orchestra, robotics, and taekwondo. The school is accredited by Cognia and is a member of ASOMEX and AAIE.
