Academia Internacional Árabe Panameña

United Nations Street, Margarita, Colón, Panama

Preschool, Primary, Secondary

International day school

Inclusive education through the Individualized Educational Program for students with special educational needs.

Panama

The school provides its own school buses to the community under a prior contract. All buses are in good mechanical condition, equipped with fire extinguishers, have current insurance, and carry ATTT documentation. Each bus has a hostess who supervises on board to ensure safety and proper conduct and helps students board and alight. Students who do not use the bus service must be dropped off and picked up at the Academy by their parents or a designated person.

AIAP offers an intercultural curriculum that begins in preschool, with English as the primary medium of instruction and more than 60% of subjects taught in English. Arabic is taught as a third language to complement core studies. A comprehensive STEM program develops students' analytical and scientific abilities. Extracurricular programs in the arts, sports, and sciences complement classroom learning. The school is Cognia-accredited, the first school in Colón to receive this accreditation. The mission is to form principled and innovative leaders for the development of society, and the vision is to be the country's leading intercultural educational center that develops skills and capacities to form free and independent individuals.

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AIAP is part of the National Directorate of Special Education and implements Inclusive Education with a systemic, interactive, and scientific view of the needs of its student population. The school established a Psychopedagogical Cabinet to support students with special educational needs (NEE), from initial evaluation and therapeutic intervention to guiding parents and educators on curricular accommodations. The Cabinet conducts socio-psychopedagogical evaluations and diagnoses learning, behavioral, and emotional difficulties. It employs annual hearing tests to monitor language processing and uses the PROESC group test for students in third through tenth grade to detect possible writing and reading difficulties, enabling timely support through the speech-language pathology department.

Inclusive education is an approach based on valuing diversity as an enriching element of the teaching‑learning process and supportive of human development. Inclusive education means all children learn together regardless of personal, social, or cultural conditions, including those with disabilities. Through the Individualized Educational Program, all students benefit from instruction tailored to their needs, including those who present special educational needs. The school conducts socio-psychopedagogical evaluations and uses psycho‑educational assessments to guide appropriate classroom support.

English instruction is introduced with more than 60% of subjects taught in English. Arabic is offered as a third supplementary language within the curriculum.

AIAP provides mental wellbeing support through its Psychopedagogical Cabinet, formed to support students with special educational needs. It conducts socio-psychopedagogical evaluations and diagnoses learning, emotional, and behavioral difficulties, and offers evaluation, intervention, and guidance to parents and educators on curricular accommodations. The Psychology Department conducts interviews with families and administers testing and assessments; annual hearing tests monitor language processing, and PROESC testing for third through tenth grade detects possible writing and reading difficulties to enable timely intervention.

Safeguarding is addressed in the Manual de convivencia, which details policies and procedures, student rights and responsibilities, disciplinary measures, and health, illness, and medical care. It includes home–school communication provisions; it requires visitors to present identification, controls access to the campus, and assigns responsibilities for events and activities; it outlines procedures for resolving difficulties and concerns and sets guidelines for safety and conduct within the school.

1. Our admissions process allows AIAP to know new families, their goals, their needs, and their educational expectations in order to determine that our teaching model fits their requirements. It also provides the opportunity for parents and children to relate to our experts in student development, as well as with the processes and methodologies implemented at AIAP to achieve the best educational level in Colón. This step establishes whether AIAP is the right fit for the student. 2. Enrollment requirements: Preschool: birth certificate, three recent passport-sized photographs, medical certificate, and a copy of the vaccination card (for students up to 15 years old). Primary and Secondary: certificate of completion from the previous year (if applicable) and the corresponding academic record. This is mandatory. 3. For students coming from other countries, transcripts must be translated (if not in Spanish or English), apostilled, and endorsed by the Ministry of Education of Panama. 4. Enrollment form: Click here to access the enrollment form. 5. Evaluation and Interview: After parents complete the enrollment form, they will be contacted to schedule the evaluation and interview to meet the new student and administer tests according to their grade level. 6. The psychopedagogical department conducts interviews with the parents and with the child, and performs a psychological evaluation according to the age of the child. 7. Acceptance: When the above steps are completed, the admissions team will evaluate the application, the psychological reports, and other information to determine the child's educational needs and to ensure optimal learning within their abilities. The AIAP reserves 15 business days to inform the families of the approval decision.