AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL
Kingston, Jamaica
Phil Swaim
Project Principal
Sara Fontaine
Project Architect
This 650 student school combines a preschool, elementary, middle, and high school on one campus. The middle and high schools are E-Schools with laptop computers, modeled after Empire High School. This green school incorporates elements such as solar water heating, reclaimed water for flushing toilets, daylighting, and natural ventilation. In the Performing Arts Center one stage supports a 400 seat auditorium and an outdoor court/amphitheater.
- HIGHLIGHTS
- 67,000 SF
- $7.8 Million
- Completed 2009
- Site planning and programming through construction administration
- Green school: solar water heating, reclaimed water for flushing toilets, daylighting, and natural ventilation
- Wireless E-School