.Student Life.Excursions and Activities

Weekends at AIS-Salzburg represent the greatest amount of potential free time. All fullboarders are required to participate in at least three weekend activities. On normal weekends, the resident staff prepares and leads between 10 and 15 activities, some of which are active and others of a more social nature. Outside of activity participation, students are free to use their time as they desire within our guidelines. Active weekend activities include skiing/snowboarding in the winter months, swimming, cycling, hiking and many other outdoor activities. Social activities include in-school festivities and events as well as trips to the movies, local restaurants, and other fun events. Once a month, our students are additionally required to participate in one cultural activity which may be a play, a museum visit, a vernissage, or other cultural event.

The school offers two excursions per year and a Spring Break at the beginning of April. Excursions are overnight trips to important cities, sites, and locations throughout Europe. In recent years, the school excursions have included multi-day visits to London, Paris, Rome, Prague, Berlin, Budapest, Verona, Venice, and Geneva. The excursion destinations are changed each year and are a highlight for the students and provide plenty of memorable moments. Students who would rather spend the excursion period at home are allowed to do so and the excursions do not play a role in academic evaluations.