The American International School - Salzburg

End of Fall Trimester
2025-11-21
This is the last day of the winter trimester. Grade reports with commentary will be sent out to parents the following week. Students should plan for a busy week leading up to this day.

Fall Excursion: Prague, Czech Republic
2025-10-22 - 2025-10-26
Twice annually—in the fall and winter—students at AIS-Salzburg are invited to join us on excursions to destinations around Europe.
Excursions provide an excellent opportunity to broaden student perspective and knowledge through travel while enjoying foreign destinations with your school friends and staff members. Organized and led by the members of the school’s resident-care staff, the trips include sightseeing of important sites including museums, galleries, and places of historical importance, as well as a modicum of free time and pleasurable activity. We also try to integrate physical activity into the various excursions although a great deal of walking will be necessary at any rate.
For full- and five-day boarding students, all excursion costs are included in tuition and fees except for lunch each day. For day students, an estimate of costs will be presented beforehand and then actual costs invoiced following the excursion. Some excursion destinations will have limited rosters whereby boarding students will be given priority of choice.
Destinations for the fall excursion vary from year to year with Athens, Berlin, London, Paris, Venice, Prague, Geneva, and Budapest as recent destinations. In 2023-2024, the primary fall excursion destination will be Paris, France for five days/four nights.
If you would like to deposit your tentative place on either roster, please contact the headmaster at pmclean@ais-salzburg.at . Further queries concerning participation will be communicated over the summer months.

Fall Midterm Reporting
2025-10-21
This is the halfway mark of the first trimester and is typically a busy week as teachers look to wrap up a current topic, project or section. Midterm reports are sent to parents with commentary on the progress of their child.

Departures for High School Students
2025-05-29 08:00 - 2025-05-30 17:00 (Europe/Vienna)
All boarding students are to depart the school by Friday at 22:00 for the summer break.

Junior High Students Depart
2025-05-23
It is the end of the school year for Junior High students as they depart for their summer holidays. Junior High students must depart the school by Saturday at 22:00.

Sports Day
2025-05-01
AIS-Salzburg will hold its 10th annual ‘Sports Day’ at the RIF Olympic Center.
Each spring, the entire student body, administration, faculty, and resident staff are divided up into teams to participate in a full day of sporting and fun events. Point totals are tallied for each event and the team with the most points is presented with the Sports Day Cup at the end of the day.
Although the actual listing of events may be altered slightly from year-to-year, Sports Day includes competition in team sports and individual track and field events with a few fun events thrown into the mix.

33rd Annual AIS-Salzburg Basketball Jamboree
2025-03-07 - 2025-03-08 | Sportzentrum Rif, Hartmannweg 4/6, Hallein, 5400, Austria
Since 1990, AIS-Salzburg has hosted a boys and girls basketball Jamboree in March which features teams from international schools from around Europe, typically out of Austria, Germany, Hungary, Slovakia, Czech Republic, and Switzerland.

Summer Language Program Session 3
2024-08-04 - 2024-08-16 | American International School – Salzburg, Moosstrasse 106, Salzburg, Austria, 5020, Austria
The Summer Language Program at the American International School-Salzburg provides intensive German or English courses for students ages 10 to 18. Students under the age of 12 are only accepted with the registration of an older sibling who must accompany them on all activities.
This program is designed to improve students’ language skills in German or English while involving them in a fascinating and enjoyable program of discovery, activities, and social sessions which can be combined to six weeks total. Every session includes a wealth of cultural and entertaining activities and excursions to complement the language learning in the classroom.
Three to four levels of language study are offered during each of the summer sessions and are taught by the highly qualified members of the school’s teaching faculty. At the start of each session, all students are tested and placed at the appropriate level for the session.
The summer English courses are of particular interest to students who have applied and have been accepted for the academic year to AIS-Salzburg. These students are encouraged to participate in the full summer session (six weeks total) in order to improve their English language skills and become familiar with our school and our staff. High-school credit can also be earned upon successful completion of the six-week course.
For information on our summer language program including dates, tuition and to apply, click here.

Summer Language Program Session 1
2024-07-07 - 2024-07-19 | American International School – Salzburg, Moosstrasse 106, Salzburg, Austria, 5020, Austria
The Summer Language Program at the American International School-Salzburg provides intensive German or English courses for students ages 10 to 18.Â Students under the age of 12Â are only accepted with the registration of an older sibling who must accompany them on all activities.
This program is designed to improve students’ language skills in German or English while involving them in a fascinating and enjoyable program of discovery, activities, and social sessions which can be combined to six weeks total. Every session includes a wealth of cultural and entertaining activities and excursions to complement the language learning in the classroom.
Three to four levels of language study are offered during each of the summer sessions and are taught by the highly qualified members of the schoolâ€™s teaching faculty. At the start of each session, all students are tested and placed at the appropriate level for the session.
The summer English courses are of particular interest to students who have applied and have been accepted for the academic year to AIS-Salzburg. These students are encouraged to participate in the full summer session (six weeks total) in order to improve their English language skills and become familiar with our school and our staff. High-school credit can also be earned upon successful completion of the six-week course.
For information on our summer language program including dates, tuition and to apply, click here.

Boys and Girls Basketball Triangle Match in Vienna
2024-02-10
The boys varsity and JV teams along with the girls basketball team will travel to Vienna to compete in a friendly basketball tournament hosted by ICS Vienna.

Ski Day #2: Dachstein West
2024-01-20
Included in tuition for all boarding students, we will be taking a chartered bus to the Austrian Alps for a full day of skiing on Saturday.

Boys and Girls Basketball at Vienna International School
2024-01-19 12:30 - 21:30
The boys and girls basketball teams will travel to Vienna for friendly matches against the Vienna International School.

Boys Basketball at St. Gilgen International School
2023-12-11 15:30 - 19:00
The boys basketball team will depart at 3:30 pm for a friendly match against the St. Gilgen International School Saints.

Boys volleyball at St. Gilgen
2023-11-14 15:00 - 17:00
The boys volleyball team will travel to St. Gilgen for a friendly competition against the cross-Salzburg rivals. They will depart the school at 3:15 pm for a match starting at 4:30 pm.

Varsity Girls Volleyball vs. SVV Salzburg U18 Team
2023-11-10 16:00 - 18:00
The varsity girls volleyball team challenge themselves with a friendly against the U18 team from a local club team.

Boys' and Girls' Volleyball in Salzburg
2023-10-21
The International Christian School Vienna and will travel to Salzburg to play our boys’ volleyball team and both our JV and varsity girls’ volleyball teams. The event will take place at Sportzentrum Rif from 11 AM to 3 PM.

Varsity Girls Volleyball vs. PSV Salzburg U18 at RIF
2023-10-19 16:00 - 18:00, 2023-09-29 16:30 - 18:00

Varsity Girls Volleyball vs. PSV U16 Salzburg at RIF
2023-10-05
The varsity girls volleyball team challenge themselves with a friendly against the U16 team from a local club team.

Boys Soccer @ St. Gilgen International School
2023-10-04, 2023-09-27 14:30 - 19:00
The boys’ soccer team will play a friendly match vs. St. Gilgen at Abersee FC. Departure time to be announced.

Boys and Girls Volleyball at St. Gilgen International School
2023-10-03 15:00 - 19:00
The boys and girls (varsity) volleyball teams will travel to St. Gilgen for a friendly competition against the cross-Salzburg rivals. They will depart the school at 3:15 pm for a match starting at 4:30 pm.

Photo Day
2023-09-28
Students, teaching faculty and staff get their photos taken by a local professional photographer.

First Day of Classes
2023-09-05
The 2023-2024 academic calendar begins.

Orientation Day
2023-09-04
The day begins with a general orientation meeting for all students and parents at the Musikerheim behind the school campus. Following the orientation meeting, students will pick up their academic schedule, textbooks, P.E. uniforms and locker assignment. For any questions regarding Orientation Day, please contact Mrs. Gundringer in the front office.

Arrival Days
2023-09-02 - 2023-09-03
Boarding students for the 2023-2024 school year should arrive and settle in during these two days.

Departures for High School Students
2023-05-25 - 2023-05-27
All boarding students are to depart the school by Saturday at 22:00 for the summer break.

Weekend Overnight Ski Trip to Innsbruck or Day Trip to Shuttleberg
2023-01-27 - 2023-01-29
Weekend Overnight Trip – Skiing/Snowboarding toÂ Olympic Park Axamer-Lizum,Â Innsbruck.Â 16 students whoÂ qualify as Senior Scholars and Distinguished students will be invited to attend.Â Lift ticketÂ costs will be covered by the students participating.
Those who did not qualify for this overnight trip will enjoy a ski day at Shuttleberg on Saturday.
All expenses to Shutleberg are covered in boarding tuition.

Ski Day #1: Lofer
2023-01-14
The AIS-Salzburg ski program will be under away upon return from break with the first ski day set for January 14th. The destination for the first ski day is Steinplatte, a popular destination last year amongst students. Since Austria has not received any snow over the break as well as some recent warm weather, theÂ destination for January 14th could possibly be changed to one with a higher elevation.
Students who signed up will hopefully enjoy a day of powder and sun in the Austrian Alps! This is included in the tuition for all boarding students.

Travel Program: Overnight Weekend Trip to Munich
2022-11-25 - 2022-11-26
Starting in 2021, the AIS-Salzburg resident staff began offering weekend overnight trips to destinations close enough to travel to within three or four hours.Â These overnight weekend trips do carry extra costs (â‚¬45 per trip) but provide a short and exciting break to local areas of beauty and interest and help fulfill our mission to introduce our students to the rich cultural heritage of central Europe.
Destinations vary, but the administration hopes to offer up to six overnight trips during the 2022-2023 school year provided health restrictions allow such travel.
