Why Give?

The Annual Fund is a yearly fundraising campaign that helps our school operate at its best. This vital financial support, over and above tuition, enables us to continually strengthen our academic and co-curricular programs, school infrastructure, professional development, and extracurricular activities that are the cornerstone of our students’ educational experience. Everyone in the ACS community, from parents and alumni to faculty and staff, are encouraged to contribute to the Annual Fund each year. This fund is necessary in order to continually provide our students with the optimal environment for success and growth.

Your donations will be restricted to be used towards one of the following projects and will be used within this fiscal year, so you’ll see the benefits and the power of your dollars at work, right away!

ACS Endowment helps secure the long-term financial security of the school so that future generations can benefit from an ACS education. Endowed gifts are invested directly, with the generated income used to fund the donors’ specified project. This means that the principal gift is never touched, but continues to generate income in perpetuity. By supporting the endowment, you have the opportunity to make a difference today, with the assurance that your investment will strengthen ACS Beirut and provide future generations with educational excellence.

Tuition goes up because we need to continually refurbish our facilities, add technology, strengthen our programs, and increase salaries and benefits in order to attract and retain excellent teachers. Salaries and benefits make up the most significant part of our budget, and for salaries to increase; tuition must increase as well.

ACS is an American International School with a community of a diverse mix of students, faculty and staff representing over sixty four nationalities. We recruit highly qualified, experienced teachers from Lebanon and from abroad. Recruiting overseas faculty adds to the cultural diversity of our school and fosters global awareness and understanding of other cultures in our classrooms.

Currently we have a good balance of excellent local and overseas teachers with about 1/3 of our teachers are overseas hires. ACS offers competitive salary and benefits package to overseas teachers in accordance with high-level international schools.