A culturally diverse learning community that provides students with an intellectually stimulating program, founded in research-based standards in a nurturing environment. We place students at the center of education, and encourage them to be creative individuals, critical thinkers, life-long learners, and socially responsible world citizens. IAA is a private, nonprofit, co-educational day school that provides English language instruction from Nursery through Grade 12. The School was founded in 1979 to serve the international community of Guayaquil.