International School Ho Chi Minh City - American Academy

  • Address: 16 Vo Truong Toan Street, An Phu Ward, District 2 - Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam (Map)
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ISHCMC-AA is a leading American curriculum secondary school in Ho Chi Minh City, inspiring and challenging students to achieve personal excellence and prepare them for their future. Our highly qualified and dedicated teachers are student-focused, committed to developing each child’s unique interests, abilities, and ambitions. This approach creates a culture of achievement in our close-knit community of over 400 students, demonstrated by our graduates earning over US $ 1,000,000 in scholarships to overseas universities.

We lay the foundations for success with 100% English language immersion and a rigorous American accredited curriculum. We also offer an extensive Vietnamese Studies Program to ensure our students maintain their mother tongue and cultural roots. ISHCMC - American Academy is proud to be the only school in Vietnam to offer university-level courses through both Syracuse University Project Advance (SUPA) and Advanced Placement (AP), giving your child unparalleled competitive advantage.

The philosophies and guiding statements of ISHCMC – American Academy have been devised to lead us in fulfilling our vision of being one of the most academically successful American international schools in Asia. As a school community we will provide a positive, caring and engaging learning community that:

  • Delivers a high quality American style education
  • Inspires a lifelong passion for learning
  • Enables graduates to gain entrance to quality US and international institutions of higher learning
  • Promotes international and intercultural respect and collaboration
  • Empowers all to be the best they can
  • Demonstrate academic achievement
  • Provide pathways to higher learning
  • Increase proficiency in the English language
  • Promote and celebrate the language and culture of our host nation Vietnam
  • Ensure a safe learning and working environment
  • Communicate and engage seamlessly with parents
  • Demonstrate financial responsibility and efficiency
  • Recruit, retain, and develop only the highest quality staff

gnita is a global system of schools. Each Cognita school offers a distinctive curriculum and approach, tailored to the individual context.

Group-wide policies and expectations are set by the parent company (Cognita Holdings Ltd.). These policies and expectations relate to standards for Student Safeguarding, Health & Safety, Financial Management, Data Protection as well as governance and responsibility for operational oversight of the regions (which is devolved to the Regional Chief Executive Officer).

Governance oversight of Student Safeguarding and Health & Safety is executed through the deployment of Independent Reviewers. The Group expects each school to ensure clear systems for listening to and responding to members of the school community, this includes use of annual Voice of the Student, Parent and Employee surveys.

Cognita has four Group senior executives:

  • Group Chief Executive Officer
  • Group Chief Finance Officer
  • Group Chief Education Officer
  • Group General Counsel

Cognita is headquartered in London.

Cognita governs and manages each school via one of four regions. Each region has its own Chief Executive Officer and regional team. Responsibility for operational oversight and governance of schools is devolved from the parent company to the Regional Chief Executive Officer. Each region has published documents that provide clarity for the delegated governance relationship between their regional team and their schools. The Regional Chief Executive Officer is accountable to the Group Chief Executive.

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Community Reviews (14)

What a gem of a school. I just visited and the staff there was incredible. They know every student and make plans for each one. WOW!
By Steve Sanders (Sep, 2023) |

Outstanding teachers, great students and the most caring environment I have ever seen in education.
By Richard Johnson (Sep, 2023) |

Great school! Positive and caring atmosphere is evident throughout.
By Chad Andrew (Sep, 2023) |

I have been working at ISHCMC-AA since 2022, and, in over twenty years of teaching, I have never been at a school that showed so much care for its students needs and concerns. The staff--both local and foreign--are wonderful, and will go out of their way to help you in times of need.
By Jeff Alexander (Sep, 2023) |

Wonderful school full of dedicated teachers and diligent students. The school has a deep culture of care for their students.
By Justin (Dec, 2022) |

I'm currently a student at ISHCMC-AA. I cannot describe how the school makes me feel and the experiences that I had during the time I'm studying here. So in love with this school <3
By Mia Phan (Jul, 2018) |

I absolutely love this school. I've come to this school to watch plays, it's always enjoyable and worth the time no matter how long those plays last.
By Trần Đức Nguyên (May, 2018) |

The school will not only give you the best study that you can ever have, but through the school record of each students have been accepted to high ranking university in the US, Canada, Australia all came from ISHCMC American Academy.
By Ha Harry (Aug, 2017) |

I've been studying in AAVN for 5 years, and has just graduated in the year 2017. Just the duration of the time I spent at AAVN would already express how much I enjoy this school as well as everything that I've received from studying in AAVN. I'm heading to University of Melbourne for my degree in Biomedical Engineering, and I would say AAVN had contributed greatly toward my success. The one thing I truly appreciated from AAVN how I was taught to appreciate my own skills, my own abilities and how to excels in the things I love to do. With a varieties of extra curricular activities, I was able to experience multiple different activities, and improve multiple skills. At AAVN, students will be allow to improve their leadership skill, their debating skill, their public speaking skill, creativity, and most importantly, they will be taught how to express their thoughts in the most effective way. Our school not only want to develop students with high GPA, we also teach our students how to be a well rounded student. Even though our facilities are very limited, that doesn't stop us from developing sport teams that could win multiple trophies, or a school band that could confidently play in front of a large audiences. As long as your children is willing to put in the mind and determination, AAVN will help them achieve their best.
By jackie Vuong (Aug, 2017) |

I've attended AAVN for the past five years (Class of 2017). This institution has provided me the most remarkable secondary school experience with its advanced education system. It presented me a plethora of classes/programs; the wide range of choices gave me an easier path to find my passion. Secondary schools are usually viewed as the stepping stones to one's future. AAVN proved to be more than just stepping stones; the academy was a bridge connecting me to possibilities around the world.
By Tiffany Giang (Aug, 2017) |