The Guivy Zaldastanishvili American Academy In Tbilisi

Welcome to the Guivy Zaldastanishvili American Academy in Tbilisi (American Academy in Tbilisi), an American style private high school, where education takes on a special meaning, born of a host unique feature of schooling. A highly trained and devoted faculty, the majority of whom have master degrees obtained from premiere colleges and universities in the U. S. and several of whom hold doctoral degrees. Each of these is nevertheless engaged in ongoing and self-designed programs of professional development that span the whole field of secondary education. The Guivy Zaldastanishvili American Academy in Tbilisi enrolls 285 students, grades 9 through 12. Essential to our teaching at the American Academy is the Harkness method. This style of teaching was borrowed from the well-known Phillips Exeter Academy in America. Students of no more than fifteen per class are seated around an oval shaped table with the aim of encourage seminar like discussions. This places students at the center of the learning process and encourages the construction of knowledge not rote memorization. The Guivy Zaldastanishvili American Academy in Tbilisi remains the only private school in Georgia to hold national accreditation awarded by the Accreditation Council of the National Center for Educational Quality and Enhancement of the Ministry of Education and Science of Georgia in May of 2011. As a result, the American Academy’s students have been exempt from the mandatory high school exit examinations for graduation. In 2010, the Ministry of Education and Science of Georgia awarded the American Academy in Tbilisi a Gold Medal for the Best Private School in Georgia. Admissions to the American Academy begin in early spring and is based on two tests and an interview with an admissions committee, each of which is independently scored. For more details on admissions process, please visit the GZAAT website.