History
ASA started with no school building, so the teachers had to go to students' homes to teach them. By 1949, most U.S. children were doing the Culvert correspondance courses supervised by their mother. Later on, students started to meet at the YMCA but this arrangement didn't work out so well.
In 1954, they moved the YMCA to the current location in Calle Herrera which had enough rooms for all classes. The director of the newly named American Community School was Mr. Rockwell. And the school went from kindergarden to 6th grade. By 1956, the school moved again to Gral. Santo 421, (between España and Mcal Lopez). Only U.S. students enrolled and Spanish was taught as a foreign language.
In 1959, Mrs. Byron Winstead was the director. The school name was changed to the American School of Asuncion (ASA). Through a decree from the Paraguayan government, Paraguayan students could enroll at ASA. A kindergarden program was established to teach English to Paraguayans. By 1960, the school moved to Calle España 780 with 103 students (70 Americans and 33 Paraguayans) and 11 teachers. Later in the year, the school purchased 12 acres of land at our current location.
Throughout the early 60s, school enrollment continued to grow, the campus was enlarged, and grade levels added. By 1964, ASA became member of Southern States Association of Schools and Colleges (SACS). In 1965, the U.S. department of State signed an agreement with the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education. ASA also expanded in 1967 by adding the Paraguayan Secondary School. The school had 204 students and 22 teachers.
