Frequently-Asked Questions

For the upcoming school year, we serve children in Pre-Kindergarten through 10th Grade. The 11th Grade will be added in 2024, and 12th Grade in 2025.*

TASIS Portugal is a Candidate School* for the IBDP. This school is pursuing authorization as an IB World School. These are schools that share a common philosophy—a commitment to high quality, challenging, international education that TASIS Portugal believes is important for our students. *Only schools authorized by the IB Organization can offer any of its four academic programmes: the Primary Years Programme (PYP), the Middle Years Programme (MYP), the Diploma Programme, or the Career-related Programme (CP). Candidate status gives no guarantee that authorization will be granted. For further information about the IB and its programmes, visit www.ibo.org

To apply to TASIS Portugal, please visit our inquiry and apply pages. These are the only official channels for submitting your application. All communication regarding admissions is managed by our dedicated Admissions team members, who are listed in our website. Please note that TASIS Portugal does not employ any external admissions representatives.

We consider it vital for our students to have a strong foundational base education that prepares them for global higher education. Our highly successful curriculum is based on the Core Knowledge curriculum, with Singapore Math, Next Generation Science Standards, and the core TASIS Portugal difference, in which children become familiar with coding, chess, violin, leadership, and rhetoric as they progress through the school. High school students will utilize the International General Certificate of Secondary Education (IGCSE) in 9th and 10th Grades and the International Baccalaureate (IB)* in 11th and 12th Grades.

*TASIS Portugal is an authorized IB World School for the Diploma Programme. These are schools that share a common philosophy—a commitment to high quality, challenging, international education that TASIS Portugal believes is important for our students. Only schools authorized by the IB Organization can offer any of its four academic programmes: the Primary Years Programme (PYP), the Middle Years Programme (MYP), the Diploma Programme, or the Career-related Programme (CP). For further information about the IB and its programmes, visit www.ibo.org

At no extra cost, your child receives:

• A fresh and healthy lunch and two snacks every day (an 1080€ value)
• A selection of After-School Activities (clubs & sports)
• Textbooks & instructional materials (an 1100€ value)
• Violins (for required grades)
• School field trips

Of course, additional things you elect to do, such as non-required trips, private music lessons, equestrian lessons, etc. come with extra fees. Visit our tuition page here.

In addition to a nominal one-time application fee, we require payment of the Campus Enhancement Fee (CEF) to secure your child’s spot. All students joining must pay the CEF beginning in Kindergarten.

For Pre-Kindergarten students, families have a choice of remitting either the Campus Enhancement Fee or an Enrollment Deposit, which is applied towards the first year’s tuition.

These fees are paid only once. Visit the tuition and fees page for more detail.

Like most international schools in Portugal, we charge a fee for students beginning in Kindergarten and higher. This fee is paid just once and is named the Campus Enhancement Fee, as it goes directly into the building and development of our campus.

Families of Pre-Kindergarten students may elect to pay this fee or the Enrollment Deposit, which is applied toward the cost of tuition. See our tuition and fees page for details. Payment of either of these fees is required in order to secure a spot once the student is admitted.

New Family Orientation is on August 29,2023

The Back-to-School Open House is on August 30, 2023

The first day of classes is on August 31, 2023

Both. Our school is truly a global center of learning, bringing in highly qualified teachers from international schools around the world and of course from here in Portugal.

Absolutely! We believe that physical activity is just as essential as academics in growing healthy young minds and bodies. Our Early Learning Center features an amazing outdoor classroom! We have playgrounds, playing fields, indoor and covered outdoor gymnasium facilities, a climbing wall, and more, with additional playing field capacity planned under direction of our Director of Competitive Sports. Learn more about our sport and play spaces here.

Construction is complete on Phase 4, which is our new High School and enhanced Middle and Elementary School. Our Early Learning Center is complete. Phase 4 construction includes the Performing Arts Center, Gymnasium and News Sports Field. Inquire with our admission team about construction schedules and the exciting things to come on campus!

TASIS Portugal was founded in 2020, but TASIS is not new. The American School in Switzerland, the original TASIS campus, was the very first American international school in Europe. TASIS has a rich history of tradition and since 1956 has been preparing students for success in global colleges and universities.

As founder M. Crist Fleming said in a speech to students and parents in 1996, “Forty years ago I did dream of a school or schools that by bringing young people closely together in their young and formative tender years we might be able to “bond” the world together in such a way that ties of understanding, compassion, love, and a sense of reality would create a saner, safer, better world.”

At TASIS Portugal, we consider ourselves partners with parents in the raising and education of a child. TASIS Portugal parents are members of an active TASIS Parents Association (TPA) that meets regularly, organizes events, and provides feedback. Our TPA has its own dedicated office on campus and it provides an active forum for discussion.

The TASIS Foundation is a nonprofit organization based in Switzerland that is responsible for the financial wellbeing and support of the school. 

Read more about the TASIS Foundation here.

While the TASIS Foundation Board maintains oversight of all of the TASIS schools and programs, TASIS Portugal’s Board of Directors and executive staff are responsible for our fiscal and operating policies and are responsible for creating a shared vision and strategic direction for the school’s future.

For more information on the governance of TASIS Portugal, visit this page.