Association of American Schools in Central America
The Association of American Schools of Central America is an association of twenty-two private schools "formed to support and encourage academic, artistic, athletic and cultural interaction between international schools that offer a US type education in Central America."
Each sport tournament is generally scheduled two years consecutively followed by a one-year break. This means that schools usually participate in two AASCA sports tournaments per academic year. As basketball, volleyball and soccer are the most popular events and most teams consist of students who participate in more than one of these sports, this system helps decrease the chances of scheduling conflicts within the schools themselves and between AASCA member schools. AASCA tournaments and events vary in participation based on school size. "Big schools" are those that have a total of students, grades K-12, totaling over one-thousand. "Small schools" are those with a total enrollment under one-thousand. Basketball, volleyball and soccer have separate tournaments based on school size. However, some host schools of "big school" tournaments have invited "small schools" to participate in their tournaments, sometimes resulting in upsets like Country Day School's basketball championship triumph over the Escuela Americana in 2005. Most invitational tournaments and other events are open to all member schools. Big Schools 1. American School of Guatemala 2. Colegio Decroly Americano 3. Colegio Interamericano 4. Escuela Americana 5. American School of Tegucigalpa 6. Escuela Internacional Sampedrana 7. American Nicaraguan School 8. Lincoln School 9. Village School 10. International School of Panama Small Schools 1. American International School of Costa Rica 2. Balboa Academy 3. Colegio Americano del Sur 4. Colegio Maya 5. Colegio Maya El Salvador 6. Colegio Internacional de San Salvador 7. Country Day School - Guanacaste 8. Country Day School 9. Escuela Panamericana 10. Lincoln International Academy 11. Marian Baker School 12. Mazapan School of La Ceiba 13. Pan-American School
