History

For the last twenty six years, the Ashton School has been serving our community as a privately owned, independent Dominican/International school offering instruction in English at the pre-school, elementary, secondary school levels, as well as Spanish instruction in the subjects required by the National Ministry of Education. The instructional program is student-centered and maintains high academic and personal development expectations, grounded in research-based practices and biblical principles.

The Ashton School was founded in 1998 with fewer than ten teachers and only 35 students in a one-family house, serving students in Kindergarten through third grade. Today the school serves a population of approximately 497 students ranging in grades Pre-Kinder through 12th grade and is accredited by COGNIA and recognized by the National Ministry of Education of the Dominican Republic (MINERD).

The school was inspired by the ideals, methods and techniques of the educator Sylvia Ashton Warner who dedicated part of her life to educate children, teaching them English as a second language, while respecting and maintaining their customs and cultural identities.