All classes are equipped with computers and overhead projectors, and in 2012 the school started using tablets and e-classrooms in the high school. There is fast WiFi throughout the school as well as Smart Boards. The foreign languages program includes courses in Filipino and Mandarin Chinese, and the school provides an English as a Second Language (ESL) program. Unlike most other schools in the Philippines, which hold classes from June to March, AIS's school-year runs from early July to early May. AIS Manila operates a preschool for three-, four- and five-year-old children. The school's Early Learning Center (ELC) is an integrated approach to learning based on the principles of a child's physical, social, personal, and mental development. As such the children experience both play-based and classroom-based learning. The elementary school at AIS Manila is a six-year program for children between the ages of six to eleven. AIS Manila's high school curriculum integrates the American college-preparatory model with the curriculum requirements of the Philippines Department of Education. This blended approach is intended to give graduating students the option of matriculating at American colleges or local universities. The International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma is not yet offered but plans are underway to introduce it for school year 2014-2015. AIS hires both host-country and expatriate faculty. The teachers currently come from Canada, New Zealand, Australia and the Philippines. In the 2012-2013 school year there are 20 full-time teachers, 5 part-time teachers, and 1 guidance counselor. AIS Manila occupies the first five floors of Building #1 at Emilio Aguinaldo College in Paco, Manila. The building can accommodate about 400 students, which means AIS can grow for one more year - based on the current growth rate - before reaching maximum capacity. Construction of a new school building is part of the school's strategic plan. The current facilities include: two air-conditioned gymnasia, a large indoor swimming pool, a fully equipped fitness training room, an indoor soccer court, two canteens, a music room, computer labs, an art room, three science laboratories, a playground, a library containing a total of 44,500 books, a 300-seat capacity auditorium, and a 500-seat Fine Arts Theatre. All rooms, including the classrooms, are air-conditioned. AIS Manila is located approximately 400m from the Paco Fire Department, 400m from the Manila Police Department and 200m from Medical Center Manila, which is a private and well-equipped hospital.