a private and well-equipped hospital. There is an agreement between AIS Manila and Medical Center Manila to ensure that students receive immediate and excellent medical treatment in the event of an emergency. AIS Manila has comprehensive emergency policies for fire, earthquake and other potentialities. The school has one main entrance, two additional emergency exits and two emergency stairwells (at the North and South ends of the school). Multiple security personnel are provided by Emilio Aguinaldo College's security department and at least one security guard is posted at the school's main entrance at all times. Tuition and fees Tuition is paid in Philippine pesos. For new students in the 2014-15 school year, the regular school fees are P78,800 in the preschool, P98,800 in the elementary school, and P128,800 in the high school. The school offers "Early Bird Discounts" of P20,000 for preschool and elementary and P30,000 for high school. Additional fees apply to students who require SPED or ESL specialists. Initiatives AIS Manila has partnered with Stairway Foundation and Active Aid Partnerships to create an outreach program called "Kids In Action" (KIA). KIA aims to help nearby children who live without proper shelter, safety and/or access to school. At present there are 14 ‘KIA Kids’ in the weekend program and three KIA scholars attending AIS on full scholarship. These children have potential and each deserves the opportunity to discover his or her natural talents. They receive meals and medical care, and they participate in art, drama, sports, cooking and field trips. Those that show solid character and academic ability transfer into mainstream classes. In this way, KIA provides highly talented street children with a pathway from street-life to professional-life. KIA believes that all kids have what it takes to become nurses, doctors, teachers, athletes, if only they are given a chance. KIA aims to help the children become: healthier through fitness, nutrition and medical and dental care safer through child rights advocacy and access to social workers happier through healthy friendships, wholesome activities and participation in outreach projects smarter through tutorials in English, math and technology more skilled in interpersonal relationships, decision making, communication, problem-solving, creative thinking, leadership, responsibility, self-awareness, empathy and coping with stress & emotion. KIA benefits everyone at AIS: it provides AIS students with unique learning experiences to develop responsibility, leadership, compassion and global-mindedness: attributes that top universities & colleges regard highly. More importantly, they begin to see