School Profile

Casablanca American School, founded in 1973, offers a US educational program for children of US Government employees, private US citizens, and children of other nationalities wishing to secure an American based education. CAS is a coeducational, Nursery through Grade Twelve day school offering an American Standard Diploma or the International Baccalaureate. The physical plant built in 1989, with an extension completed in 2002, is on a 20,000m² parcel of land in a residential area 9km from the city’s center. The facility includes a pre-school with 6 classrooms; an administration building, a library, and a staff common room. The Upper School consists of 27 classrooms; a multipurpose room; an art studio; a computer laboratory, and chemistry, physics and biology laboratories. The Lower School consists of 12 classrooms; an art studio, a computer laboratory, a science laboratory, a library, 2 music/performance rooms, the Osman Theatre, administration offices and a staff common room. Facilities also include a gymnasium, kitchen, cafeteria, infirmary, and sports field.

Among our dedicated faculty of 70 instructors, 34 hold master’s degrees, and 2 hold a doctoral degree. There are 64 full-time and 6 part-time staff members including 34 from the USA, 8 from Canada, 1 from the UK, 13 from Morocco and 14 from other countries. In addition to their teaching responsibilities, the faculty is committed to supporting students’ extracurricular interests and talents. In addition to our faculty, there are instructional aides at the Nursery through Grade 5 levels. Each year university graduates of prestigious universities are recruited and assigned duties in either the Lower School or Upper School.

Ths school has an enrollment of 555 students Nursery through 12 Grade (38 in the 12th Grade). 99% of Seniors attend college. 51% of the student body is Moroccan, 34% are other nationalities and 15% are Americans.

Students are encouraged to reach beyond the basics. The CAS philosophy embraces the idea that with hard working students, dedicated teachers, and involved parents, any student accepted to CAS can succeed.

  • Pre-School (Nursery, Kindergarten): The program is designed to help students develop social and academic skills. The emphasis on socialization, fine and gross motor skills, and oral language development is complemented by more formal instruction in preliteracy/literacy skills, Science, Social Studies, and Mathematics. Art, Music, and Physical Education are also components of the program.
  • Lower School (Grades Pre-First to 5): The program is comprised of study in Language Arts (English Language, Reading, Spelling, Handwriting), Mathematics, Social Studies, Science, Art, Computer, Library, Music, and Physical Education/Health. All students in Grades 2-5 study French and Arabic.
  • Upper School (Grades 6 to 12): Students in Grades 6-10 take courses in English, History, Science, Mathematics, Art, Computer, Drama, French, Health, Music, and Physical Education. French is a mandatory second language for students from Grade 2 and Classical Arabic is required for all Moroccan students. Non-Arabophone students from Grade 2 through Grade 7 take Arabic as a foreign language, while it is currently optional for students in Grade 8 through 10.
  • Upper School (Grades 11 to 12): CAS was the first school in North Africa to offer the International Baccalaureate Diploma Program. All students in Grades 11-12 take courses designed around the IB program preparing them to sit for exams leading to IB Diplomas or Certificates. Students may also sit for Advanced Placement Exams. In general, a student’s program is composed of English, Arabic, or French as a second or foreign language, History, an Experimental Science, Mathematics, and Art or Computer or Geography or a third language or second science. Students are also required to follow a course in the Theory of Knowledge, complete an Extended Essay or senior project, and participate in extracurricular activities involving creativity, action and service. Course offerings each year depend on student interest and the availability of teaching personnel.

International Baccalaureate course offerings this year:


Group 1

Group IV
English A1 HLEnglish A1 SL Biology SLBiology HLChemistry HLChemistry SLEnvironmentalSystems SL

Physics HL


Group II

Group V
Arabic A2 HLArabic A2 SLArabic B HLArabic B SLArabic ab initio SLFrench A2 HL

French A2 SL

French B HL

French B SL

Math HLMath SLMath StudiesComputer Science HL

Group III

Group VI
European History HLEuropean History SLGeography SLEconomics SL Visual Arts HLVisual Arts SLTheatre Arts HLTheatre Arts SLTheory Of Knowledge
HL-Higher LevelSL-Standard Level

College Acceptances for the 334 Casablanca American School Graduates from 1988-2009


SCHOOLS IN THE USA

Adelphi UniversityAlbright CollegeAmerican UniversityAmherst CollegeBabson CollegeBard College

Barnard College

Bates College Beloit College

Bentley College

Berkeley College

Boston College

Boston University

Bowdoin College

Brandeis University

Brown University

Bryant College

Bucknell University

Byrn Mawr College

California Institute of the Arts

California Institute of Technology

Carleton College

Carleton University

Carnegie Mellon

Case Western Reserve

Catholic University of

America Clark University

Chatham University Colgate University

College of William and Mary

College of Wooster

Colorado School of Mines Columbia University

Connecticut College

Cornell University

Dartmouth College

Davidson College

Daytona Beach CC

DePaul University

Digipen Institute of Technology

Drexel University

Duke University

Dundee University

Eckerd College

Elmira College

Embry Riddle

AeronauticalEmerson CollegeEmmanual CollegeEmory UniversityFashion Institute of TechnologyFisher

Florida Atlantic University

Florida Institute of Technology

Florida Metropolitan

Fordham University

Franklin and Marshall College

George Mason University

George Washington University

Georgetown University

Goucher College

Grinnell College

Hamilton College

Harvard University

Harvey Mudd College

Hawaii Pacific University

Haverford College Hiram College

Hobart & William Smith Colleges

Hofstra University

Illinois Institute of Technology

Iowa State University

Ithaca College

Jacksonville University

James Madison University

Johns Hopkins University

Johnson & Wales College

Lafayette College

La Salle University

La Sierra

Lehigh University

Loyola University

Lynn University

Manhattan College

Marquette University Marymount University

Mass College of Pharmacy

M.I.T.

Middlebury College

Millsaps College

Mount Holyoke College

New York UniversityNew York Institute ofTechnologyNorth Carolina State University Northeastern University Northwestern UniversityOberlin CollegeOccidental College

Ohio Wesleyan University

Pace University

Parsons School of Design

Pennsylvania State University

Pepperdine University

Philadelphia College of Textiles

Pratt Institute

Princeton University

Providence

Purdue University

Reed College

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Rhode Island School of Design

Rice University

Rochester Institute of Technology

Rollins College

Santa Barbara City College

Sarah Lawrence

Savannah College of Art & Design

Seton Hall

Smith College

Stanford University

Stonehill College

Suffolk College

Swarthmore University

Syracuse University

Trinity College

Trinity University

Tufts University

Tulane University

Union College

University of California, Berkeley

University of California, Irvine

University of California, Los Angeles

University of California, San DiegoUniversity of California, Santa BarbaraUniversity of California, Santa CruzUniversity of ChicagoUniversity of Connecticut

University of Delaware

University of Denver

University of Florida

University of Massachusetts, Amherst

University of Massachusetts, Boston

University of Miami

University of Michigan

University of Minnesota

University of North Carolina Chapel Hill

University of Notre Dame

University of Pennsylvania

University of the Pacific

University of Puget Sound

University of Rhode Island

University of Richmond

University of San Diego

University of San Francisco

University of South Florida

University of Southern California

University of Tampa

University of Texas at Austin

University of Virginia

Vassar College

Villanova University

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Washington University

Washington and Lee University

Wesleyan University

Western New England

Westminster

Wheaton College

Williams College

Wittenberg University

Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Yale University


SCHOOLS OUTSIDE THE USA

Australia
BrisbaneUniversity of QueenslandAustria
University of Vienna
Belgium

Ecole Superieur dHiex

Université Catholique de

Lourraine

Vesalius College

VRIJE Universiteit

Van Brussel


Canada

Brock

Carleton University

Concordia University

Guelph University

John Abbot College

Lakehead University

McGill University

McMaster University

University of

British Columbia

University of Ottawa

University of Toronto

University of Windsor

Waterloo University

York University



France

American Business School of Paris American University of Paris

La Sorbonne

Université de Paris



Italy

Università Bocconie

American University Rome

Japan
Keio UniversitySophia University
Korea
Korean AdvancedInstitute of Science and Technology



Lebanon

American University of Beirut

Lebanese American University


Morocco

Al Akhawayn University

Faculté de Médecine de

Casablanca

Institute of Science

and Technology

University of Sunderland



Spain

Les Roches

St. Louis University



Switzerland

American College of Switzerland

Ecole Hôtelière

Glion Hotel School

Hautes Etudes Commerciales

Hotel Institute Montreux

Université de Lausanne



The Netherlands

International School

of Economics

Univ. of Amesterdam

University of Groningen

United Arab Emirates

American University of Sharjah

United Kingdom
American IntercontinentalUniversityAston UniversityBritish American CollegeBrunel University

Cardiff University

City University London

European Business School

Goldsmiths College, University of London

Holborn College Law School

Huron University

Imperial College of S, T, & M

King’s College

Kingston University

Lancaster University

Leeds Metropolitan University

London College of Fashion

London Guildhall University

London Metropolitan University

London School of Economics and Political Science

London Southbank

Manchester Metropolitan University

Middlesex University

Oxford Brookes University

Queen Mary, University of London

Regent’s Business School

Richmond College

Richmond, The American International University

Royal Holloway, University of London

Schiller International University

School of Art and Design at Croydon School of Oriental and African Studies South Bank University Southhampton InstituteSuffolk UniversityThames Valley UniversityLondon Institute Central StMartins College of Art and DesignNottingham Trent University

University College

University of Aberdeen

University of Bath

University of Brighton

University of Derby

University of Dundee

University of Durham

University of East London

University of Edinburgh

University of Greenwich

University of Hertfordshire

University of Hull

University of Kent

University of Leeds

University of Lincoln

University of Manchester

University of Nottingham

University of North London

University of North Umbria

University of Sheffield

University of Surrey

University of the Arts, London

University of Warwick

University of Westminster

University of York

US International University



Europe

Webster University