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
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
American Business School of Paris American University of Paris La Sorbonne Université de Paris
Università Bocconie American University Rome |
Japan Keio UniversitySophia University Korea Korean AdvancedInstitute of Science and Technology
American University of Beirut Lebanese American University
Al Akhawayn University Faculté de Médecine de Casablanca Institute of Science and Technology University of Sunderland
Les Roches St. Louis University
American College of Switzerland Ecole Hôtelière Glion Hotel School Hautes Etudes Commerciales Hotel Institute Montreux Université de Lausanne
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
Webster University |