ACS Information
The School
The American Community School (ACS) is a private co-educational day school which offers an educational program from pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade. The curriculum is similar to that taught in U.S. public schools and teaching is conducted in English. Arabic, Spanish, and French are taught as foreign languages. ACS does not offer a program for students diagnosed as Learning Disabled. Students normally enter the school for the three year old class at the age of three years. It is school policy that a child must be three years old by September 1 to enter the three year old program, and four years old by September 1 to enter pre-kindergarten.
History of ACS
The school was first started in September, 1955, and was located in a private home. In 1957 the American Community Organization was formed, and on September 16 of that year the school opened in a rented building with a principal-teacher and two other teachers. Twenty children were enrolled. The school gradually expanded, and in 1965 it was moved to its present location. At first the school building consisted of five classrooms, a library, offices and a multi-purpose room. Today there are forty-four classrooms, a full library, three science labs, two computer labs, a sports and cultural center, three music rooms, and facilities for fine arts education.