American School of Kuwait
| The American School of Kuwait | |
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| Location | |
| Kuwait | |
| Coordinates | 29°19′55″N 48°02′02″E / 29.332047°N 48.034014°ECoordinates: 29°19′55″N 48°02′02″E / 29.332047°N 48.034014°E |
| Information | |
| Type | Private |
| Established | 1964 |
| Principal | High School: Michael Murphy, Middle School: Carle Love, Elementary School: Steven H |
| Faculty | 186 full-time faculty 2015-2016 school year |
| Grades | K-12 |
| Number of students | 2,037 |
| School color(s) | Blue and gold |
| Athletics conference | NESAC, KSAA, SAISA |
| Mascot | Falcons |
| Telephone | (+965) 2266-4341 |
| Website | http://www.ask.edu.kw |
The American School of Kuwait (also known as ASK) is a K-12 private school institution which also includes a pre-school (referred to as the Child Development Center). It is located in Hawalli, Kuwait.
In 1963, a group of American parents began the process of forming a new international school in Kuwait. This new school's first term began in September, 1964, in the Dasman Area of Sharq, Kuwait, and was known as the International School of Kuwait.
In 1969, the ASK Campus separated into two campuses, with one in Salwa and one in Surra. The Salwa campus contained the Elementary school, while the Surra campus contained both the Middle and High Schools. The school received its initial US accreditation from the Middle States Association in 1971, and has been receiving it continuously since then.
The school was closed for the 1990 to 1991 school term, due to the events of Iraq's invasion of Kuwait. The school reopened in the fall of 1991.
Over the summer of 1994, both ASK campuses, the Surra and Salwa campuses, moved again to a new campus in the Hawalli area. This reunited the elementary, middle, and high school students once again onto one campus for the start of the 1994 to 1995 school term. The school has been at this location ever since.
Rebecca Ness is the current superintendent of the school. The principals of each of the schools are Mike Murphy (high school), Nancy Abdulghafoor (middle school), and Steve Caley (elementary school).
The school currently has 183 full-time faculty members, including 95 American nationals, 31 Canadian citizens, and 57 teachers of fifteen other nationalities.
The School currently (as of September, 2016) has approximately 2,037 students total. Approximately 20% of the students are US citizens, 54% are locals, and the remaining 26% represent 65 other nationalities. Pre-K and elementary have 1000 students, the middle school has 446 students, and the high school has 591 students; within the high school there are 137 seniors, 146 juniors, 156 sophomores, and 152 freshmen.
The school possesses one of the largest campuses in Kuwait. The campus now houses 145 classrooms, which include eight computer labs, four music rooms, four art rooms, ten science labs, two large library/media centers, two gymnasiums, a fitness center and weight room, an indoor 25-meter pool, a large multi-purpose auditorium, and three large outdoor play areas.
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