Raffles American School Achieves Full Accreditation Status from the Western Association of Schools and Colleges!

Raffles American School (RAS) in Nusajaya, Johor is honored to have achieved full accreditation status from the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) in the USA.

Raffles American School was granted immediate accreditation through June 2017. RAS administration is extremely proud of the efforts of its students, teachers and community in creating a quality, learning environment, worthy of accreditation, within the first two years of opening.

The Western Association of Schools and Colleges is a world‐renowned accrediting association and one of the six regional accrediting agencies in the United States. The philosophy of the Accrediting Commission for Schools centers upon three beliefs: (1) a school’s goal is successful student learning; (2) each school has a clear purpose and schoolwide student goals; and (3) a school engages in external and internal evaluations as part of continued school improvement to support student learning.  Accreditation is integral to a school’s perpetual cycle of assessment, planning, implementation, monitoring, and reassessment based on student achievement.  WASC encourages school improvement through a process of continued evaluation and to recognize, by accreditation, schools that meet an acceptable level of quality, in accordance with established criteria. WASC means "We Are Student‐Centered".

RAS has much to celebrate in the coming New Year!

About Raffles American School

Raffles American School (RAS) is a learning community that empowers students to achieve their academic and life potential. RAS students demonstrate the ability to think analytically, critically, creatively and independently.

The RAS campus is designed as a holistic learning environment where educational facilities and athletic and performing arts spaces are woven together to evoke creativity in thinking, communicating, researching and interpersonal skills. Students demonstrate the ability to take responsible risks in their learning and approach problems with creativity.

RAS serves students from Pre-K to Grade 12, focusing on an American-style curriculum which culminates in Advanced Placement (AP) Studies. Student success will be facilitated through collaboration with parents, a balanced focus on intellectual, emotional, physical, and social progress and a profound belief that all students can learn.

The fundamental idea behind American education is the concept of educating the whole child for successful realization of dreams and goals. Raffles American School students will be able to demonstrate intelligence and abilities that cannot be measured simply on a multiple-choice test. This is not an alternative or esoteric learning environment, but rather, a research based approach whose results prepare students for the most selective universities in America and worldwide.

Raffles American School opened in a temporary facility in August 2012. Construction of our new 46-acre site within EduCity Region in Nusajaya will be completed for the beginning of the August 2014 School Year. At that time, RAS will welcome students from Pre-Kindergarten (4 years old) through Grade 12 (17 to 19 years old). Boarding facilities will be available.

For more information on Raffles American School, visit www.raffles-american-school.edu.my