Jerusalem American School (Jas)

the jerusalem american school internationally minded, uniquely jerusalem the school established in 1988 with sixty-six students, all students were arab-americans who had returned to palestine. over the next three to four years local palestinians began to enroll in our school and we became a local private palestinian school. the student body grew to about one hundred in the nineties. the jerusalem school is a private, co-educational k3-12 institution offering a college preparatory program for american, palestinian and israeli universities. the school, located in beit hanina - jerusalem, was established in 1988 to meet the needs of families seeking a quality education in the english language. vision: the jerusalem american school aims to make students to be authors of their own destiny. mission: the jerusalem american school makes education a positive change agent of society. we celebrate identity and unite people, nations and cultures in common purpose towards a better, more peace