Khartoum American School iPads are used in grades K-2. KAS has been accredited through the Middle States Association of Schools and Colleges (MSA) and the Council of International Schools (CIS). In 2015, KAS had it accreditation renewed by CIS/MSA. Additionally, KAS is a full member of the Africa International School Association (AISA). KAS is also an active member of the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD). Khartoum American School Khartoum American School, founded in 1957, is an international school in Khartoum, Sudan that teaches an American/International curriculum. The school is a full member of the Council of International Schools (CIS) and is
Khartoum recently as the 13th-17th centuries A.D. Captain J.A. Grant, who reached Khartoum in 1863 with Captain Speke's expedition, thought the name was most probably from the Arabic "qurtum" ( ', i.e., "Carthamus tinctorius"), which was cultivated extensively in Egypt for its oil to be used as fuel. Some scholars speculate that the word derives from the Nubian word, "Agartum" ("the abode of Atum"), the Nubian and Egyptian god of creation. Other Beja scholars suggest "Khartoum" is derived from the Beja word, "Hartoom" ("meeting"). Additionally, the dream-interpreting magicians in Genesis 41:8 are referred to as חַרְטֻמֵּ֥י מצרים("Khartoumei Mitzrayim" - Magicians of