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 (state) Nile State, and in the west by North Kurdufan. There are several etymologies for the name of Khartoum. The explanation suggested as "most correct" by the state government's website is that it comes from the Arabic for "elephant's trunk", which describes the shape of the site of the city at the confluence of the two Niles, where a stretch of land extends into the water. Other stories are that it is a corruption of "gurtoum", the name for seeds of the sunflower plant, supposedly used by Roman invaders at the current site of Khartoum to treat soldiers' wounds, or that