Al Raja School is a private, bilingual, coeducational, multicultural non-profit K-12 institution in the capital city Manama, in the Kingdom of Bahrain. Founded in 1899 by Amy Zwemer as the country’s first Western school, it was formerly known as the Acorn School and then as the American Mission School. Located in near proximity of the heart of the capital, Al Raja School lies adjacent to the American Mission Hospital, Bahrain’s financial and diplomatic area.

We value each student, regardless of background, race, religion, or ethnicity and encourage each to creatively flourish academically, intellectually, emotionally, physically, and spiritually to their fullest potential, to respect differences in others, and to make a valuable contribution to society.

Celebrating 120 years of education in Bahrain as the first school in the Kingdome we are happy to share our latest achievement the Learning Inclusion Program.

One of the focuses this year at Al Raja School is further developing a Learning Inclusion Program to help support students who have mild to moderate learning differences. We use the term learning inclusion instead of “special needs” to highlight our goal of including students in the mainstream classroom as much as possible

With providing individualized support services we help  students make progress toward meeting their annual academic goals by providing more intensive and individualized instructions than is typically provided in the general education classroom.  We also look to involve students in extracurricular activities, where students can discover and develop their own individual skills and talents. In doing so, this enhances their success in the mainstream classroom.

The school offers the American Diploma and is accredited by AdvancED, an American accreditation agency.