Singapore's Raffles Education Corporation will open an American-curriculum school in Johor this August, according to a report by AsiaOne.Known as Raffles American School (RAS), the international institution will be located at EduCity@Iskandar and will provide an American pre-K12 curriculum programme, with Advanced Placement Offerings in high school.RAS will open in two phases and is presently accepting enrollees for grades one to eight. Phase one is set to be completed in 2014 to 2015. The school will feature amenities such a dramatically terraced library, a media centre with digital media lab and reading spaces for students to study. It also includes a fully equipped performing arts centre with two venues for student productions.It will also have courtyards that will serves as teaching space and an area for fruit and vegetable cultivation. The school's greenhouse will also enable students to learn about agriculture, food studies and environmental sciences.Moreover, the schools indoor athletic complex comes with gymnasiums, wrestling halls, a dance studio, free activity rooms, as well as training and weights room. Other sports facilities include a soccer field, a soccer stadium with a 400-metre track, a baseball field, three tennis courts and two swimming pools. RAS aims to prepare students for top universities in the US, with the collaboration of International Schools Services.
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