Ramallah - Post Report Question and Answers
What is the availability of international schools? What has been your general experience with them, if any?
There are no truly international schools available in Ramallah. There are a few schools with an English language section so that students with no Arabic can attend. Two of the best are the Al Najah Schools and the Palestine American School. The oldest and most established school is the Quaker Ramallah Friends School. This school offers the IB and MYP in the secondary school. However, the curriculum in the primary years is delivered for the most part in Arabic. Other good schools in the same situation are the Arab Evangelical Episcopal School and the Lutheran School of Hope. The Lutheran School will be moving in the next year to a new and expanded campus. All three - Friends, Episcopal and Lutheran - have long waiting lists for entry and prioritize siblings and the children of alumni. They take a very limited number of new students each year. Our children attended Friends School from the time they were in kindergarten until we left this summer. - Dec 2013
