Welcome to the Kuling American School Association (KASA International, Nfp).

Founded in 1938, KASA has been an alumni association to hundreds of Americans who were educated at the Kuling American School (1916-1937) in Jiangxi Province, China. Mostly children of missionaries, they lived atop Mt. Lushan in a Eurpoean-style village of handcrafted stone villas that the missionaries called Kuling (Today the town is named Gu Ling).

Mt. Lushan is a very significant, culturally historic mountain in China. Three hundred and fifty (350) square kilometers of towering peaks and dangerously steep cliffs on all sides surround a relatively gentle center. Located along the Yangtze by the Poyang Lake (Jiangxi Province), adjacent to Wuhan and about 350 miles inland from Shanghai, Mt. Lushan was designated a National Scenic location in 1982 and awarded a World Heritage listing by UNESCO in 1996 for its significance in world culture and national beauty.

As the school’s alumni generation of “Old China Hands” began retiring, KASA was passed to the next generation as a way to continue the memories and connections of those families who dedicated their lives to spiritual, cultural and educational exchanges with the Chinese.

In 2007 the president of KASA, the association’s board and elders of the organization’s membership proposed to Chinese leaders a vision of re-opening the KAS campus at “The Lushan Institute.” The Institute was proposed as a way to build a bridge with China that would not only reach into the future, but would re-tie KASA to its deep-rooted legacy in China.

A three-way Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) was agreed to in principle in the fall of 2008 between KASA International, Nfp., the Lushan Scenic and Historic Interest Administration and Jiujiang University.

To learn more about KASA and The Lushan Institute, explore our website and discover the rich cultural heritage of our forefathers.

James P. Day

President (2001-Present)

KASA International, Nfp.

(Grandson of Dr. & Mrs. Clarence B. Day, China Missionaries from 1915- 1951)