The American School of Dubai

The American School of Dubai (ASD, Arabic: ??????? ????????? ??????), beforehand known as the Jumeirah American School, is situated in the Al-Barsha people group of Dubai, United Arab Emirates. 

A free not revenue driven group school, ASD was established in 1966 to serve the necessities of North American families and other ostracize populaces in Dubai. It was the primary American educational modules school built up in Dubai is still the main philanthropic American school situated in the emirate. 

ASD takes after an American educational modules and offers pre-K (K1) through evaluation 12 direction. The school is certify by the US Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools. Admission to the school depends on the endorsement of ASD's Admissions Committee and an understudy effectively meeting the confirmation criteria, incorporating appraisals in fluctuating structures relying upon evaluation level. 

Educating AND LEARNING CENTER 

The essential part of the Teaching and Learning Center is to give direction and backing to nonstop understudy learning. We work with educator groups and divisions to satisfy the school mission. We encourage exchange around the exploration supporting the best practices in educational programs arrangement, appraisal, and direction. Our instructors work cooperatively to share their showing methodologies so that all understudies advantage from our aggregate mastery. 

Notwithstanding concentrating on understudy taking in, the Teaching and Learning Center backings workforce and staff in their expert learning. As individuals from an assortment of instructive associations, we have admittance to the most recent instructive examination. We subscribe to chief instructive diaries, offer articles, investigate online classes, and discover meetings that keep educators amped up for their specialty. 

This double part of supporting both understudy and expert learning makes the Teaching and Learning Center at ASD an energizing center point. We invite you to visit the inside and take in more about how we bolster the mission of the American School of Dubai. 

Grade SCHOOL 

Welcome to the American School of Dubai (ASD) Elementary School! Fantastic learning open doors, profitable exercises and enduring kinships anticipate you at ASD Elementary School. We endeavor to support and create understudies from various foundations and encounters who will have any kind of effect in their groups and their universes. ASD is a school known for close and continuing connections amongst understudies and instructors, and the Elementary School values the self-teach association with you as guardians. 

The Elementary School gives a warm and minding air where understudies work together usefully, think imaginatively, reason fundamentally, and convey successfully. 

The system incorporates a blend of center subjects instructed in homeroom alongside classes instructed by experts including Arabic dialect, craftsmanship, music and physical training. Library and PC innovation abilities are incorporated into the homerooms. Little class sizes permit understudies to become more acquainted with their instructors and schoolmates effectively. The Elementary School is an energizing spot to be after school also. Understudies in Grades 1-5 have entry to after-school exercises. These exercises incorporate games, expressions and dialects. 

I am in my third year as Elementary School Principal at ASD. From 2009-2012, I served as the Deputy Principal of the Middle School at Singapore American School (SAS), and the Associate Principal and instructor at the Hong Kong International School from 2002 - 2009. The start of my global school vocation started at the Cairo American College. I am resolved to values shared initiative to advance a positive, cooperative and trusting environment for understudies to learn and instructors to develop. 

Center SCHOOL 

How is it to be in the center? Some may imagine that the center is only the center—with the starting a long ways behind and the end no place in sight. What individuals in some cases overlook is that the center dependably denote a defining moment, a period of reflection and a recommitment to the trip ahead. Center school understudies get the chance to take a gander at how far they have come, and utilize that information to dispatch themselves into what's to come. They get the chance to seek after their interests and comprehend that what they put in is a decent pointer of what they will get out. Center school understudies get the opportunity to apply their abilities and discover that little modification some of the time yield enormous upgrades. The understudies get the opportunity to pick. 

Welcome to the Middle School at the American School of Dubai! You have found a spot in which we consider important the work of forming dreams into objectives. We welcome you to join our master center level instructors in our resolute journey to educate, mentor, guide, insight and test youngsters to put forth a valiant effort, sharpen their abilities, refine their objectives, and focus on having any kind of effect on the planet. 

We advance scholastic thoroughness, exclusive requirements, moral duty, and community mindedness yet we have enough experience to realize that frailty, peer weight, freedom looking for and unstable judgment can be just as compelling in the immature years. Center school understudies will experience every one of these components in their surroundings thus our ASD center qualities give a truly necessary compass: 

Empathy | Excellence | Integrity | Respect | Responsibility 

Our center school is sorted out to bolster these qualities every day in our instructional system. Beginning with the association and holding of an every day admonitory gathering, our understudies charge off (with an all around charged portable workstation) into a rich system of center courses, dialect, music, visual and performing expressions electives and entrancing exploratory courses. Notwithstanding a solid scholarly program, the Middle School offers a wide assortment of after-school exercises and clubs. The capstone of the ASD Middle School experience is our Week Without Walls program, a week-long instructive travel encounter that is recognized for advancing worldwide mindfulness and chances to learn through administration. 

The reality of the matter is that the center can be the most energizing of spots. Address an understudy from the Middle School at the American School of Dubai, and it is our objective that you will address youngster who is buckling down on his or her fantasies. 

Secondary SCHOOL 

Welcome to the American School of Dubai (ASD) High School. ASD is a dynamic and energizing spot, which endeavors to challenge and move every understudy to accomplish his or her fantasies. Learning is at the center of all that we do, and the understudies at ASD are energetic learners why should working set themselves up to be givers in a quickly evolving world. 

The educational programs at ASD gives a thorough American College Preparatory project. There is a wide assortment obviously offerings including numerous AP courses, taking into consideration a balanced instruction. Notwithstanding the courses offered amid the scholastic school day, ASD has a flourishing co-curricular and additional curricular project giving a huge number of chances to understudies in games, expressions of the human experience and group administration. 

ASD workforce are a committed, proficient group of instructors from around the globe. They strive to guarantee every understudy is given extraordinary instruction, care and backing as they explore their secondary school years. 

I am starting my 29th year as an instructor and fourteenth as an essential. This will be our ninth year in the Gulf, and I start my second year as the ASD High School Principal. I trust in exertion based insight, that development and accomplishment originates from diligent work and magnificent learning propensities. I urge you to advance investigate the 2016-2017 Course Description Guide to take in more about the High School program. 

Innovation 

Innovation VISION 

We grasp the force of innovation keeping in mind the end goal to reconsider the learning environment, customize learning pathways, and develop coordinated effort, correspondence and advancement inside and past the dividers of ASD. 

ASD trusts that data and innovation proficiency aptitudes are crucial for understudies to flourish as drew in, moral supporters in a continually advancing and complex worldwide society. ASD is a coordinated portable PC school where understudies in Grades 6-12 utilize an Apple tablet in the classroom. Data about the ASD portable workstation project is imparted to Grade 6-12 families upon enlistment. Portable PCs are bought separately by guardians. 

Innovation is a vital piece of center classroom guideline. Secondary School Technology Coaches bolster staff to incorporate innovation in the classroom and bolster innovation education abilities for understudies. ASD likewise offers a scope of software engineering and innovation electives to give decision to understudies intrigued by growing their learning in themes, for example, Mobile App Development, Computer Programming, Video Broadcasting, and that's only the tip of the iceberg. 

An essential part of the ASD innovation rationality is computerized citizenship. Understudies sign a Technology Responsible Use Policy that layouts what constitutes worthy, dependable, and safe utilization of innovation. 

Nourishment SERVICES AND NUTRITION 

ASD has two understudy cafeterias serving K2-12 understudies and three nourishment administration sellers giving the chance to buy lunch and after school snacks. Right Bite (hot suppers), Subway and The Juice Barprovide solid, adjusted alternatives for buy with an accentuation on decision. All understudies may bring sack snacks, if coveted. Month to month lunch menus, requesting Subway online (more seasoned understudies) and get and go counters make lunch arranging advantageous. Right now, all buys are made in real money; families with more youthful understudies have the alternative to buy lunch feast coupons that are overseen by classroom educators. All K1 understudies bring sack snacks from home. Selected families have admittance to month to month lunch menus and administrations. 

Every nourishment merchant gives some after school nibble alternatives. The ASD Booster Club Falcon's Nest snack bar likewise gives sustenance alternatives to numerous evening, weekend and night exercises. 

ASD is an allergen mindful grounds, and not an allergen free school. An allergen mindful grounds looks to make a situation in whi