News from Head of School - Kathy Miner
Dear GAA Parents,
With so many fantastic programs and events happening every week throughout the school, such as the Arts Festival and the "We Are Monsters" musical performance, we’d like to take the opportunity to thank all of you for your support. With every event you attend, we not only support our students and honor our teachers but our sense of community grows and becomes stronger and stronger. Thank you for being part of an active and vibrant school community.
Thank you to our parents of senior students who are working tirelessly on several upcoming events to celebrate our senior graduating class of 2015. These dedicated and creative parents are helping to make events for our seniors truly memorable and special.
Calendar for 2015-2016
The tentative GAA Calendar for 2015-2016 complete with holiday breaks, performances, events, proposed field trips and activities is finished as a result of a lot of collaboration among teachers and administrators.
Next week, Athletic Directors from the region will meet to schedule games and tournaments and these dates will be added to the calendar. Getting game schedules into the calendar early will help us to avoid conflicts with activities as we plan our facilities use.
Once ADEC distributes the calendar for schools, we will check our dates to ensure full compliance with ADEC, and distribute immediately to parents. In the meantime, for a brief list of important dates to assist you in planning, please see below.
August 23
Teacher start date
August 27
New student orientation
August 30
Start of school
September 1 &2
Start for KG
Back to School Night
September 14-KG/Elementary
September 16- Secondary
September 22
Mount Arafat Day
September 23 & 24
Eid Al Adha
Classes resume on September 27
October 15
Islamic New Year
December 18 – January 9
Winter break
School resumes on January 10
March 25-April 9
Spring Break
School resumes on April 10
Uniform Changes
If you didn’t catch my recent letter to parents regarding uniform changes, please be sure to read the article below. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact our Parent Relations Executive (PRE) Naseera Timm-Holland at [email protected]
Our goal is to ensure a smooth transition to the new uniform, making purchasing uniforms convenient for our parents while offering a better quality uniform.
With so many fantastic programs and events happening every week throughout the school, such as the Arts Festival and the "We Are Monsters" musical performance, we’d like to take the opportunity to thank all of you for your support. With every event you attend, we not only support our students and honor our teachers but our sense of community grows and becomes stronger and stronger. Thank you for being part of an active and vibrant school community.
Thank you to our parents of senior students who are working tirelessly on several upcoming events to celebrate our senior graduating class of 2015. These dedicated and creative parents are helping to make events for our seniors truly memorable and special.
Calendar for 2015-2016
The tentative GAA Calendar for 2015-2016 complete with holiday breaks, performances, events, proposed field trips and activities is finished as a result of a lot of collaboration among teachers and administrators.
Next week, Athletic Directors from the region will meet to schedule games and tournaments and these dates will be added to the calendar. Getting game schedules into the calendar early will help us to avoid conflicts with activities as we plan our facilities use.
Once ADEC distributes the calendar for schools, we will check our dates to ensure full compliance with ADEC, and distribute immediately to parents. In the meantime, for a brief list of important dates to assist you in planning, please see below.
August 23
Teacher start date
August 27
New student orientation
August 30
Start of school
September 1 &2
Start for KG
Back to School Night
September 14-KG/Elementary
September 16- Secondary
September 22
Mount Arafat Day
September 23 & 24
Eid Al Adha
Classes resume on September 27
October 15
Islamic New Year
December 18 – January 9
Winter break
School resumes on January 10
March 25-April 9
Spring Break
School resumes on April 10
Uniform Changes
If you didn’t catch my recent letter to parents regarding uniform changes, please be sure to read the article below. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact our Parent Relations Executive (PRE) Naseera Timm-Holland at [email protected]
Our goal is to ensure a smooth transition to the new uniform, making purchasing uniforms convenient for our parents while offering a better quality uniform.
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sincerely,
Kathryn Miner
Head of School and CEO
Kathryn Miner
Head of School and CEO
MAP Information Session
The MAP test results for Spring 2015 were sent home with the students today in a sealed envelope.
We are holding a MAP Information Coffee Morning with Dr Tim Fryer, Vice Principal, on Tuesday 19th May from 8.15 until 9.30 am in the Planetarium. Please join him if you would like further information regarding the MAP testing process and the MAP test results. |