News from our Secondary Principal, Katherine Banner
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Spotlight on our College Acceptances
It’s been an exciting past few months for our seniors! University acceptances have started to roll in for our seniors, which has been such a momentous and satisfying experience for them as they can reap the rewards of their hard work! We have had acceptances to many top US universities such as Parsons The New School, Purdue University, University of California Davis, The Art Institute of Chicago, University of Maryland, University of Washington, and many more! Additionally, our students have received offers from many prestigious European Universities such as King’s College London, London School of Economics, St. Andrews University Scotland, University of Amsterdam, Bocconi University as well as many other wonderful universities! Finally, and most excitingly, are the scholarship offers that students have been receiving. Most of our students planning to attend university in the United States have received some sort of merit base scholarship. Most notably, we have many students that have been given full rides to university!! It has been incredible to hear the scholarship news, and we are delighted that so many have received full tuition scholarships for US schools. Way to go seniors!
Fine Arts Accolades
Tuesday during the school day, Mr. Kyle Carlin’s Grade 7 Theatre class presented a 45-minute rendition of Shakespeare’s, Midsummer Night’s Dream. These grade 7 students not only adapted and performed this play, but were also responsible for every aspect of its production. Mr. Carlin’s hard work and dedication to the Theatre Arts program and students has really been evidenced this year through his collaborative spirit and the presentations he’s been a part of creating for our school. We’ll be fortunate to have Kyle to remain with us next year as he helps to continue the standard of arts excellence here at GAA.
Tuesday evening, parents, teachers and students were entertained by Ms. Whitney Menninger’s Vocal music program. The performance by our young student singers was a real demonstration of their growth and development over the past 3 years. These students gave both fun and touching performances of a wide variety of pop selections which were complimented by one fun tune by the GAA Staff choir. As the year closes, saying goodbye to Whitney will be bittersweet. We will miss her presence and strong creative and academic contributions to our GAA family, but are extremely happy and proud for the new opportunity that she has before her. Thank you, Whitney for what you’ve done here at GAA.
Congratulations to these instructors, and their students for their hard work and accomplishments.
Revised Exam Schedule
Following a recent ADEC circular, school timings for students during the Holy Month of Ramadan will now be 8:30am – 1:30pm starting Sunday, May 28th.
In light of the recent changes to our Ramadan schedule, we would like to update you on changes to the exam schedules.
Please see below the revised exam schedule.:
It’s been an exciting past few months for our seniors! University acceptances have started to roll in for our seniors, which has been such a momentous and satisfying experience for them as they can reap the rewards of their hard work! We have had acceptances to many top US universities such as Parsons The New School, Purdue University, University of California Davis, The Art Institute of Chicago, University of Maryland, University of Washington, and many more! Additionally, our students have received offers from many prestigious European Universities such as King’s College London, London School of Economics, St. Andrews University Scotland, University of Amsterdam, Bocconi University as well as many other wonderful universities! Finally, and most excitingly, are the scholarship offers that students have been receiving. Most of our students planning to attend university in the United States have received some sort of merit base scholarship. Most notably, we have many students that have been given full rides to university!! It has been incredible to hear the scholarship news, and we are delighted that so many have received full tuition scholarships for US schools. Way to go seniors!
Fine Arts Accolades
Tuesday during the school day, Mr. Kyle Carlin’s Grade 7 Theatre class presented a 45-minute rendition of Shakespeare’s, Midsummer Night’s Dream. These grade 7 students not only adapted and performed this play, but were also responsible for every aspect of its production. Mr. Carlin’s hard work and dedication to the Theatre Arts program and students has really been evidenced this year through his collaborative spirit and the presentations he’s been a part of creating for our school. We’ll be fortunate to have Kyle to remain with us next year as he helps to continue the standard of arts excellence here at GAA.
Tuesday evening, parents, teachers and students were entertained by Ms. Whitney Menninger’s Vocal music program. The performance by our young student singers was a real demonstration of their growth and development over the past 3 years. These students gave both fun and touching performances of a wide variety of pop selections which were complimented by one fun tune by the GAA Staff choir. As the year closes, saying goodbye to Whitney will be bittersweet. We will miss her presence and strong creative and academic contributions to our GAA family, but are extremely happy and proud for the new opportunity that she has before her. Thank you, Whitney for what you’ve done here at GAA.
Congratulations to these instructors, and their students for their hard work and accomplishments.
Revised Exam Schedule
Following a recent ADEC circular, school timings for students during the Holy Month of Ramadan will now be 8:30am – 1:30pm starting Sunday, May 28th.
In light of the recent changes to our Ramadan schedule, we would like to update you on changes to the exam schedules.
Please see below the revised exam schedule.: