DESCRIPTION

I welcome you to the American Academy School in Qatar. It is the commitment of our educational institution to provide to our students as enriching and stimulating daily learning experience at a level of recognized quality. We firmly believe that every student has a potential for excellence that we can find and foster. In fact, our programs and approaches reflect this explicit commitment.

The American Academy School philosophy, programs and methodology aim to develop each student’s thinking skills, life-long learning habits, sound knowledge and technological aptitudes whilst developing a lasting sense of social responsibility, self-confidence, leadership and citizenship.

At American Academy School, we emphasize the value of the individual in an environment where each student rejoices in the differences in the interchanges. Our outstanding faculty and our students know how to work happily and successfully together in a multicultural environment.

Education is important. And we believe that sound education should rely on an ethical and humanistic basis. Based on these values, our curriculum emphasis on communication, information technology and world awareness seeks to ensure that students take their personal qualities and knowledge in a world more challenging and competitive than ever.

Our Mission

To meet modern educational standards and to enforce the highest moral values aiming at developing students potential through different teaching methods that help the acquire self-confidence and individuality in multicultural environment.

Our Vision

The school is currently open to grade levels Pre-Kindergarten to grade 12. We have created a co-educational School for grades K-12 with special focus on developing the individual gifts of the students and encouraging their talents from a young age. Ind doing so, we hope to foster their academic excellence, build effective skills in the use of technology and communication and develop their thinking and choice making skills for life in a warm, creative and academically unique environment.

Value Statement

We are committed to a Superior quality of life through these Value Statements.

Meeting the needs of each and every students.
Making personal contact with each student every day.
Developing learning activities that utilize a variety of learning styles.
Using a variety of assessment tools.
Providing regular feedback opportunities for students and staff regarding daily operations, curriculum and instructions.
Providing parents with regular feedback on students progress.
Continually improving curricular offerings.
Working collaboratively to continually improve our learning community.​

Aims and Objectives

To keep abreast of the latest developments in the field of education.
To meet modern educational standards that help students acquire the self-confidence and the intellectual skills necessary to be productive members of the global society.
To shoulder individual and collective duties in order to promote creativity and lasting interaction.
To follow an co-operate with American Schools in order to achieve School improvement through accreditation.
To follow the highest ethical values which prepare students to be independent, motivated, self confident and academically qualified to carry on higher education in respectable colleges and universities.

Curriculum

Brief Curriculum Summary

• The curriculum being applied in the school from Grades 1 to 6 is the common core curriculum approved and applied in the United States of America.  The curriculum being applied for Grades 7 to 12 is the American curriculum and is applied in many different schools in the United States of America.
• Grade 12 exam papers are prepared in the school by correspondent subject teachers, and according to the applied American curricula.
• All school examinations process occurs in the school including exam preparations and corrections under the supervision of correspondent Head of Departments.
• The school communicated with the AdvancED establishment which is specialized in granting the American accreditation.  A representative from this establishment had made two visits to our school this year, and agreed on making more visits in the near future as we move to our new school building. 
• College exams including SAT, IELTS, TOFEL, ICDL, and others are international assessments where students from different countries complete an online registration procedure, and do the tests at accredited test centers.
• More than 90% of students from the high school department write the SAT exam since it is one of the requirements for most universities and colleges.
• Our school participated in the international exams supervised by the Ministry of Education including PISA, PIRLS and TIMSS.

In addition to what is mentioned above, we would like to clarify the following:

• Our school is operating efficiently since year 2000, and had a total of 331 students that have completed Grade 12 and graduated from the school with a diploma.
• 95% of our graduated students joined Arabian, American, European universities and colleges, and majored in different fields.
• The American Academy School diploma granted to the Grade 12 students is equivalent to General Secondary Certificates granted by the Ministry of Education to the students who graduated from government schools.  With this approval, our students can apply to any university or college in different countries.