The Abu Dhabi Grammar School (Canada) offers superior education to students in the United Arab Emirates. The school is committed to providing an excellent education environment to all students. Single semester and/or full year programs are available. The school follows the public school curriculum set by the Nova Scotia Department of Education. Public school education in Nova Scotia has two major goals: to help all students develop their full potential cognitively, affectively, physically and socially and to help all students acquire the knowledge, attitudes and skills necessary for them to continue as thinking, learning, physically active, valued members of society.
Elementary
Abu Dhabi Grammar School (Canada) has elementary classes from KGII to Grade 6. Elementary classes are taught English Language Arts (listening, talking, reading, viewing, writing and other ways of representing), Social Studies, Mathematics, and Science by qualified teachers. Visual arts is integrated across the curricuum. Specialist teachers teach Arabic Language, Islamic Studies, Physical Education and French Language. French is a compulsory program from Grade 4 to Grade 9.
Junior High
Abu Dhabi Grammar School (Canada) has junior high classes from Grade 7 to Grade 9. Junior High students are taught:
English Language Arts
- French Language
- Physical Education
- Mathematics
- Arabic Language
- Technology Education
- Integrated Science
- Islamic Studies
- Music
- Social Studies
- Art
With the principles of learning in mind, the Junior High School environment is designed to support the unique physical, intellectual, emotional and social changes that characterize adolescence.
Senior High
Students who accumulate a minimum of 18 credits starting from Grade 10 up to Grade 12 are awarded the High School Graduation Diploma of Nova Scotia. The H.E Minister of Education in the United Arab Emirates on 10th June 1998 confirmed that this Diploma is equivalent to the Official General Secondary Certificate of the United Arab Emirates.
GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS
Minimum of 18 credits including: