Middle School (age 11-14)

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Welcome from Middle School Principal, Dale Taylor

DaleACS Doha's Middle School nurtures the intellectual, social, and emotional development of adolescents as they move from a concrete mode of thought to a more abstract level of thinking. The curriculum is structured to provide the tools and skills for students to assume increasing responsibility for themselves and for their education. Our aim is to deliver a sound Middle School educational programme that successfully meets the needs of all our students in our welcoming and supportive learning community.

We are delighted to announce that ACS Doha is now a candidate school* for the IB Middle Years Programme. The school is pursuing authorisation as an IB World School. These are schools that share a common philosophy - a commitment to high quality, challenging, international education that ACS Doha believes is important for our students.

We offer a rigorous academic curriculum of English, mathematics, science, humanities, world languages, and fine arts that challenges students to become independent, curious thinkers. Teachers emphasise active learning, using a student-centred approach and a variety of assessment techniques. Although our programme is challenging, we seek to provide support (Learning Support and EAL), to those who require it, ensuring that every child has the potential to be successful.

We provide experiences that contribute to the physical, social, and emotional development of all our students. We offer an array of after-school clubs and events, an extracurricular drama production and extended field trips.

Our curriculum provides:

  • strong core academics in mathematics, humanities, English, science, and world languages (Spanish/French/Arabic). Arabic is offered as a native language.
  • Islamic Studies - develops an understanding for the main themes of Islamic life, worship, sacred books
  • Qatari History - is integrated in to Humanities and provides an opportunity for students to learn about the local traditions, the history and culture of Qatar
  • standardised testing in reading, writing and mathematics which gives diagnostic information on student progress, and an ongoing evaluation of the school's academic programme.
  • challenging coursework which is collaborative, meaningful and engaging
  • an advisory programme that supports student learning by having students analyse and evaluate how they learn best. Topics, such as, socialisation and peer pressure, issues of identity, and making good decisions are covered.
  • breadth, diversity and exposure to art, music, ICT/multimedia, PSHE and physical education.

The Middle School classrooms, grades 6-8 (ages 11-14), occupy the lower wing of the school adjacent to the central courtyard and sports centre. Students are based in grade-level homerooms for the advisory programme. Students move independently from class to class. Student schedules are tailored to their individual academic needs. All teachers are specialists in their subject area: English, mathematics, science, humanities, Arabic, Spanish, French, ICT, PE/PSHE, art, music, EAL and Learning support. There is a dedicated Middle School library.

 

*Only schools authorized by the IB Organization can offer any of its three academic programmes: the Primary Years Programme (PYP), the Middle Years Programme (MYP), or the Diploma Programme (and in addition the IB Career-related Certificate).

For further information about the IB and its programmes, please visit www.ibo.org