Dear GAA Community,

As we come to the end of the 2022-23 school year, it is a good time to reflect on the achievements we have accomplished together. We say goodbye and thank you to some valued members of our community, both families and teachers, that are moving on. We are grateful for their contributions to GAA and the mark they have left on our community.

Now, as we enter the summer season, I encourage all students to take the time to relax and recharge, but also dedicate time to your own personal growth and skills development. Stay physically fit and engage in sports, find a creative outlet and design something, and continue to develop reading skills. 

We will be offering summer camps throughout the summer that will offer numerous opportunities for athletics and creative activities. Also, the GAA Secondary library will be sharing a reading guide with families that provides suggestions for books and on-line reading materials, and the Elementary library has organized a summer reading challenge to keep students engaged and motivated. 

I want to extend my appreciation to all our GAA families for the support and partnership throughout the year. Together, we have created an environment that prioritizes the growth and well-being of our students. 

Above all, I wish you a safe and peaceful break and look forward to welcoming you back in the coming school year with renewed energy and enthusiasm.

Eid Al Adha Mubarak! Have a wonderful summer.

Warm regards,

Robert Rinaldo

Dear GAA Parents,

What a fantastic school year we experienced!

As the academic year draws closer, I want to reflect on our incredible journey. It has been a remarkable year filled with growth, accomplishments, and cherished memories.

First and foremost, I want to express my appreciation for your unwavering support and trust in our school. Your partnership has been instrumental in creating a nurturing and inspiring environment for our students. We have nurtured young minds, encouraged their curiosity, and watched them flourish into confident individuals.

This year has presented us with unique challenges, and I am immensely proud of how our school community rallied together. We adapted to new learning models, overcame obstacles, and demonstrated remarkable resilience. Our dedicated teachers and staff worked tirelessly to provide quality education, ensuring our students' academic progress remained uninterrupted.

Beyond academics, we also celebrated a wide range of achievements. Our students participated in various extracurricular activities, displaying their talents in sports, arts, music, and community service. Their commitment and passion have been truly inspiring, a testament to their well-rounded development.

Furthermore, our school community actively engaged in initiatives to foster a sense of empathy and social responsibility. Through fundraisers, outreach programs, and awareness campaigns, we instilled in our students the importance of making a positive difference in the world around them. Their acts of kindness and compassion will have a lasting impact on their lives and the lives of others.

As we bid farewell to the academic year, I want to express my deepest gratitude to our exceptional teaching staff. Their dedication, expertise, and unwavering commitment to each student's success are the foundation of our school's excellence. I am privileged to work alongside such talented educators who go above and beyond to ignite a love for learning in our students.

Finally, I want to acknowledge our graduating students and their families. This marks an important milestone in their lives, and I am confident they are equipped with the knowledge, skills, and values to embrace their future endeavors. I wish them every success in their future academic pursuits and personal growth.

As we break for the summer, I encourage you to take this time to relax, rejuvenate, and create lasting memories with your loved ones. We eagerly anticipate welcoming you back for the next academic year, where new opportunities and exciting adventures await us all.

Once again, I extend my heartfelt gratitude to each and every one of you for your support, partnership, and commitment to our school's vision. Together, we have nurtured a vibrant community of learners, and I am honored to be part of this journey.

We wish you all a safe, joyous, and restful summer break.

Eid Mubarak!

Sincerely,

Assistant Principal to Head of School 

Samah Awad

أولياء الأمور الكرام..

تحية طيبة وبعدُ..

يا لها من سنة دراسية مميزة مليئة بالإنجازات والأحداث المهمة والمؤثرة في شخصيات طلابنا، أسعدنا خلالها أن نستقبل مجددًا أولياء الأمور وطلابنا في الحرم المدرسي خاصة في الأنشطة المدرسية التي أقيمت هذا العام، حيث كان لهذه العودة الفعلية الأثر على دعم رحلتهم التعلمية من خلال تشجيعهم ودعمهم والأخذ بيدهم على جميع الأصعدة.

نسعى في مدرسة جيمس الأمريكية دائما إلى خلق بيئة داعمة وشاملة من أجل دعم الطلاب وحثهم على اكتشاف إمكاناتهم وتحقيق أفضل ما لديهم ، بالإضافة إلي خلق فرص تعلم حقيقية تلهمهم وتحفز الإبداع لديهم وتمنحهم الثقة بأنفسهم والمرونة ليصبحوا متعلمين مستقلين قادرين على مواجهة كافة ظروف الحياة.

كما عملنا خلال هذا العام على تزويد طلابنا بالوعي الذاتي ومهارات التفكير الناقد والمرونة التي يحتاجونها في حياتهم اليومية.

عمل فريق مدرسة جيمس الأمريكية يدًا بيد من أجل تأمين أفضل بيئة تعليمية ممتازة لطلابنا في هذه الظروف الصعبة الّتي أثرت بشكل مباشر على مهارات طلابنا. فقد كانت الإنجازات واضحة للعيان واستطعنا النهوض مجددًا بمهاراتهم الزكاديمية والحياتية.

أود نيابة عن جميع العاملين في مدرسة جيمس الأمريكيّة  أن أهنئكم على العام الرائع الذي قضيناه مع طلابنا وأولياء الأمور حيث عملنا فيه على تحسين مهارات طلابنا من خلال التركيز على المهارات الأساسية وبناء الجسور بين المناهج الدراسية وحياتهم الاجتماعية والعملية.

نتقدم لكم بجزيل الشكر والعرفان على الجهد الهائل الذي تم  تقديمه من قبلكم لمساعدتنا في توفير بيئة تعليمية أكثر نجاحًا.

نرجو من اللّه للجميع عطلة صيفية ممتعة على أمل اللقاء بكم في عام أكاديمي جديد ممتع نحصد فيه المزيد من الإبداع والنجاح. وكل عام وأنتم بألف خير بمناسبة عيد الأضحى الميارك، أعاده اللّه علينا وعلى الأمة جمعاء بالصحة والعافية

عيدكم مبارك!

وعساكم من عوادة!

نائب مدير المدرسة 

سماح عوض 

As we come to the end of another school year, I want to take a moment to celebrate all that we have accomplished together. We are so proud to have our school community in full gear after covid. Our teachers, parents, GAAPA, and support from our school community are to be credited for our great success. Events like the IFF, Fall Festival, School Iftar, face to face meeting, PYPx, musicals, sports events, book fairs, and a countless number of spirit week events that celebrate our school culture of kindness are some of my favorite moments this year. Our teachers, students, and parents have worked tirelessly throughout the year, and their efforts have not gone unnoticed.

I am proud of our students for their hard work and dedication in the classroom. They have shown incredible growth in both literacy and mathematics, which is a testament to their commitment to learning.We look forward to enhancing efforts in literacy, numeracy, and science as well as financial literacy, design, and more opportunities for students to engage an  interest for,  outside the classroom. 

I also want to congratulate our teachers for their unwavering support and guidance. Their passion for teaching has inspired our students and helped them reach new heights.

As a critical partner in your child’s learning journey, I encourage you to get involved at home and at school in order to connect the links between teacher, child, and parent. YOU are a partner in your child’s learning and we need your support and involvement in order to make the best of the year. School is the opportunity to learn but learning is where the connections to life happen. Be a positive part of your child’s school and learning by being a strong GAA parent partner with us! 

Thank you again for being an integral part of our school community this past year. We wish you all a safe and enjoyable summer break!

Leia Kraeuter

Elementary Principal

SY22-23 come to a close

Summer vacation begins on Monday afternoon at 12 noon. I know many students and faculty are excited for a break. I am too! Before we begin our breaks and have some free time to read a book, develop a passion and relax to a degree, I’d like to thank each of you for a tremendous year at GAA.

Students, thank you for your grace as you welcomed a new principal into your school. Thank you for helping me learn about the culture of GAA, Abu Dhabi and the UAE. I have enjoyed getting to know you and have been impressed by your inquisitive nature here at school.

Parents, thank you for your continued trust in GAA. While we have some faculty members who have chosen to move on from GAA, I will let you know that our hiring is complete and we will be ready to welcome all students into the building on August 28 for the beginning of SY23-24.

Please join me in thanking the faculty of GAA. Their dedication and efforts this year have impacted student learning greatly.  

Enjoy a well deserved summer holiday and I look forward to seeing you all in August.

Garth Wyncoll

We are still waiting to get the ADEK approval of our school calendar for 2023-2024 school year. We are confident that ADEK will approve the attached calendar, however until we receive final confirmation, the calendar remains a draft and is subject to change. Please bear this in mind when making travel plans. Please note that dates of the Islamic Holidays depend on the Moon sightings and are subject to change.

Please visit our Lost and Found sections from Monday through Thursday between 8:00AM to 2:00PM (except on public holidays) to retrieve your child's lost items:

• Under the spiral staircase ground floor: all clothing items, lunch bags, books, folders, water bottles, etc

• Main reception: all valuables, such as, phones, headphones, airpods, ipads, jewellry, wallets, etc.

Any unclaimed items will be donated to charity.

Please plan ahead for next school year and label all clothing items of your child.

Congratulations to our KG2, Grade 5 and Grade 8 students for successful completion and promotion to next division! Please click on below links for videos and photos of the promotion ceremonies and PYP Exhibition Opening Ceremony.

PYP Exhibition was a huge success, every student can be very proud!

Please click on below link to view all the project websites.

Dear GAA Community,

Last week on Wednesday, 14th of June 2023, our Wildcat swimmer had their last Swim Championship for this school year. 

In this 3rd ADISSA Championships,  12 schools participated with over 310 swimmers in different age groups from 11 to 17 years old students.

Our swimmers showed great effort and tried their very best. We won 29 medals, 25 ribbons and achieved many new personal best times.

We have a New School Swim Records for:

• Seth Bryant Aborot. Seth broke 3 school records for; Junior Varsity 50m. Freestyle for 26.68sec. Middle school 100m. Freestyle 1:00.86sec. and 100 IM, 1:08.69sec.

• Gabriel Figueroa, Thaphoom Juemjarung, Nathan Gavitt and Seth Bryant Aborot broke 2 records for Junior Varsity 200m. Freestyle and 200m. Medley Relays. 

Congratulations to all Wildcat Swimmers for winning the 3rd place in each division:

• Noor AbdElHady, Nihal Sakni, Sarah Vaillancourt, Tara Alameer, Tala Altrabulsi, Norah Santana Riera, Hala Aldamasi, Victoria Luna Perez, Andrea Mahfouz, Chloe White, Jacqueline Johnson, Malak Nour, Shokran Hassan, Hyeseon (Lucy) Seo, Mishka Ramirez, Dana Alhammadi, Manaka Yamakawa, Paige Oben, Mira Alhammadi, Siwon Lee, Janika Ramirez and Belicia Oleniuk. 

• Seth Bryant Aborot, Hamdan Alobeidli, Nathan Gavitt, Gabriel Figueroa, Hamza AbdElHady, Thaphoon Juemjarung, Hatim Sakni, Yousef Alduaij, Santiago De La Flor.

I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate all Wildcats Secondary Swimmers on this amazing year! 

The swimmer's hard work and dedication has really paid off. 

Special Thank you to Coach Nadia Chambers for supporting our swimmers throughout the year.

Next school year in September, swimmer’s will be given the opportunity again to try out for the new swimming teams (Under 14, JV and Varsity) for the 2023-2024 year. More information for all Secondary teams opportunities for Season 1 will be shared with the returning parents and Secondary swimmers at the beginning of the school year from the Athletics department.

We wish you all to have a happy, safe and exciting summer! Just keep swimming.

Looking forward to seeing all returning and new swimmers in September.

Ms.Iliana Jaltova

GAA Aquatics Director

15 students and 3 chaperones travelled to Paris from June 10 to June 15. They were able to visit the Arc de Triomphe, the Champs Elysses, Montmartre, La Place de La Concorde, Disneyland Paris and take a Seine River Cruise that included great views of the rebuilding of the Notre Dame Cathedral.

Students were able to stroll the streets of Paris and took a French Language lesson as well.

It was truly an incredible journey!

David Rashleigh

Athletics and Activities Director

Our 7th grade students were recognized as the first-place winners of the speaking project in the Arabic language course (The storyteller) where the students excelled in narrating and evaluating the chapter they chose from the book The Boy Who Lived with the Ostrich.

تم تكريم طلاب الصف السابع الفائزين بالمراكز الأولى في مشروع التحدث في مادة اللغة العربية بعنوان: الحكواتي، حيث أبدع الطلاب في رواية وتحليل الفصل الذي اختاروه من رواية الولد الذي عاش مع النعام.

Grade 9 Non-Native Arabic class students made a short movie, where the students have worked hard to create this piece of work in which they have demonstrated part of what they have learnt this year in Arabic.

We are proud of their achievement, and I look forward to watching them succeed in the future.

Thank you, Vidushi and Juliette, for your work behind the scenes.

Hello GAA Community!

The GAA Journalism Class has some exciting news! We have just finished updating our latest and final issue of GAA Roars for 2022/2023. Please take some time today to visit GAA Roars and read the latest articles and podcasts created by GAA students. 

We thank you for your time, and we hope you have a wonderful holiday!

Sincerely,

Ms. Hack (Journalism Teacher) and the Journalism students

Admin Offices (Reception, Admissions, Accounts) will remain open during Summer break as follows:

• Monday - Thursday: 08:00 - 14:00

• Fridays: 08:00 - 13:00

School will be closed from June 27 to June 30 for Eid Al-Adha holiday.

• June 26: LAST DAY OF SCHOOL (half-day)

• August 25: New Student Orientation (Grades 1-12)

• August 28: FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL for Grades 1-12

• August 28-31: Kindergarten Staggered Start

• September 6: KG & Elementary School Back to School Night

• September 7: Middle & High School Back to School Night