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GEMS Dubai American Academy has an enriched American Curriculum that embeds creative design, cutting edge robotics and digital fluencies at its core.
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GEMS Dubai American Academy is an American Curriculum school with outstanding heritage stretching back to 1998. Founded 20 years ago, it is the only outstanding American Curriculum school in the United Arab Emirates since 2011. GEMS Dubai American Academy students have been accepted to top universities around the world with a focus on North American destinations, including a variety of Ivy League universities. Finding the right university for our diverse group of students is paramount. We develop our learners not simply to go through the motions, but to go through the emotions. To be invested in their learning, their school, and the worlds within and around them. 21st century Future Fluencies across a K-12 interdisciplinary curriculum provide unique experiences for DAA students, with socially meaningful design thinking at the forefront of their learning. Creating communities of innovation and empowering a technologically fluent generation to address pressing global issues. DAA is a co-participant in the Creating Communities of Innovation initiative, an 18-month research project aimed at developing bespoke innovations at our school and beyond via an inquiry-driven, intercultural, interdisciplinary community.
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DAA has a long history of helping students to achieve excellent IB results. IB Diploma students earned a mean score of 34, which is well above the world average of 29.9, and significantly higher than other IB schools in Dubai. The IB Diploma program is open to all our students and last year 70% of the graduating class elected to complete it.
GEMS Dubai American Academy is strategically located at the intersection of Sheikh Zayed Rd. and Hessa St. at the heart of Dubai. It puts the school within minutes of the city’s arterial roads and has easy access to the Dubai Metro. Our premium infrastructure matches the very highest of international standards, while retaining our outstanding heritage, values and traditions.
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We are proud of our long heritage and dedication to the academic success of all students in a compassionate and inspirational learning environment. We take our students on a journey through a world-class educational experience, empowering them to become the next generation of leaders, innovators and entrepreneurs.
Tammy Murphy, Superintendent/CEO, GEMS Dubai American Academy
The parent involvement is one of the reasons we are at DAA. There is such a feeling of transparency and real feedback about your kids. You feel a sense of belonging to the school community and we are proud of this.
Reine Assaad, Parent since 2010
DAA is in my blood. This is the best environment that my kids have ever been in. There is a culture of kindness and they work on character and there is really a lot of learning with fun which is such a baseline for the school. I’ve had the best teachers ever and we are like a family. Kids never complain about going to school they can’t wait to start the day. They are getting the right education, right curriculum and the right knowledge that they will use their whole life. This is a real community that you will not forget wherever you go.
Mary Mahfouz, Parent since 2010
When people ask me about the DAA experience I talk about opportunity. Opportunity for students to learn in new innovative ways, that are personalized and relevant to them. Opportunity for teachers to break out of the norm, take risks and approach teaching and learning in ways they never thought about before. Opportunity for parents to be involved in what their child is learning about, and have an impact in the learning community with our Parent Innovation Challenges. Life is about opportunities, DAA is about taking advantage of them.
Scott Macdonald, Dean of Middle School