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Sunday, 26 May 2013

Niall de Burca Ireland’s finest storyteller visits ACS Doha International School

Niall de Burca Ireland’s finest storyteller visits ACS Doha International School
Niall De Burca, Ireland’s famous story teller, entertained students with his enthralling and hilarious tales from Ireland. Giants, spooky tales and tales of magic captured the imaginations of both young and old. “ACS Doha is very pleased to introduce Niall to the students, as we believe that offering the students  a great range of activities that they don’t normally experience,...

Sasol concludes second chapter of Definitely Able campaign with Oscar Pistorius

Sasol concludes second chapter of Definitely Able campaign with Oscar Pistorius
Sasol, the international integrated energy and chemical company, confirmed its commitment to social development in Qatar by hosting another Definitely Able campaign initiative, featuring Oscar Pistorius, Olympic semi-finalist, Paralympic gold medallist, and world record holder. The defining moment of Pistorius’ participation was winning the ‘Run like the Wind’ race against an...

ACS Doha celebrates diversity with Cultural Awareness Week

ACS Doha celebrates diversity with Cultural Awareness Week
ACS Doha celebrated diversity with an event that enriches the international experience of the school for its students, parents and faculty. As part of Cultural Awareness Week, the Parents School Organisation (PSO) hosted on Thursday an International Cultural Fair to celebrate the nationalities represented in the school community. It is also a unique chance for parents to get involved in...

ACS Doha International School appoints Susan Leese as Early Childhood Principal

ACS Doha International School appoints Susan Leese as Early Childhood Principal
ACS Doha International School is pleased to announce the appointment of Susan Leese (pictured) as its new Early Childhood Principal. Leese brings extensive experience to ACS Doha with more than 15 years of classroom teaching and curriculum development, with a particular focus on inquiry-based learning and child-initiated play. As Principal, Leese will be responsible for providing...

ACS International School celebrates its first anniversary in Doha

ACS International School celebrates its first anniversary in Doha
ACS Doha International School celebrates its first anniversary in Qatar. The 2012/13 academic year promises to be another exciting chapter at ACS Doha International School. The school has gone through a significant expansion in its first year with student enrollment more than doubling to well over 750, and staff numbers reaching 100. This is almost twice the number employed by the...

ACS Doha International School year off to great start

ACS Doha International School year off to great start
Excitement, enthusiasm, and energy best describe the start of the 2012-2013 academic year at ACS Doha International School. Students began classes on Sunday, September 9, following several orientation and parent conference days. ACS Doha began the school year with a new Head of School, 470 newly-enrolled students, 40 additional staff and two inaugural Grade 9 classes, representing the...

ACS Doha International School launches fundraising campaign for UNICEF

ACS Doha International School launches fundraising campaign for UNICEF
Students, staff and families of ACS Doha International School recently launched a fundraising drive to support the UNICEF project ‘Schools for School-in-a-Box’, initiated through the supply division of the United Nations Children’s Fund and designed to provide access to education for disadvantaged children all over the world. The charity drive, proposed by the ACS Doha Student...

Diane Hren appointed head of school at ACS Doha International

Diane Hren appointed head of school at ACS Doha International
Ms Diane Hren has been appointed Head of School at ACS Doha International School, following the retirement of the founding head, Tom Lehman. Ms. Hren, who has been ACS Doha’s Deputy Head of School since it opened in September 2011, will take up her new post at the end of the current academic year, in June 2012. Ms Hren is American, and has a BSc. in Biology and Psychology from Hiram...

ACS Doha International School celebrates 100 days of educational excellence

ACS Doha International School celebrates 100 days of educational excellence
ACS Doha International School students and staff celebrated 100 days of active schooling on Thursday, 1st March 2012. The school opened its doors for the first time September 27 2011 with 240 students. Since opening, the school has experienced a high demand for places, resulting in additional classes being introduced in the Early Childhood, Lower School and Middle School, from January...

ACS Doha International students set sail for the future

ACS Doha International students set sail for the future
A group of eight students from ACS Doha International School (pictured) has completed the final stage of the school’s inaugural Leadership Training Programme. On 18th January, the four boys and four girls sailed from Doha to Al Khor and returned back on 19th, as the climax to weeks of training, preparation and practice in a sport in which most of them had little, if any,...

Two key additions to ACS Doha senior management team

Two key additions to ACS Doha senior management team
ACS Doha has announced two new additions to its senior management team.  The appointments are a key part of, and will play an important role in, providing a student-centred approach to learning; an approach which challenges students to develop their academic, social, physical and emotional potential. Dale Taylor, Middle School Principal at ACS Doha International School: Dale Taylor...

ACS Doha International School to open more classes

ACS Doha International School to open more classes
ACS Doha International School has announced that it is to open more classes, in response to very high levels of demand for places. The school, based in the Al Gharrafa district of Doha, is the fourth of ACS’s International Schools and the group’s first educational establishment outside the United Kingdom. ACS Doha opened in September with 240 students, and is already at, or close...