A progress report by definition is a snapshot in time of your child’s learning. Our purpose in sharing this information is to communicate how students are progressing with their academic standards, to provide a context for self-reflection and goal setting, and to provide evidence of their learning habits and their impact on academic achievement.

Student reports will indicate where your child is currently with their learning habits, a section detailing overall progress in each subject, and a section detailing how your child is progressing towards proficiency in individual subject strands. A ‘strand’ is a grouping of like-standards, and a standard represents what we expect a student to know or be able to do. There are no teacher comments on progress reports at this time (comments will appear on the semester report card).

Progress report time is a time to celebrate learning as well as set goals for the future. While student achievement levels are important, it is equally important to comment on the effort students put forth as they strive to meet their goals. Developing this growth mindset is an important part of not only encouraging students but also empowering them to do their very best.

Student Learning Habits

In each subject, students are given feedback on their Learning Habits (LH), which have a direct impact on their academic progress. There are three habits that we focus on in Middle School and recently we’ve re-examined what each looks like when assessing students. Please find included HERE descriptors for each of our learning habits.

Middle School Counselor Coffee: Tuesday, November 16

Please join our Middle School Counselors on Tuesday, November 16 from 8:00am - 9:30am for our next Parent Coffee -Friendships: From Forming to Norming. This Parent Coffee will be live and online via Zoom. All Parents are welcome. During our time together we will talk about what it means to be a friend, how parents can support their children as they form friendships with others as well as the stages of friendship from forming to performing. Parents will have an opportunity to pair and share, learn and grow together. We are all in this together! Please find our ZOOM LINK HERE.

Student DragonCards: Needed to Access Campus

All students who attend ASD have been issued a school photo ID called a DragonCard, which contains a Smart-chip that provides them to access campus, allows them to make purchases on campus, borrow library books, and use photocopiers as needed.

We need students to carry their DragonCard with them to school to help reduce these issues. In an effort to help, we will run a weekly report of students who have 3 consecutive days of missing ID cards. We will then notify parents to let them know that if their child reaches 5 consecutive days without their ID, we will automatically re-issue the student a DrsgonCard and deactivate their old card. The cost of the replacement card is QR50 and will be deducted from the family account. Our hope is that by the first reminder, families can help us to find ID cards and use them to access our campus. We appreciate your support with this.

Reminder from IT to MS students: upgrade your operating system to macOS Big Sur

A recent email was sent to students about needing to update their computer’s operating system, however, we still have a few that need to complete this. The OS has been tested and secure. This upgrade is required to make sure your OS is compatible with the latest and greatest applications we use at ASD, although do not run this upgrade at school. We ask that you do this from home as this upgrade process may take up to two hours to perform and would tie up your computer if done at school. Thanks for your help in this!

Fall Book Sale: November 7-11

The MS/HS Library and Girl Up are sponsoring a used book sale Sunday, November 7 through Thursday, November 11. All books will be sold for 5 QAR each. However, we are starting with a sale, two for the price of one! (Don't forget to put money on your DragonCard!) Proceeds will go to support Girl Up projects at our sister school in Nepal. Students may visit at break or whenever a teacher gives them permission.

Yearbook Pre-orders

Pre-orders of the 2021-22 Yearbook are starting up, only 120 QR!

How to order:

1. Ensure you have 120 QR on your DragonCard (no cash purchases)

2. Visit room the MS Office to place your order.

If you would like to order a Yearbook from last year (2020-2021), there are a few still left. These are available for a reduced price (100 QR). Please visit the MS Office if interested.