Dear Parents and Students,

Welcome to AIS-R Elementary School.  From the Early Years’ program to Grade Five our goal at AIS-R Elementary is to create an environment rich in caring, positive expectations and participation so that each child’s innate potential for healthy development and learning will be realized. We strive to appreciate the whole child and thus are attentive to their cognitive, social/emotional and physical needs. At AIS-R, students are valued and distinguished in a variety of ways that allow them to express their uniqueness and explore their potential. We believe in nurturing the whole-child and cultivating learner habits by fostering and encouraging an environment that causes learning through purposeful planning, intentional teaching, and authentic performances.

Our student population is approximately 500 from PreK – Grade 5. Throughout the week students from Kindergarten through Grade Five have classes in math, writing workshop, reading workshop, science and social studies. Students also explore and experience art, music, physical education, integrated technology, drama (1-4), Arabic language (Kg2-5), and French (3-5). Additionally, students are offered a variety of enrichment opportunities in our after school program (ASA). AIS-R Elementary is a place where learning is dynamic, hands-on and differentiated and children are assessed based on their growth over time.

We provide our students with multiple ways to learn, grow, and play.  Students at all grade levels participate in thematic assemblies, holiday concerts, after school activities, cultural festivals, Earth Week, United Nations Day, talent shows, science fairs, publishing parties, walk-a-thons, celebrations, Terry Fox Run, and Health Week (to name a few).  Our faculty and staff are dedicated to teaching the whole child and accepting each child unconditionally for who they are and to providing children with varied opportunities to be actively involved in age-appropriate learning experiences.

AIS-R elementary school students are expected to follow our AIS-R Honor Code, which defines what it means to be an AIS-R EAGLE: Ethical, Adaptable, Global, Learning, and Environmental. Monthly elementary school assemblies highlight these dispositions and classroom expectations and behaviors are grounded in these principles.  We believe our elementary school children are AIS-R Eagles and that they Make a Difference.

We commit to providing an environment that honors our school mission and one where children thrive and our parents are partners.  Our greatest hope for our students is to be happy and love learning.

For additional information, please visit the ES Blog at http://blogs.ais-r.edu.sa/jcanar/

Jenny Canar
Elementary School Principal

Katee Inghram
Elementary School Assistant Principal

Attachments:

File	Description	File size
ES Family Handbook	2011-2012	2244 Kb
ECE Handbook	Early Childhood Education Program	585 Kb