Naseem International School

Naseem International School was founded in 1981 by Mrs Sameera Abdul Jabar Al Kooheji in response to a demand for a national school that would provide a high-quality education within a traditional Arabic environment. The school was granted international status by the Ministry of Education in March 1998 and has grown steadily from a pre-school with sixty children to a Kindergarten through twelfth Grade school of some 790 students. Naseem International School offers a rigorous academic bi-lingual program (Arabic and English)beginning at the pre-school Leve.computer literacy begins at the First Grade level. Naseem International School prepares students for both the IB and the High School Diploma programs. The school was awarded candidacy status,PYP,in 2005 and is currently trialling the MYP in the Lower Middle School. A variety of extra-curricular activities, including sports, drama, art and music are offered to address the creative and physical needs of students. In addition to five professional administrators, Naseem School has a teaching staff of 65. The Naseem International School campus, designed to accommodate 900 students, centers around the two-storey Administrative and Classroom building with a total floor plan of 6,606 square meters. A new art and sports complex was completed in September 2001. Naseem School emphasizes the importance of co-operation between the school and home, and promotes on-going communication involving parents, students and teachers to facilitate this co-operation.