Raha International School

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Raha International School
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Location
Raha International School
Al Raha Gardens, Abu Dhabi

United Arab Emirates
Coordinates 24°26′03″N54°34′30″E / 24.4341°N 54.5751°E / 24.4341; 54.5751
Information
School type Independent school
Opened2006
Founder Taaleem
Authority Abu Dhabi Department of Education and Knowledge (ADEK)
PrincipalMichael Bloy
GenderBoth
Age range4 - 18
Number of students12
Education system International Baccalaureate
LanguageEnglish
Hours in school day7 hours in a normal day
Campus size10 acres
Color(s)Green and Red
SloganFounders of the Future
Fight song We are the Champions
MascotRaptor
Team nameRaha Raptors
RivalYasmina School
AccreditationIB World School
Website www.ris.ae
The Raha Sculpture Raha Statue.jpg
The Raha Sculpture

Raha International School (RIS) is a co-educational private school situated in Al Raha Gardens, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. [1] Raha was the first school in Abu Dhabi to be fully authorised to offer all three IB programmes recognised by the Abu Dhabi Dhabi Department of Education and Knowledge (ADEK). [2] [3]

Contents

Raha International School (RIS) is part of Taaleem, the United Arab Emirates’ second largest school provider for early years, primary and secondary schools, founded in 2004.

Raha International School (RIS) announced that it would be opening a second campus in September 2020. [4] The new campus will cater for up to 3,000 K-12 students. It will be located in Khalifa City, near to the current Gardens Campus and has been designed by Architects CPG from Singapore, who have built award-winning educational facilities globally, with sustainability as a key driver in the design. The new campus will first open EY1 to Grade 2 in 2020 and all primary grades are expected to open by 2021. [5]

Curriculum

Raha International School, Abu Dhabi follows the International Baccalaureate Programme. At RIS they offer three IB programmes: the Primary Years Programme (PYP), Middle Years Programme (MYP) and Diploma Programme (DP). [6]

This approach is structured as follows:

  1. Early Years (EY1 - Grade 1) - Ages 4 to 7
  2. PYP (Grades 2 - 5) - Ages 7 to 11
  3. MYP (Grades 6 - 10) - Ages 11 to 16
  4. DP (Grades 11 & 12) - Ages 16 to 18

Accreditation

Raha International School is accredited by the International Baccalaureate Organization (IBO) and the Council of International Schools (CIS). [7]

Abu Dhabi Department of Education and Knowledge (ADEK) Irtiqa'a school inspections

Raha International School has received the following ratings from the Abu Dhabi Department of Education and Knowledge (ADEK), the governing body of schools in Abu Dhabi, UAE.

2012/20132015/20162017/2018
Raha International SchoolA3 [8] Outstanding [9] Outstanding [10]

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References

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