The 10 Best International Schools in Dubai 2018

Tour with Clarion School
The school has been designed from the ground up as a haven for curiosity and inquiry. Classrooms and
outdoor learning spaces have been planned to stimulate self-driven, deep learning, with spaces to encourage
students to construct and deconstruct learning.
Academic program
Clarion is a progressive American curriculum, currently PreK to Grade 5 growing by one grade level each
year to become a full-through school, PreK to Grade 12. The early year’s program, PreK to K2 is a world of
curiosity, exploration and exuberant guided play. Combined with curriculum goals and the beginning of
numeracy, literacy and science studies, Clarion nurtures the early development of critical thinking skills and
the foundation of a lifetime of exploration and deeper learning.
In the elementary school framework, the curriculum is one of the integrated disciplines and lessons
combining literacy, research skills and writing, mathematical reasoning, scientific method and creative
thinking. The school is known for their many field trips that are offered to the students, when experiential,
hands-on learning takes knowledge beyond the classroom to understand the link from theoretical to reality.
Next year the school will begin its Middle School with the opening of Grade 6. Within a strong academic
program, will be critical discussions, nuanced learning, creative thinking, independent learning and research.
The middle school years should be ones of growing self- awareness, self-reflection and self-responsibility,
strengthening the ability to think critically and the development of collaboration and communication skills.
Afterschool Offerings
The school supports and expands student’s interests through exposure to new activities and deepening their
involvement in activities they are already engaged in through a range afterschool and extra-curricular events.
The school has been recently admitted into the Dubai Affiliated School Sports Association (DASSA), the
organization that manages inter-school sports in Dubai. Their first school team, under 11s football, is a mixed
group of girls and boys, allowing for greater participation by both genders. The school will soon start its
swimming team and track & field team with league level swim galas and track competitions.
December | 2018 23