GEMS Academy Alexandria - Egypt

GEMS Education is pleased to announce the opening of the first GEMS school in Alexandria for September 2011. GEMS Academy of Alexandria (GAA) extends the network of GEMS International schools worldwide to the Alexandria community, providing outstanding international curricula to Egyptian and expatriate families alike. Building on 50 years of providing quality education to the community in Alexandria, the El Hamamy family has partnered with GEMS Education, the largest kindergarten to Year 13 private education operator in the world, to deliver this truly world class educational facility. Students, staff and parents will be able to access GEMS global resources via its international schools network.
 
We warmly welcome you to consider GEMS Academy Alexandria for your child.

GEMS Academy Alexandria, Egypt offers the National Curriculum for England and the French Baccalaureate initially to Foundation Stage students in September 2011. This will extend each year to eventually include students in Year 13.

 

In September 2012, GAA will move from its temporary site to the permanent site.   It is anticipated that the French stream will accept students from PS to 3^eme while the British stream will accept students from FS1 to Year 9, the first year of the permanent campus, extending each year to Tle and Year 13. The International Baccalaureate Diploma Program will be offered in the final two years of school.

GEMS Academy Alexandria, Egypt provides the best and brightest teaching Faculty in the region because of worldwide recruitment processes, continuous professional development training and rigorous standards of teaching and learning.

 

We genuinely believe that each student is unique and special.  Therefore, personalized learning with individual targets and learning skills are paramount.  We work in partnership with families. Teachers will be supported with ongoing, state-of-the-art professional development training to ensure students are as successful as possible.

The school offers world class facilities set on a modern campus in one of Alexandria’s fastest growing districts on the Alexandria-Cairo Agricultural Road. Our campus provides a bright, modern, well-resourced environment for our students to extend their learning. A special emphasis is placed on the integration of technology into the curriculum in keeping with best practices in 21^st century education and in keeping with the vision to bring world class international education to Alexandria.

 

GEMS Academy Alexandria, Egypt is a Smart School on the cutting edge of educational methods and the integration of technology into classroom instruction. GAA Faculty are trained professionals who embrace 21^st century technology in combination with the acquisition of creative thinking skills.

GAA is being developed over two phases: