Les Elfes- Ski Trip

The winter camp for individuals is mainly focused on snow sports. Les Elfes main goal is for the girls to discover mountain sports, and to progress in those activities they already know, regardless of their existing ability.The program for the winter camp includes:

* Skiing or snowboarding, with lessons from their professional mountain staff.
* Sledding, torchlight walks, ice-climbing.
* Ice skating, ice hockey, broom ball, curling.
* Swimming, squash.

Besides the sports and linguistic activities, other special events (theatre, dance, etc.) and cultural visits are organized by Les Elfes. Their originality and interesting nature contribute to the student’s unforgettable memories of the camp.

Date: 7-13  March 2010

Grades: 7 - 12

Tanzania

Since its opening in 2005, AAG has had a strong commitment to community service and we actively encourage all of our girls to become responsible citizens in both their local and their global communities.

As part of high school community service program, each year we provide the opportunity for 12 of our high school students to travel to Tanzania. While away we spend 3 days in an orphanage, assisting the staff with playing with the children, lunch duties, and the general day to day running of the institution. We also work in conjunction with Hiefer International and their humanitarian aid program. Our school fundraises to purchase cows for families in need. Whilst in Africa the girls are able to meet with the recipients of the cows. Following their work in the orphanage, the girls spend 5 days involved in hard labor projects. This typically involve digging foundations, cement making, brick making or the renovations of classrooms.

After an exhausting, but rewarding, 10 days of work the girls spend two days on safari in the Tarangerie National Park before returning to Dubai.

Date: 13-22 June 2010

Grades: 9 - 11

North Star- Dibba

Each year 100 of our students in grades 5 -8 spend 2 days and one night at the North Star Adventure Camp in Fujairah. While up on the East Coast, our girls have the opportunity to experience rock climbing, abseiling, raft building, biking, camp craft and other team building activities.

This is a great opportunity for our girls to become more confident and independent learners and also helps them to begin to foster leadership skills. In addition, it provides an excellent foundation for our other residential trips such as skiing, Tanzania and the high school trip to Oman.

Date: 28-29 October 2010

Mussandam  Trip

Following on from our trip to Dibba, our High School girls spend 4 days in Musandam (Oman), again using the North Star Adventure Company. Whilst up on the East Coast, our girls have the opportunity to experience rock climbing, GPS navigation, abseiling, raft building, biking, camp craft and other team building activities.

This is a great opportunity for our girls to become more confident and independent learners and also helps them to build on and develop to leadership skills learnt in earlier years. Research has shown that participation in such adventure type activities encourages the girls to become greater risk takers in the class room and to have more confidence in their own abilities.  In addition, this trip provides an excellent foundation for our other residential overseas trips such as Tanzania and Skiing.

Dates

16 - 19 November  2010

Week Without Walls

Grades 6-8 students have the opportunity to participate in Week Without Walls program. All students will participate in experiential learning activities in the UAE or abroad. The week will include field trips and learning experiences that will allow the students to learn from real world experiences outside the classroom. 7th and 8th Grade students will also have the option to travel to Verbier for skiing.

Dates

7- 11 March 2010

MAD Week

M.A.D. (Make a Difference) week  involves all of grade 11 being out of school for an entire week on a community service placement. The girls will be allocated a charity or voluntary organization within the UAE to work with for the 5 days. Students who are unable to be out of school will be given community service projects to work on in school. Students in Grade 12 will be involved in career internships. Ninth and tenth graders will have the opportunity to participate in a number of activities in and around Dubai.

7-11 March 2010