ACADEMIC YEAR

The school year runs from September to July of every year. Our year is divided into three terms;

Christmas term starts in September and ends in December,

Easter term begins in January and ends in March/April,

Summer and final term begins in April and ends in July. We observe all public holidays.

CURRICULUM

• Ours is a rich and well balanced curriculum. It is broad in nature but has been suitably integrated to foster practical learning and high academic success.  Our academic program is quite challenging and transcends mere recall of information by students to proper comprehension, application and ability to analyze, synthesize and evaluate learning, thus allowing objectivity in their judgment and decision making.
  

• Aside our core learning, we help discover and develop the God given talents in every boy and girl that comes to us as he/she participates in carefully organized and monitored extra curricular activities such as sports, art, drama, music, ballet, taekwando and games. Our Physical and Health Education program and extra curricular activities are interesting while they enable students release stored energy.
  
  
• It is however not only the demanding and exciting coursework followed at Acehall that make our school unique, but also the value we place on character; good moral values,  etiquette and good manners, integrity, and respect are all embedded to produce skilled young people, ready to face future challenges.

SCHOOL DAY/HOUR

School is open every Monday to Friday. Students might be required to come to school once in a while on a Saturday during special school programs.

Parents’ approval will usually be sought on such occasions. The school day begins at 7.50 am and ends at 1pm for Nursery classes; there is however an After School Hours program that keeps Nursery students productively engaged until 4pm.
Parents wishing to register their students for afternoon classes will do so for a fee. For primary classes, school ends at 2.30pm, however students in primary school close at 3.30pm on elective club days


ASSESSMENT/REPORTING

• Assessment is a continuous process at Acehall School and is an integral part of learning.
  It is carried out formatively at first and used to modify teaching and learning styles, after     which summative reports are forwarded to parents. Assessment provides the school, the   student, and the home with useful information about students’ progress. We are able to use   assessment results to compare students’ attainment with their underlying potentials.
  It is also a useful tool to appraise teachers’ performance.

• We report students’ progress twice in a term, at mid-term, and   the end of term, thus six    times within an academic year. Parents are given opportunities at mid-terms- OPEN DAYS,
   to discuss their children’s peculiarities with teachers, supervisors, or the Head of School.

• Students are assessed in relation to the statements of expectations for every class contained    in the school curriculum.


SCHOOL PROGRAMS

Learning is taken out of the four walls of a classroom for our students as we celebrate special programs with parents. All students benefit from the varied learning opportunities special programs offer.
   
Such programs include;


Parents’ Tea Party
Parents’ Evening
Inter/National Day
Christmas Concert
Valentine’s Day
Mothers’ Day
Fathers’ Day
Inter-House Sports
The Bookworm
Special Assembly
Parents’ seminars
Open House
Staff Appreciation Evening
Graduation Ceremony
               
Parental involvement is an integral and essential aspect of our special programs. Parents’ inclusion in school programs teaches our students that education is important and is to be valued. It also enables parents to develop a deeper understanding of how to support children with confidence through school years.
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