Middle School Curriculum Overview

The MYP programme follows the concept-driven curriculum framework which allows students to demonstrate levels of thinking that reach beyond facts or topics. Concepts are used to formulate the understandings that students should retain in the future; they become principles and generalizations that students can use to understand the world and to succeed in further study and in life beyond school.
Approaches to Learning (ATL) is central to the programme, as it is concerned with developing the intellectual discipline, attitudes, strategies, and skills which will result in critical, coherent, independent thought, and the capacity for problem solving & decision making.

Student assessment is conducted through pre-assessments, formative / summative / standardized assessments, and finally peer & self-assessment. School approved internal assessments include Arabic Development Reading Assessment (Grade 6), and Alquist Test (Math in Grade 6 & 7).

DAS students take all 8 subject groups in MYP years 1-3 with years 4-5 choosing between Arts and Design.
Language and Literature – English & Arabic

The study of MYP Language and Literature is to encourage and enable students to:

• use language as a vehicle for thought, creativity, reflection, learning, self-expression, and social interaction
• develop critical, creative, and personal approaches to studying and analyzing literary and nonliterary works
• develop a lifelong interest in reading widely and apply language skills in a variety of real-life contexts

Curriculum Guide