Opening Night Presentation for Elementary families at Dubai American Academy.

1. OPENING NIGHT 2018
Welcome to Elementary School

3. 18 COUNTRIES

4. KG 1
Martitess Araneta
Lanelyn Bragais
Rosario Felipe
Rosanna Morgan
Belinda Porillo
Ellen Villarino
Aasma Aslam
Rania Dinnawi
Claire Hibbard
Rhonda Lakin
Jessica Leitner
Evangelica Monroig
Laine Palendat

5. Gona Asingal
Rosalie Delarosa
Cynthia Del Rosario
Arnold Fabro
Glory Jane Jarumey
Seema Madhu
Maylin Pattung
Shirleen Salvador
Kimgel Virtudes
Morgan Anders
Michelle Bresloff
Clessa Ann Fumo
Courtney Hines
Sima Malik
Priya Noronha
Maryam Shenouda
Eugenia Starr
Terrell Willis
KG 2

6. Edna Dias
Lalaine Galinta
Barbara Manipud
Helen Pangilinan
Joy Porillo
Alvita Ricardo
Cynthia Savella
Annalise Agnello
Hayley Albright
Veronica Arango
Stephanie Gierl
Laure Hickey
Meagan McClure
Mary Rossi
GRADE 1

7. Teddy Nabagonzi
Jaynee Porillo
Gemma Guray
Smitha Singh
Daisy Warren
Eliza Daguinod
Jonalyn Bonaobra
Lindsay Doughty
Joanna Martin
Sandra Poole
Cynthia Tas
Natascha Thompson
Gesa Tschumperlin
Lindsay Welles
GRADE 2

8. Amin Ghazi
Anet Geertsema
Sandya Anda
Jonalee Magtiza
Chelsie Bakeman
Jennifer Barker
Bailey Fenwick
Jaimie Powers
Rhonda Kotb
Surbhi Sachdev
Lynn Terman
Ian Windsor
GRADE 3

9. Karan Pillai
Aida Dias
Jagruti Babhania
Nikki Singh
Danielle Diehl
Rayne Grant
Huda Makia
Megan McKellar
Matthew Yanko
Elizabeth Windsor
Carrie Zimmer
GRADE 4

10. Aida Dias
Joselito Cabungcal
Phillip Devadash
Jill Soquino
Lexi Davidson
Kelsey Keilback
Whitney Lemke
Lama Rawdah
Jay Sprague
Nailah Stamp
Elisabeth Swartz
GRADE 5

11. Staff Names for Each Grade
Facilities

12. Facilities
Jemma Lewis
Manager
School Operations
Manu Rajan
Manager
School Facilities
Dev Bidari
School
Supervisor

13. FacilitiesTammy Murphy
Superintendent
Lisa Ramshaw
Head of Learning
And Innovation
Ben Voborsky
Deputy
Superintendent

14. List of Staff for Each Grade
Rene and grace
Custodians
EAs
Rene Botha
Secretary
Elementary
Grace Ajib
Secretary
Early Years

15. Leadership team
Craig Cantlie
Executive
Principal
Noha Bishara
Director of
Learning
Early Years
Anita Simpson
Principal of
Learning
Grades 1-5
Nathalie Salameh
Principal of
Community
& Systems
Grades 1-5
Tooshna Gandhi
Assistant
Principal
Early Years

16. 24
Stanley Cups
Championships

17. Dubai American Academy is a vibrant international community,
deeply rooted in a culture of kindness, that creates and empowers
leaders and independent thinkers with integrity, character, and
drive.

18. Leading
through
Innovation

19. Growing
by
Learning

20. Pursuing
Excellence

21. Global
Citizenship

23. “By 2025, the
majority of
workplace
tasks in
existence
today will be
performed by
machines or
algorithms.”
World Economic
Forum
September 2018

25. “By 2022, roughly 75 million jobs will be lost.” World Economic Forum

26. “….but that could be offset by creation of 133 million new jobs.”
World Economic Forum

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31. Pride
in yourself, your school, your community
Attitude
of positivity, empathy and perseverance
Wise Choices
that demonstrate strong character
Safe
by acting respectfully and responsibly

33. Robotics & AI Technology Tree

35. Literacy and Numeracy happens every single day THROUGHOUT THE DAY

36. CONNECTING learning across the disciplines is what makes learning
relevant, meaningful and purposeful to our students’ lives

37. Specialist videos
Morgan Bertzyk
Voja Karban
Travis Kruger
Abigail McPherson
Kyle Mechling
P.E.

38. Specialist videos
Scott Baldwin
Jessica Risser
Elaine Sheikh
ART

39. Specialist videos
Hanan Al Hinnawi
Ahmed Alkoud
Shaymaa El Sherbeny
Nada Hasan
Nahed Hussein
Amany Mageed
Ghana Mokhtar
Emara Radwan
Nagla Ramzy
ARABIC

40. Specialist videos
Hanan Al Hinnawi
Ahmed Alkoud
Shaymaa El Sherbeny
Nada Hasan
Nahed Hussein
Amany Mageed
Ghana Mokhtar
Emara Radwan
Nagla Ramzy
ARABIC

41. Specialist videos
Maritza Franck
Amber Lindsay
Angela Mott
Teresa Novak
MUSIC

42. Specialist videosAarti Dasani
Sarah Shannon
INSTRUCTIONAL
ACTIVATORS

43. Specialist videos
Lauren Angarola
Aarti Dasani
Cheryl Haney
INNOVATION
ACTIVATORS

44. Specialist videos
Hafsa Abdo
Nermin Khalil
Om Kolthom
Ezya Saleh Al Jubel
ISLAMIC

45. Specialist videos
Voja Karban
Kyle Mechling
SWIM

46. Specialist videos
Lesley Clark
Lindsey Helms
Antonio Tyson
COUNSELLING

47. Specialist videosAmanda Gintaut
Janelle Wren
LIBRARIANS

48. Specialist videos
Joshua Blomberg
Nicole Crawford
Nicole Gill
William Hickey
Ellis Lebrato
Theresa Scimemi
LEARNING
SUPPORT

49. Specialist videos
Liz Denniston
Rashmi Dansinghani
Aisha Khawaja
Antonia Psycharis
ENGLISH
LANGUAGE
LEARNING

52. TONIGHT
6:45 - 7:15pm
7:30 - 8:00pm
SESSION 1
SESSION 2
TRANSITION TIME
Innovation Activators
Specialists
Arabic / Islamic
Learning Support & English Language Learner Teachers, Counsellors and Librarians
Innovation Activators
Specialists
Arabic / Islamic
Learning Support & English Language Learner Teachers, Counsellors and Librarians