Student Life

Hours

Sunday, Monday, Tuesday and Thursday, the Senior School student's day starts at 7.10 a.m. and school ends at 2.25 p.m. On Wednesdays school ends at 1.20 p.m. After school activities start at 2.30 p.m. and finish at 3.30 p.m.

Food

There is a morning break of twenty minutes from 8.50 a.m. to 9.10 a.m. and lunch break "one" is from 10.50 a.m. until 11.35 a.m. and lunch break "two" is from 11.40 a.m. until 12.25 p.m. Lunch is provided in the cafeteria building. The aim is to provide the children with a well-balanced, nutritional diet and a dietician is employed to oversee this.

Class Schedules

Students take an array of subjects: sciences, mathematics, humanities, modern languages, english, performing and visual arts, technology and physical education.

Students daily life is enriched by having access to the most modern facilities including:

nine fully equipped science labs filled with high quality scientific equipment ;
three complete computer labs and four mult-media labs available for individual classroom use;
a library that fully supports the curriculum in all subjects, also the library has an extensive range of fictional and non-fictional books for recreational reading;
art studios for ceramics, graphics, painting an drawing;
design technology labs using the latest CAD/CAM hardware software;
art media lab to create and produce artifacts using the latest in production software and technology.

Activities

There are many opportunities for students to exhibit their athletic talents as we offer a multitude of sports from football and volleyball to track and field and table tennis. Beyond sports, there are clubs as diverse as the Model United Nations or Calligraphy. Students are also encouraged to become involved in one of the community social service projects the school organizes. Throughout the year, there are regularly scheduled assemblies for different grade levels designed to celebrate excellence, to inform, entertain, and enliven the school community.

A student's day at the academy is filled with challenging academic work and enriching after school programs.

Student Governance

Qatar Academy has an active Student Council that is responsible for the social life of QA students. The Student Council plans social and activity event for the students of QA as well as liaison with the school administration.