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Senior School

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• School Nurse
• ESL
• Nutrition

School Nurse

The duties of Qatar Academy's Senior School Nurse, is to support student learning, to attend to health and medical issues and to render total care for the school community.

Some of the services offered are:

• illness and injury assessment and nursing intervention;
• annual health screening;
• impose a "Free Nut Zone" policy in school;
• coordinate with the cafeteria regarding cases of food allergies and special dietary needs for some students;
• be the centre of information for any vaccination or other medical drives required from the Ministry of Health in Qatar.

The School Nurse does not diagnose but may refer or require a doctor follow-up if there is a medical concern or suspicion of communicable disease.

ESL

The ESL program supports students in Grades 6-8 who are identified as needing additional support in English.

The teacher works with students who are enrolled in the ESL program four times a week.

ESL class work is tailored to individual student needs and focuses on the more academic language skills of reading and writing. Student progress is monitored closely by the ESL teacher, who then recommends that each student either exit the program at the end of the year or remain in ESL and continue to receive support for the following year.

All ESL students are regularly tested to ascertain their language level to match our criteria. There is no ESL support after Grade 8.

Nutrition

Qatar Academy is supported the Qatar Foundation's focus on 'healthy eating' and promoting a health aware environment within Education City.

The Nutrition Advisory Board composes of the Head of Nutrition (QF) and members of the Administrative staff from Qatar Academy, to address all issues relating to nutrition and the health of students and staff, and to develop a holistic approach to providing solutions to day-to-day nutrition or health issues.

These services include:

• tailoring of menus for students suffering from food allergies or intolerances;
• nutrition and health education programs/workshops to staff and students;
• dietary counseling to students suffering from nutritional problems compromising their health.