Dear parents,

Dear Parents,

Greetings! We wish to begin by hoping that all our students, parents and their families are keeping good health and are taking the right precautions from the effects of the Coronavirus pandemic. We pray that you all are well protected and continue to be in good health and spirits.

Thank you for another wonderful and productive year 2019-20. We can’t thank everyone enough for your endless hours of volunteering, chaperoning, reading, organizing, donating and doing whatever was necessary to support students both at home and at school.

Most importantly, our students have learnt to practice their values learnt through the
‘Year of Tolerance – 2019’. They have excelled in many fields. Their achievements have been in their academic studies, sports, music and arts to name just a few. We are justly proud of them and this has been possible only with your support. We assure you that our commitment towards our vision is to provide the best form of education to our students.

Distance Learning (e-learning)

Due to the effects of Covid-19 pandemic throughout the world, the date of re-opening of school will be informed later as per ADEK guidelines. But distance learning through ‘Microsoft Teams’ is already in place to provide a virtual learning experience to our students. We expect that most of you should have already been able to log in by now and have started lessons. If you haven’t done so or are having trouble, please contact the Distance Learning Coordinators who can help you login to your account as early as possible. The Distance Learning Coordinator contacts along with general FAQs are listed on our website www.alainjuniors.com.

Kindly note the following important information and dates:

Promotion: Since the final year exams are cancelled as per the guidelines of ADEK & CBSE Guidelines, promotion to the next class is done based on the average taken from Term-1, Term-2 & internal assessment. Promotion to the next class has already been notified to the parents through an SMS from the school.
Grade 10 (2019-20 Batch) have finished their Board examinations & are awaiting results From CBSE.
Grade 12 (2019-20 Batch) Computer Science & Business Studies Examinations have been postponed due to the outbreak of Pandemic COVID 19. The date for these examinations will be notified by CBSE& the school.

 ACADEMIC YEAR 2020 – 2021

Orientation Program: Orientation for the parents to inform about the policies and academic program of the school will be sent to individual e-mails through a power point presentation. This will also be posted on the school website

Grades 10 & 12: Distance learning for the promoted grades 10 & 12 is in progress from March 22nd 2020.
Grades1- 9 & 11 & KG: Academic year 2020-21 officially will begin from April 5th 2020 through Distant Learning till further notifications from ADEK.

Teaching & Learning: Teachers will teach online to progress with the curriculum for classes KG – Grade12 For the Academic year 2020-21 until further notifications from ADEK

Uniforms: The regular and PE uniform for students of KG to Grade 12 are available at our Sanaiya store. Parents can obtain/purchase them only after restrictions of movement are lifted.

School Book Sale:
In lieu of the precautionary measures undertaken, there will no physical book sale at the school premises. However, Al Ain Juniors is working with our distributors to enable online order and delivery of books. Payment will be done online and the books will be delivered to your homes. You will be notified by SMS as soon as this service is ready. Please visit the school website for continuous updates.

MOE Books: It is mandatory to buy MOE Books as per the directives from ADEK. The books are:
Islamic Studies
Arabic Language
UAE Social studies
Moral Education Program (MEP)
These payments for these books will be included in new academic year fees and books will be issued/delivered once we receive them from Ministry of Education Book Store.

Pending fee payment: We understand that this is a difficult time for everyone. All our teachers are working hard and trying their best every day to prepare good online lessons so that your child(ren) can continue to learn in the safety of your homes. Our support teams are constantly working to ensure the availability of the online platforms, to troubleshoot any IT related issues and all back-end support. Please help us to continue this effort by paying complete fee dues for the academic year 2019-20.

We regret that students with outstanding fee dues cannot receive results of their final exams and TCs cannot be given for leaving students until they clear all fee dues. Moreover please note that the access to the school’s distance learning platforms can only continue if all the due fees are paid. We appreciate your understanding and cooperation in this regard.

Mode of fee payment in view of restrictions
Please note that we are working on an online payment facility which will available soon. Until this is ready, fee payment can be done at the school reception (8.30 am – 12.30pm) or via bank deposits either through tellers or CDMs. School account details are posted on our website. Your child’s due fees will be sent to you via SMS.

Emirates ID update: As per the directives from ADEK , the Emirates IDs of father, mother and child must be updated. Considering the current situation of the Covid 19 outbreak , for expired Emirates ID parents should sign an undertaking to update the Emirates ID and bring the original ID to school to be updated on Esis ( enterprise student information system) as soon as you are informed of the normal functioning of the school.

New Admissions: Admissions are open for all grades of KG & Grades 1 – 12, wherever vacancies exist. For further details, contact Student Affairs department either through phone (03- 7810043, ext – 103) or in person.

School Office Timings: The school office timings will be from 8.30 am – 12.30 pm - Sunday to Thursday starting from Sunday,5thApril 2020..

Baseline Assessments for new students: Students from Grade 1 – 9 are required to undergo Base-line assessment. They are required to make a study schedule to write concepts covered in English, Math and Arabic in the previous grade. The test will be held in the 3rd week of April 2020 (online) after the academic year 2020-21 begins hopefully on 5th April 2020. This will be part of the Formative assessment and will impact the grades of students and also facilitate the target setting for students. We believe that this good practice will help students to utilize their break in a focused manner and will ultimately do well in class academically.

• A Final message to AJI students

Thank you for the hard work throughout the School year. We are honored to be your teachers. You made us proud by being an “AJI-ite”. We offer our gratitude to Almighty God and to your dear parents for whole heartedly co-operating and partnering with AJ to produce talented optimistic, independent, compassionate, lifelong learners and future leaders of our society. We look forward to the new scholastic year 2020-21 with renewed enthusiasm and great commitment.

Above all we wish and pray for a healthy and a virus -free new academic year and that everything returns to normalcy at the earliest.
AJ Administration

- Al Ain Juniors School Administration