In light of the recent recognition of September as Suicide Prevention Month, the ASD high school counselors made an extra effort to spread the word about mental health awareness and its importance to keeping students healthy.  Many factors contribute to the potential deterioration of mental well-being...

Every year, ASD offers educational and informational service trips that take place to destinations all around the globe. Students and advisers working with student service groups have recently made intentional moves to articulate the nature of their group's particular "service." Each group has identified...

Student executive members of ASD’s EFFECT Club recently attended a pivotal lecture in Qatar's growing movement to tackle climate change. The emerging Arab Youth Climate Movement Qatar (AYCM Qatar) hosted the lecture by an integral member of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).   Mr....

After the new fingerprint technology was recently introduced to students in upper elementary, some ASD parents complained about the lack of communication about and implementation of this technology. Parents were worried about their children's safety and privacy because they knew little about the...

The International Baccalaureate program, commonly abbreviated as IB, has made some notable changes to the types of courses they offer and the content in them for the 2020-2021 school year. This means the changes affect primarily this year's 11th graders. Both the IB Language and Literature and the...