Dubai Modern High School

GEMS Modern Academy
Location
Dubai U.A.E
Information
Type	Private elementary and secondary
Motto	Excellentia; Lead Kindly Light
Established	1986
Principal	Kinshuk babee
Grades	Nursery, K–12
Campus	Semi-Urban
Houses	Aquila(Yellow,) Cygnus (Red,) Orion (Green,) Pegasus (Blue)
Colour(s)	Navy blue and light blue; Navy blue, white and pink
Affiliation	Indian Certificate of Secondary Education and International Baccalaureate
Alumni	Modernites
Website	http://www.gemsmodernacademy-dubai.com/

GEMS Modern Academy (originally Dubai Modern High School/The Modern High School, Dubai) is an Indian school in Dubai, founded in 1986. Part of the GEMS group of schools, it offers the CICSE and IB syllabus and a day-boarding system.

KHDA inspection report

The Knowledge and Human Development Authority (KHDA) is an educational quality assurance authority based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. It undertakes early learning, school and higher learning institution management and rates the schools.

A summary of the inspection ratings for GEMS Modern Academy:

School Name	2017-18	2016-17	2015-16	2014-15	2013-14	2012-13	2011-12	2010-11
Gems Modern Academy	Outstanding	Outstanding	Outstanding	Outstanding	Outstanding	Outstanding	Outstanding	Very good

A summary of all the schools in Dubai's ratings can be found at KHDA School Ratings.

Fees

The yearly fees of the school ranges from AED 30000 to AED 70000 a year depending upon the grade.

Curriculum

Gems Modern Academy offer an ICSE curriculum till grade 8 and an IB Diploma Program for Grade 11 and 12. It follows the ICSE Board syllabus till grade 10 and ISC for grade 11 and 12.

Campus

The Gems Modern Academy campus is based in Nad Al Sheba, Dubai, which they shifted to in 2008, their previous campus was located on Sheikh Zayed Road.

The school has two libraries, one for grades 1-3, and the senior library for grades 4-12. The school has over 200+ computers for children to use. The school has a tennis court which consists of three individual tennis courts, cricket nets, A caged football field, a track and field, consisting of a 400m running track beside a cycling track with another football field inside it. The school has a basketball court comprising three individual basketball courts plus one which is in an open space in the center of the campus. The school also has a venue for table tennis. Badminton is played in a building called the M.P.H. (Multi-Purpose Hall). Badminton, Lunch, assemblies, Exams and a few events are conducted in The M.P.H. The school has an auditorium popularly known as the Sunny Varkey Centre for Performing Arts which hosts several events such as the Rangoli Gulf and Modern World Debates. The school has a canteen just beside the M.P.H. and one more close to the library.

In 2017, GEMS Modern Academy opened the Budhayana - Makers Space Innovation Centre

Transportation

The schools Transportation is provided by STS, which is responsible for the transportation.

External links

• GEMS Modern Academy