On Friday 14 January the Grade 8 students celebrated Inventors Fair to mark the end of the unit “What happens when the east meets west?”, a unit that mainly focuses on the trade, cultures, belief/religious systems, inventions, architecture and significant individuals along the Silk Road.

At the end of the semester, the Junior School students at the Aga Khan Academy Mombasa celebrated Arts Week, an annual celebration in which students showcase their visual arts, music, drama and dance talents. This year’s Arts Week was particularly special as all JS students created an art piece and they all performed on stage together for the first time since school re-opened.

Amreen Valli, Class of 2015 from the Aga Khan Academy Mombasa and social media and alumni engagement lead for the Aga Khan Academy Alumni Network, sat down with us to talk about how the Aga Khan Academies promote pluralism and the lasting impact it has on its graduates.

On Monday, 1 November 2021, Diploma Programme (DP) 1 students at the Aga Khan Academy Mombasa participated in an introductory session on the extended essay (EE), which is a core component of the International Baccalaureate (IB) DP consisting of an independent, research-based project compiled into a 4,000-word essay.