During the month of September, the entire Junior School community was engaged in a range of activities to celebrate Literacy Month. All activities were aimed at encouraging students to spend more time reading and writing as a way of exploring the world, expressing their thoughts and most importantly having fun. Activities included dual-language inter-house spelling bees and read-aloud sessions.

Diploma Programme 1 student Arya Abdul received the Dr Siva Kumari MYP Student Innovators’ Grant for her project “A Step Forward”, in which she built an easily accessible, environmentally friendly walker. The Aga Khan Academy Mombasa is the only International Baccalaureate (IB) school in Africa to have students receive this grant every year since its inception in 2019.

The Aga Khan Academy Mombasa welcomed new members of staff from around the world for the 2022-2023 academic year. Over the next few weeks, profiles of the new staff will be shown, introducing who they are and how they hope to uphold the mission and vision of the Academy.

To kick off the beginning of a new academic year, the faculty and staff at the Academy had a day of team building. The activities brought together the entire school including the Junior School and Senior School teachers, the support staff and the entire admin team.

A special outdoor screening of the Elephant Queen was held a the Academy last week. Elephant Queen is an inspirational Kenyan film celebrating our wildlife. The internationally acclaimed documentary aims to raise awareness of human-wildlife conflict and increase conservation efforts.