Application Process

• Applicant Photo
• Copy of Student's Passport
• Copy of Parents’ Passports
• Nursery/School Report (if available)
• Additional documents when applicable including Speech and Language/Occupational Therapy reports, Individualized Education Plans (IEPs), Academic Program Accommodations (504 plans), Behavior Modification Plans or Psychological-Educational Evaluations
• Recommendation Forms (from current school year principal/teacher) - will be available to request online once you submit your application; deadline to receive the forms is November 15

As part of the admissions process, we’d like to meet applicants in person as much as possible to better understand the student's readiness for our Early Learning program in the following areas: fine motor skills, gross motor skills, cognitive skills, social/emotional development, and English language ability. Students who complete applications within the deadline will be invited for a campus visit in mid-November. For students applying from overseas who cannot come for the visit, we will schedule a virtual meeting. Please contact the admissions team for more details.

• Applicant Photo
• Copy of Student's Passport
• Copy of Parents’ Passports
• Previous End of Year Report Cards (for the past 2 school years)
• Current School Year Term Report (when available)
• Additional documents when applicable including Speech and Language/Occupational Therapy reports, Individualized Education Plans (IEPs), Academic Program Accommodations (504 plans), Behavior Modification Plans or Psychological/Educational Evaluations
• Recent Writing Sample - completed for English class with teacher comments and/or rubric; could be an illustration with 2-3 sentence description and student’s name (for grade 1); short story, essay or creative response (grades 2-5)
• Recent Leveled Reading assessment and Math chapter/unit test scores (grades 1-2) - you may request these from your child’s teacher
• Standardized Test scores for Reading and Math such as the MAP, GL assessment, STAR, SSAT or similar (grades 3-5)
• If assessments/test scores above are not available, you can sign up for one of our MAP testing days (grades 1-5), please contact our team for more details
• CAT IV (for UAE transfers)
• Introductory Video (Grades 4 and  5 applicants only) - This is a great way for ASD to get a chance to know its applicants.  Students will record a video and upload it to your application portal.  If the file is too large to upload, you can email it to us directly.  Here are a few examples of  topics to consider and some questions to think about answering.
  • What made you choose to apply to ASD?
  • Tell us more about some of your hobbies and interests.
  • What would you like to accomplish during your time at ASD?
  • What are your three favorite things about yourself?
  • How do you like to spend your free time?
  • Tell us a bit more about your family?
• Recommendation Forms from current school year teacher and principal/counselor  - will be available to request online through your application portal once you submit your application. Deadline to receive the forms is February 15.

• Applicant Photo
• Copy of Student's Passport
• Copy of Parents’ Passports
• Last Two End of Year Report Cards
• Current School Year Term Report (When available)
• Standardized Test scores such as the MAPs, GL assessment, STAR, SSAT or similar; if not available, please contact us. If you are overseas and your child does not have any of the above testing we only accept the SSAT assessment. Please register HERE for an at home or at a testing center site.
• Introductory Video – This is a great way for ASD to get a chance to know its applicants. Students will record a video and upload it to us.  If the file is too large to upload, you can email it to me directly. Here are a few examples of  topics to consider and some questions to think about answering.
  • What made you choose to apply to ASD?
  • Tell us more about some of your hobbies and interests.
  • What would you like to accomplish during your time at ASD?
  • What are your three favorite things about yourself?
  • How do you like to spend your free time?
  • Tell us a bit more about your family?
• Character Skills Snapshot
  • Please go to the Character Skill Snapshot Link to create an account, complete the assessment and get all your questions answered.  Make sure to upload the screenshot of the results once you receive them.
• Recommendation Forms from current school year teacher and principal/counselor will be available to request online through your application portal once you submit your application. Deadline to receive the forms is February 15.

• Applicant Photo
• Copy of Student's Passport
• Copy of Parents’ Passports
• Last Two End of Year Report Cards
• Current School Year Term Report (When available)
• Official High School Transcript (Applying for grades 10-12)
• Standardized Test scores such as the MAPs, GL assessment, STAR, SSAT or similar; if not available, please contact us. If you are overseas and your child does not have any of the above testing we only accept the SSAT assessment. Please register HERE for an at home or at a testing center site.
• CAT IV (Required for UAE transfer)
• Introductory Video – This is a great way for ASD to get a chance to know our applicants.  Students will record a video and upload it to us. If the file is too large to upload, you can email it to me directly.  Here are a few examples of topics to consider and some questions to think about answering.
  • What made you choose to apply to ASD?
  • Tell us more about some of your hobbies and interests.
  • What would you like to accomplish during your time at ASD?
  • What are your three favorite things about yourself?
  • How do you like to spend your free time?
  • Tell us a bit more about your family?
• Character Skills Snapshot
  • Please go to the Character Skill Snapshot Link to create an account, complete the assessment and get all your questions answered. Make sure to upload the screenshot of the results once you receive them.
• Recommendation Forms from current school year teacher and principal/counselor will be available to request online through your application portal once you submit your application. Deadline to receive the forms is February 15.