At the beginning of the school year, you will be assigned a individual homeroom advisor. You will meet your advisor on the first day of school for school orientation. During the school year, you will also see your advisor regularly during homeroom period.

Your advisor is someone who is expected to take a friendly interest in the many areas of your school life and is responsible for advising you about academic, athletic, and extracurricular matters. Your advisor will also monitor your overall progress and communicate on occasion with other teachers and counselors if they foresee potential problem areas in which you might need help.

The counselor is available to students, faculty, and parents as needed regarding university admission, careers advice, or personal matters. Referrals of students can be made by administrators, teachers, students themselves (self-referral), or at the request of parents. The counselor’s office is F102 in the male campus and F102 in the female campus. Students should not visit the counselor without first having made an appointment (except in very exceptional circumstances). If the appointment is during scheduled class time, students must have the permission of the teacher(s) concerned. The student must bring the permission slip signed by the teacher(s) to the appointment.

The counselor will provide individual and group counseling in a variety of subjects, including, but not limited to time management, stress management, test anxiety, and study skills. The counselor will also consult with faculty regarding students and participate in programs geared toward encouraging emotional growth and mental health. The counselor is also available for crisis intervention services if necessary.

The counselor may observe lessons in order to screen for potential behavioral problems, write reports, and make recommendations to faculty and administration regarding placement and will, when requested, participate in family conferences (parent-teacher) when mental health or behavioral issues are involved.

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Mobile phone use during school hours is strictly prohibited. Phones heard or seen during the school day will be temporarily confiscated by any member of staff. The student will then have to pick up the phone at the end of the school day from the principal’s office. The parents of a student whose phone is confiscated 3 or more times will need to collect the phone from the Headmaster.

Students are permitted to call their parents after 4:00 PM outside the building. However, to prevent theft and damage, The Glenelg School of Abu Dhabi strongly encourages its students to leave mobile phones at home. GSAD is not responsible in anyway for mobile phone loss, theft, or damage.

Regular homework allows you to practice various skills and/or reflect on various problems or issues outside of School hours so that teachers can make more efficient and creative use of the time for classroom instruction. It reflects the School’s commitment to a more active learning style, where students develop educational skills through actual practice rather than through passive observation. Finally, it establishes habits of study which will be useful in later educational experiences as well as in a life-style that will surely include continued learning.

The primary purpose of homework is to develop your power to think on your own. To rely on another person’s thinking to do your homework is hampering your own development. It is to your advantage to complete your homework with as little assistance as possible. Outright copying of another person’s work, in whole or in part, with the intention of submitting it as your own is prohibited and subject to disciplinary action. When homework is assigned, the teacher will assign the work with a due date. Homework must be completed on time, and is due at the beginning of the class period.

As a general rule, you should find that work assigned outside of class requires 30 to 45 minutes a day for each course taken. You will need to make good use of your study time so that your homework is completed on time. Outlined below are some approximations for homework time needed for each grade:

• Grade 7: Time per evening 110 minutes
• Grade 8: Time per evening 120 minutes
• Grade 9 and Grade 10: Time per evening 2 – 3 hours
• Grade 11 and Grade 12: Time per evening 3 – 4 hours.

NOTE: Students in the Advanced Placement program may find that these courses will extend the amount of time spent on work outside of school.