Test Drive May 2014 | Page 4

Rationale In January 2011 a decree was issued announcing the addition of a female campus in Abu Dhabi as a new member of the Applied Technology High School group. The new female campus was to be located in Abu Dhabi Zayed Educational Compound. AUH-G mission was to “provide distinctive secondary school programs that integrate career and technical education with a rigorous academic core” In 2014 and with the school graduating its first batch of Grade 12 students, it is time to pause and thoughtfully consider the school’s enduring strengths and most pressing challenges. This strategic plan is initiated in response to the above need and purports to further the mission of the School by promoting changes that have a persistent effect on the School as a whole and propel the School forward while maintaining the School’s core foundational beliefs.