New School at Dubai Sports City Opens This Week
Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Bradenton Preparatory Academy welcomed students for the start of the school term to their brand new campus at Dubai Sports City this week, much to the excitement of students, parents and teachers at the new school.
According to Dr. Michael Gemma, Head of School at Bradenton Preparatory Academy, everyone who visits Bradenton will be impressed by the new facilities available:
"This is an exciting time for everyone involved in this wonderful project. As we welcome our first students to Bradenton Preparatory Academy, I am confident they will be hugely impressed by the facilities we have created here and will enjoy their school experience at Bradenton Academy for many years to come.
The opening of Bradenton Preparatory Academy represents yet another milestone in the ongoing development of Dubai Sports City. According to Khalid Al Zarooni, President, Dubai Sports City, Bradenton Academy is just one of a number of exciting developments taking place in the near future:
"I wish everyone at Bradenton Academy every success for the future. This is another great development for Dubai Sports City, and, along with the opening of a number of Academies later this year, is proof that we are working harder than ever to deliver facilities of the highest international standards."
The Bradenton campus spans more than 130,000 square feet and includes a kindergarten, elementary school, junior high school, high school, auditorium, gymnasium, fully equipped science laboratories, a performing arts centre, two art rooms and a media center.
"The unique environment at Bradenton Preparatory Academy provides a flexible teaching curriculum to allow students to explore a wide range of performing and visual arts, sporting programmes and other extracurricular activities, while progressing through an advanced American curriculum that includes mathematics, sciences, history, and Arabic language," added Dr. Gemma.
Bradenton Preparatory Academy will have a maximum of 18 students in each class, ensuring project-based and student-centered learning experiences.
Anyone wishing to contact Bradenton Academy can call Dubai Sports City on 04-4251111, or log onto www.bradentonprepdubai.com or www.dubaisportscity.com.
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About Bradenton Academy
Bradenton Preparatory Academy promotes and celebrates academic achievement, athletic endeavour, artistic development, and personal growth.
The school will offer the American College Preparatory Curriculum incorporating specialised physical education through the optional use of Dubai Sports City Academies Campus.
Students at the Bradenton Academy will receive a college preparatory curriculum and, through placement testing, be able to achieve Collage credits while in high school.
About Dubai Sports City
Dubai Sports City (DSC) is a $4 billion, 50 million square feet mixed-use development which will be the world's first integrated purpose-built sports city.
The development is built around five major sports venues and feature a series of major sports academy facilities.
Included within the Dubai Sports City Academies Campus is the Dubai Sports City Football Academy - the home of Manchester United Soccer Schools, Dubai; the Dubai Sports City Swimming Academy; a David Lloyd Tennis Academy; the International Cricket Council's own ICC Global Cricket Academy; the WorldHockey Academy, a first of its kind partnership with the International Hockey Federation; a Rugby Academy; a high performance gymnasium; and a world-renowned sports medicine and rehabilitation centre.
For further information, please visit www.dubaisportscity.com
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