DHIRUBHAI AMBANI INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL ESTD. 2003, Nita M. Ambani Founder & Chairperson September 12, 2015 am happy to share with you the improvements in our school's infrastructure and facilities, the enhancements in the safety and security measures, the extraordinary results of our ICSE, IGCSE and IB Diploma students in the board examinations of 2015, and the fabulous university placements that our graduating Class of 2015 has achieved. At Dhirubhai Ambani International School, we believe in fostering a learning environment that supports children’s holistic development, and one that encourages them to reach their full potential. We ardently believe that quality educational programmes, supported with world-class facilities and resources, go a long way in optimizing children’s learning. As part of our continuous drive for improvement, we initiated a major infrastructure and facilities enhancement project during the summer of 2015, which included the construction of the Centre for Performing Arts, renovation of kitchen areas, and laying Astroturf on the sports field. These facilities will enable children to identify and develop their innate talents, as well as support the delivery of our educational programmes for their holistic development. It is our constant quest for excellence that enables us to deliver our best performance and set new benchmarks year after year, whether itis in academics, co-curriculars or sports. Every accolade that we receive makes ushumble and inspires us to aim higher. DAIS has been ranked the No. 1 International Day School in India for three consecutive years by Education World (2013, 2014 and 2015). We have also been ranked the No. 1 School in Mumbai for three successive years by Hindustan Times (2012, 2013 and 2014) The following pages will provide you a glimpse of our newly-developed facilities and our children's wonderful achievements. Dhirubhai Ambani International School Bandra-Kurla Complex, Bandra (East), Mumbai - 400 098, India Tel 491 22 4061 7268 / 7269, Fax: +91 22 4061 7266 Email: nita_ambani@rilcom Website: www. da-s.o1gDHIRUBHAI AMBANI INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL ESTD. 2003, Centre for Performing Arts Located on the second floor of the school building, the acoustically designed Centre for Performing Arts is a futuristic, digital theatre equipped with state-of-the-art audio-video and recording equipment and lighting fixtures. This multipurpose space is primarily intended to facilitate and support the development and delivery of the Performing Arts Programme in the school. It can seat up to 100, and will also serve as a suitable venue for various curricular, cross-curricular and co-curricular programmes, as well as for workshops and seminars, both for students and teachers, Sports Field and Indoor Sports Area The school's sports field, which is shared by DAIS and the American School of Bombay, is being developed as a world-class football field with AstroTurf - it is scheduled to be completed this month. The open indoor space on the fourth level, above the Centre for Performing Arts, serves as an ideal venue for conducting sporting activities in smaller groups of about thirty children. These facilities will provide our school’s faculty with greater flexibility to conduct physical education lessons and co-curricular activities in all weather conditions, and provides opportunities for students to participate and train in sports activitiesDHIRUBHAI AMBANI INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL ESTD. 2003, Cafeteria Facilities The kitchen on both the ground and first floors have undergone significant renovation, with an entire range of new installations including a walk-in chiller, cool air flashes for cooking stations and all-round new cooking equipment The hygiene level of the Dining Halls is further enhanced with all crockery and utensils now being washed using potable water from the RO (Reverse Osmosis) water treatment plants. Upgradation in Safety and Security Measures We have undertaken several new measures in the school to further strengthen the safety and security of the children. A total of 85 CCTV cameras have been installed within the school campus, to ensure that all open areas and locations can be constantly monitored. We have installed an all-round intruder detection system, the glass facades of the schoo! building are now covered with blast-resistant films, and bollards will be installed shortly at both access gates of the School ‘The School gates have been redesigned to have a 'man-trap, which ensures that only authorized per- sonnel gain entry into the school premises, upon clearing the new state-of-the-art visitor management system, baggage scanners and full-length turnstiles. A new visitors’ reception has been set up near the gates, so that visitors’ entry into the building can be regulatedDHIRUBHAI AMBANI INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL ESTD. 2003, ICSE Results 2015 In the board examinations held in 2015, all 31 students of our tenth batch of ICSE Class X have achieved outstanding results: + All 31 students have scored above 92% * 26 out of 31 students have scored 95% and above + 5 students have scored between 92% and 95%. * Our Topper has scored 99.40% * Our Second highest score is 99% ‘© Our Third highest score is 98.20% * The School's average score is 96.19% ICSE Class X Results 2015 Students’ Score Snapshot ‘A Comparative Snapshot of Subject-wise Grades ‘age of Students with Grades 182 LOOPS AS fF oF ws SubjectDHIRUBHAI AMBANI INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL ESTD. 2003, IGCSE Results 2015 In the IGCSE examinations of 2015, all 69 students have done exceptionally well, presenting one of the best performances ever. + 88.84% of all grades achieved are A*'s and A's (UK Independent Schools: 60.8%; UK National: 21.3%; Worldwide: 28.78% in 2014) * 65.71% of all grades achieved are A*'s (UK Independent Schools: 32.9%; UK National 6.7%; Worldwide: 18% in 2014) © 23.13% ofall grades achieved are A's © 8.45% of all grades achieved are B's + 2studentshave got 10 A*'s in all the 10 subjects they appeared * 16studentshave achieved 9 A*'sor above © 13students achieved 8 A*'s or above + 29students representing 42% of the class have achieved 8 A*'s or above * 56% of the students achieved 7A*'s IGCSE Class X Results 2015 IGCSE Class X Results 2015 A Snapshot of Students’ Grades ‘AComparative Snapshot Percentage ot A"sand A's, Bese 8 hhh ‘DAK -UKindopndet “UENaioesl = Weéwite The Independent Schools Council (UK) comprises eight associations of independent schools (private schools) in UK and overseas. It collectively represents over 1,200 independent schools, which are ranked among the best in the world and educate more than half a million children. UK National represents the average score of students in GCSE examinations acrossall the schools in the UK.DHIRUBHAI AMBANI INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL ESTD. 2003, IBDP Results 2015, All 103 students who appeared for the examinations in 2015 have come out with flying colours - 101 students received the IB Diploma and 2 who appeared for the IB Certificate received the same. The School's average score of 39.72 points, which is much above the World and the Asia-Pacific average, fortifies the School's place among the top five IB Schools globally. * The School's average Diploma score is 39.72 points (Worldwide: 29.88; Asia-Pacific: 33.22) + Gstudents earned the perfect score of 45 points, achieved by only 10 students in india and whole of South Asia; 71 students in Asia-Pacific and 177 students worldwide + Gstudents obtained 44 points + Sstudents obtained 43 points * 60 students earned 40 points or above, constituting 59% of our students; compared to 7.20% worldwide and 9.26% in India * 88 students achieved a score of 36 or above, constituting 87% of our students; compared to 21.77% students worldwide and 25.91 % in India * 80% of Higher Level papers are graded 7/6 * 89.4% of Standard Level papers are graded 7/6 * The mean grades obtained by students is 6.24, compared to the world average of 4.85in 2014 * The mean bonus points obtained by the students is 2.06, compared to 1.14 worldwide in 2014 * InExtended Essay, 55.5% of the grades obtained were A's and B's * In Theory of Knowledge, 79.2% of the grades obtained were A's and B's =a ar 1B Diploma Results 2015 ‘AComparative Snapshot “ 2 20 gs Bo $s — BS 3 2x 2 z Fa x SDASig. ASB Pacte alot A soto4s 361039 221035 28t021 ha Score(out of 5)DHIRUBHAI AMBANI INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL ESTD. 2003, University Placements 2015 Students from the Class of 2015 have received acceptances from 16 of the World's top 25 universities; Oxford, Cambridge, Stanford, Princeton, Columbia and Brown are among them. Our 103 IB graduates have received admission offers from 141 universities worldwide, and are pursuing their studies in the UK, USA, Canada, Ireland, Hong Kong, UAE and Indi The number of acceptances received by our students from some of these leading universities are given in parenthesis below. Some of the colleges/universities in the UK that have accepted our students include: * University of Cambridge (3) + University of Warwick (24) * University of Edinburgh (8) + King's College (14) * University of Oxford (2) + University of st. Andrews (2) + University of Bristol (10) * London School of Economics(10) * University College London (26) + University of Bath (9) * University of Manchester(11) * Queen Mary University of London (6) Imperial College (9) + University of Exeter (5) Some of the colleges/universities in the USA that have accepted our students include: © Stanford University(1) + University of California, San Diego(15) © University of Michigan (1) Emory University (5) © Columbia University (3) «New York University (18) * Purdue University (10) + Northwestern University (3) © Brown University (1) ‘Washington University in St. Louis (5) + Rose-Hulmaninstitute of Technology(5) © Johns Hopkins University (3) + Swarthmore College (1) + University of Southern California (7) + Wellesley College (3) + Carnegie Mellon University (6) * Cornell University (6) * Tufts University (1) * Drake University (1) + Northeastern University (5) * Princeton University (2) * Georgia Institute of Technology (7) * University of California, Berkeley (5) + Boston University (8) * University of Chicago (2) + University of linois, Urbana Champaign (11) © University of California, Los Angeles(17) *_ Schoolof Artsinstitute, Chicago (3) © University of Pennsylvania (3) © Harvey Mudd College (1)Some of the colleges/universities in other parts students include: * University of Toronto (15) * Hong Kong University of Science & Tech. (10) © McGill University (9) * Savannah College of Art & Design (2) + Simon Fraser University (3) © University of British Columbia (14) DHIRUBHAI AMBANI INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL ESTD. 2003, of the globe that have accepted our University of Hong Kong (3) New York University, Abu Dhabi (4) University of Waterloo (4) University of Melbourne (1) Royal College of Surgeons (2) Trinity College(1) Some of the colleges/universities in India that have accepted our students include: © Ashoka University (2) . P.Jindal College of Liberal Arts (2) Forty-one percent of the IB Diploma Class of 2015 have received full or partial scholarships from universi- ties across the USA, UK, Canada, Hong Kong and the UAE. ur children’s remarkable academic, co-curricular and sporting accomplishments are testaments to their talent and extraordinary effort. We are confident that the new improvements in facilities, and other initiatives induding broad-basing the school's leadership team, introduction of new subjects and the commitment to reinforce in the school community our core values and attributes, will enable us to offer our children a more age-appropriate, learner-centered, safe, flexible, and diverse leaming environment. Parents’ trust in all we do, inspires us to go the extra mile in enabling our children to be happy and achieve success. Our dedicated teachers and staff, who do their best in translating our school's vision into action, are our strength. Heartiest congratulations to our students and their parents, and our teachers and staff! With best wishes, Sincerely, hts. M+ Arar Nita M. Ambani