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Post by dhockey9954 on Aug 2, 2013 19:14:35 GMT
Hi,
I am in the stage of "conditional offer" waiting for clearance. If everything goes smooth, I will be housed in Dhahran. I heard that in Dhahran camp there is no grade 10 - 12 school but there is one outside the camp in US Embassy. My question is as Canadian, can I send my child to this school at the US Embassy? Does SA help with the tuition? Thank you for the information.
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Post by vpainter on Aug 3, 2013 7:12:52 GMT
All nationalities can attend the ISG Dhahran High School on the U. S consulate grounds. It is not inside the Embassy grounds, but shares the Embassy security.
You will need to apply for your student to attend that school. It is a private school. ARAMCO pays 100% of the tuition and some but not all fees for this school. DHs is a college preparatory school and their students get accepted to public and private universities all over the world.
Google International Schools Group Dhahran and you will find contact information there.
This is an American curriculum High school with an IB program and an AP program as well as regular high school classes.
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Post by dhockey9954 on Aug 3, 2013 12:53:37 GMT
Thank you so much vpainter. This information is so releaving and makes me more excited to move to DHA with my family. Can't wait to see all of you guys.
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Post by Flash on Sept 12, 2013 21:56:29 GMT
Are there any South Africans who have kids or had kids going to DHS perhaps and could share their experiences in terms of curriculum and what they thought in general of DHS vs South African schools curriculum etc? Thanks very much  |
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Post by rigger64 on Dec 14, 2017 17:12:19 GMT
All nationalities can attend the ISG Dhahran High School on the U. S consulate grounds. It is not inside the Embassy grounds, but shares the Embassy security. You will need to apply for your student to attend that school. It is a private school. ARAMCO pays 100% of the tuition and some but not all fees for this school. DHs is a college preparatory school and their students get accepted to public and private universities all over the world. Google International Schools Group Dhahran and you will find contact information there. This is an American curriculum High school with an IB program and an AP program as well as regular high school classes. VPainter, this is 4 years old. Is the info re full tuition paid by SA still valid. Thanks, Rigger |
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Post by swan on Dec 16, 2017 3:06:50 GMT
Education allowance for in kingdom schools is a multiple of your salary. Off the top of my head it's 2 or 2.5 times monthly base salary. So fees being covered or not will depend on your income. Fees for DHS are here: dhs.isg.edu.sa/tuition-fees/ . We have a letter saying 5% VAT will be applied from January (Kids on the British side). |
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Post by rigger64 on Dec 17, 2017 3:16:44 GMT
Thanks, Swan.
This is good info. If I ever get there, this shouldn’t be an issue. Good to know.
Rigger
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Post by rigger64 on Jan 1, 2018 19:04:41 GMT
Education allowance for in kingdom schools is a multiple of your salary. Off the top of my head it's 2 or 2.5 times monthly base salary. So fees being covered or not will depend on your income. Fees for DHS are here: dhs.isg.edu.sa/tuition-fees/ . We have a letter saying 5% VAT will be applied from January (Kids on the British side). . Swan, I was recently on ISG/DHS and saw the posting about the VAT and tuition. Although the education allowance will cover tuition I was of the understanding that VAT/Govt fees - whether for exit visas, Iqamas or whatever - were to be covered/paid for by the employee. Is this true or will the EA pay the VAT? Thx, Rigger |
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Post by swan on Jan 2, 2018 19:56:25 GMT
Who knows! I guess im hoping that it will just be a bigger bill to submit to Aramco, and will be covered as a normal fee increase.
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Post by rigger64 on Jan 3, 2018 18:16:07 GMT
I like the way you think!
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Post by cooper on Jan 22, 2018 14:59:33 GMT
VAT is to be paid by the family. Aramco covers most of the tuition at the high school but there is still a gap of a few thousand dollars (US). DHS has become highly compeive. There is no guarantee you child will be admitted to the school, and in fact, a large percentage of Aramco kids with very good GPAs were rejected this year and families had to scramble to find suitable other options. There is a school in Bahrain that is ok (not great) and a British school that shares the same space as DHS. Be prepared.
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