Welcome to the New School Year! Back to School Orientation, Uniform, Stationery and more

We are looking forward to welcoming all our new and returning students to the 2025-26 school year next week! We hope you’ve had an enjoyable, restful summer with family and friends. We have been busy preparing for the new school year and there is quite a bit of information to communicate before school begins. Please take note of the information below, and look out for more details in next week’s newsletter.

Monday, August 25th - Please note that our first day of school will not look like a regular day, but will be aimed at new students in the early afternoon; all Grade 6 students who are new to Secondary this year; a Zoom introduction for grades 7-12; and a Back to School Orientation for students and parents of all (both new and returning) students in the afternoon.

Specific information was mailed directly to all our new and returning students. If you have any queries about Monday’s orientation, please don’t hesitate to contact us.

Tuesday, August 26th – First regular day of school in person with all students, start at 7:50am.

Our school uniform sales are handled by Color Shades Uniforms in Al Naeem City Center, Al Dhait. They are located on the 1st floor (next to RedTag).
Al Naeem City Center location

• Showroom timings during school season: August 1st to September 30th: 10am to 10pm, Monday to Sunday.
• For any exchanges: To avoid rush hour and ensure smooth assistance, parents can come for exchanges between 1pm and 4pm.
• For any alterations: Please expect minimum 10 to maximum 15 working days during peak season time.
• Exchange Policy: During peak season, it is mandatory for parents to bring their children for purchase of uniforms to ensure the correct size. Exchanges for sizing without the child present is not allowed.
  An invoice is mandatory for any exchanges within 7 working days from the date of purchase. Exchanges without an invoice or after 7 working days will not be entertained.

The First Installment for 2025-26 Tuition and Fees needs to be paid by August 25th.
2025-26 Tuition and Fees document

For any questions about invoice, payment, or timing, kindly contact the Finance office at 054-4614640 or email finance@tws-rak.org.
Thank you to those who paid already.

Each Elementary and EC family will be given a new 2025-2026 car number that will determine where and when you drop off and pick up your child. Our team will help take your children from the car in the morning and return them to you at the end of the day.
Your new Car Number can be picked up from reception on Monday.

• Pre-KG (Pink car numbers) and Life Skills students (Purple car numbers) – ALL families with Pre-KG and Life Skills students will drop off all children in the drop off lane inside the gate.
• Secondary only cars (families with ONLY Grades 6-12 students) can drop off ACROSS the street from Gate 12 and children can cross at the crosswalk and enter campus on their own. No car number will be needed.

• All cars that have any child in Early Childhood (KG1 and KG2) and Elementary (Grades 1-5) will drop off at Gate 14 by entering the car line. These cars have Blue or Green car numbers.
• There will be TWO drop off lanes. The side nearest the entrance is for any car with KG1, KG2 or Grade 1 students (no. 199 and below) and the lane nearest the gravel parking lot is any car with students in Grade 2 and above (no. 200 and above).

• 1:30 PM - Life Skills students (Purple car numbers) – ALL families with Life Skills students will pick up your child in the drop off lane inside the gate. Staff will bring him or her directly to your car.
• 2:55 PM – Pre-KG, KG1 and KG2 ONLY (Pink and Blue numbers) students will pick up your child in the drop off lane inside the gate. Staff will bring him or her directly to your car.
• 3:10 PM – Families with ONLY secondary students (Grades 6-12) can pick up your students across the street from Gate 12. Your children will walk to you after 3:10 PM.

Enter the car lane, wait in the car line with your number clearly displayed. Staff will bring your child directly to your car.

• 3:00 PM – Elementary students and any EC siblings (Green numbers) will release to the car line.
• 3:10 PM – Secondary students and any siblings in EC or Elementary (Yellow numbers) will be released to the car line.
• There will be TWO pick up lanes. The side nearest the entrance is for any car with KG1, KG2 or Grade 1 students (no. 199 and below) and the lane nearest the gravel parking lot is any car with students in Grade 2 and above (no. 200 and above).

• 11:30 AM for all students in Early Childhood and Elementary
• 11:40 AM for Secondary students
• All procedures for method and gates will use the same procedure as Monday-Thursday.

Please make sure to save our WellSpring WhatsApp number as a contact on your phone. Our WhatsApp groups (by grade) are a way for school to share any important/urgent information directly with our parents. We limit this form of communication to only what we deem urgent, all other information is shared in our weekly newsletter and on Canvas.

WellSpring WhatsApp: +971 50 639 3914

Please see the updated 2025-26 Calendar. You can always find the most updated calendar on our website.

All parents have a Canvas account that has been created for you to observe your children’s classes and to communicate with their teachers. If you haven’t yet, please follow the link below for instructions on how to set up your Canvas account:
Canvas for Parents

Please contact our IT team if you have any questions at IT@tws-rak.org

A message for our Arabic parents: Please note that parents are welcome to message teachers in Arabic on Canvas. We will translate the message on our side.

We have a signature page for ALL parents (Pre-K to G12) and Secondary students to sign. The signature page is an acknowledgement that you have read and agree to the guidelines laid out in our Parent/Student handbook in English or Arabic, including the Attendance Policy, the Acceptable Computer Use policy and the Code of Conduct.

We also have a RAK DOK Parent Contract that all parents should sign:
Arabic
English

Please find the signature pages for both documents here. These pages should be signed and returned as soon as possible.

We are very excited to be introducing a food delivery service for students. The company, Master Catering Services, will provide more information about their services at the Orientation on Monday.