News & Events


22/01/2012	Online Parent Portal Invitations to the Online Parent Portal have been sent to all parents.
07/12/2011	CISD December 2011 Newsletter is available for download The December 2011 Newsletter for Compass International School is available to download
29/11/2011	Newly elected SCG Members announced The newly elected members of the School Consultative Group (SCG) have been announced.
22/11/2011	Mother Tongue Presentation Information from the Mother Tongue Presentation held at Gharaffa is now available on the EAL web page.
02/11/2011	November 2011 Newsletter The November 2011 Newsletter for Compass International School is available to download.
01/11/2011	Eid Holiday Extension We have been directed by the Supreme Education Council of the State of Qat= ar that school should remain closed for the Eid Al Adha holiday from Sunda= y 06 November 2011 until the end of Sunday13 November 2011. School will therefore resume on Monday 14 November 2011. Please note that this is a change to our holiday dates.
24/10/2011	Compass International Kindergarten I am delighted to announce that Compass International Kindergarten will open at our Rayyan Campus on Wednesday 26 October 2011. The school is located on Al Furousiya Street between Rayyan Petrol Station and Equestrian Roundabout.
10/10/2011	Run for Water Aid Please donate to support our staff who are raising money for Water Aid.
03/10/2011	October 2011 Newsletter The October 2011 Newsletter for Compass International School is available to download.
09/09/2011	Class Timetables Class timetables are now available for download
09/09/2011	Welcome to the 2011 / 12 School Year Welcome to the 2011 / 12 School Year. A special welcome to new students and families joining our school.
06/09/2011	Compass School: going green with QDVC
30/06/2011	School Consultative Group Annual Report The School Consultative Group Annual Report for 2010 / 2011 has been emailed to all parents and is also available online
26/06/2011	Early Years 2 Summer Advice Early Years 2 Summer Advice
16/06/2011	QNSA Candidacy John Todd, Head of School at Compass International School, was presented with a QNSA Candidacy certificate on Wednesday by Dr Hamda Al Sulaiti of the Supreme Education Council.
15/06/2011	End of Term Newsletter The end of term newsletter has been published and emailed to parents. It can be downloaded at: http://www.cisdoha.com/NewsandInformation/Newsletters
23/05/2011	The show will go on We have been able to install a temporary fix for the electrical systems at the Gharaffa Sports Hall, so the Madinat Khalifa show will go on as planned.
06/04/2011	April Newsletter published The April 2011 Newsletter has been published and is available to view online
10/03/2011	Compass students meet Queen Beatrix Compass Students met Queen Beatrix at Souk Waqif during her vist to Qatar
02/03/2011	March 2011 Newsletter published The February 2011 Newsletter has been published and is available to view online or download.
01/03/2011	Primary School Writing Workshop
24/02/2011	CIS Doha is granted membership of the Council of International Schools Compass International School Doha has been granted membership of the prestigious Council of International Schools
05/02/2011	Ian Poulter judges Futuristic Golf Fashion Show Ian Poulter judges Futuristic Golf Fashion Show at Commercial Bank Qatar Masters
02/02/2011	February 2011 Newsletter published The February 2011 Newsletter has been published and is available to view online or download.
13/01/2011	Asian Cup 2011 Videos of CISD students as mascots an an Asian Cup 2011 match - a useful practice session for 2022!
06/01/2011	Term 2 ECA information available Term 2 Extra Curricular Activities information is now available.
02/01/2011	Term 2 Calendars available to download Term 2 Calendars for both Campuses are now available to download.
01/01/2011	Happy New Year Happy New Year for 2011. Greetings to all our families. A reminder that school starts at 7.30 AM on Sunday 02 January 2011.
23/12/2010	New School Prospectus Our new School Prospectus is now available to download.
23/12/2010	Water Aid The total raised from both schools for Water Aid from our Fun Run and Wear Blue Day was QR 8581.
22/12/2010	December Newsletter published The CISD Newsletter for December 2010 is now available to view online or to download.
15/12/2010	Public Holiday declared for 19 December The Emiri Diwan has announced that Sunday 19 December 2010 will be a Public Holiday since December 18 (the legal Public Holiday for Qatar National Day) falls on Saturday 18 December.
15/12/2010	Wear Blue for Taps and Loos On Tuesday 14 December everyone was blue at Compass International School. The children wore blue to raise money for the charity Water Aid.
08/11/2010	Chocolicious experience for Year 7 Year 7 enjoyed a chocolicious experience at the Grand Hyatt Hotel tasting chocolate and decorating cakes.
07/11/2010	SCG Election results School consultative Group election results for 2 parent representatives and the staff representative have been released.
03/11/2010	November 2010 Newsletter published The November 2010 Newsletter for Compass International School has been published and is available online.
02/11/2010	Maths Super Learning Day Take a look at some photos of our Primary School Maths Super Learning Day.
02/11/2010	Schlumberger QSHE Internet Safety Workshop Students from Compass International School Doha were delighted to welcome members of Schlumberger’s Health, Safety and Environment for Youth Team to the school on 26 October for a talk on Internet Safety.
27/10/2010	Term Dates for 2011 / 2012 Proposed Term dates for 2011 / 2012 are now available.
25/10/2010	Book Week Scrapbook Take a look at Mrs. Pilkington's Book Week 2010 Scrap Book
18/10/2010	School Consultative Group Elections Information on elections for the School Consultative Group (SCG) is now available
17/10/2010	Book Week Photos Photos from our recent Book Week are now available online
03/10/2010	New Year 1 Class to open A new Year 1 Class will open at the Madinat Khalifa Campus on 10 October 2010
20/09/2010	September 2010 Newsletter published The School Newsletter for September 2010 has been published and is available for download.
19/09/2010	New Contact Number for Madinat Khalifa The new contact number for the Madinat Khalifa is 66838022
18/09/2010	Talk a walk around the classrooms at Madinat Khalifa Talk a walk around the classrooms at the Madinat Khalifa Campus.
13/09/2010	Take a walk around Madinat Khalifa Campus A gallery of photos that takes you on a walking tour around our new Madinat Khalifa Campus.
06/09/2010	New Madinat Khalifa Campus Our new Madinat Khalifa Campus will open for students on 19 September.
28/07/2010	Telephone Numbers update Please note our new school telephone numbers from 28 July 2010.
16/06/2010	New information packs for Early Years and Year 7 New information packs for Early Years and Year 7 are now available.
10/06/2010	South African Ambassador kicks off the World Cup at Compass The South African Ambassador, HE Dr. Vincent Zula and Mrs. Zulu visited Compass International School for a World Cup Assembly on Thursday
08/06/2010	June 2010 Newsletter published The June 2010 Newsletter has been published and is available to download.
06/06/2010	Compass students mark environment day in style DOHA MINISTER of Culture, Arts and Heritage HE Dr Hamad bin Abdulaziz al Kuwari opened an art exhibition showcasing the works of students of Compass International School to mark World Environment Day (WED) at Grand Hyatt Hotel on Thursday.
06/06/2010	Primary School presentation on Assessment Notes from the primary school presentation on assessment are available to download.
04/06/2010	Kids get creative for World Environment Day Bin bags, candy wrappers, old newspapers, CDs and shopping bags were turned into fashionable apparels for a unique fashion show titled ‘Junk Deluxe’ which opened the week-long art exhibition of Compass International School Doha at the Grand Hyatt Hotel yesterday.
02/06/2010	Student art and fashion pointing to environment Gulf Times article on the Grand Hyatt Fashion Show
23/05/2010	New School Uniform Supplier Our new school uniform supplier will be Schoolwear International.
18/05/2010	Rayyan Campus Principal I am delighted to announce the appointment of Mrs. Donna Brackstone-Drake as the Rayyan Campus Principal with effect from September 2010.
05/05/2010	CISD May 2010 Newsetter published The May 2010 edition of the Compass International School Newsletter has been published and is available to view online or to download.
03/05/2010	IPC Regional Conference at Compass School The International Primary Curriculum Regional Conference was held at Compass International School on 30 April / 01 May 2010.
02/05/2010	International Week 2010 has started International Week 2010 has started. Keep up to date with all the events through our website.
25/04/2010	New WCL School opening in New York New York City will soon be host to a new private school, World Class Learning Academy, New York, offering a cutting-edge model of education that reflects the international character of the City itself. Called the International Primary Curriculum (IPC), this highly-respected, internationally-recognized curriculum is used in over 900 schools in 58 countries worldwide. World Class Learning Academy, a school opening in September 2010 on the Manhattan’s Lower East Side, will offer the IPC as the centerpiece of its learning program initially to children ages 3-11 (Pre-K through 5th Grade).
18/04/2010	Term 3 Calendars published Detailed calendars for Term 3 the Gharaffa and Rayyan Campuses are now available for download.
17/04/2010	Acting Rayyan Campus Principal Mr. Geoff Hazell has joined the school as Acting Rayyan Campus Principal for Term 3
17/04/2010	Iceland Volcano Disruption Several members of staff have been delayed due to the air travel restrictions in Europe.
09/03/2010	IPC Regional Conference IPC Regional Conference Middle East at Compass International School
03/03/2010	March 2010 Newsletter The March 2010 Newsletter is now available to download.
03/02/2010	February 2010 Newsletter The CISD February 2010 newsletter is now available to download.
30/01/2010	Road Safety Week Last week all Gharaffa Campus students took part in a variety of activities to raise awareness of Road Safety issues. These included a presentation from The Traffic Police, talks by a traffic advisor, quizzes and fun activities. The theme was’ holding hands – Being Safe’.
25/01/2010	School Consultative Group minutes available for download Minutes of the SCG Meeting held on 19 January 2010 have now been published and are available to download.
18/01/2010	Secondary Science and Maths Week Our first 'learning focus week' this term was Science and Maths week
06/01/2010	January 2010 Newsletter and Term 2 Calendars published The School Newsletter for January 2010 has been published along with calendars for Term 2 for the Rayyan and Gharaffa Campuses.
04/01/2010	Dutch Inspection Reports Copies of the Dutch Inspection Reports from December 2009 are available to download.
12/11/2009	Rayyan Campus to Open on 15 November
08/11/2009	Book Week Recipes A selection of the recipes submitted during Book Week 2009 are now available online.
05/11/2009	School Newsletter November 2009 The School Newsletter for November 2009 is now available on our website. You can view the newsletter online by clicking on this link: http://www.cisdoha.com/NewsandInformation/media/!Doha/ParentDocs0910/04nov2009.pdf or you can go to the site and download the newsletter using this link: http://www.cisdoha.com/NewsandInformation/Newsletters A copy will also be sent home with students.
22/10/2009	Update on Rayyan Campus Closure We are still waiting for a formal response from the Supreme Education Council on the closure of the Rayyan Campus. At this time, we do not have formal permission to reopen the school.
19/10/2009	School Consultative Group Elections
18/10/2009	Seasonal Flu Vaccination Postponed The vaccination session has been postponed
14/10/2009	October Newsletter published The CISD October Newsletter has been published and is available to read or download
12/10/2009	Election for Parent Representatives to the School Consultative Group Nominations are invited for parent representatives to the School Consultative Group.
06/10/2009	Influvac Fact Sheet A fact sheet on the influvac vaccine is now available mon our H1N1 page. this is the vaccine that will be administered by the medical teams from the Supreme Council of Health and the Supreme Education Council
06/10/2009	Mathematics Information Evening at Gharaffa 6.30 PM, Sports Hall - information on learnign in primary mathematics, plus a presentation by the School Consultative Group.
04/10/2009	***Seasonal Flu Vaccinations - Important Update The Supreme Council for Health has confirmed that children will only be vaccinated for seasonal flu if parents sign a consent form.
04/10/2009	Seasonal Flu Vaccination A letter has been issued to all students about seasonal flu vaccinations. The consent form need to be rteurned to the school by Monday 05 October 2009.
01/10/2009	School Reopening Confirmation School will reopen as planned on Sunday 04 October 2009.
30/09/2009	School Closure Update and Seasonal Flu Vaccination information The Supreme Education Council (SEC) hosted a meeting yesterday for private schools in Doha. SEC officials reiterated the precautions that schools need to take to guard against the spread of H1N1 infection and to make the school as safe and as health an environment as possible. We have followed the SEC advice and put a full range of preventative measures in place. It was confirmed at the meeting that schools will be opening on Sunday 04 September 2009. There are many rumours circulating about additional delays, but the information we have received from the SEC is that school will reopen next week.
27/09/2009	School Closure - Homework We expect our students to continue learning during the school closure. The teachers have put together information for each class and you can access these using the links below. Downloads have been saved as pdf files to make them quicker and easier to download.
27/09/2009	Seminar and Presentation Cancelled I regret to inform you that the two programmes scheduled to run this week at the Rayyan campus have been postponed until further notice. This is due to the school closure directed by the Supreme Education Council The two programmes are: Monday 28th Helping your children to Learn Seminar Tuesday 29th Secondary Curriculum Information Evening We will certainly reschedule the curriculum programme as soon as possible, but the first programme will depend on the availability of the speaker.
26/09/2009	* SCHOOL CLOSURE * The Minister of Education has issued a decision to close all schools in Qatar until 04 October 2009. CISD will be closed to all students until 04 October. No children will be permitted on the premises during this time.
15/08/2009	New staff arrive in Doha 10 new expatriate teachers arrived in Doha yesterday to start their induction programme at CISD.
14/08/2009	Updated photos from the Gharaffa Campus Updated photos are now available on the web site showing the latest developments in the building renovation programme at Gharaffa.
12/08/2009	Gharaffa Campus - a new and exciting facelift Over the summer holidays, we have been working hard to give our Gharaffa Campus a new and exciting facelift. We hope that when you return on 01 September 2009, you will be excited by the look and that your children will be inspired by the learning environment that we offer.
20/07/2009	Rayyan Campus images Brand new 3D images of the proposed Rayyan Campus development are now available for viewing.
21/06/2009	End of Term The current term ends on Thursday 02 July 2009. Reports will be available on this day. The new school year begins on Tuesday 01 September 2009.
17/06/2009	SCG Meeting minutes The minutes for the SCG Meeting held on 03 June 2009 are now available on the SCG documents page in the Parent Login area of the website
09/06/2009	June Newsletter The June 2009 Newsletter is now available for downloading in the Parent Login section.
08/06/2009	Tickets now available for Scheherazade Tickets for Scheherazade are now available for Tuesday 16 / Wednesday 17. Please return your request form to the office asap to avoid disappointment.
04/06/2009	School Assemblies Assemblies will now be held in the morning to avoid the midday heat. Early Years / Milepost 1 Assembly will be at 7.40 AM and Milepost 2 / Milepost 3 Assembly will be at 8.10 AM. Our morning coffee in the Library will be discontinued for now.
28/04/2009	School Review Published Our first learning focussed School Review was carried out in February 2009. The summary of the Review has now been publsihed and illustrates the many strengths of our school as well as recommendations for further improvements in the quality of learning.
26/04/2009	IPC Regional Conference The International Primary Curriculum Regional Conference was held at CISD on 24 / 25 April 2009. More than 90 international delegates attended.