A Half-Century Archive

The Yearbook.

Fifty years of class photographs — from the eighty-seven children in a Deira villa to the cohort sitting their A-levels this year. A living archive, opened each Founders Day.

The 1970s

The founding years. Eighty-seven children. A villa in Deira. The first cohort sat their O-levels in 1981 — twelve of them are still on the alumni rolls.

Class of 1976
1976
Class of 1976The very first scholars
Class of 1977
1977
Class of 1977Play-Pen Nursery School
Class of 1978
1978
Class of 1978The Deira villa
Class of 1979
1979
Class of 1979First sports day
The 1980s

A move from the villa to the purpose-built campus in Al Qusais in 1989. The graduating class doubled within five years. The pattern of intergenerational enrolment took hold.

Class of 1982
1982
Class of 1982O-levels cohort
Class of 1985
1985
Class of 1985The library years
Class of 1987
1987
Class of 1987Founders Day
Class of 1989
1989
Class of 1989Move to Al Qusais
The 1990s

A growing community of forty-three nationalities. The first generation of Dubai Scholars sending their own children to Dubai Scholars.

Class of 1992
1992
Class of 1992Central courtyard
Class of 1994
1994
Class of 1994Annual play
Class of 1996
1996
Class of 1996Twentieth anniversary
Class of 1998
1998
Class of 1998Global Village debut
The 2000s

The school expands. A new sports complex. Alumni begin sending their children to Dubai Scholars in measurable numbers.

Class of 2001
2001
Class of 2001Campus expansion
Class of 2004
2004
Class of 2004TEDx talk
Class of 2007
2007
Class of 2007Sports carnival
Class of 2009
2009
Class of 2009Art festival
The 2010s

A decade of consolidation. Alumni in forty-one countries. The careers office matches mentors with current sixth-formers each autumn.

Class of 2011
2011
Class of 2011Founders Lecture
Class of 2014
2014
Class of 2014Got Talent finale
Class of 2016
2016
Class of 2016Reading Room reopens
Class of 2018
2018
Class of 2018Morning assembly
The 2020s

A pandemic class, a return to normal, and a fiftieth anniversary on the horizon. The newest cohorts are the largest in the school's history.

Class of 2020
2020
Class of 2020The pandemic class
Class of 2022
2022
Class of 2022Return to assembly
Class of 2024
2024
Class of 2024Academic Expo
Class of 2026
2026
Class of 2026Jubilee year