General Learning

Mission Statement

Our mission is to prepare the girl child to be responsible,self directed learner who respects others,achieves excellence and contributes to society.

Belief Statement

Curriculum: The School offers the Kenya National (8-4-4) Curriculum from Form 1 to Form 4. At the end of the four years course in high school, students sit for the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education Examination (KCSE) which qualifies them for university education. We provide a variety of classroom setting in line with the government education policy and giving every student the opportunity to learn and be successful. The school ensures that the syllabus is covered well in advance and adequately. A variety of teaching methods are used to maximise on student concentration so as to bring the best out of them. The following subjects are offered in KCSE:

• English
• Kiswahili
• Mathematics
• Biology
• Chemistry
• Islamic and Christian Religious Studies
• History & Government
• Geography
• Business Studies
• Computer Studies (Computer studies is compulsory in Form 1 and Form 2)
• Physics

Learning Environment: Establish a safe and nurturing school environment which provides guidance and support for students and staff.The school has developed a famiy model of nurturing students where the students are grouped between 4-5 students with a mentoring teacher. We also take into consinderation individual learner(s)ability and try to work with weaker students so as to improve their grades

Respect: We teach each student to respect the beliefs,rights and differences of themselve and others by accepting diversity, displaying courtesy and showing appreciation.

Responsibility: We teach each student personal responsibility and undertanding of the impact of their actions and decisions.

Standards: We establish high expectations in order to attain quality achievements from students and staff.

Community: We provide a partnership in education emphasizing the shared responsibility between school and community. Parents are always encouraged to come after every examination to discuss their daughters' performance. In addition to this we have annual parents meeting, where the parents get general information about the school and have a chance to meet their daughter's subject teachers.

Co-curriculum Activities

Each and every student is supposed to join a club of her own choice,normally we have our clubs day on Wednesday.This helps the mind to be active after a busy day in class.The following are the active clubs we have in DMA:

• Interact
The club is involved in various activities for the community like cleaning services to market places or hospitals around. They also visit childrens homes, where they clean and have some fun with them. The club also runs the water purification program, in which every student and teacher at school gets a bottle of clean water every day.
• Scouting
Scouting is a voluntary,non political,educational movement of young people open to all without distinction of origin and race.The Purpose of scouting is to contribute to the development of young people in achieving their full physical,intelluctual,social,spiritual,emotional and character potentials as individuals and responsible citizens.
• Maths Club
  The Mathematics Club deals with the study of Mathematics as a subject. The main aim for the members is to attain excellent grades in mathematics and to enjoy searching for mathematical solutions. The club has been divided into groups.Each has a leader to guide the members
• Agriculture Club
  The newest club is our agriculture club. The girls who take agriculture as a subject use the opportunity of our big compound to get practical experience. They plant vegetables for the school kitchen and learn, which vegetables can be planted successfully in an area with many monkeys and wild pigs.

Each group has its own set of rules with a required minimum grade for each member. This is done to ensure the students can be easily monitored and their progress noted. The club members pride themselves with determination to improve academically and trust in their motto "Five Sums A Day Keeps The E's Away".