Our Community | Universal American School | Al-Futtaim, UAE

Our Community 

Coffee mornings, Spirit Week, International Day, Union Day, Flag Day, Fringe Festival, four annual productions and sidelines packed with parents at 30+ team fixtures. Community at UAS is built through showing up, together, for the moments that make a school feel like one. Family with a shared purpose, and a lot of fun along the way. 

Our Community

Administrators, teachers, and staff play an indispensable role in students’ lives, and families are encouraged to be part of the day-to-day rhythm too. When parents show up, volunteer, or simply join in for a school event, students feel it. 

School feels connected. It feels like one team.


Community Events That Bring Everyone Together

Over the years, our calendar has grown around community moments that students and families genuinely look forward to. 

  • Parent Coffee Mornings
  • Spirit Week
  • International Day
  • Union Day
  • Flag Day
These have become familiar fixtures because they do what they’re meant to do: bring people together.

These events create regular opportunities for students, staff, and families to connect, celebrate, and take part in school life together.

Whole-school Moments That Everyone Remembers

Some events are simply part of the UAS story. They pull the whole community in, whether you’re performing, supporting, volunteering, or cheering from the crowd.

  • Fringe Festival, a community evening built around music, art, food, and shared school spirit
  • Four annual school productions, where students perform and collaborate across year groups
  • The energy of school-wide performances, showcases, and celebrations that put student work front and centre

Student Groups That Build Belonging

Community is also built through student-led groups where students find their people and contribute to something bigger than themselves. These include:

  • Model United Nations (MUN)
  • National Honor Society
  • Emirati Committee

These groups create leadership opportunities, shared purpose, and a stronger sense of belonging across the school.


School Spirit Through Sport

Community is not only built through events and performances. 

It is also built on sidelines and in gym spaces, where students represent their teams, support each other, and take pride in being part of something shared.

UAS has 30+ sports teams, which means there is always something happening and always a chance to support, participate, or cheer others on.

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