Business & Finance Club - Dammam : Al Khaleej Training and Education Corporation (Al Khaleej), has opened its first school in Dammam, utilizing US-based Nobel Learning's proprietary preschool curriculum, Links to Learning.

Al Khaleej is a licensee of Nobel Learning Communities, a leading operator of private pre-K through 8th grade schools, and Laurel Springs School, a global online K-12 college prep distance learning school.

The Rowad Al Khaleej International School in Dammam, Saudi Arabia, opened last month and enrollment for the first year is expected to be approximately 200 preschool through third grade students.  The school is based on the American education system and focuses on quality education emphasizing intellectual creativity and innovation.

'We are pleased to announce the opening of the first international school to license our Links-to-Learning curriculum,” said George Bernstein, president and chief executive officer of Nobel Learning Communities.

“The Rowad Al Khaleej International School is the first in a series of schools based on the American education system that our licensee, Al Khaleej, plans to open throughout the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.”

“We are honoured that Al Khaleej has chosen Nobel Learning's curriculum as the foundation for their educational programme and we are pleased to be able to support their growth in providing developmental preschool education to the children of Saudi Arabia,” he added.

The school in Dammam is located in the Al-Zohor Area and is considered to be the first school of its kind in the eastern region of Saudi Arabia's based on the American education system.

Al Khaleej's chief executive officer Alwaleed Aldryaan said: 'We at Al Khaleej are very excited to be opening our first school in Dammam and plan others throughout the Kingdom.”

“We chose Nobel Learning's Links to Learning pre-school curriculum as the educational foundation of our schools for its ability to provide a developmentally appropriate preschool program from which we can build an entire American education system throughout a student's elementary school years,” Aldryaan added.