DAkar Academy CENTRAL

Dakar Academy Schools’ flagship campus was established in 1961 as the first international and Christian school in Dakar. Today DA Central is a college-preparatory, boarding, and day school for grades Pre-K through 12, situated on a large, well established campus in Hann Maristes. Our student body on this campus represents more than 50 countries.

DA Central’s campus is a vibrant community hub where students and staff live, work, study, and play together. Here, there’s always something fun to join in on—from games and scrimmages on the athletic fields to productions and shows in the auditorium.

Located in a quiet, residential area, the gated school is located on a six-acre campus that features staff and student housing, academic buildings, administrative buildings, athletic fields, an auditorium, and multi-purpose spaces. We are committed to meet the changing needs of the mission community through continued renovations and new constructions.

Scheduled campus tours are now available and enrollment is open for 2024-25!

 

    • 285 students from 44 countries, PreK 3 to Grade 12

    • Boarding Program | 25% of secondary students live full-time on DA Central’s campus. DA has the only ACSI-accredited boarding school in Africa.

    • Extracurricular activities including a competitive athletics program, fine and performing arts program, and clubs

    • American curriculum with English instruction

    • English Language Learner (ELL) Program

    • Special Education Program

    • Dakar’s only English speaking Speech-Language Pathologist

    • Accredited by Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools and by Association of Christian Schools International (ACSI)

    • Seven classrooms, boys and girls bathrooms.

    • Auditorium which includes a stage, costume and prop room, sound and lighting systems.

    • Twenty air-conditioned classrooms, boys and girls bathrooms.

    • Private offices, meeting room, and resource room.

    • Science classroom for teaching, including ten lab stations for experiments and lab work.

    • Art classroom featuring pottery wheel and kiln, supplies for multiple mediums and skill levels.

    • Computer Lab offering 20 stations for course work and media classes.

    • Covered shelter area with tables and benches for students, 3 refrigerators and 1 freezer to store student lunches daily, recreation area containing sporting equipment.

    • The Cantina, a school kitchen containing a soda cooler, refrigerator for candy and an ice cream freezer that allows staff and students to purchase items at lunch and special events.

    • Wood Shop, fully equipped with power tools, enabling students to learn basic and advanced woodwork.

    • Eight air-conditioned, private office spaces

    • Conference room

    • Staff Lounge

    • Multiple commercial printers

    • A two-story residence is equipped to house secondary students in 2-3-person bedrooms with kitchens and large common areas.

    • Apartments are attached to each floor and serve as private areas to house the supervising home parents and their families.

    • One one-bedroom apartment

    • One two-bedroom duplex

    • One four-bedroom duplex

    • The High Rise, an eight-unit apartment building with single/couple apartments

    • The Sand Castle, an off-campus building with 11 units within walking distance of campus

    • Well equipped playground, sports field with soccer goals, running track, basketball/volleyball/tennis court, petits poteaux for court soccer, turf area, picnic tables, benches and swings.

    • Well-kept gardens with an array of colorful flowers, carefully tended small plots of grass, potted plants, stone pathways, and large flowering trees.

    • Equipped with tools and parts to maintain the entire facility-specialty tools for woodworking, plumbing, welding, and electric work.

    • Auto Shop-area and tools to maintain the fleet of automobiles.

    • Maintenance office