Abaarso School is proud to open up its first primary school, Himilo Kaab School, in Hargeisa, Somaliland! Read more about Himilo and what it offers in our December 2019- Brilliance Knows No Borders Newsletter. 

President of Somaliland visits Abaarso School! Read more about his visit in our November 2019- Brilliance Knows No Borders Newsletter. 

Largest 7th-grade entrance exam turnout ever, and a highlight of one of our new faculty members. Read more about these in our October 2019- Brilliance Knows No Borders Newsletter. 

Thirty-six Abaarso students have earned opportunities to continue their education abroad this fall, in over a dozen countries across the world. Read the full list of students and schools in our September 2019- Brilliance Knows No Borders Newsletter. 

Abaarso celebrated the graduation of the Class of 2019, which originally entered the school as Abaarso’s first seventh-grade class. In addition, Abaarso won the Somaliland Award for Educational Excellence. Read more about these wins in our August 2019- Brilliance Knows No Borders Newsletter. 

May is graduation season and, as with previous years, the 2019 edition brought in several impressive awards for Abaarso students. Learn more about the impressive awards our students received in our June 2019- Brilliance Knows No Borders Newsletter.  

Abaarso 12th Grader to Attend Columbia University. Moreover, there is a new addition to Abaarso’s curriculum which is Project Day. Read more in our May 2019- Brilliance Knows No Borders Newsletter. 

Zimbabwe students arrive for the second year of student exchange. Also, Abaarso Teacher Marlee Burns Awarded Stanford Knight-Hennessy Scholarship. Learn more about these captivating and interesting moments in our April 2019- Brilliance Knows No Borders Newsletter. 

February 1st marked the 6-year anniversary of the first Abaarso student earning a scholarship to study at a US university – an event that forever changed the history of Abaarso and its students. To mark the anniversary, Abaarso students, teachers and alums gathered on campus for our first Alumni Day, where students got a chance to...

2018 was a remarkable year for Abaarso’s development. We began the year by celebrating an accreditation that has opened new doors and ended it with the announcement of a leadership transition that will launch the next chapter in Abaarso’s history. Learn more about our 2018 highlights in our January 2019- Brilliance Knows No Borders Newsletter. 

At Abaarso, science is something that we take seriously – after all, it’s in our name. Over the past few weeks, Abaarso science students showcased their skills in a variety of different activities, inside and outside of the classroom. Read more about the marvelous projects the students have been working on in our December 2018- Brilliance...

Three Abaarso students have created an ongoing school competition that aims to get their peers thinking about the biggest challenges in their country. Learn more about the competition they designed and how the executed it with other students in our November 2018- Brilliance Knows No Borders Newsletter. 

Among Abaarso’s biggest achievements over the last few years is the return of its first classes of alums to Somaliland, including several as teachers at Abaarso. Read more about the achievements of two of our alums in our October 2018- Brilliance Knows No Borders Newsletter. 

The school welcomes one of the strongest faculty groups that it has seen for the 2018-2019 academic year. Also, two Abaarso alums won a competitive fellowship from the MasterCard Foundation for their project to combat FGM. Learn more about our new faculty and the alums exciting project in the September 2018- Brilliance Knows No Borders Newsletter. ...

This June we held our 2nd Annual Abaarso Alumni Reunion. We brought 30 students from across the US together! We also celebrated Abaarso’s tenth academic year. Read more about our reunion and milestone celebrations in our August 2018- Brilliance Knows No Borders Newsletter.  

We welcome back home four of our first university graduates, and congratulate our fourth graduating class, the Class of 2017! Find out more about our graduates in our May 2017 – Brilliance Knows No Borders newsletter.

Preview our 60 Minutes segment airing on Sunday, April 30 at 7pm EDT, and read about our contributions to the Hargeisa Orphanage Centre and our appearance on CBC Radio’s The Current in our April 2017 – Brilliance Knows No Borders newsletter.

Zakeiya Mohamed Yusuf is the first Abaarso student admitted to Phillips Academy Andover and has tested over 1,400 students across Somaliland to admit our new grade 7 class. Read more about Zakeiya’s acceptance and how Abaarso continues to empower girls through a growing female student population in our March 2017 – Brilliance Knows No Borders newsletter.

Voice of America News highlighted the impact of the U.S. President’s original visa ban on our students, and the release of our founder’s book, It Takes a School, on the early years of Abaarso. Read more in our February 2017 – Brilliance Knows No Boundaries newsletter.  

The first Abaarso student, Fahima Abdi Ali, accepted to Columbia University, and our Teacher Spotlight on one of our many teachers that come from around the world to develop future Somali leaders. Read more in our January 2017 Newsletter.

Our first student, Shukri Ahmed Ali,  has been accepted to Wellesley College and our second USAID/ASHA grant is underway. Read more in our December 2016 Newsletter.

From alumna, Nadira Abdilahi, being accepted to 8 universities, including Yale and Dartmouth, to our second USAID/ASHA grant of $875,000, to enrollment of our new seventh grade class, much has happened this academic year that continues the improvement of our school and community to further develop future Somali leaders. Read about Abaarso’s continuing development in our Spring...

Abaarso School of Science and Technology, located in Somaliland, has announced an agreement with Givology to provide scholarships for top female students at Abaarso. The two organizations expect the donation to partially fund tuition for Abaarso girls, promote female education in the country and inspire younger students to achieve. “Abaarso’s girls have proven the ability...

Nicholas Kristof writes about Abaarso and our first student, Abdisamad Adan, accepted to Harvard in the New York Times. Read the full article, “From Somaliland to Harvard.”

Many exciting developments have taken place at Abaarso School this year, including Abaarso’s first Harvard admission, the NEASC accreditation process, ASHA and Zayed grants, and much more. Read about Abaarso’s milestone year in the Spring 2015 Newsletter: Spring 2015 Abaarso Newsletter

Abaarso School of Science and Technology iyo Sanduuqa Horumarinta Tacliinta Geeska Afrika (HED) ee aan macaash doonka ahayn, ayaa maanta iclaaminaya heshiis taariikhi ah oo ay la galeen Xafiiska USAID u qaabbilsan Dugsiyada iyo Cusibtaallada Debedda dalka Maraykanka ku yaal (ASHA). Jonathan Starr, aasaasaha iyo Maamulaha Abaarso ayaa yidhi, Waxa aannu aad ugu faraxsan nahay...

Abaarso School of Science and Technology located in Abaarso in Somaliland, and the US non-profit Horn of Africa Education Development Fund (HED), announced today a landmark agreement with USAID’s Office of American Schools and Hospitals Abroad (ASHA). ASHA, through HED, has given Abaarso a $291,000 capital grant that will be used to expand the school...

Abaarso School of Science and Technology located in Hargeisa in Somaliland, and the US non-profit Horn of Africa Education Development Fund (HED), announced today a landmark agreement with USAID’s Office of American Schools and Hospitals Abroad (ASHA). ASHA, through HED, has given Abaarso a $291,000 capital grant that will be used to expand the school...

Mohammed Abdirahman Hussein, former Abaarso School student and current Amherst College freshman, competed in his first Division III New England Regional Championships on November 15, finishing fourth overall and with an inspiring total time of 25:30. Despite putting up such an impressive run at the regional championships, Mohammed was able to beat his own time...

Her Highness Sheikha Fatima Bint Mubarak congratulated Abaarso School on its progress in producing a sustainable energy system with the $50,000 grant generously awarded to the school by Her Highness for being a runner-up in the Global High Schools category of the Zayed Future Energy Prize competition in January 2014, as reported by a recent...

Abaarso School student Hayat (Raxma) Mohammed Yusuf recieved an award for third best story in the girls’ competition at the Hargeisa International Book Fair (http://www.hargeysabookfair.com/2014/) this August for her short story Sharaf. Sharaf explores the obstacles faced by women and their husbands in polygamous and arranged marriages. The award includes an apprenticeship with a professional...

Read the complete version here: Summer-2014-Abaarso-School-Newsletter

In April of 2014, five Abaarso Post-Graduate students traveled to Kigali, Rwanda to participate in the Mastercard Foundation Scholars’ Workshop through the Akwanya Program. The five students spent a week participating in activities alongside scholars from schools around Africa. The activities were geared towards preparing the students for university life, as all five scholars received...

Abaarso School was featured in a piece for the Learning World segment of Euronews. The video was team by a team of Somali and Spanish photojournalists this fall from Somalilanders and Ebano Media. See the video here.

“In its 29th year of honoring the nation’s best high school athletes, The Gatorade Company, in collaboration with USA TODAY High School Sports, today announced Mohamed Hussein of Northfield Mount Hermon School as its 2013-14 Gatorade Massachusetts Boys Cross Country Runner of the Year. Hussein is the first Gatorade Massachusetts Boys Cross Country Runner of...

Fortunately, 2013 was a very good year for Abaarso School and we are excited to move into 2014 with hopes for even greater achievements. Please check out our Winter-2013-Abaarso-Newsletter for a more detailed update on the school’s successes and new endeavors!

After being named as a finalist for the Zayed Future Energy Prize, Abaarso School has been in the papers, namely in the United Arab Emirates, congratulating the school on this achievement. Abaarso School is one of two finalists in their division and is competing for a $100,000 prize to put towards renovating water, waste and...

Thanks to a donation from The Open Technology Institute in Washington DC, Abaarso School students spent past the term building a campus wide “mesh” wifi network. Using a technology developed by OTI called Commotion, students were able to build a “self-healing” network that expanded wifi coverage to the reach the dorms and other school buildings...

EARTH University, a leader in agricultural education and a MasterCard Foundation Scholars partner, sent a representative to visit Abaarso School and interview 6 of its students for potential scholarships to EARTH. During her time in Abaarso the EARTH representative also presented information to the entire student body and answered numerous questions. Abaarso School’s Headmaster Jonathan...

Abaarso School was pleased to welcome a visit from Laura Kaub, Director of the MasterCard Foundation Scholars Program at African Leadership Academy. Prior to this year Laura was a college counselor for African Leadership Academy, and is one of the world’s experts on helping African students gain scholarships and admissions to American colleges. Laura now...

On July 6, 2013 the inaugural graduating class of Abaarso School of Science and Technology celebrated their accomplishments with an assembly attended by prominent community members. In attendance were Director General of the Ministry of Education Mohamed Hassan and the Vice President of Somaliland, Abdirahman Abdallahi Ismail Saylici, who addressed students and also dispensed diplomas...

1st graduating class sending 7 students to US colleges, including MIT, Oberlin and Georgetown Strong new placement into US boarding schools Value of scholarships received by students now exceeds total invested in Abaarso Students at US boarding schools excelling Launching middle school Financial model at 1/10th comparable academic schools in Middle East and Africa College and Boarding...