Fifty UAE national high school students from Bani Yas were recognized for successfully completing the English Access Microscholarship Program sponsored by the U.S. Embassy to the UAE and the U.S. Department of State.

In a ceremony held May 6, 2009 at Abdul Qadar Al Jazaere School for Boys, Baniyas, the Counselor for Press and Cultural Affairs at the U.S. Embassy in Abu Dhabi, Mr. Steven Pike, presented the students with graduation certificates and congratulated them for their achievement. Mr. Steven Pike also thanked the parents of the graduates for the support and encouragement they have given their children in pursuing the study of English.