The Aga Khan Academy in Nairobi recognizes that a well-rounded, holistic education extends beyond the classroom. All students are encouraged to participate in co-curricular activities that usually include include Clubs, Societies, House events and annual School events.

Students can join several clubs including Aerobics and Dance, Environment, First Aid, Scouting, Drama, Music, Cricket, Computing, Chess, Football (Soccer), Rugby and Art clubs. Under a patron's supervision, these clubs meet weekly.

Societies meet occasionally and include the Model United Nations (MUN), LAMDA, which focuses on public speaking skills, the Society for the Betterment of Women (SOFTBOW) and the magazine team, which produces "AIM" (bi-termly newsletter) and "Reflections" (annual yearbook).

Students also have the opportunity to help organise and participate in several annual School events, including Graduation and Leavers' Dance, the inter-Schools Hockey Festival, Open Day, the annual Drama Production, Talent Show and World Environment Day.

Houses
Houses exist to offer students competitive activities including Sports Day, Elocution & Oratorical, Music Festival, Art competition, Science Quiz and Swimming Gala. Each house; Jupiter (yellow), Mars (red), Saturn (blue) and Venus (green), is led by an appointed House Captain and Deputy.

Sports
During Physical Education lessons, students are taught basic ball, athletics and wwimming skills to improve their fitness. The Academy students compete in Houses and with other schools in the Under-12, 14 and 16 and open age categories, in all competitive sports. Sport specific coaches are used for training of interschool teams.

Outdoor Adventure
As part of the Physical Education Curriculum, the Department promotes outdoor programmes at each grade level: Grade 7 to Hell’s Gate, Grade 8 and 10 to Sagana, Grade 9 to Maasai Mara, and I.B. to Tsavo. These programmes are designed to be physically and mentally challenging, fun, safe and educational. The President’s Award Scheme is also offered to students from Grade 9. Expeditions are organized with accordance to the Award Scheme, giving students the opportunity to achieve Bronze, Silver and Gold medals.

Community Service
All Grade 8 and 9 students are encouraged to perform Community Service. On two Saturdays each term, students visit various children homes and offer cleaning, cooking, teaching and painting services. They offer assistance by raising funds and resources and interacting with children at these institutions. They offer donations in the form of food and clothing.

As part of their CAS (Creativity, Action and Service) requirements, our International Baccalaureate class is also active in Community Service. Recent projects include helping build an extension to the Olasiti School in Narok and assisting the Kibera Girls Home by donating sewing machines and other physical resources. The IB class also offers service to various children homes including the Hope House Babies Home, Kabete Children’s Home and Fairmile special school.