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School Profile - History
The
school was built in 1978 under the patronage of the ruler of Sharjah,
H.H. Sheikh Sultan Bin Mohd. Al Qassimi. The town was growing and there
was a need to provide wholesome education at affordable prices. No
frills, no jargon, just honest education.
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The
Philosophy
The
school is committed to producing a universal human being, a person with
not just robotic information at his command, but the wisdom to use it
for the greater good. A world citizen; erudite, able to accept diverse
cultures and values while holding on to his own. A humane person; an
eco friendly citizen of the world. These are big targets, but unless
you reach for the stars, you will not touch the moon!
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Summary:
What is education?
Is it
a meal ticket? Is it a CD full of information? Is it the key to wisdom?
Is it a bridge to universal understanding?
We think it is all this and more. It helps us to understand ourselves
and our potential. It helps us to take the hard times philosophically,
and the good times level headedly.
We believe that children need a free and relaxed atmosphere to grow in,
where they are trusted and the teachers are approachable.
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The
Staff
Every
teacher is well qualified and experienced in his/her field. But what is
more, there is enthusiasm; innovation and ability to try out new ideas;
a passion to infuse curiosity in students. Teachers are always
approachable and friendly, making learning a pleasurable activity.
After all “ education is not a putting in, but a drawing out”.
The teacher student ratio in school is 1:20. There are in-house
training programmes, lectures and visits from overseas experts to keep
the staff abreast with new ideas in education.
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Assessment
The
school believes in continuous assessment of understanding for the
purpose of improvement. With this in mind, students are given credit
for whatever work they do in class for each of the first two months of
each term. This is supplemented by quizzes and surprise tests. Care is
taken not to repeat the questions so that students study the textbook
and do not learn from the copybooks.
An exam is held at midterm and at the end of the year.
At the end of the academic year the sum total of the three term exams
and 6 monthly assessments are put together as the final credit. A
child’s performance is shown against the best performance in that class
for each subject, but no rank is given.
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Our Alumni
Students
from our school have gone on to join prestigious universities all over
the world. MIT, Stanford, Yale, University of California-Berkeley,
Carnegie Mellon, University of Chicago, University of Pennsylvania,
University of Michigan, Cambridge University, Oxford University,
Imperial College London, London School of Economics, Manchester
University, University of Edinburgh, McGill University, the IITs and
IIMs in India, Australian National University and Melbourne University
are just some of the colleges where our alumni have graduated from.
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