We Got the International School Award

All during this year, our school was working on International School Award project where we made link with Cauldeen Primary School in Scotland. We made many international activities (as Recycling - Nutrition - Climatic Regions - Dances Around the World - Water - Circassian's - Tolerance...) with our students and parents. We were not the only school, but many other schools, from Lebanon and the region shared. During the Connecting Classroom Conference in Egypt , the British Council Project manager, John Rolfe, announced that our school won the International School Award. So, we got an accreditation as an international school from the British Council for three years. HOORAY! Our Aim of the school link: - to enhance the quality of education - to increase global awareness - to raise standards in education The Award Gave us: • Accreditation for three years as an international school • Certificate, trophy and use of logo • Acknowledgement from British Council of high standards of international work • We were announced as ‘champion ambassadors’ for internationalism in education Benefits of Getting this Award: • Framework for developing international work • Involvement of teachers and students • An enriched curriculum; a whole school ethos • Sense of recognition • Public relations What did we do to get it? • We wrote a whole school International policy • We assigned an International Coordinator with job description • We did collaborative work with Cauldeen Primary School • We did curriculum based activity • We did 15 International Activities over one school year, which overall must involve: – Majority of students involved across all ages – Year-round activity (one academic year) – Evaluation of impact (teacher, pupil, etc.) – Collaborative work with partners in other countries (teacher, pupil, etc.) SO CONGRATULATE US!!!