HELP DRESS A CHILD CAMPAIGN

Our mission as educators is not limited to developing a child's academic skills only, but it also in-cludes working on his/ her emotional, physical, and social aspects. One of our main concerns is to succeed in shaping responsible individuals who have a sense of compassion with others in their community. For that reason, we launched a mini- project aimed at raising donations in order to buy new clothes for under- privileged children. Any small donation was welcome, or even ap-propriate clothes that were not needed anymore. The response that we got was overwhelming. All the donations, whether money or clothes, were gathered. The clothes were divided according to age level. The money was used to buy new clothes items. We were able to buy 14 new clothes items. All the clothes were put in colorful plastic bags with labels written on them" A Gift from Khalil Shehab School; Happy Adha." Saturday morning was the time to distribute these clothes. Some of our students accompa-nied by two teachers visited these children, spent some time with them, and gave them new clothes to celebrate Adha Feast. Thank you for all your donations, and for helping us in putting a smile on the face of 18 orphans. You really made a difference in the lives of these children.

Adha feast!

No shadows to depress you , Only joys to surround , Many friends to love you, God himself to bless you, These are my wishes for you in.................... ADHA FEAST!! From Miss Abir Alkoush

Conflict Resolution Project As a follow up to our extensive workshops that were done at our school last year in which our teachers were introduced to a variety of techniques aimed at creating a healthy classroom environment and good management skills, we will be carrying out the practical part of this project this year. Every month, we will focus on a special issue through different activities. The first issue is self- esteem, which will be the theme of January. Other subjects will include positive thinking, self- confidence, respect, trustworthiness...etc... The objectives that we aspire to meet are: - develop students' behavioral, communicative, and social skills - encourage negotiation as a way to resolve conflicts peacefully - teach students to accept those who are different around them and help them fit in - promote self -confidence, positive thinking , cooperation, and sharing.

Professional Development One of our teachers' aims at Khalil Shehab School is professional development. That's why we are always willing to take part in any workshop, session, or seminar that would help us fulfill that aim and take our teaching to a higher level. We are constantly attending workshops focusing on what is regarded as a new theory, approach or technique that we could use effectively in our classrooms. Our teachers have attended a number of workshops from the beginning of the school year till now. Recent workshops that were attended in November: Mrs. Rawya Shatila, Miss Sabah Wazzan, and Miss Samar Al Masri attended a workshop at Haigazian University on November 8th titled: Computers: Interactive Search Engine Tools for Teaching. Teachers use documents, scholars, books, notebooks, blogs, page creators, groups, calendars, maps, news, advanced searches, dictionaries, and translators to gain educational benefits. This workshop all the above was demonstrated and practiced through the use of the internet. Miss Huda Shaaban also attended a workshop at Haigazian University titled: الطريقة الإستقرائيّة في تعليم اللغة العربيّة Upcoming Important Seminar: On December 5th, Miss Huda Shaaban, Miss Joncet Jarkass, Mrs. Zainab Makki, Mrs. Randa Enzawi, and Miss Rola Morad are going to attend an important seminar organized by Early Childhood Care and Development Program at Crown Plaza Hotel. They will be introduced to the latest ECD international trends and updates, and also to ARC ECCD Program updates. Then they will attend a workshop on Teaching Arabic Language to Children with Learning Disabilities where an effective and updated program that teaches Arabic phonics (reading and spelling) to learning disabled and dyslexic students using multisensory phonics approach will be presented.

Dooby ; Dooby

Othman Thinnourain students watched Dooby, Dooby play at Jal El Dib, Odeon Theater. Our children were amazed by the attractive colors of the costumes and the vitality of the actors. They learned many things from this play; they learned about help, respect and honesty. They were also introduced to environmental issues and ways of solving them. They listened to different songs and had lots of fun.

Independence Day

Our students celebrated Independence Day . They did different activities related to this event. They colored flags, made crown flags and sang patriotic songs… Most important of all they expressed their love to our beloved country Lebanon ,each in his own way …Happy Independence Day.

مسرحية دوبي دوبي دوب

إستقبل مسرح الأوديون في جل الديب تلامذة الحلقة الأولى في مدرسة خليل شهاب وأطفال الروضة في مدرسة عثمان ذي النورين حيث شاهدوا عرض مسرحية "دوبي دوبي دوب" وكانت فرحتهم كبيرة أثناء العرض فصفقوا وتطايرت قلوبهم فرحاً

British Council Trainers Visit Our School

On Monday, November 10th, Mr. Andy Keedwell, a regional teacher trainer from the British Council, and Mrs. Maysa Dawwi , a project manager from the British Council in Lebanon visited our school and attended the English period at grade two, Mrs. Rawya Shatila's class. Mrs. Rawya prepared a power point presentation on the story "The Mixed- Up Chameleon." Students were asked to complete post reading activities in their groups. The students shared interactively and positively in the discussion and the post reading activities that were carried out. Mr. Andy expressed his admiration and delight to observe this class. He even shared with some activities and asked students questions. After the observation, we had the chance to sit and discuss various issues related to school and teaching. We were happy to answer questions that gave him an idea about the nature of work at our school. In addition, a list of workshop topics was presented to him. Future plans will include a series of workshops that will be attended by the English teachers at Khalil Shehab and completed before the end of March.Thank you Mr. Andy for your wonderful comments and we are looking forward to working with you in the coming months.