My opening message for Al Mada yearbook - Summer 2016
Our
mission at Rawafid School is the success of everyone. Success and achievement
of our students are a priority. That is why many programs were embedded in the school
agenda to help students extend their knowledge and skills to new levels. Intervention
programs for students struggling with reading and mathematics helped them
recover whatever skills they were lacking. Student life at Rawafid is highly
planned for through ongoing projects at the levels of the subject, grade and/or
learning cycle. Real life activities also contribute a great deal to the
student life at school. Student Elections, Compassion Campaign and Young School
Principal were among the school-wide projects that help create life-like
experiences at school and encourage student participation where they learn life
skills and become productive and successful citizens applying leadership skills
learned at school.
“You can never understand one language until you understand
at least two.” To promote
the use of Arabic and English as languages of communication, two separate weeks
were dedicated for them where students participated in various activities that
enhance language skills and communication in real life situations.
The agenda
of our school activities included many competitions and contests that aimed at
integrating what is learned in class in an exciting and engaging manner where
the whole school took part. Such activities help to bring students from
different classes, teachers of all subjects and administrators together to
strengthen the bonds of the school community and boost up the overall morale.
Improving
school life not only focuses on student achievement but also on professional
development. To ensure better academic results, teaches have to be up to date
on the new trends in education. The on-going professional development program
has been sustained for the third year in a row and it has included six
education modules. In this program, best practices are always shared among
teachers and administrators and are backed up by theories in the literature on
education. In this on-going professional
program, each teacher is a learner who continues to grow and is an educator who
contributes to the whole school assisting his/her peer educator and students.
This all is what makes Rawafid a community of learners, and that is how
“together we can”.
June 2016
