My opening message for Al Mada yearbook - Summer 2018
This year, I watched with great joy our students enjoying their achievements and their ever-growing skills. I could feel that
everyone else at Rawafid shared the same joy; teachers, administrators
and staff. Rawafid students demonstrated advancement in their
leadership skills, critical thinking abilities, autonomy and communication
skills. These were evident in the many curricular and extra-curricular activities that took place during the academic year. The Rawafid Science Fair, student
elections, charity campaigns, and the many competitions whether in school or
among other schools were some of the events where students exercised their
higher-order thinking skills and their leadership and communication skills.
All this would not have been possible and
successful if Rawafid did not function as a community of professions. Everyone
at Rawafid was actively engaged in making the school a community of growth and
progress, a community when all are supportive of one another. In our community,
teachers are continuously thriving to improve their skills and increase their
knowledge. This has been evident in the professional development program which
focused this year on interactive learning. Teachers showed perseverance and passion
to improve their skills which highly reflected on the classroom dynamics. In
addition, students reported that they enjoyed learning more and the achievement
of many increased.
Part of the professional development this year
was participation of two English language teachers in seven-day rigorous
professional training program in Malaysia followed by one-year on-going online
training. The teachers had to pass on their training to the Rawafid teachers
through workshops facilitated at school.
The achievements of one at Rawafid become the
achievements of all and the joy of the whole school. These achievements do not
come without planning and hard work.
So go ahead, Rawafid staff and students, enjoy
your achievements and your plans,
keep striving for the heights
and stay inspired and inspire those in your
life.
June 2018
