Saint Georges School

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To serve humanity and make the world a better place to live in via providing a holistic educational system that nurtures innovative future leaders capable of seizing all the opportunities and facing the uncertainties and challenges of our lives.

Our philosophy is based on three pillars characterized by Quality-Excellence, Value-based approach, and holistic view. The quality excellence is exemplified by the academic area which relies heavily on strong academic performance provided by well-selected teachers and staff. This excellence spills over students’ experience, research, and teaching, faculty and staff support in addition to communication. The values-based approach is apparent via the students’ character students at Saint – Georges is developed and nurtured holistically to realize their full potential. The holistic view is revealed by the extra-curricular activities which provide a plethora of opportunities to be seized by students based on the belief that such activities shape and build the positive attitude of our students and put the real world in perspective. This contributes to putting the theoretical framework into practice. In addition to these pillars we are committed to the following in our educational approach:

• Fostering the moral values of students in an environment characterized by its diversity.
• Providing dedicated, passionate, and qualified principals and teachers.
• Cultivating respect for the environment and all its resources.
• Helping students to exercise their full potential through empowerment and working on their potential.
• Emphasizing analytical and creative thinking as a means to preparing students for the workplace and life.
• Producing students proficient in English-the lingua franca of our world- while enhancing our students’ verbal and nonverbal communication skills.
• Cultivating the concept of social responsibility by showing responsibility to all our stakeholders.
• Cultivating cooperation, teamwork, good health, emotional stability, and maturity and encouraging interest in sports, games, clubs, and social activities.
• Building the capacity of our faculty and staff via continuous training and development to maintain their core competencies and keep their knowledge updated in a fast pace moving world.
• Preparing students to be great leaders and positive contributors to their communities and the whole world.
• Focusing on and engaging in critical contemporary issues.

Lucid vision for quality excellence, distinction in teaching and education, and is recognized as an inspiration beacon in our community by preparing citizens who are academically rounded and socially responsible. Our vision aligns with rapid shifts in the global economy, society, and environment, which animate our mission and our values: Creativity, innovation, and a desire to challenge the status quo, both in what and how we teach and in the intellectual ambitions of the School itself. Social engagement, orienting students' academic experience to help them become critically engaged citizens dedicated to solving problems and contributing to the public good. This comes as a consequence of the act that Saint Georges School itself has a sense of citizenship in its community and obligation towards its primary and secondary stakeholders.

Over the past tens of years, Saint Georges School has blossomed and gained an edge over other schools operating in the region. Saint Georges School has become recognized for its prestigious reputation and developed a great brand image due to different academic indicators related to the highest levels of success in the Lebanese Baccalaureate Exams and other indicators related to the unique culture developed at our School.

Saint Georges School contains 58 classrooms, well-equipped science labs, a library, a fully equipped playground, a sports court, and up-to-date computer labs which comprise the resources utilized by our faculty, staff, and students. This is accompanied by highly competent human capital which is the cornerstone of any success.

The emphasis in our schools is on producing a first-class education in a secure environment where the students’ development is always monitored and assessed by a group of well-educated teachers and professors. Saint Georges School offers Arabic, English, and French programs in addition to special Arabic programs for foreign students, Special Needs programs, and Health Services by MediSchool.

The school staff comprises teachers with a wide scope of expertise and academic accomplishments, selected based on EEO (equal employment opportunity) standards. This enthusiastic team of teachers and administrative staff seeks to stimulate independence of thoughts, knowledge, and well-balanced education. Our faculty and staff are periodically trained and professionally developed to keep pace with the changing environment in which they operate and provide our students with the latest academic trends. The system of education provided by our School is based on the following approach:

• The most important aspect of the approach is the attitude of the teacher, where teaching is in a form of play that fosters the blossoming of the child’s natural development. Learning can and should be made interesting, enjoyable, and fun.
• A large portion of the teaching materials is produced at the school by the teachers, who customize their teaching aids to suit the interests and knowledge levels of the students.
• Children learn spontaneously when their interests and curiosity are awakened. Teaching is confined to brief periods according to the natural attention span of each child, which is normally 15-30 minutes daily during the first two years. It is never extended beyond the child’s span interest.
• The act of teaching consists primarily of exploring and using sensory images, objects, and information given to the child pleasantly and interestingly and permitting him/her to observe and inquire about the subject, without compelling him/her to memorize. Colored flashcards with large images are utilized as convenient low-cost teaching aids.
• Rapid acquisition of basic reading and verbal skills in multiple languages occurs naturally by exposing the child to whole words as objects repetitively for very brief periods. In this manner, at a young age, even children of illiterate parents learn several languages as effortlessly as they normally learn to speak their native tongue.
• Storytelling is used to make learning fun and to share basic values of goodness, beauty, harmony, responsibility, and right conduct.
• Observation and Language are used to create a personal bond between the teacher and students which is rich, immediate, and enduring.
• Information on people and other living things, places, history, geography, and other cultures are presented to the child in the form of stories, pictorial information and explanations combined to present facts in a living, integrated context rather than as a series of separate divorced subjects.
• Rapid acquisition of basic math skills is achieved through the use of the number line method which enables the child to physically experiment and act out different combinations of addition and subtraction.

The Pre-school is a three to five years cycle consisting of English Programs along with Arabic taught as a complementary part. This cycle is divided into 3 classes which are nursery, Kg I, and Kg II. The Pre-school is guided by early childhood education which is an essential building block that enhances the growth and development of the whole child.

The Preschool curriculum includes Language Arts, Creative Arts, Reading and Writing Arts, Poems, Sciences, Math, Music, Story, Drama, Puppets, and Physical Education. Students are encouraged to become active and independent learners, critical and creative thinkers, responsible adults, and team players. Students are allowed to construct meaning from their own varied learning experiences.

Saint Georges School works as a family where parents and children cooperate to create a healthy, positive, and rewarding learning environment for the child. Saint Georges Pre-School Area is a place for young children to discover, explore, investigate, experiment, and enjoy learning.

The primary section at Saint Georges School offers a high quality of education in a supportive and thoughtful environment. It allows students to express themselves and promotes a positive attitude towards creativity. Students are actively engaged in the learning process through the use of different resources and facilities provided to aid teaching methodologies. Our students are also involved in different activities in which they can relate knowledge to their personal experiences or daily interactions.

The secondary section at Saint Georges School provides an education that enables an individual to acquire knowledge, skills, habits, attitudes, and values necessary for a successful performance of his responsibilities as a citizen and a rewarding personal life.

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