It is your trust, your belief, your commitment, and your effort, that has enabled all of us working at school to continue to provide an educational environment worthy of our students. Our students are not the only ones who learned some important lessons last year. We learned too. What we learned will serve as the basis for moving forward in Academic Year 1718. There will be some exciting changes.
In this new Academic Year, we have nearly doubled in size. We have grown in terms of student numbers, teaching staff, and maintenance personnel while maintaining a modest tuition fee in these financially difficult times of Egypt. We do this, despite the increased costs, to allow parents a chance to give their children an education fit for the future they deserve.
In addition to the use of our new Gymnasium, swimming pool, science, and computer labs, students will benefit from our Academic Support Unit (ASU). The ASU is purpose-built to help nurture fundamental skills as well as challenge students who demonstrate exceptional skill in numeracy and language beyond normal class differentiation.
We also look forward to our preliminary IB Accreditation visit, as we move even closer to becoming the country’s 7th PYP Accredited IB World School and the only PYP school in our district. We are confident that we will be successful because we have the vision, the expertise, and the support of our wonderful parents and school community. Nothing great is achieved without meeting challenges. There will be challenges ahead, but we are ready for them. We will meet them with the determined belief of success.
As an IB Candidate School, We Strive to Provide an Affordable Education Worthy of International Status. Our purpose is to bring forth well-balanced members of society. Students learn best in a community where academic disciplines are integrated, fostering an appreciation of how they interact and form a whole. To provide a well-balanced curriculum and a solid academic foundation to prepare our students for success in life.
Our approach to the structure of each day is based on key concepts rather than time. In a traditional school, the day is divided into minutes by subject with little if any connection. At our school connections are at the heart of each day – the more, the better.
We have a maximum of 18 students in each class and every homeroom class has two teachers at the same time. Our ratio of 9 students per teacher helps to guarantee that each student is given the due attention needed to help them develop and learn, and is amongst the best in the country. Other international schools average between 24-28 students per teacher.
Our dedication to the use of technology in education has its basis in the belief that technology can help us to widen the scope of learning for our students. Whilst many schools now provide technological tools, we focus its use on promoting inquiry and offering a gateway to multiple mediums of engagement. ICT is fully integrated. Our students are digital natives – technology is part of their lives and although we also use our fully equipped computer lab to practice computer skills, we make using the technology of all sorts – part of daily life at MHIS.
Like most schools, students at a PYP school will have some homework. Most homework assignments are inquiry-based. Don’t be surprised if your child comes home with a lot of questions, or wants to discuss how problems can be solved in different ways. That is the natural response to motivated learning and inquiry-based lessons. The homework assigned is not overwhelming and children still have time for a variety of after-school activities. We feel that is important. Long-term and large projects are given ample time to complete.
Children will sometimes misbehave. It is a fact of life and part of childhood. At MHIS, we strive to employ positive discipline as part of our approach. Manaret Heliopolis International School’s behavior management procedures operate in the context of our existing ARCH philosophy. The ARCH philosophy represents Accountability, Respect, Consideration, and Honesty.
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