Phoenix International School is committed to producing self-directed, life-long learners by providing our diverse student body with the skills they need to become critical thinkers, collaborative workers, effective communicators, and technologically literate individuals.
Phoenix International School's mission is to promote educational excellence, personal responsibility, and balanced growth, and thereby to help its students to discover and develop their talents and to fulfill their best potentials.
Phoenix International School also believes that the participation of parents in their children's education is essential to accomplishing its mission. The School makes every attempt to inform them of the School's purposes and goals and expects their strong support in the pursuit of these aims.
Phoenix International School's vision is to promote the strength of character through the development of personal responsibility, integrity, and the ability to learn and grow in a culturally diverse and technologically advanced society.
Phoenix International School emphasizes both academic attainment and character development. Our ideal students are intellectually capable boys or girls of a sound character whose talents, interests, and uniqueness are educational assets for other Phoenix International School children. Phoenix International School will value its students for their potential, as well as their achievement, and will strive always for their balanced growth-intellectual, physical, social, and ethical.
Phoenix International School recognizes that the primary responsibility for inspiring and strengthening values resides with parents. Nevertheless, the school can and should play an important character education role as well, and has established four core values that form the basis for Phoenix International School's efforts to increase its emphasis on character development.
The primary goals of Phoenix International School are intellectual endeavor and achievement. The School also believes that a well-rounded education includes experiences in the arts, athletics, and a variety of extra-curricular activities.
Phoenix International School further believes that every student is and will continue to be part of a community and, therefore, seeks to strengthen his or her moral responsibility and service to it. To that end, the school actively promotes honesty, respect, responsibility, and kindness. Our Core Values are:
- Honesty.
- Responsibility.
- Respect.
- Kindness.
Members of the Phoenix International School community tell the truth and act with integrity and honor. We do not mislead, cheat, or steal. Members of the Phoenix International School community are reliable and hold themselves and others accountable for their actions. We do not make excuses, blame others, or take unwarranted credit. Members of the Phoenix International School community affirm the intrinsic dignity of all people. We act with tolerance, courtesy, and thoughtful regard for all persons, for property, for the environment, and ourselves. Members of the Phoenix International School community exhibit caring and compassionate behavior in all aspects of daily life. We are not mean, do not harass nor act cruelly. By our positive example, we discourage unkind behavior in others.
The academic doors opened in the fall of 2009 for students. We now enroll students in grades pre-k to twelve. While academics are a major focus, academic pursuits are balanced with the many other facets of child development.
The curriculum of PIS is designed to motivate and challenge the students at each level to reach their most effective performance and build their cognitive skills. This curriculum is designed to meet the international as well as the Lebanese standards, with emphasis on college preparation.
The advanced programs are supplied with resources to provide individualized attention and work through areas of weakness. Each teacher is committed to helping children develop the cognitive processes and skills needed. PIS educational approach is based on 'Active Learning' where children construct their knowledge through:
- Interacting with their environment.
- Experimenting.
Our curriculum empowers our students to be effective citizens as they meet the challenges in an increasingly complex world. The Phoenix International School community (families, staff, and trustees) is committed to an educational environment that reflects these values.
Cycle three program in Phoenix International School is a three-year cycle covering grades 7 to 9. It offers two different programs: The Lebanese program, which prepares students for the official Lebanese Brevet examination, and the High School program which prepares the students for the High School diploma or the International Baccalaureate.
The two programs require that the following subjects be taught (different weight is given to different subjects depending on the program followed): English, French, Arabic, Mathematics, Sciences, Social Studies and Civics, Physical Education, Art, Music, Information Technology, and Community Service. These programs require the teaching of Arabic, English, French, Math, Science, Social Studies, Physical Education, Art, Information Technology (IT), and Music.
The Lebanese Program is available to everyone, but only foreign students or Lebanese students who have lived abroad for at least three successive years or who carry a second nationality may join the High school program. These students must obtain an exemption from joining the Lebanese program from the Lebanese Ministry of Education where they will also obtain an equivalency indicating which grade they are qualified to join.
The Lebanese Program consists of the English track. In the English Track, Math and Sciences are taught in English, civil education, geography, and history are taught in Arabic, and French is taught as a third or foreign language.
Fully equipped science labs are available for students’ use as well as a design technology lab. Students will be assigned a student advisor who will be available to review their progress and address any concerns. Evaluations take place four times per year.
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