GRADUATION 2008

This year our school gave 19 graduates from the secondary school and 16 from the elementary. This year's commencement ceremony (held on July 12, 2008) coincided with the 90th anniversary of the first Independence of Armenian and the year of Christian Education. The program, which started with a prayer, hymns and the recitation of Biblical verses, remembered both occasions. The speaker of the day was the chairman of the board of trusties, Mr. John Sagherian. We thank God for all those who worked with & for our graduates. May God's grace be with this new generation as they go out into the world armed with knowledge, wisdom & the light of the Gospel of Christ. Read the names of our graduates.

Markrid Markarian on President's List at HU

We congratulate Markrid Markarian (class of 03-04) who was placed on the President's list for the second semester (2007-08) at The Haigazian University. All the best to her and all of our graduates.

PLANNING FOR THE COMING YEAR

Preparations for the coming school year (2008-09) began on July 4, 2008, as our school’s teaching staff came together in the Arm. Evang. C. E. summer resort (KCHAG). This end-of-the-year last meeting, aimed at giving the teachers a wider view of the work that should be done in any school –with a professional attitude. The day started with a time of worship and a meditation after which the speaker of the day, Mrs. Shaghig Hudaverdian (MA in Educational Psychology - AUB), prepared the platform for further work in the school by introducing the different steps the teacher(s) should follow to make sure a comprehensive lesson plan is prepared. This three-hour two-part very dynamic session was full of discussions and real-life school examples and ended with a plan for a follow-up session in Sept. 2008. The day continued with a lunch break, prepared by the school’s Parents’ Committee, after which we had a free discussion session where teachers took turn to express their concerns about the school and make pratical suggestions.

On July 1, 2008, Dr. John Harris Profesor of Education & Director of Special Projects (Samford University, USA) gave a follow-up visit to our school as part of the assessment program introduced to the Evangelical schools in Lebanon by The Association of Evangelical Schools of Lebanon. We appreciate his, as well as his team’s assistance in assessing the work done in our school.