Dear Parents,

Firstly, a very happy Chinese New Year to all those celebrating. Xinnian kuai le! It is wonderful, in our international school, to have families from so many countries in the world and for our students to learn so much from each other. We shall soon have a visit from the Council for International Schools, as part of our accreditation process, and their focus on global citizenship aligns very well with our own school values.

On the subject of values, we are very proud of a member of our Front of House team, Ms. Rania, who undertook an extraordinary sporting feat in order to fund the heart surgery of a nine-year-old boy, Marwan. “50 Athletes; 50 Hours; 50 000 AED – The Gift of Health”, was the title of the challenge, during which fifty sports enthusiasts swam, biked and ran for fifty consecutive hours, covering a total distance of 2,511km (the equivalent of the distance from Dubai to Khartoum, Marwan’s hometown). The challenge started at midnight on December 2^nd and lasted until 2am on December 4^th. Marwan has since undergone successful surgery and is now on the road to recovery. Ms. Rania attended the official engraving ceremony held at the Al Jalila Foundation in January 2022 and her team’s name now appears on the Fame Wall. We are delighted that Ms. Rania is part of our community and modelling such values to our students.