Dear Community Members, 

March and April have witnessed an incredibly active period for our learners, faculty and community members. A broad range of athletic, artistic and academic endeavours, celebrations of learnings, culmination exhibitions, and assemblies have afforded community members a chance to share in witnessing the tremendous growth our students are continuously demonstrating. Please enjoy the submissions in this month's Kontak that detail and celebrate the actions, achievements and successes taking place within our school.

WASC / IB Visitation Update:

Global Jaya School virtually welcomed the IB (International Baccalaureate) and WASC (Western Association of Schools and Colleges) visiting team members into our community during April 9 - 13. The visiting team members facilitated a wide range of engagements, large and small group discussions with our students, parents, teachers, board members and leadership. They also visited lessons across all age groups, programmes and disciplines. The visiting team sought to validate the information provided within our self-study by referencing additional supporting documentation, and conversing with stakeholders, thus triangulating and verifying our self-evaluation. The preliminary results were shared with our community, in an open and transparent manner, with our final celebration meeting held on Thursday, April 13th. We appreciated the large population of faculty and parents joining us within the theatre and were accompanied by the group who chose to join remotely.   

Both the WASC and IB teams articulated their preliminary findings. These will be captured in full written reports that will be submitted to the WASC Accrediting Commission and the IBO. Once both organizations have had their opportunity to revise and finalise any findings and decisions on our accreditation and re-authorisation status, the full and detailed reports will be released to the school. We expect to receive both the finalized reports and status updates within a time frame of 6 to 8 weeks.

In summary, I am confident in communicating that the overall result of the visit affirms our self-study. In simpler terms, there was an agreement for what we identified as our areas of strength and further support and encouragement for the continued development of areas we, for the most part, have already identified and have started actioning. These areas of continued growth and development will be detailed in our new 2023-2028 schoolwide action plan. 

The summary of preliminary findings as shared by the WASC and IB teams is captured below: