It’s Time for a ChangeDear Parents,Welcome to a new beginning!This is an exciting and important new year for Hayah! It’s been thirteen years of hard work and success of the American curriculum from PS to Grade 12 and the International Baccalaureate Program in Grades 11-12. The IB results for the 6th consecutive year, as well as the alumni performance in colleges, and beyond prove that Hayah is fulfilling its mission; thriving for academic excellence while honoring the culture identity in a challenging global environment. This is also evident by us welcoming three of Hayah’s alumni members into our staff body this academic year. Furthermore, alumni are involved in giving back to their communities through community outreach projects and continue to build up their sense of global responsibility towards humanity.

Behind the scenes, all Hayah administrators thrive for excellence by researching the best educational practices worldwide. An eclectic approach is always the key to success, where we combine the best of different approaches. The IB learner profile proved to be one of the best approaches to create a balanced student, accordingly the school has decided to adopt the primary years program (PYP) as a framework for our early years programs; Elementary and Early Childhood. Application for candidacy will be submitted in October 2016.Another change introduced this year based on parents request and feedback was the in-troduction of the German language in grades 4 and 5. Students now have the option to choose either French or German to study as their third language.We look forward to a year in which we will continue to develop initiatives under our overarching school goals.• School Improvement Goal 1: Student Engagement. To prepare our students for work and life in the 21st century, we strive for students to ask intriguing questions and actively investigate for discoveries and solutions. We have many new school initiatives to address this need, such as Project Based Learning (PBL) in Middle School and PYP (Primary Years Programme) in Elementary. These dynamic teaching approaches require students to investigate and respond to authentic, engaging and complex questions, problems and challenges.

• School Improvement Goal 2: Using assessment and data to improve student achieve-ment. It’s time for us to change the student mindset currently focused on reaching a particular percentage and instead empower them to take ownership of their learning, seek and act upon feedback, and take pride in their progress and accomplishments. Parents can help with this goal by framing conversations around learning, not just around grades. Teachers continue to explore new ways to use data to improve student achievement and differentiate to student needs.

• School Improvement Goal 3: Research overwhelmingly indicates that a positive school climate promotes cooperative learning, group cohesion, respect, and mutual trust—all of which have in turn been shown to improve the learning environment. A schoolwide Anti-Bullying Campaign is being launched this year to promote meaningful, re-spectful relationship among our stu-dent population.

In order to fully accomplish these goals all stakeholders will be actively involved in the process. We look for-ward to a successful and fruitful year with all the new changes.

Volume 58, September 2016,

Fatma Radwan, Early Childhood Assistant PrincipalI am excited to be starting my sixth year at Hayah and my first year as the Early Childhood Assistant Principal. I have a master’s degree from Westminster University, and I have over 15 years of experience working as an Early Childhood educator between the UK and Egypt. I also teach the Professional Educator Diploma at the American University of Cairo. It has been an absolute pleasure being part of the Hayah community and I look forward to yet another fruitful year.

Peter Vaughn, High School Dean of StudentsIt is with great pleasure that I join Hayah In-ternational Academy as the High School Dean of Students. I graduated with my bachelor’s de-gree from UC Berkeley, received my Masters in Teaching from Lewis & Clark College, and completed the Administrative Licensing Pro-gram from Concordia University. I have worked in the United States and Germany, and I am very excited to now live and work in Cairo. I look forward to working together with the entire Hayah community this school year.

Gareth Obie, Athletic and ASA CoordinatorI will be the new Athletic & Activities Coordi-nator. I graduated from Nottingham Trent Uni-versity in the UK with a degree in business, lei-sure and sport education in 2003 and I have over a decade of teaching experience, predominately in the UK, but also in China & Australia. I hope to bring my expertise to Hayah to consolidate, facilitate and improve on an already expansive extracurricular program.

WELCOME ON BOARD...

High School Graduation

Farah ElShimi Mariam Hassaballah Moustafa Saleh

Class of 2016

Mariam Hassaballah

Alia El Kattan

Nour Abdel Baky

Donia Sameh

Salma Ehab

Aamenah Elsherif

Mariam Hassaballa, Class of 2016 President

From the commencement of the ceremony to the cap toss, it’s almost impossible to dilute such a poignant and intense ceremony to just a few words. The graduating ceremony began with the national anthem salutation and Mariam Ezzat followed with a beautiful Quran recital leaving the crowd in awe. The speeches then began by introductions from Ms. Abeya Fathy, Head Principal, and Mr. Keith Ord, High School Principal. Five Hayah students then spoke at the ceremony. Aamenah Elsherif, Class Valedictorian talked about the journey we embarked on and the changes we faced, thanking the people who had helped us along the way. Donia Sameh, Class Salutatorian, gave a Cairokee-inspired speech honoring memories of our class going to numerous concerts together. Then, Mariam Hassaballah, Class President, discussed the changes our class had gone through together from Elementary School to High School, illustrating the years this class had spent together. Following the tradition, she handed the senior flag to the Class of 2017’s Class President, Farah El Shimi. Salma Ehab, Class Speaker, then showed the crowd the many talents and virtues of the Class of 2016, stressing on the unique qualities it brought to the Hayah community. Finally, as a surprise, the fifth speaker, Moustafa Ahmed, recited a poem he wrote about his Hayah experience, bringing smiles and laughter to audience memebers.

The speeches filled the ceremony with a multitude of emotions and were then accentuated by a video demonstrating the close bond of the class and the unbreakable friendships made over the years. As a new element of the graduation cer-emony, it was not enough to honor the class with diplomas, but also with awards to outstanding students in the academic as well as the non-academic fields. The component of surprise that went with these awards made it all the more exciting.

• Principal’s Award: Alia El Kattan• Citizenship Award: Salma Ehab • Artistic Award: Nour Abdel Baky • Athletic Award: Mariam Hassaballah

The class of 2016 made it through IB with an average score of 34 and with 20 students scoring 37 and above. Two students achieved the top score of 43 – Zeina Gohar and Moustafa Saleh. Class of 2016 alumni will be attending many top uni-versities around the globe including Toronto, London, Montréal, Amsterdam, Abu Dhabi, Manchester, Boston, Istanbul, and here in Cairo.

Finally, the long-awaited moment arrived when Ms. Abeya Fathy officially graduated the Class of 2016. After moving our tassels from left to right, our class at last graduated from High School and started a new journey, which we will forever share together as the Class of 2016 Hayah family.

Hayah Sports Academy would like to welcome you all back to what will hopefully be a fantastic and healthy new year. All our sports programs are working at full force to help your kids achieve their full potential. Your kids can enjoy swimming in our heated and covered pool, or they can join Hayah Basketball Academy or Escola Barcelona, if they are more into team sports or join our Karate, Taekwondo, Squash or Gymnastics academies if they are more into individual sports. New sports have also opened this year including Rythmic Gymnastics and American Football. Don’t forget you can also come and workout on your own or with a professional personal trainer, at Hayah’s gym.

For more information about Hayah Sports Academy and our programs : call 01065539668 or 01024602700,

visit Facebook.com/HayahSportsAcademy, or you can e-mail us at hsa@hayahacademy.com

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returning and new parents!

Stay tuned for our future announcements and activities

For any inquiries, suggestions or even general introductions,

please email us on pta@hayahacademy.com or visit our FB page

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