NGO #15719

مدرسة ألمطران
Saint George's School
Main Sector
التعليم
Information
Region
الضفة الغربية
District
القدس
About

The Saint Georges School, founded in 1899, is affiliated with the Arab Evangelical Episcopal Church, the school is situated in a strategic location in the heart of Jerusalem, accessible by public and private transportation at close proximity to cultural, touristic, historic and religious areas. This prime location highlights the necessity to keep the continuity of the school.
Moreover, it is worth mentioning that the school building holds a cultural, historical, and artistic value. It represents a number of components of the national identity of the Palestinian people along with its history and civilization.
The school is open to all students and is not limited to a specific neighborhood or group of society. Thousands of students Arabs, Palestinians and Jerusalemites graduated from this school with excellent educational acumen in science, culture and life skills, which enabled them to achieve remarkable success in various aspects of their lives.
The common factor which holds the students together at Saint George’s school is that they are all Palestinians living under Israeli occupation. The school reinforces the sense of belonging to a nationality, which was wronged and mistreated for decades. The system of education, incorporates elements of our cherished Palestinian culture and history. It also encourages the students’ connection to their native language through teaching them poems and novels which capitalize on their heritage and transition.
The management of the Saint Georges school is working hard to develop the capacity of teachers and school facilities, in order to ensure continuity and provision of quality education, graduating outstanding students. In addition to the different extracurricular cultural activities, such as, drama, folkloric dance (Dabka), drawing, decoration, creative writing along with all forms of sporting activities.

History
The Saint Georges School, founded in 1899, is affiliated with the Arab Evangelical Episcopal Church, the school is situated in a strategic location in the heart of Jerusalem, accessible by public and private transportation at close proximity to cultural, touristic, historic and religious areas. This prime location highlights the necessity to keep the continuity of the school.
Moreover, it is worth mentioning that the school building holds a cultural, historical, and artistic value. It represents a number of components of the national identity of the Palestinian people along with its history and civilization.
The school is open to all students and is not limited to a specific neighborhood or group of society. Thousands of students Arabs, Palestinians and Jerusalemites graduated from this school with excellent educational acumen in science, culture and life skills, which enabled them to achieve remarkable success in various aspects of their lives.
The common factor which holds the students together at Saint George’s school is that they are all Palestinians living under Israeli occupation. The school reinforces the sense of belonging to a nationality, which was wronged and mistreated for decades. The system of education, incorporates elements of our cherished Palestinian culture and history. It also encourages the students’ connection to their native language through teaching them poems and novels which capitalize on their heritage and transition.
The management of the Saint Georges school is working hard to develop the capacity of teachers and school facilities, in order to ensure continuity and provision of quality education, graduating outstanding students. In addition to the different extracurricular cultural activities, such as, drama, folkloric dance (Dabka), drawing, decoration, creative writing along with all forms of sporting activities.

Vision
St. George’s School strives to provide a school nurturing environment, that is conducive to student academic, social, physical, cultural, scientific, and emotional growth, and to invest all energies and human resources to empower students to meet the challenges of work and life.
Mission
Enhance the quality of education by providing a stimulating teaching and learning environment, which adopts active learning techniques, based on creative and interactive methodologies, and aimed at developing students' critical thinking skills and lifelong learning.
Objectives

1. Empowering a well-informed, intellectual and a highly educated individual who is capable of confronting life challenges and hardship in the future, with a sense of ethical consciousness that encompasses the school’s vision.
2. Establishing an efficient educational team that is qualified to cope with the scientific and technological development.
3. Enhancing modern learning, teaching and evaluation strategies and methodologies.
4. Orienting the students to adopt positive values and tendencies that emphasize Palestinian heritage and identity.
5. Commemorating St. George’s School’s reputation, academic status and its historical pride and heritage.
6. Reinforcing relations with the educational community, its institutions in particular, and local and global community institutions in general, for the sake of the school’s development.
7. Enhancing relationships between parents and unified school’s staff and body.

Units/Departments
kinder garden
Elementary grade ( 1 -6)
Secondary grade(7-9)
high school grade ( 10-12)
Year Established
1899
Contact Information
Telephone
+972 2 627 4432
Fax
+972 2 628 9071
Contact person
Sawsan Batato
Contact person email
Street
Nablus Road # 65
PO Box
P.O. Box 20190, Jerusalem 91200
Sub Sectors
Chairperson
Archbishop Hosam Naoum
Director
Richard Zananiri

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