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SAIS NEWSLETTER No. 3

November 2011

Dear Parents and Students, As November draws to its end, the soothing spirit of autumn fills the air, alleviating some of the summer heat that carried on through September and October. The air is filled with a more joyous spirit, the spirit of celebration in anticipation of the 40th anniversary of the birth of the blessed union of seven Arab Emirates. The amazing story of this union has become an inspiration to many people worldwide. This occasion offers many glorious memories and important lessons. One of those lessons is that in the face of enormous hardship and humongous obstacles, the will and determination of honest people will always prevail. And with dedication and faith, major accomplishments can be made. Our students are encouraged to learn from this lesson. When you feel things around you are going bad and that you have hit rock bottom, then it is time to pull your sleeves up and double your efforts; from the bottom there is only one way to go – up! In the spirit of the 40th UAE National Day, the school is abuzz with energy and a joyous spirit is felt everywhere. The school will be celebrating this occasion on Wednesday, November 30th. A plan of the celebration will be sent separately a few days before the event. On behalf of the owners of our school, our administration, and our faculty and staff, I would like to congratulate the people and the leadership of the UAE on this occasion. The story of the union is an inspiration to us all. The accomplishments of this young nation are felt at home and afar.

As we prepare for celebrating the National Day, our students should also be preparing for the end of term exams. Some of these exams will begin on Sunday, November 27th. A detailed exam schedule has already been given to our students. A copy of the exam

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schedule was also sent to all of our esteemed parents through their accounts on the SAIS portal. We advise our students, as well as the parents, to create their own study schedule, allocating appropriate time for each subject. Advice on how to prepare well for exams is given later in this newsletter. PTA As part of our efforts to improve the school environment and communication within the school community, we are now in the process of forming a Parent-Teacher Association (PTA). An invitation to join the PTA has been sent to all our parents with their children. An electronic copy was sent to all the parents through our school portal. Parents interested in joining the PTA are requested to fill their information on the letter and return it to Mrs. Carole Abboud (MS Coordinator) or Mr. Toufic Khachab (HS Coordinator). Be mindful that not all the parents who apply will be allowed to join the PTA, as the number of members in this initial stage will be small. As the PTA matures, more parents will be invited to join. Reception Area As you all know by now, the doors in the reception area, leading to the school elementary and middle school sections are being closed everyday from 8:30 am till the end of the school day at 3:15 pm. This action has been taken to prevent people who do not belong to the school community from wandering into the school; and to ensure that no disruption to teaching happens as a small number of parents are in the habit of interrupting classes to talk to teachers or to their own children. I would like to assure you all that the positive effects of this new arrangement has already been felt. Interruption of teaching has now decreased greatly, and student safety has been boosted. I would like to thank SAIS parents for their cooperation and patience on this matter.

Student Pick-up I would like to thank all SAIS parents for your cooperation on this topic. Using the school side doors at 1:20 pm for pick-up of K-4 students is going smoothly. The new arrangement has limited interruption of teaching in G 5-12 classes. Also, congestion in the school

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reception area has lessened, allowing us more opportunities to further work to provide better services to our students. Pride and Joy Following are the names of some of our outstanding students who either topped their classes or succeeded in joining the Honor Roll. Those students, along with many others, are a source of our pride and joy, and I am sure that their parents feel likewise. I would like to congratulate them for their accomplishments, and I would like to encourage all of our students to aspire to join their ranks.

Honor Roll List - Term 3 of 2010-2011

The following is a list of students who gained a 95% (or above) average across all subjects in term 3 marks of the academic year 2010-2011.

1A Ali Nasir Mohamed Dadi Alamiri, Ahmed Majed Aoudi, Amalia Kourken, Fahad Ismail Ibrahim Mohamed Alblooshi, Sarah Ahmed Mahmoud Ramadan Al Ali Al Ali, Ayaana Kamal, Mahra Yousif Mohamed Ali Rashid Alali, Aahan Arjun Kandoth, Ahmad Essam Mohamed El Saghir Mohamed, Leen Ma'en Khalaf M.Malkawi, Abdulrahman Ali Ahmed Khalfan Mesfer Al-Ali, Anastasia Zaikina, Maism Abdulfatah Al Kazzaz, Mahra Khalifa Saif K Almuhairi, Maya Imad Fawaz, Hasan Watheq Abdulrahman Al-Khazraji, Aisha Faisal Ahmed Ali Alyassi, Khalil El Khoury, Hamad Bader Mohamednour A. Mohamed Huwair.

1B Mohamed Mustafa Haji Mohamed Sharif Hajooni Zarouni, Majd Abdul Rahman Agha, Ahmed Mustafa Haji Mohamed Sharif Hajooni Zarouni, Sara Ibrahim Yousif Mohamed Naseer Hashmi, Ayesha Mohammad Thabet Mohammad S Alamri, Hamad Aqeel Mohamed Alhashim Alobeidli, Ahmad Majdi H. M. Al-Sahili, Ahmed Salim Ahmed Ibrahim Alkayay, Abdulaziz Khaled Juma Hussain Alshaali Alshaali, Jenna Adnan Kaoud, Shahd Ahmed Abdalla Ismail Yousif, Alma Zahir Zuhair Oada M. Al Benna, Kareem Odeh, Joud Khalid Barham Hamad, Hussain T. Abdul Jabbar, Rashid Salahuddin Mustafa Ahmed M. Sharif, Aida Arafat, Mohammed Hassan El Houbi, Hamza Mazen Ibrahim Mohammad Assaf.

1C Omar Mohamed Ali Mohamed Tahir, Ali Onaisse, Hania Abdullah, Rashid Monir Abdel-Salam Al-Sharif, Maitha Abdalla Salim Ahmed Busamnoh, Mohamed Mousa Mohamed Mousa Y Alraeisy Alraeisy, Hasan Mohammad Khalil Dabash, Yasmeen Riyad Khalid, Liliana Al Saifi, Mubariz Haris Khan.

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1D Mohamed Salim Ali Hamad Ali Muzaini, Layan Deya Al-Badareen, Salim Saif Mohamed Saif Alsuwaidi, Dana Ahmed Habib Hasan Ahmed, Fahad Shamshuddin Safeer, Ali Rashid Ali Hamad Ali Al Mezaini, Ziad Tamer Moustafa Mohamed Abdelaty Badr, Rashid Salahuddin Mustafa Ahmed M. Sharif, Mohammed Abed Alnaser Mustafa Abdallah Saleh, Saad Nazem Kayali, Lara Hamadi, Mahra Abdulla Mubarak Nayel Mohamed Al Neaimi, Sayed Ahmed Redha Taleb Hasan Almusawi, Fateen Afeef Reza.

1E Abdalla Mohamed Butti Ali Alabdouli Alabadla, Abdalla Saud Ahmed Abdalla Alhammadi, Sultan Abdelaziz Obaid Alhosan Alshamsi, Sundus Waleed Abdo Al-Hammadi, Khadija Mohsen, Farida Salah Mohamed Abdelaziz Senada, Alyaa Farqad Abd Hadi Alharjan, Mashael Ali Abdulhadi Al Hrjan, Yusra Ahmed Hassan Ahmadi, Saif Khalid Saif Salem Almheiri, Yousif Elias Yousef El Khoury, Ali Alrubaiy. 2A Hemyan Abdulaziz Khalaf Abdulla Alrifaye, Ola Adel Mostafa Ali Ahmed, Musabeh Sultan Musabeh Sultan Alktebi, Ibrahim Sultan Mohamed Matar Alsouqi Alsuwaidi, Azza Majid Yousif Mahmoud Alhaj, Tania Al Saifi, Alya Khaled Saif Salem Almheiri.

2B Sarah Yaqoob Mohammed Abdulla Mohammed, Saif Mohamednour Mohamed Ali Almuaini, Rashid Obeid Naqbi, Hamdan Khalid Abdelaziz J. A. Kashwani, Ahmad Rami Sarhan Abdul Ghani, Ghalia Bader Rashid Abdalla Alnaqbi, Syed Muhammad Azeem Ur Rahman, Abdalla Talib Ahmed Hadi, Sheikha Ahmad Haji Al Najjar, Ahmed Humaid Ahmed Mohammed Alblooshi, Alfahad Mansour Hussain A.Alhammadi, Shaza Haris Khan, Alyaziya Khalifa Ibrahim Ali Alhosani, Hind Al Obeidi.

2C Jassim Ali Jasim Hassan, Moza Ali Mohamed Sultan Salim Tarba Alabdouli, Shaikha Hind Salah Sultan Ahmed Almualla, Sultan Khalid Eisa Mohamed Almidfa Alharthi, Aalya Mohamed Jasim Malalla M Banjab, Maaz Ghias, Al Yaziya Mohamed Rashid Matar Alsuwaidi, Laith Mhd. Ayman Alharbali, Sultan Majid Mohamed Juma M.Alghawi Alali, Iman Kamal, Sara Fahad A. A. Ahmad, Lea Fawaz, Ayman Hassan Sahyoun, Maya Musa Osman, Andrew David Suryawanshi, Rahaf Emad Al-Ayedi.

2D Hoor Khalid Salim Ahmed Mohamed Binsamno, Reem Hussain Jafar Ibrahim Alameeri, Salim Ahmed Salman Alsalman Al-Ali, Mohammed Faisal Ahmed Ebrahim A. Alkas Altenaiji, Wael El Boutari, Mohammed Mueen Fares, Mayed Obaid Ghanim Obaid Eisa Alshamsi, Zaina Mohammed Farouq Al-Jallad, Sheikha Maryam Abdulrahman S A Almoalla, Hassan Sultan Hassan Ibrahim Hassan Althahab, Sultan Khaled A Al Neaimi, Layan Fayad, Yasmeen Mohammad Yousef Fares Yousef, Maryam Yousef Hussain Mohammed Alshaali, Ziad Haitham Ziad Younes, Rashid Jasim Mohamed Abdalla Ahmed Alkhayyal, Hessa Omar Ghanim Alghaith Almarri, Yasamin Mohammed Abd Al Kader Al Azawi, Batoul Dakroub,

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Shaima Mohamad Haji Al Najjar, Shahd Adel Mohammed Alansari Alattar, Faisal Othman Arafa Al-Ayedi.

2E Ayra Abdul Bari, Zayed Shamshuddin Safeer, Hind Hesham Rashed A M Alhajji Alfaisal, Mohamed Hany Mohamed Abou El Ghiet, Christian El Khouri, Karim El-Tamer, Yousef K. S. Abufool, Layana Mohamad Al-Jichi, Fares Mahdhar Abdulla Saeed Omar Al Tamim, Omar Jamal Mohamed Bughanim Alsuwaidi, Lana Ramadan, Mohamed Asam Amin Ahmed Almulla, Samrah Nizami, Ahmed Mahmoud Taleb Ahmed Al-Ali, Hessa Mohamed R.Binturkya Alfalasi.

2F Jassim Ali Jasim Hassan, Ahmed Abdel Naseer Saleh Amin Mashaly, Alham Ali Hassan Ali Zarouni.

3A Abdelrahman Rashid A.R.A.Almadhloum Zaabi, Rashid Abdullah Yagoob Abdullah Alshaer Al Ali, Leen Mohamad El Rabah, Yasmeen Al Douri, Saif Haider Hammoodi Al-Shukri, Gaith Mohamed Ali Yousif Obaid Alqaseer, Ayman Ma'en Khalaf M. Malkawi, Ahmed Abdullatif Ibrahim Abdulla Alghuroubti, Alanood Abdulla Ahmed Qasem Almarzooqi, Mohamed Saif Darwish Ramadan Al Darwish, Fahad Hassan Mohamed Hussain Hassan Hassan, Fadi Abdulfatah Al Kazzaz, Zouha Arab Sabbagh, Zaid Basel Talal Mohammad.

3B Mohamad Imad Fawaz, Reine Al Ayash, Eissa Ali Hussain Hamdoon, Mohamad Onaisse, Fatima Samir Abdelreda Abdalla Mohamed Alamiri, Rashid Ahmed Rashid Saeed Obaid Aljarwan Shamsi, Mira Husam Omar Ramadan Daoud, Yahya Abdul Salam M. A. Al Sharif, Abdulaziz Saad Mohammed Eissa Eissa, Chahed El Soussi.

3C Laura Hallal, Mubarek Ali Mohamed Ali Mubarek Alkhwar Al Nuaimi, Noura Abdelaziz Ahmed Ibrahim Alhawai.

3D Carlos Sarkis Arotine, Hamdan Rashid Ibrahim Khamis Ali Almazmi Almazmi, Alya Mohammed Abdulrazaq Qannati Albastaki, Arjun Harish Kumar, Mohammed Mahfuzur Rahman, Daniel Mokhammadi, Ananya Kandoth, Abdallah Hazem Abdul Kader, Judy Talal Al Azem.

3E Mazin Moustafa Fathi Moustafa Younis, Noora Ahmad Essa Obaid Mohd Alhabsi, Dana Hesham Adnan Faiq Hendieh, Sereen Al-Hamadi, Mary Anwar Al Nassr Alha, Mayed Abdulrahman Yaqoub Dad K.Alraeesi, Sheikh Abdulla Mohamed Ali R Nuaimi, Zeena Adli Abdel Aziz A. Dehelia, Randa Najim, Ibrahim Mazen Ibrahim Mohammad Assaf, Abdul Haseeb Khan, Mohamed Ayman Mohamed Za'ter, Taryam Jamal Matar Taryam Alshamsi.

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4A Hamad Majid Yousif Mahmoud Alhaj, Hind Abdalla Ahmed Abdalla Alzarouni Almazam, Abdul Aziz Ahmad Osman.

4B Mohammad Ziyad Suleiman Majdoub, Shaikha Mira Salah Sultan Ahmed Almualla, Husham Ali Husham Husham, Hamda Hassan Ibrahim Aqeel Alabdool Alawadhi, Ahmed Ali Mohamed Ali Mohamed Alrasheed.

4C Fatma Mohammad Ali Abdulla Abdooli, Rwan Osama Ahmed Khalafalla, Meera Salim Saif Salim Binoqad Binoqad, Lin Sadalddin Benchi, Gisou Chizari Fard, Sara Bahaeddin Mohd Abdulaal Alqedrah, Arshia P. Shoja.

4D Mariam Abdul Kader, Mohamad Jaffal, Samar Firas Mordaoum.

5A Carol Elias Yousef El Khoury, Leena M Fares, Khawla Ali Mohamed Ahmed Alhammadi, Malaz Osman Abdel Hafiz Abdel Fadil, Mariam Abdulsalam Taher Ali Alhammadi.

5AA Alia Adel Mostafa Ali Ahmed, Alya Hassan Mohamed Hussain Hassan, Arwa Nasir Ali Shamsaldin, Aya Haitham Ziad Younis, Aysha A. A. Al Shamsi, Dania Ramadan, Farah Muhammad Fuad Odeh, Hebah Khaled Murtada Aladaileh, Lea Abboud, Mentallah Samir Said Mahmoud Gad, Seema Abouchacra, Shandita Bhowmik.

5B Omar Abdelaziz Abdalla Abdelaziz Mohamed Aldarwish.

5C Ahmad Rahhal, Adam Ralph Peter Hodgkinson, Leo Krimer, Ruslan Baiazov, Sajjad Abdullah Ghanim Al-Badri.

5D Abdalla Hassan Khalifa Abdalla Salem Almarer, Mohammad Abdul Kader Ghawi, Mohamed Nabil Abdalla El Sayed Saad, Saif Abdelrahman Saif A.S. Binhindi Alshuwaihi,

6A Ayah Abdulkader Ghawi, Darin Abdel Nasser Saleh Amin Mashaly, Jana Arab Sabbagh, Shahd Yaser Mohamed Hasan Ebrahim.

6AA Anjali Harish Kumar, Aya Sultan Durrani, Hadeel M Fares.

6B Zeyad Samir Said Mahmoud Gad.

6C Bardia P. Shoja , Mahmoud Khalid Agha, Saud Ali Mahmoud Murad Ali Almulla, Sheikh Ahmed Rashid Ahmed A Almualla.

6D Abdulla Saif Darwish Ramadan Al Darwish, Ali Abdelrasoul Azar Ali Almajidi, Mohamad Wasim Mardoum, Omar Riyad Khalid.

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7A Farah Hosny Mohamed Youssif, Lian Riyad Khalid.

7AA Farah Hafez Fouad Moustafa, Fatima Hassan Khalifa Abdalla Salem Almarer, Nida Mohammed Abdul Ghani, Razan Osama Ahmed Khalafalla.

7C Yousef Mufadal Hussein.

8A Al Shaimaa Adel Aly Ahmed Ghonemy, Ghareesa Maktoum Rashid K.Bu Ghanim Al Suwaidi, Olgha Osama Naim Hanna, Rewan Abdelnasser Saleh Mashaly.

8AA Hind Hassan Mohamed Hussain Hassan, Janaan O. Farhat, Sidra Aman Vohra.

8C Neloy Nupur Kumar Bhowmik, Rageed Rahhal

9A Shamma Saeed Mohammed Al Ramsi.

9AA Alyassar Anwar Al Nassr Alha, Amira Ahmad Basel Alzaim, Deala Abdul Ghani Sarhan, Rand Zeyaid Abdlelah.

9B Karim Moustafa Fathi Younis.

9D Anwar R. Khalid, Mohd. Khatim Osama.

10A Dana Hussam Abdelghaffar Abuaisheh.

10AA Fatena Z. M. Sadeq.

10B Hadi Abbas.

10C Bilal Zafar Iqbal, Hamza Sayed Saifuddin, Hassan Saleh Jadayel, Hassan Shahid Sheikh.

11A Bayan Nasser Mahmoud Hamdan, Dana Fawaz, Lexian Teng.

11AA Julia Osama Naim Hanna, Samantha Rahhal, Shouq Moamen Mohammed Almasoud.

11B Abdul Wahab Sahyoun

11C Ahmed Mamoun Kallas, Ayub Hussein, Karam Ali Chaban, Mark Nashaat Yacoub, Rami Abboud.

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Rank list for the academic year 2010-11

The following is the list of students who topped their class for the academic year 2010-11. Highlighted names are students who not only topped their class but also their grade level. Well done students!! We are proud of all of you.

GRADE 1

Name Grade Rank Percentile Marks

Aahan Arjun Kandoth 1A 1st 99.29

Hasan Watheq Abdulrahman Al-Khazraji 1A 2nd 99.00

Khalil El Khoury 1A 3rd 98.29

Hussain T. Abdul Jabbar 1B 1st 98.75

Hamza Mazen Ibrahim Mohammad Assaf 1B 2nd 98.63

Abdulaziz Khaled Juma Hussain Alshaali Alshaali 1B 3rd 98.13

Hania Abdullah 1C 1st 97.00

Hasan Mohammad Khalil Dabash 1C 1st 97.00

Liliana Al Saifi 1C 3rd 96.88

Yasmeen Riyad Khalid 1C 3rd 96.88

Rashid Salahuddin Mustafa Ahmed M. Sharif 1D 1st 98.75

Saad Nazem Kayali 1D 2nd 98.50

Layan Deya Al-Badareen 1D 3rd 98.13

Salim Saif Mohamed Saif Alsuwaidi 1D 3rd 98.13

Khadija Mohsen 1E 1st 98.63

Yousif Elias Yousef El Khoury 1E 1st 98.63

Yusra Ahmed Hassan Ahmadi 1E 3rd 98.50

Grade 2

Name Grade Rank Percentile Marks Azza Majid Yousif Mahmoud Alhaj 2A 1st 98.63

Ibrahim Sultan Mohamed Matar Alsouqi Alsuwaidi 2A 2nd 98.00

Ola Adel Mostafa Ali Ahmed 2A 3rd 97.13

Ahmad Rami Sarhan Abdul Ghani 2B 1st 98.38

Syed Muhammad Azeem Ur Rahman 2B 1st 98.38

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Rashid Obaid Rashid Mohamed Alnaqbi 2B 3rd 97.38

Aalya Mohamed Jasim Malalla M Banjab 2C 1st 98.75

Lea Fawaz 2C 2nd 98.63

Andrew David Suryawanshi 2C 3rd 98.14

Layan Fayad 2D 1st 99.00

Faisal Othman Arafa Al-Ayedi 2D 2nd 98.88

Yasamin Mohammed Abd Al Kader Al Azawi 2D 3rd 98.75

Hessa Mohamed R.Binturkya Alfalasi 2E 1st 99.00

Christian El Khouri 2E 2nd 98.71

Lana Ramadan 2E 3rd 98.63

Ahmed Abdel Naseer Saleh Amin Mashaly 2F 1st 97.13

Maryam Abdulla Ali Ahmed Omran Shamsi 2F 2nd 93.25

Nour Abdelaziz Ali Ahmed Abdalla Aylan Alshamsi

2F 3rd 92.50

Grade 3

Name Grade Rank Percentile Marks Rashid Abdullah Yagoob Abdullah Alshaer Al Ali 3A 1st 99.00

Zuha Arab Sabbagh 3A 1st 99.00

Gaith Mohamed Ali Yousif Obaid Alqaseer 3A 3rd 98.88

Zaid Basel Talal Mohammad 3A 3rd 98.88

Mira Husam Omar Ramadan Daoud 3B 1st 97.25

Mohamad Onaisse 3B 2nd 97.13

Eissa Ali Hussain Hamdoon 3B 3rd 96.75

Noura Abdelaziz Ahmed Ibrahim Alhawai 3C 1st 96.13

Laura Hallal 3C 2nd 94.75

Rashid Aqeel Abdeljalil M. Abdeljalil Alahmad 3C 3rd 94.25

Ananya Kandoth 3D 1st 99.43

Daniel Mokhammadi 3D 2nd 98.88

Arjun Harish Kumar 3D 3rd 98.43

Carlos Sarkis Arotine 3D 3rd 98.43

Dana Hesham Adnan Hendieh 3E 1st 98.38

Mary Anwar Al Nassr Alha 3E 2nd 98.00

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Mayed Abdulrahman Yaqoub Dad K.Alraeesi 3E 2nd 98.00

GRADE 4

Name Grade Rank Percentile Marks

Hamad Majid Yousif Mahmoud Alhaj 4A 1st 97.90

Abdul Aziz Ahmad Osman 4A 2nd 96.00

Suood Samir Abdelreda Abdalla Mohamed Amiri 4A 3rd 95.30 Husham Ali Husham Husham 4B 1st 98.80

Shaikha Mira Salah Sultan Ahmed Almualla 4B 1st 98.80

Mohammad Ziyad Suleiman Majdoub 4B 3rd 97.70

Rwan Osama Ahmed Khalafalla 4C 1st 97.20

Gisou Chizari Fard 4C 2nd 97.11

Fatma Mohammad Ali Abdulla Abdooli 4C 3rd 96.30 Samar Firas Mordaoum 4D 1st 95.10

Mariam Abdul Kader 4D 2nd 94.30

Sara Sultan Salim Obaid Alsuwaidi 4D 3rd 87.60

GRADE 5

Name Grade Rank Percentile Marks

Khawla Ali Mohamed Ahmed Alhammadi 5A 1st 98.36

Mariam Abdulsalam Taher Ali Alhammadi 5A 2nd 98.18 Carol Elias Yousef El Khoury 5A 3rd 97.50

Lea Abboud 5AA 1st 98.40

Shandita Bhowmik 5AA 2nd 98.22 Alya Hassan Mohamed Hussain Hassan 5AA 3rd 97.00 Omar Abdelaziz Abdalla Abdelaziz Mohamed Aldarwish

5B 1st 96.36

Saif Hamdan Gharib Abdalla Bloushi 5B 2nd 92.73 Ali Ahmed Butti Ali Alabdouli Alabadla 5B 3rd 92.36

Ahmad Rahhal 5C 1st 98.40

Adam Ralph Peter Hodgkinson 5C 2nd 95.90

Leo Krimer 5C 3rd 95.67

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Abdalla Hassan Khalifa Abdalla Salem Almarer 5D 1st 97.00

Mohammad Abdul Kader Ghawi 5D 2nd 95.55

Mohamed Nabil Abdalla El Sayed Saad 5D 3rd 94.82

GRADE 6

Name Grade Rank Percentile Marks

Darin Abdel Nasser Saleh Amin Mashaly 6A 1st 97.36 Jana Arab Sabbagh 6A 1st 97.36

Ayah Abdulkader Ghawi 6A 3rd 97.18 Anjali Harish Kumar 6AA 1st 97.67 Hadeel M Fares 6AA 2nd 97.20 Aya Sultan Durrani 6AA 3rd 94.70

Zeyad Samir Said Mahmoud Gad 6B 1st 95.45 Mohammed Hamad A. Altayar Alshuweihi 6B 2nd 93.18

Fahad Mohammed Ahmed Al-Farraji 6B 3rd 92.55 Sheikh Ahmed Rashid Ahmed A Almualla 6C 1st 96.00 Bardia P. Shoja 6C 2nd 95.70 Saud Ali Mahmoud Murad Ali Almulla 6C 3rd 95.36 Mohamad Wasim Mardoum 6D 1st 97.18 Omar Riyad Khalid 6D 2nd 96.30 Ali Abdelrasoul Azar Ali Almajidi 6D 3rd 95.64

GRADE 7

Name Grade Rank Percentile Marks

Lian Riyad Khalid 7A 1st 96.22

Farah Hosny Mohamed Youssif 7A 2nd 96.20 Dana Hamadi 7A 3rd 92.89 Razan Osama Ahmed Khalafalla 7AA 1st 96.50 Farah Hafez Fouad Moustafa 7AA 2nd 95.80

Nida Mohammed Abdul Ghani 7AA 3rd 95.22

Ahmad Mohamad Salman 7B 1st 93.80 Abdulla Jaber Abdulla .A. Al Ateek Al Ali 7B 2nd 90.60

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Khalid Mohamed Abdelmuti Adel Murad Murad 7B 3rd 89.00

Yousef Mufadal Hussein 7C 1st 96.00 Abdullah Osman 7C 2nd 90.00

Yousef Raef Hazem Eid 7C 3rd 88.40

GRADE 8

Name Grade Rank Percentile Marks

Al Shaimaa Adel Aly Ahmed Ghonemy 8A 1st 96.50

Ghareesa Maktoum Rashid K.Bu Ghanim Al Suwaid 8A 2nd 96.00

Rewan Abdelnasser Saleh Mashaly 8A 3rd 95.40

Janaan O. Farhat 8AA 1st 98.00

Sidra Aman Vohra 8AA 2nd 94.67

Hind Hassan Mohamed Hussain Hassan 8AA 3rd 93.60 Khalid Mansour Ahmed Al-Harmoudi 8B 1st 91.00

Ahmed Abdelreda Abdalla Mohamed Amiri 8B 2nd 90.50 Abdullah Khaled Mohammed Abdulla Alnuaimi Alnuaimi

8B 3rd 97.00 Rageed Rahhal 8C 1st 97.00 Neloy Nupur Kumar Bhowmik 8C 2nd 95.63

Hussein Mohamad Haji Al Najjar 8C 3rd 95.10

Omar Hamadi 8D 1st 95.50 Omar Abdelqadir Mohamed Mohamedrasoul Ali Awadi

8D 2nd 94.90

Eisa Mohamed Rashid Matar Ali Alsuwaidi 8D 3rd 94.70

GRADE 9 Name Grade Rank Percentile Marks

Shamma Saeed Mohammed Al Ramsi 9A 1st 94.30

Fatme Mohsen 9A 2nd 92.50

Maryam Abdullah Yagoob Alshaer Al Ali 9A 3rd 90.60

Rand Zeyaid Abdlelah 9AA 1st 96.40

Amira Ahmad Basel Alzaim 9AA 2nd 96.10

Deala Abdul Ghani Sarhan 9AA 3rd 95.30

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Karim Moustafa Fathi Moustafa Younis 9B 1st 96.40

Hamad Abdulwahab Abduljalil Almadani 9B 2nd 94.30

Saif Manouchehr Saif Aee 9B 3rd 87.50

Salman Mohamad Salman 9C 1st 95.00 Mohammad Muhanad I. Alkharaz 9C 2nd 93.70 Abdullah Adnan Nayssi 9C 3rd 90.90 Mohamed El Khatim Osama Ahmed Khalafalla Ahmed

9D 1st 96.20 Anwar R. Khalid 9D 2nd 95.22 Mohamad Fawzi Awad 9D 3rd 88.40

GRADE 10

Name Grade Rank Percentile Marks

Dana Hussam Abdelghaffar Abuaisheh 10A 1st 97.18 Meera Mohamed Butti Binbutti Almheiri 10A 2nd 93.64

Rand Ali Chaban 10A 3rd 91.73 Fatena Z. M. Sadeq 10AA 1st 94.27 Yara Ammar Alul 10AA 2nd 92.09 Zeynab Almola 10AA 3rd 91.91 Hadi Abbas 10B 1st 96.27 Omar Fadil Obaid Mohammed I. Almuhairi Abumuhair

10B 2nd 93.18

Ashraf Walid Al-Hamadi 10B 3rd 92.09

Hassan Shahid Sheikh 10C 1st 97.70 Hassan Saleh Jadayel 10C 2nd 95.64 Hamza Syed Khaja Saifuddin 10C 3rd 95.60

GRADE 11

Name Grade Rank Percentile Marks

Dana Fawaz 11A 1st 98.55

Lexian Teng 11A 2nd 98.44

Bayan Nasser Mahmoud Hamdan 11A 3rd 97.55

Samantha Rahhal 11AA 1st 96.91

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Shouq Moamen Mohammed Almasoud 11AA 2nd 96.64

Julia Osama Naim Hanna 11AA 3rd 95.90

Abdul Wahab Hassan Sahyoun 11B 1st 97.27

Rami El Soussi 11B 2nd 92.82

Sheikh Zayed Khalid A. Mohd. Alqassimi 11B 3rd 92.00

Mark Nashaat Helmy Yacoub 11C 1st 96.50

Rami Abboud 11C 2nd 95.60

Ahmad Mamoun Kallas 11C 3rd 95.55

Ammar Nabil Mohamed Abdel Jabbar 11D 1st 91.36

Faisal Ahmed Abdo Al-Yahya 11D 2nd 88.55

Saeed Mohamed Butti Binbutti Almheiri 11D 3rd 87.45 From the desk of Wing A Coordinator (Grades 1 - 4), Ms. Deborah Anne Mustafa Asalaam alaikum dear parents,

Isn’t it amazing how time flies?! So many things are happening at school that we would like you to be aware of. First, grade 4 exams begin November 28th - December 14th.

Your child should have received a schedule with the appointed days for each subject area exam. There will be early dismissal on December 5th and 6th. The students will leave at 1:00 pm. Arrival time in the morning is the same at 7:45 am. If any student arrives after 8:40 am, he or she will be sent home and receive a ‘0’ for their exam. Make sure your children are well rested and have plenty of nourishing breakfast in the morning to ensure that they are fresh and ready to succeed.

Second, in teaching the students about the care of their “environment”, we will host an assembly in the gym for all grade 1-4 students on November 28th. The Sharjah Water Authority will give the students an entertaining and educational presentation on water conservation, specifically talking about ice. Below are some

links to teaching your kids about the importance of water in our lives. http://www.wateruseitwisely.com/kids/

http://www.ehow.com/info_7919965_information-games-water-kids.html

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http://www.earthcarecanada.com/earthcare_resources/websites.asp

http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/player/environment/going-green-environment/green-home-makeover/conserve-water-greenguide.html

Third, we are so excited for the upcoming UAE National Day! This holiday will be celebrated at school on Wednesday, November 30th. Students and parents will have the opportunity to learn about the cultural traditions of the UAE. If you would like

to help your child’s classroom teacher make this day extra special, kindly inform either me or the teacher, and we would be delighted to have your participation. This is a “free dress” day, and the children are not required to wear uniforms; they may wear their National Dress or any dress of their choosing. There will be an early dismissal on this day.

Lastly, we are collecting many lost items on a daily basis and we do not know who the rightful owners are because most of the items are not labeled with names. Please remember to label your children’s bags, lunch boxes and jackets with their names and class number. Next to my office you will find a box holding the Lost and

Found, there are two others, one on the first floor and the second in the gym. Please remember to have a look and claim your child’s lost treasures before we go on our winter break starting December 16th.

I am looking forward to meeting many of you on our UAE National Day celebration. I am always happy to answer any questions you may have about your child’s schooling. Please feel free to stop by my office and say hello. With warm regards, Deborah

From the desk of Wing B Coordinator (Grades 5- 8 Girls), Ms. Carole Abboud Important skills to be taught to children and adolescents:

Time management is one of the most important lifelong skills you should to instill in your children since early age. As the term exams are coming up

soon, parents are encouraged to allocate some time in the afternoon for their children to review for the exams. Generally, it’s best to let kids have a break after school before settling into doing more “school work.” Allow some “downtime” for active play, a healthy

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snack, and time to visit with friends or mom and dad. Discourage video games and television, as children need to be active, not passive, after school. Additionally, excessive television viewing among children has been linked to a greater risk of obesity and violent behavior. Having a TV in the bedroom has been linked to lower scores on math, language, and reading tests. Another fundamental skill to teach to students is reading. Paying attention to your child’s reading interests can help you encourage more leisure reading, the best way to improve reading skills! Parents can help encourage their children to develop a love of reading by:

• Establishing a bookshelf corner somewhere in your home and stocking it with books your children choose.

• Encouraging them to write stories and share the stories by reading them to other family members.

• Being positive about their creative efforts – even when the story may be about a topic you wouldn’t choose.

• Encouraging relatives and family friends whom your children love and admire to give books as presents.

Housekeeping News:

I would like to congratulate the middle school girls for their consistent efforts in keeping their classrooms and the playground clean. Grades 6AA, 7A, 7AA, and 8AA won the monthly cleanliness competition.

Another competition will be held as well at the end of November to choose the best decorated bulletin board as a part of the National Day Celebrations. I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate all UAE citizens and expatriates on the 40th National Day. My best wishes to a country that is home to more than a 100 nationalities, a country that welcomes people from all cultures and communities. May God bless the UAE with prosperity and peace!

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From the desk of Wing C Coordinator (Grades 9- 1 2 Boys), Mr. Toufic Khachab Term 1 exams will take place between the following dates 7th to 15th December.

Students will be given revision sheets to guide them in their study. I encourage students to set their own study goals and schedule making sure that they have the time needed for each subject. Students need to work harder and put more effort when they are studying at home.

SAIS will be celebrating the National Day on Wednesday, November 30. During the celebration, students will enjoy some events including traditional poetry, local dancing (razfa and yola), and some of the country’s traditional dishes. All students are invited to join in to make the event memorable

I would like to stress on the importance of the following:

Attendance

We would like to remind our students with the school policy on absence, which conforms with the Rules & Regulations of the Ministry of Education, “missing more than 20 school days during the school year may prevent a student from being promoted to the next grade”. Also, according to the

school Behavioral Point System, for every absence, without a valid excuse provided by the parents to the school, the student will lose one point. All students are expected to arrive on time and attend all classes. Please make plans to improve your child’s attendance this school year.

School Uniform

Please make sure that your son comes to school in proper school uniform, with the school logo. For every uniform violation, the student will lose one point, according to the Behavioral Point System.

Mobile Phones

Students are not allowed to bring mobile phones to the school under any pretext or for whatever excuse. Students who do not comply with this regulation subject themselves to the confiscation of their phones till the end of the academic year.

KEEP OUR SCHOOL CLEAN

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We are proud of our students in the High School who are assisting in keeping our school clean by cleaning the playground at the end of each break. Our aim is to STOP LITTERING in school playgrounds and to ensure a clean and healthy environment for our students. We are hoping that you would talk to

your children about the importance of contributing positively to this initiative and to always adopt good practices towards their school environment. From the desk of Wing D Coordinator (Grades 5- 8 Boys), Mr. Kassem Zayour Dear Parents & Students, I would like o congratulate you all on the 40th Eid Al Ittihad hoping that this year will be prosperous and merry for all of us.

As we are approaching the end of the term, exams will be taking place in the coming week(s), to complete the assessment of student performance in the first term. Good time management is a very important tool to ensure that students catch up with work and to perform successfully. It is important that students are well-rested, eat a good breakfast and are in timely attendance during the days of the testing.

I wish you all good luck and good achievement for the coming period.

From the desk of Wing E Coordinator (Grades 9- 1 2 Girls) and Career Guidance Counselor, Ms. Noha Naamani University Visits NDU University (Notre Dame University at Louaizé), Lebanon, will be visiting SAIS on November 23rd to meet with a number of interested students. Trips High School Girls will be going on field trips to Sharjah Ladies’ Club to practise ice-skating. Grade 12 students have visited the University of Sharjah on the 14th and 15th of November as part of their orientation program. Career Choices

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Studies have shown that most high school students and their parents are confused while choosing the ‘right’ higher education courses. The uncertainty is multiplied by the fact that over 30% of the first year university students either drop out, as they cannot meet the demands of the course, or change their course in the second year because they simply did not like it. This confusion is somewhat justified by a number of reasons:

• For the students, their career choice is probably the single biggest decision that they have had to make in their life so far.

• The ever changing labor market conditions have made the choices unlimited. • There is information overload with university courses. • The financial implications of the final decision are usually not fully understood by

high school students. Students will have greater confidence in making career decisions if they:

• Have a better understanding of their interests, values and personality, and • Have realistic knowledge of their abilities and aptitudes.

In order to provide students with a suitable career direction, students are advise to receive professional assistance. One important advising tool is internationally recognised Psychometric Assessment, administered face to face. These tests start by assessing a student’s interests, values and personality. This enables the testers to gain an understanding of the type of work tasks, industries and work environment that best suit the individual. These tests also assess the student’s abilities, verbal and numerical, to identify their strengths and weaknesses. One can then identify the careers and courses they are most likely to enjoy, and give them an action plan to help them on the path to a fulfilling career. Following is a brief description of some of these assessment tools. Aptitude Assessment – (Intelligence) Recommended for Grade 9 to 12

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Over 60 years of accumulated evidence supports the power of ability tests in predicting occupational and academic outcomes. The Aptitude Tests assess a person's ability to think logically using words, numbers and abstract concepts. They assess the ability to both understand and develop logical arguments and solve complex logical problems. Aptitude assessment will provide a realistic overview of the strengths and weaknesses of the students, which will help them and their parents to choose the right subjects in grade 11 & 12, and the right university course once they have graduated from school.

The test assesses eight vocational interests and five personal work needs. The vocational interests identify work areas which an individual is likely to enjoy whereas the work needs asses how well suited they are to different environments. The assessment also entails a detailed analysis of how an individual will characteristically perform or behave in three occupationally relevant aspects: Interacting with others (Interpersonal style), approaches to problem solving and information handling (thinking style), and patterns of coping with work pressures (coping style). The assessment will clearly identify 2-3 career options for the student. One can also understand more about the university training requirements, certifications as well as job outlook and expected salary once the student enters the workforce. N.B: Please contact the school for more information about these tests.

From the desk of Wing F Coordinator (KG1 & KG2), Ms. Dionne Zantua

We hope that everyone had a wonderful time spent with family & friends during the Eid holidays. We are wrapping up Term 1 as our last day will be on December 15th. Term 2 will commence immediately after our winter vacation on January 8th.

Occupational Preferences – Assessment of Personality, Work Preferences and Values Recommended for Grade 11/12 students: The test is designed to provide a comprehensive and fully integrated assessment for career guidance and development. The test consists of an occupational interest questionnaire and a measure of personal work needs – personality.

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A reminder to all KG parents, there has been a significant change in the entrance & exit to the KG department. All doors will be open until 8:30 AM & students who arrive late will need to check in at the reception. The doors will again open for pick up at 1:15 PM. We need your support on this matter.

In honor of the UAE’s 40th anniversary, the KG department will have festive celebrations in their classes. Activities will include face painting, coloring, music & movement & more. We will also be participating in various school wide celebrations. Students who have the UAE traditional costume are

asked to wear them otherwise, kindly wear the colors red, green, black & white. You are welcome to bring healthy foods & drinks. Contact your homeroom teacher for more information. Due to the impending cold weather, our swimming activity will cease & resume again as the weather becomes warm. Our Character Counts program has commenced and we would like to congratulate the following students who are recipients of October’s character focus “Trustworthiness”: KG1A: Amira Farsi, Fajer Abdelsalam Ali, Mohammad Achraf Ibrahim, Mohammad Younis

& Sara Al Sharif KG1B: Amna Al Shaali, Hind Mohammed, Ryan Aude, Sara Khalid & Tayma Abdulla KG1C: Arwa Alfarsi, Jana Younis, Moza Alharthi, Shamsa Alshamsi & Yousef Habib KG1D: Ibrahim Al Jwaeid, Madia Al Suwaidi, Mahra Al Hamadi, Mohamed Al Sabiri & Zea

Zantua KG2A: Abdulrahman Taher, Nadwa Al Alami, Samer Odeh, Shaikha Alnuaimi & Zaina Al

Sayed KG2B: Fatima Al Ahmed, Hind Hassan, Mohammed Abu Assi, Sultan Al Ali & Yazan Gnawi KG2C: Aisha Almuhairi, Mariam Almazam,, Mariam Hammadi & Meera Naqbi KG2D: Loay Alsheikh, Mohammad Badir Alharmoudi, Raghad Dabash, Rebecca Afif &

Syanna Abouchacra KG2E: Bashar Daoud, Maitha Sawabir, Rayan Javed & Reem Al-Balushi For the month of November, the character focus is “Respect” & is characterized by Austus the lion. Being respectful means:

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• Treat others with respect; follow the Golden Rule • Be tolerant of differences • Use good manners, not bad language • Be considerate of the feelings of others • Don’t threaten, hit or hurt anyone • Deal peacefully with anger, insults and disagreements

Please take time to read with your child. We hope by now students are familiar with completing their reading logs each week. Experts have proven the value of spending quality time with your child daily & it is our hope that through this activity you & your child are reaping a meaningful experience. Sincerely, Dionne Pauline U. Zantua

Term 1 Examination Schedule (Grades 4-6)

Please note the revised timings for the exams below:

Subject Grade Date Time French 5,6 Monday, 5th December 11:00-12:00 Arabic Social Studies 4, 5, 6 Tuesday, 6th December 11:00-12:00