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THE BRITISH SCHOOL OF KUWAIT
Festival of Achievementand
Graduation Ceremony
2014
Wednesday 16 AprilAl Futoh Ballroom
Regency Hotel
A WELCOME FROM THE PRINCIPAL
Dear Guests
Welcome to the Festival of Achievement for 2014.
The British School of Kuwait (BSK) deservedly gained its accolade as a ‘World Class British School’ following a triple inspection, last year, by the Office for Standards in Education (OfSTED), the British Schools in the Middle East (BSME) and the United Kingdom Department for Education (DfE).
This year, BSK has been able to take full advantage of its British Overseas School (BSO) status by forming a partnership with Buckinghamshire Learning Trust to induct newly-qualified teachers into the profession. Joining a teaching staff of over 200, BSK appointed twelve newly-qualified teachers this year. The energy, enthusiasm and skills that these young teachers have brought to the school complement perfectly the experience and dedication of our existing team.
BSK was the pioneer of the integration of computers into the normal teaching environment. By installing a wireless network (wifi), building a virtual learning environment (VLE), installing SMART interactive whiteboards (IWBs) in every classroom and ensuring that all Secondary students use a laptop computer as easily as a pencil or pen, BSK has been able to provide a 21st century approach to teaching and learning.
This year we will take the next step in eLearning by ensuring that all students in the Primary phase utilise iPad technology to access a wide range of interactive learning applications.
All students that have re-registered for Year 2 to Year 5 of the new academic year have already been gifted an iPad Mini and have started to utilise approved educational ‘Apps’. Next term, all students that have re-registered for Year 1 will be gifted an iPad Mini also. At the same time, the school will enhance its wifi capability and the VLE will be expanded further to hold important resources for students, parents and teachers to share. This investment demonstrates once again the long-term vision of BSK to offer the very best learning environment for our students.
Investment is not limited to computers and iPads. New suites of classrooms have been constructed to house our Secondary Mathematics, Modern Languages and History teams. A new subject team, dedicated to Middle Department Science, has been appointed and will be based in two new, fully equipped, science laboratories. Design and Technology has been re-equipped with some of the latest equipment include new wood-turning lathes, a new metal-turning lathe and, the first in a school in Kuwait, a laser-cutting machine for student use. This device will eliminate old-fashioned band-saws for the purpose of precision cutting and can be seen as an extension of the eLearning approach found in the academic subjects.
In my speech this evening, I will outline the achievements of students and the advances in teaching and learning taking place in both the Primary and Secondary phases of the school. I will also outline the success of our massive extracurricular programme that offers opportunities which, if taken, enhance the prospects of our students in their university application as well as providing them with experiences to treasure for the rest of their lives.
The main focus, of course, will be on our departing graduates. I will take the opportunity to reflect on the outstanding public examinations results of last year’s graduates and challenge this year’s cohort to do even better. Certainly, the impressive list of offers from leading universities to our Sixth Form students confirms the claim of BSK to stand as Kuwait’s premier school.
Paul ShropshirePrincipal
PROGRAMME
Entrance of the Academic Staff
National Anthems of Kuwait and the United KingdomString Orchestra
Reading from the Holy Qur’anZeyad Al-Tamimi, Year 13
Entrance of the Graduates
Welcome AddressMr Sadiq Al-Mutawa
Chairman
Presentation of Special AwardsMrs Sara Akbar, CEO of Kuwait Energy
Mr Andrew Moulden, Head Teacher
String OrchestraPrelude from Carmen, G Bizet
Miss Galina Bojilova
Guest SpeakerDr Khaled Al Rasheed
Assistant Undersecretary for General Education
Year 11 GraduationMr John Lambert
Upper Department Coordinator
PROGRAMME
La CamerataFirst Movement from Double Violin Concerto, J S Bach
Miss Galina Bojilova
Guest SpeakerHE Mr Frank Baker OBE
Ambassador of the United Kingdom
Sixth Form GraduationMs Emma Bowie
Sixth Form Coordinator
Chamber EnsemblePastime with Good Company, Henry VIII
Mr James Pickering
Principal’s AddressMr Paul Shropshire
Presentation of CIS AwardDr Khaled Al Rasheed
Presentation of Director’s AwardSheikh Mubarak Al-Fahad Al-Salem Al-Sabah
Mme Vera Al-Mutawa
Vote of ThanksDario Gelevski, Head BoyAnkita Handa, Head Girl
GRADUATES
Karan Raj BhasinZaid Hayati
Abdulrahman AboulkhairHasan MohammadSulaiman Khuraibet
Mohammad HammadHaidar Hashem Kahil
Waleed AbuzoorYousef Abdulrazzaq
Habiba HusseinFarah AlyetamaSara Alramadan
Rawan AlhashemiAfaf Nejem
Hussein SafarAhmed Fahmy
Abdulrahman AlqaedAli Hasan
Abdel-Rahman KhalilKhaled AlmutairiMajid ThowfeekSaba Altamimi
Ghaliah AlqabandiMohamad ElmawlaAbdulaziz AlmnaiesAhmed Elmonoofy
Ahmad DashtiAhmad AlbittarWalid El Hosni
Mohammed Al-BloushiJack Cook
Ruba AlhegawiTaiba Al-Adwani
Hina DarFatimah Gurnah
Raghad AlyousefiFarah Al-FahadNaji Alhadban
Jowad BerekdarAhmad Alkandari
Miguel UysFawaz Al-Matrouk
Khaled AlsaiediIsaac Al-Saleh
Ji Inn KimJoseph Thevakumar
Abdulaziz AlweqayyanJamil SummaqAhmad Zahran
Ahmed MohammedAbdulaziz Al-Maheni
Abdulmuhsen AlshammariAhmad Nabiel Mustapa
Zena HassanMalak ZalayaKarim DaramyArwa Al-Ghaith
Rahab Al-BehbehaniLeyla Yilmaz
Jemima AkhtarAhmed Alnaqar
Mohammad Al-FarajJoseph CollierIsmail Al Tahan
Dawood Al-AwadhAhmad Alenezi
YEAR 11
GRADUATES
Laith Zureiqi
Omar Alajmi
Mohammed Rafiq Abu Rouss
Mohammad Abul
Marianne Ayoub
Alice Shaker
Hridya Agnus Moorthiraj
Dylan Crasto
Celestina Saager
Shakraf Shahid
Yousef Abousedu
Tala El-Roz
James White
Ankita Handa
Dario Gelevski
Simran Kaur
Nicolas Zoghb
Ishita Handa
Zeyad Al-Tamimi
David Jan Heberle
Aly Emam
Aarti Gajria
Yamen Awida
Clarisse Furtado
Halyna Hoffmann
Parag Nair
SIXTH FORM
SUBJECT AWARD WINNERS
YEAR 11
ADVANCED SUBSIDIARY LEVEL
ADVANCED LEVEL
Raghad Alyousefi Joseph Thevakumar Alorika Chakravorty
Jemima Akhtar Ahmed Elmonoofy Maryam Moustafa
Malak Zalaya Abdulaziz Alweqayyan
Farah Alyetama Sofia Arriola
Jowad Berekdar Ahmed Fahmy Leena Albader
Ji Inn KimFanninda Onggono Hussam El-Nashar
Afaf Nejem Michael Zoghb
Leyla Yilmaz Adeeb Narangoli
Rawan Alhashemi
Mridula Agnus Moorthiraj Richa Elangovan
Shrefah Alyetama Siddharth Joshi
Hee Soo Yang Pema Tshogyal
Ethan Harradine Mohammad Abul
Farah Abdelhameed Hibba Sheikh
Jumana Chohan Rawan Moussa
Ankita Handa Aly Emam
Tala El-Roz Yousef Abousedu Celestina Saager
Aarti Gajria James White
EconomicsMusicChemistry, GeographyBiologyIslamic Studies for ArabsHistory, Fine ArtArabic for non-ArabsGovernment ArabicGraphic DesignPhotographyArabic for ArabsBusiness Studies, ICTFrenchEnglish as a Second Language, Design and T echnologyIslamic Studies for non-ArabsMathematics, PhysicsT extilesGermanDramaPhysical EducationEnglish Language, English Literature
Mathematics, PhysicsGraphic Communication Fine ArtEconomicsFurther MathematicsEnglish Literature Geography Business Studies Biology, Chemistry German PhotographyHistory
GeographyMathematics, Chemistry PhysicsBiologyGermanBusiness Studies, Economics English Literature, History
UNIVERSITY PLACEMENTS
Alexandria University, EgyptAston University, England, UK
University of Bristol, England, UKUniversity of British Columbia, Canada
Brunel University, England, UKUniversity of California, Berkeley, USA
University of California, Los Angeles, USAChrist’s College, University of Cambridge, England, UK
University of Edinburgh, Scotland, UKUniversity of Exeter, England, UK
Indiana University Bloomington, USAUniversity of Jordan
Kent State University, USAUniversity of Leeds, England, UK
University of Liverpool, England, UKUniversity of Manchester, England, UK
University of Manitoba, CanadaMcGill University, Canada
University of Michigan, USANew York University, USA
University of Nottingham, England, UKOCAD University, Canada
University of Ottawa, CanadaPennsylvania State University, USA
Queen Mary University of London, England, UKRobert-Schuman-Schule Baden-Baden, Germany
Royal College of Surgeons, IrelandRoyal College of Surgeons, Bahrain
PERFORMERS
STRING ORCHESTRA
Director Miss Galina Bojilova
Violin Shugo YoshinoSulaiman MoukhaiberAshria SidhuHai Wei LiElizabeth McEwanZeyba FarooqiDaliya Al-MumenGhannah DammertZachary Al DanabNaomi Ann PereiraHee Woo YangHaruka YoshinoHabiba RadyMaysaloun MokaddamNour KansoNada Abu-ZarourSaba AltamimiJi Inn KimGhaliah AlqabandiDana MoukhaiberHalyna HoffmannKirti LambaVivian SequeraMiss Petag ZakarianMr Simon AmuraMiss Emma Dunnell
Cello Fay IbraheemJoseph ThevakumarAndrew NicholsonMiss Nina Haynes
Double Bass Peter Nicholson
Piano Miss Boriana Petkova
Percussion Mr Gary Ruston
LA CAMERATA
Director Miss Galina Bojilova
Violin Hai Wei LiHee Woo YangHaruka YoshinoJi Inn KimHalyna HoffmannMiss Petag ZakarianMr Simon Amura
Cello Joseph Thevakumar
Piano Jaehyun Yoo
CHAMBER ENSEMBLE
Director Mr James Pickering
Violin Shugo YoshinoSulaiman MoukhaiberZeyba FarooqiHaruka YoshinoDana Moukhaiber
Cello Fay IbraheemJoseph ThevakumarMiss Nina Haynes
Flute Aisha AlrefaeiAnkita Handa
Clarinet Abdullah HasanHee Soo Yang
Saxophone Ali AlobaidanIshita HandaMr Kevin Owen
Trumpet Cian Williams
Piano Mr Simon Amura
Percussion Mr Gary Ruston