Green Land International Schools

Green Land International Schools (Arabic: مدرسة الأرض المخضرة الدولية‎, French: Écoles Internationales du Pré Vert) is a private international school and nursery located in Giza Governorate, Egypt.

Green Land/Pré Vert International School
Location
Green Land Pré Vert International School
405 Gezirat Mohamed
Giza, Egypt
Green Land Pré Vert International Nursery
79 Shehab street
Mohandessin, Giza, Egypt
Information
TypeIB school
Established1994
Head teacherAmr Ahmed Mokhtar
Age range1 - 18
WebsiteSchool website

It has a campus in Giza and a campus in Sheikh Zayed City, 6th of October City.[1]

It is one of the two Egyptian schools authorized to teach the International Baccalaureate Primary, Middle and Diploma programmes, and is the only one in Egypt providing these programmes in both French and English.[2] The school was founded in 1994 by a group of parents whose interest was to invest in their children's education and future. All the school's students study the International Baccalaureate. Green Land emphasises the teaching of the Arabic language to all its sections and grades.[3]

Organisation

Campuses

The school's original campus is located in Geziret Mohamed road in Giza. It is located in Egyptian farmland; hence the name "Green Land." The nursery is located in the Mohandessin area. New campuses were built in Sheikh Zayed City near The Address and The Courtyard for both nursery and school, in 2011 and 2013, respectively.

Governance

The Green Land board governs the school, led by chairman Amr Moukhtar. The coordinators of the Primary Years Programme, the Middle Years Programme and the Diploma Programme report to the chairman.[4]

Awards and recognition

In 2007, the school was awarded the Robert Blackburn Award for the best CAS project in Africa. The school's community service team raised funds to renovate a hospital in a nearby village and provide it with the equipment needed for it to run.[5]

International Baccalaureate Diploma Program

Green Land Pré Vert became a full IB World School through the years 2003 to 2005, after being authorized to offer the Diploma Programme (DP).

The IB Diploma program of studies consists of courses taken in six groups (Language A, Language B, Individuals and Societies, Experimental Sciences, Mathematics, and the Arts). Courses are offered at the Higher Level (HL) and Standard Level (SL), for the diploma, a student must complete at least three at the higher level, but no more than four. Diploma candidates also complete a 4000-word thesis known as the extended essay, a course in philosophy called Theory of Knowledge, as well as participate in CAS (creativity, action, and service) activities. Students who fulfill all these requirements earn the International Baccalaureate Diploma.

In the last examination session, students at Green Land completed the following exams: Arabic A1 HL, Arabic A1 SL, Biology HL, Biology SL, Bus.& Man. SL, Chemistry HL, Chemistry SL, Economics HL, Economics SL, English B HL, Mathematics HL, Mathematics SL, Physics HL, Physics SL and Theory Knowl. TK.

References
  1. "Home". GPIS Zayed. 2011-03-22. Archived from the original on 2011-03-22. Retrieved 2020-05-15. Green Land Int'l School 10018 Sheikh Zayed, 6 th Oct. City, Egypt
  2. "IB schools in Egypt". Archived from the original on 20 February 2012. Retrieved 21 September 2011.
  3. "School Overview, school website". Archived from the original on 2011-09-26. Retrieved 2011-09-21.
  4. "School organizational structure". Archived from the original on 2011-09-27. Retrieved 2011-09-21.
  5. "Hospital project lands major CAS award" (PDF). IB World Magazine. International Baccalaureate. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 October 2011. Retrieved 21 September 2011.

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