Our School, Khaled bin al-Walid/al-Horj
College, was first founded in 1920 as Kulliyat al Makassed for boys (Makassed
College for Boys). It was an elementary School and a vocational School
(accounting and business) after grade five. In 1948 Beit el Atfal was founded
as a Kindergarten and became in 1952 a distinguished Primary School. In 1956 Khaled
bin al-Walid School was founded as an English medium Middle and Secondary
School for Girls and Al-Horj College became the French medium middle and
secondary School for Boys. From early 1960 until the civil war broke out in
1975 these three Schools targeted the upper Middle Class and distinguished
families of Beirut’s society. There was also a boarding Section for students
from the Arab Countries and children of Arab diplomats in Lebanon.
Due to the Location of the School, being
on the Civil War’s hot line dividing the city into two parts, the School was
severely bombarded many times. This resulted in distributing our students among
other Makassed Schools located in west Beirut, and eventually, the non-Lebanese
students left and the boarding School closed down.
After the Ta’if agreement in 1989, the
Lebanese civil war ended and the three Schools restarted to function regularly
again, but with a decreased number of students and some financial and
educational obstacles. In 1999, the Makassed Board of Trustees started
restructuring the whole association including its Schools in preparation for
the demands of the twenty first century, and in 2001, a School based management
system was introduced and the three Schools were merged and became one PreK-12 co-ed
School with both English and French sections with the new name:
Khaled
bin al-Walid/al-Horj College (KBWH)
QAR Visit
A Quality Assurance Review Team representing the Office of
International Services (NCACASI-INTL), a division of AdvancED, visited our school on May 2010.
During the visit, members of the QAR team interviewed 26 members
of the administrative team, 113 students, 16 parents, and 26 teachers. In
addition, the nurse, secretaries, Ministry of Education official, aides and
Student Teacher Supervisor were interviewed. The team also reviewed documents,
student performance data, and other artifacts provided by the school.
Specifically, the team examined the school's systems and Processes in relation
to the seven AdvancED standards:
1. Vision and Purpose
2. Governance and Leadership
3. Teaching and Learning
4. Documenting and Using Results
5. Resource and Support Systems
6. Stakeholder Communications and Relationships
7. Commitment to Continuous Improvement
Following the visit, the QAR team submitted an accreditation
recommendation to AdvancED.
In May 2010, Khaled bin al-Walid/al-Horj
College
was accredited by the AdnavcED N.C.A
1 comment:
So why is it closing down now?
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