This newsletter summarizes special moments from the first academic term at Green Heights International American School (GHAIS). It highlights two sections: school activities with a focus on academic achievements, and uniquely cool moments of student life. Some key events covered include celebrating Hajj and 6th of October, a "Speak English" campaign, a STEM education initiative, school trips, sports activities, and the election of the new Student Council. The newsletter aims to showcase precious school memories and moments to keep them alive in students' minds.

1. Dear Parents and Students,
In this issue of our new newsletter, we’d like to share special
moments from our first academic term at GHAIS. We have
included snapshots of precious moments that we deeply
enjoyed and wish to share with you and community. This is why
we have called our newsletter “In JOY.” We hope you will enjoy
every bit of it. We believe that showcasing those precious
moments of school life keeps them alive in our minds and carved
in our hearts forever.
We aim to capture that unique buzz about school life, familiar to
students of all ages. New students come in every year and other
students graduate to move on with their college and their future
careers. No matter how much we grumble and moan about
school, deep down in our hearts we certainly know that school
time will always be the best time of our life EVER. These are the
years of insight, learning and devotion. We realize that once we
leave the school’s care as young adults, we will be pretty much
on our own to trek down the path of wisdom to get ourselves
through the ups and downs of the world outside school.
You will find two sections that showcase these very precious
moments of your school time in the first trimester. The first section
highlights school activities with a special focus on academic
achievements. The second section centers around those
uniquely cool moments of student life. So, indulge and “In JOY.”
Your Principal and Editor in Chief,
Dr. Nahla Nadeem
In Joy
G.H.I.A.SGreen Heights International American School
Editorial
- Haij Festival
- 6th of October
- “We are One”
- Speak English
Campaign
- STEM Education
Initiative
- GHAIS at AUC
Conference
- Student Council
- Sports Activities
- School Trips to...
- International Day
“Let’s Movie It”
Inside
this issue

2. 6th of October Celebration
Such a remarkable national
event was fantastically
celebrated at our school. We
held an uplifting ceremony for
the whole school celebrating
the 6th of October. The cer-
emony included an inspira-
tional speech by Mr. Ragab
Younis. Tala from Grade 11
recited a beautiful poem. After-
wards, the P.E staff prepared a
fantastic re-enactment of the 6Th of October War. The whole school staff and
students joined together to sing patriotic songs. Everybody chanted with them in
melody and cheer.
GHAIS held an extraordinary hajj festival that
was both spiritual and exciting. Students
actively participated in carrying out the
rituals of Hajj while repeating “Labayka Alla-
huma Labayk.” An inspiring sermon was
given by Mr. Ragab and Mr. Ramy. At the end of the event, students sang reviv-
ing and uplifting Islamic songs.
Haij FestivalHaij Festival
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3. In the “Speak English” campaign, students
found encouragement to speak English
from all directions. Fun times were had by
all in the break as English teachers had
students playing games where they had to
speak and read English. Music teachers,
along with special help from Mrs. Sharon,
led students in singing songs in English. PE
and activity teachers had students playing
games and doing different activities in Eng-
lish. Also, all around the school students see
posters featuring their fellow classmates
boosting their confidence in speaking
English.
Speak English Campaign
Sponsor a School Project
Last year we launched our ‘Sponsor a
School’ project. We decided to sponsor
a government school in the district and
supply students’ needs at that school.
We found Hoda Shaarawy School in the
First Settlement to be in dire need of
clothing for some of its needy students.
At first, the exact needs were deter-
mined by visiting the school and getting
information from the school’s social
worker. Then, students all over GHIS
joined their efforts to raise the neces-
sary funds. This involved two successful
garage sales and collecting donations.
Our students also participated in the
packing and delivery of shoes and pullo-
vers to 70 needy students.
Blanket Campaign
It has been a GHIS tradition to distribute
blankets for the last couple of years. This
WE ARE ONE
year is no different. We joined efforts
with Dar El Orman and it was a great
success, we were able to donate over
23,000 L.E (over 500 blankets). The
school organised a trip for 21 high
school students to help in the distribu-
tion of these blankets at a remote
village (Ellam) in Fayoum. It was a long
and exhausting trip but it was worth
the effort!
Activities & events
Fall of 2013 -2014
Motivating Students to Use
Everyday English on
Campus
WE ARE ONE
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4. This year, GHAIS participated in
two sessions of the 18th annual
AUC NileTESOL Conference. In
the first session, “Student-led
Conferences: Getting students
in charge of their learning,” the
school administration, Dr.
Nahla, Mrs Hinaz, Dr. Soha &
Miss Noha El-Sayed, explained
how the SLC can be used as an
STEM Education is the integration of
Science, Technology, Engineering and
Mathematics (STEM) in one extended
project. This new project approach was
adopted in mid and high school during
the first trimester. It allows the students to
create their own masterpiece work in
science, understand how to work in
groups, and most importantly, to see the
link between science and its real life
applications in math, technology, and
engineering. Green Height’s students
worked hard on their STEM projects and
managed to assemble a vast collection
of project ideas that range from physics
to biology, chemistry and even sociol-
:GHAIS AUC Conference Sessions
Celebrating Success
excellent tool for students to set academic goals and practice leadership skills.
The second session centered on the GHAIS initiative to introduce STEM education
in mid and high school to extend students’ understanding of science, engineer-
ing and technology. During the session, the presenters, Dr. Nahla, Dr. Marwa
Omar & Miss Noha El Sayed, explained the steps taken to implement STEM,
displayed several STEM projects in mid & high school and discussed the impact of
this approach on learners.
:STEM Education INTITIATIVE
Students’ Reflections on STEM
ogy. Everyone did his best to be the
best. The students’ projects were
displayed during the AUC Confer-
ence to showcase GHAIS students’
real talents in STEM.
WELL DONE MID and HIGH SCHOOL
STUDENTS!!
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5. Once again Spirit Week is a great hit. Each week has its own theme, and the
students get to dress up in marvelous costumes according to that theme. So far,
we’ve had “Rock Star Day”, where students dressed up as their favorite rock
President: Ahmed Amr
Vice-President: Mostafa Hegazy
Secretary: Sara Eldaour
Class Representatives
Grade 7: Mohamed Ebada &
Mohamed Sherif
Grade 8: Omar AbdAllah &
Karima Mohamed
Grade 9: Abd El-Rahman Mohamed
& Abd El-Rahman AbdAllah
Grade 10: Mohamed Tamer &
Fatma Akl
Grade 11: Fatma Mustafa &
Aya Ahmed
Grade12: Laila Amr & May Shehata
Congratulations winners!!
stars, and “Se3eedy Day”, where
students got to wear the most hilarious
costumes. Now, students are on the
Elections
Spirit Week Themes
Originating from the school’s belief that
democracy is the foundational aspect
of any successful institution, the school
held its annual Student Union elections.
Creativity, originality and vision were
obvious in the speeches delivered by
the nominees to ensure a place for them-
selves in the Student Union. As a result of
this healthy democratic atmosphere,
the school successfully elected this
year’s Student Council representatives.
Student Council
edges of their seats waiting to see what
surprises next Spirit Week holds for them.
Democracy in Action
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6. School Trips to
Kidzania, Sokhna and Sitara
Our first trip this trimester for Elementary
students was to Kidzania. Students were
overjoyed by the opportunity to play
adults’ roles in different careers and to
face real life experiences while having
fun playing together, getting their pass-
port, eating and filling up their credit
cards with Kidzos.
On the 27th of November, our
students went on an amusing trip to
Al Ain Al Sokhna. From the beach &
beautiful Red Sea to the pleasant
pools, they had a surely pleasant
trip, with an unsurprising load of posi-
tive feedback. It really was an amaz-
ing trip!
There is nothing more fun than attending
a live drama show and being part of the
performance at times. Grades 1 and 2
had a wonderful time attending “The
Gruffalo”.
AinSokhna Trip
Sitara Trip
Grade 6 students had a very spe-
cial field trip to Akhbar El Youm
Newspaper headquarters in
December. Students discovered the
underlying treasures of the world of
publishing in a quest to answer their
project’s big question “Will tradi-
tional publishing replace
e-publishing in the near future?”
Students came back with all inter-
view questions answered and with
deep knowledge about the media
and publishing career.
Grade 6 Field trip
Al Akhbar Newspaper
Kidzania
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7. Throughout the first trimester a
number of Sport’s Days and
several sports competitions
were held. Students actively
participated in many basket-
ball, volleyball, and tennis
matches.
In addition, they were very enthusiastic
in taking part in several handball and
football tournaments. Teams were set
with teachers as head coaches, and Mr.
Bassel Selim, the general manager,
shared in one of the mid/ high school
handball games.
GHIS Handball team won
3rd Place in the Cairo Handball Tournament!
Congratulations, Champs!
The GHIS handball team won
the final match of the el-
ementary handball tourna-
ment. The team trained hard
under the supervision of
Coach Amr. They reaped the
being awarded the third
place medal in the tourna-
ment. Keep up the good
work!
Sports Activities
Fun, Fun, Fun!!
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8. Let’s
Movie it
International Day
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