Intermediate

Mrs. NARIMAN KADI
NKadi@stmaryorthodoxcollege.edu.lb

Head of Intermediate Division message

Dear Learners,

We all never have enough of summer time and vacation; however, there is always a new stop and a new beginning where the train has to take us all to a new station.

A new station in which you will definitely live new experiences, meet new challenges, and explore your full potentials. A new station where meeting old friends or new friends and sharing stories is always meaningful and helps us all to set new goals for our lives.

As a school, we believe in your abilities to learn, explore, and always develop your performance.

We never have enough of summer, and we never have enough of exploring new knowledge and sailing in the realm of science and human culture. “Knowledge belongs to humanity, and is the torch which illuminates the world”.

Hope that with your accomplishments and deeds during this year, you can enlighten the lives of others and spread love, warmth, and awareness all around you.

About The Division

This division consists of Grades 7, 8, and 9 for learners between 12 and 15 years old. Their day is divided into 8 teaching sessions and 2 recesses. During those years, we follow up on our learners’ transformation from childhood to the first years of maturity. Learners grow physically and emotionally and develop quickly. They become better aware of their personality traits. They also become more in need of physical activity and mental challenges where their planning skills, academic performance, and critical thinking competencies continue to grow gradually. This learning phase ends with the “Brevet” official exams. One of the major educational programs that support the development of the learners in this cycle is the Youth Talk Program.

Advisory Program:
In order to ensure a calm and peaceful start, every school day begins with a 15- minute- advisory session in which learners discuss with their Class Advisor different topics that are planned weekly and are aligned with the general Theme of the Year. This program is aimed primarily at developing the spiritual and humanitarian dimensions of the learner. It also encourages learners to become committed members to their family, school, society, and national issues and hence to nature and humanity. Moreover, the Advisory Program encourages learners to communicate and develop their expression, discussion, and debating skills.

The Advisory Program starts at this level and continues throughout all academic levels. Thus, it addresses every group according to age distinctiveness. It also helps creating a relaxed atmosphere in class and increases homogeneity within the group.

Youth Talk Program:
Based on the principle of interactive education that is rooted in our convictions, the Youth Talk Program aims to engage our learners in discourse sessions where they get the chance to share their queries, as well as, develop their critical thinking skills. No matter how controversial the topic is, the discussion stays educative, objective, and autonomous, where its limit is the learners’ sense of responsibility.