Saudi Arabian International School - Bedouin Yearbook (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia)

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m® ® w® Air® Without o doubt, every ospect of our lives here in Soudi Arobio is touched in some woy by the physicol ond culturol ospects of it. The wise leodershlp of King Foisol, King Kholid ond now King Fohd hos mode SAIS-R possible ond allowed it to grow to whot it is todoy. Here In the Copitol, Riyadh, we con see the rapid development of o city which less than a century ago had been seen by only o handful of westerners. Yet we ore also witness to the conservation of Islamic lows ond principles which were born here hundreds of years ago. We hove learned to respect the horsh desert environment while appreciating its beauty. Our experience in the Kingdom will olwoys remain alongside our memories of SAIS-R. CASPIAN SEA BLACK SEA BULGARIA TURKEY SYRIA EGYPT SAUDI ARABIA YEMEN ETHIOPIA ASIA REECE IRAN EANSEA L£ V SUDAN SAUDI ARABIA HAS a rimeless beauty os well os o new modern Imoge 6

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1963: The Americon Preporo-rory School is formed by porenrs for students from Kindergorten through third grode enrollment 7 1964: Ford Foundotjon forms school for students grode four through nine enrollment 18 1965: Two schools merge to form Riyadh Inrernotionol community School, o rented villo enrollment 33 1967: RICS opens in new villo to accommodate 121 students 1969: RICS opens os two seporote schools, boys ond girls, in mid Jonuary 1970: Fourth new site in six years open in Moloz District 1974: Officials foresee increase in enrollment to 400. Permanent facilities sought. Moloz overcrowded with 300 students 1975: Soudi government moves to provide lond. buildings ond the shoring of operational costs of foreign schools, enrollment 585 in four villas. 1976: Five additional villos leased to occommodore initial enrollment of 833 1977: RICS opens in schools provided by Ministry plus four villos for K-5 ond separate administrative villa 1978: First rime enrollment limited. French. British and German schools open. 1979: First sponsored staff hired 1980: RICS united on one campus with rhe construction of four new school buildings 1982: Enrollment reaches 2000. RICS changed to SAIS-R. Information edited from reseorch done by Robs John Muir: 1960 Top: CASTLE • KINDER os lr wos known in 1979 ro rhe 100 Kindergorreners who otrended. This sire closed in i960 when rhe present fodtty wos completed (left) 5

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HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS PRINCE ABDULLAH DIN ABDULAZIZ HIS MAJESTY KING FAHD BIN ABDULAZIZ Crown Prince ond Commander of rhe Norionol Guard, Abdullah wos born in 1924. King Foisol oppoinred Prince Abdullah President of the Norionol Guard in 1960. Under his leadership it hos become o modern military institution. Fohd hos held mony ministerial posts including that of Minister of Education. His skill in government become opporenr when he choired six Supreme Councils during the reign of rhe lore King Foisol. He served os Crown Prince for mony years until the tragic death of King Kholid in June lost year. 7