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

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fifties MIDDLE SCHOOL os It looked bock In 1976. The foeflity hod 23 rooms ond wos closed when the present Junior High building wos mode ovoiloble by the Ministry. THE JUNlOft HK3H students of RICS were fought In this 22 room vlllo from 1975 to 1977. This vWo wos In the Sulomonlyo District. Mony present students remember those old'' schools very well. 4

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It is hard to find o catch-all phrose that encomposses the entire student body and staff at SAIS-R. There is no common culture, language, race, nationality or heritage among us. We do however all shore a common spirit. It is a spirit of pride in the beauty of our internotionolity. The infinite varieties of friendships mode each year ore genuine and very natural. Leaders of the world would find in SAIS-R o model of Internotionol co-operation. Our pride also extends to our quolified staff, o highly motivated student body ond excellent facilities. 0

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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