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

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Toward Excellence The SAIS-R Resource Teams are composed of specially trained professionals. They include teachers, counselors, the school psychologist and speech therapist, and teachers in the English as a Second Language (ESL) program. ESL teachers work to prepare students whose first language is not English to be able to understand, participate and contribute successfully in communication and written work using standard English. Remediation of specific academic skills is offered by other specialists. Working together, the Resource Teams attempt to help our varied school population from grades 1 through 9 adjust to the demands of a large school. Above: Junior High School Resource Team Back Row (L-R): Melberne Mansfield. Mary Morton, Clare Knsenat, Kay Bast. Front Row (L-R): Linda Selkirk, Steve Wentworth, Tjiske Hunter. Right: Primary School Resource Team Left to Right: Louise Sayles, Laura Halvorson, Marianne Thomas. Frances Pietschmann, Janet Rehman, Karen Gundlefinger, Joan H. Miller. Left: Intermediate School Resource Team Left to Right: Torgun Austin. Debbie Duke. Jo-Lynne Sutherland. David Scanga, Jean Reboli, Jan Benson. Karen Niswander. Paula Pariseau. (Although shown pictured with this team in particular, David Scanga and Jean Reboli work with students from all grade levels). Caravans Toward Excellence 31

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Raye Wentworth and Barbara Use keep students and teachers challenged through activities they organize in the Enrichment Center. Enrichment Center Aide Joann MacLachlan helps teachers locate materials. Above: Mrs. Wentworth shares the poem “Never Go To Lunch With A Dinosaur!” Bight: Teachers gather for an Enrichment Center sponsored Reading Workshop. Caravans The Enrichment Center staff enhances learning experiences for all students by providing materials, activities and assistance to teachers. To meet the special needs of gifted and talented students, stimulating and challenging resources are available. Enrichment teachers visit classrooms to work with students and teachers on a variety of topics designed to promote thinking, discovery and problem solving. One of the special events sponsored by the Enrichment Center is SAIS-R’s weekly Poetry Break. Oral presentations of poems are shared by students and staff to develop an appreciation of poetry in grades 1-6. This year, SAIS-R is honored to have students from fifty-six countries. Some come to our school with no P'n-glish language skills and many come from diverse academic backgrounds. With our aim of providing quality and successful educational experiences for our entire student population, SAIS-R is fortunate to be staffed with outstanding teachers and specialists.

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t ft Principal: Eddie Miller Assistant Principal: Tim Use The Junior High School offers a strong academic program to students in grades seven, eight and nine. Required courses include English, Reading, Mathematics, Science, Social Studies, Physical Education and Health. A variety of elective subjects is offered, including foreign languages, speech and drama, instrumental and vocal music, art, mechanical drawing, computer science and keyboarding word processing. A comprehensive English as a Second Language program completes the curriculum. It is the staffs goal to meet the needs of all students and to prepare them for a successful high school experience. Above: Tim Use, Assistant Principal Eddie Miller with 9th graders Kasey Cummings and Jay Blansit. Junior 32 Junior High School