Manor House International School

Manor House American School thrives to provide a holistic learning experience that provides individuals the opportunity to learn and discover who they are in a culturally attuned environment that fosters pride in one’s identity. We instill the basic foundation of respect for the other. Manor House American School is a learning institution that provides the opportunity for self discovery. The premise of “Know Thy Self” is our main belief. Beliefs:

• As an institution that provides educational services to students, we believe that the school should truly be a learning institution that is open for continuous improvement.
• We apply an open door policy for all stakeholders. The administration listens to comments and concerns of students, parents, teachers and staff at any point in time to be able to find proper action through communicating with all the parties involved
• We aid students with proper tools to handle the challenges of the world.
• Mutual respect for individual differences is an imperative means to self discovery.
• Individualism and freedom of speech are highly appreciated and rewarded.
• The school is part of Egyptian society. Hence, the community values and ideals should be reflected within the school.
• We encourage social and cultural awareness as milestones for personal growth.

Manor House International School, American Division tries to provide a dynamic learning environment within a flexible framework that provides both student and teacher the opportunity to be creative and bring about the best out of both parties. The school’s curricula and instructional methods are translations and applications of the school’s vision and mission of thriving to provide a holistic learning experience and instill the basic premise of “Know Thy Self”.

The educational process and assessment should continuously change, and optimally the standards that students are assessed on should be elevated after each assessment. However, since the schooling must end at an allotted time, teachers, supervisors, administrators and the VP discuss the standards that are applied to each subject for each grade level before the beginning of the year. The agreed upon standards are decided upon and students are assessed accordingly. If the need arises to change the standards, due to the class inability to achieve the standards, the class overachievement, or any exterior causes beyond the school’s control (e.g. Egyptian Revolution), the teacher informs the supervisor/coordinator, who reports to the VP, and a meeting is held with all the parties involved to discuss the issue and come up with the best practice based on the realistic situation.

Manor House American School hopes to get to a point where the current elementary students can study more advanced subjects, and have more rigorous assessments when they reach high school, than the current high school students. This can be accomplished through establishing a solid educational foundation within those students. A foundation that is solid enough to handle dynamic education.