Hariri High School III

Hariri High School III aspires to educate a knowledgeably and culturally capable generation that is aware of its capacities, cognizant of human values, sensible to beauty, able to adapt to changing circumstances, prepared to positively react within its own environment and committed to responsible citizenship in order to develop into free, empathetic and cooperative learners open to the community and the global world. Our General Educational Objectives are:

• Develop the intellectual, social, emotional and physical aspects of the learner’s personality.
• Give the learnersthe chance to acquire the integrated and essential skills which contribute to their capacity building and critical thinking, and help them in expressing themselves fluently and independently.
• Enhance the relation between the learners, their families, school, community and country and ensure the following of the Quran instructions and the rules of conduct and good manners.
• Build a personality that is prideful of its unique traits and ability to communicate and interact properly and openly with school staff, peers and adults, which would later ease the integration of the learners in the whole wider community.
• Continuously assess students’ learning, based on individual differences and grade level expectations, to help improve their educational and social performances.
• Use education technology and audio-visual aids to complement the teaching-learning process.
• Involve students in doing projects, presentations and groupwork activities, which are considered as an integral part of the curriculum.
• Ensure an academically, culturally, artistically and socially rich school life, which meets students’ expectations and realize their ambitions.
• Use proficiently the native and second and third languages, which fosters the cultural and educational diversity.

All students have the right to an arts education as a fundamental part of basic education. Dance has been recognized as one of the five fine arts taught at Hariri High School III. Teaching Dance includes creative work, dance forms and techniques, dance history, performance and production, aesthetics, and criticism. By providing students with opportunities to learn through movement, dance incorporates the use of auditory, visual, and kinesthetic modalities, more commonly referred to as hearing, seeing and doing. Dance is a powerful educational device for meeting the physical, intellectual, and social needs of students. Perceptions, thoughts, and emotions are grounded in a physical experience through dance. As a participatory experience, dance nurtures and fosters a sense of community. The value of group work and cooperation is inherent and reinforced. Dance education also provides students with exploration, selection, organization, and evaluation experiences.