Manor House International School

Manor House International school is located in remote urban area / community. New Cairo is a new development that was started as expansion for residential/businesses / schools and universities to escape the crowded areas of Nasr City and Heliopolis. Existing and potential residence is a mixture of upper- to-upper middle class families who chose escape the congested city life for a quite well planned housing development that exists in pollution free area.

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 majority of our stakeholders belong to middle and upper-middle socioeconomic classes. Moreover, the majority of our students and teachers are Egyptians; both Christian and Muslims. Hence, the school’s cultural realm is predominantly Egyptian. However, the school safeguards rights of minority groups, such as; expatriates and special needs students, within our community through providing allowances, such as; accommodations for special needs students, and holidays for expatriates that aren’t mandated in the school calendar, as long as they do not conflict with our vision and direction.

Manor House International School teachers and administrators are united with the cause of improving education, and bringing well educated, well respected human beings. We don’t, solely, measure our success with student’s GPA or performance on standardized tests. Our success is mainly measured by the student’s overall well being.

Since classrooms are small and teachers get the leverage of spotting the student who is lagging behind, direct action is taken (whether through an action plan, or simply through talking to the student to get to the root cause of the problem and try to solve it) to ensure that no child is left behind. Students’ performance is measured based on formative and summative assessments to provide unbiased results, which allows different types of students get the utmost benefit from the class.

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.

Parents and students are highly involved in the school’s improvement process through their physical presence within the school whether as volunteers or just to discuss new ideas and implementations that would ultimately improve the school environment. The school tries to transform every teacher and staff member to also be a counselor for both parents and students.

Parents actually approach the school administration to find the best practices to deal with their children, both school and parents devise plans to steer students who strayed back to the path, not just within the school but even at home. Hence, the administration finds itself playing the role of the liaison between students and their parents

The school thrives to provide numerous alternatives for students to find the best fit that suits them after graduation. Thus, the school is already a partner with the British University in Egypt (BUE), and the Future University in Egypt (FUE). Based on those partnerships, Manor House International School students are entitled to several privileges, such as discounts and scholarships to the top students.

The launch of a diverse extracurricular program that allows students to experience, experiment, and ultimately get an intimation of who they are. The program includes sports activities, such as; swimming, ping pong, soccer, choreography……etc. and non-sports activities such as; the book club, science club, drama club……etc.

Manor House International School, American Division would ultimately want to reach the point of creating an aggregated strong community that has strong ties with society that is actively influencing and is actively influenced by the dynamic realm of the world. The school is proud of its current efforts to reach its vision and direction and is optimistic that with the support of its stakeholders it will exert more efforts in that direction.

Mission

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.

Vision

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.