Ibn Khuldoon National School

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Ibn Khuldoon National School
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Ibn Khuldoon National School
Isa Town

Bahrain
Information
Type Private
Established1983
PresidentDr. Kamal Abdel-Nour
Grades K-12
Enrollment1500
Color(s)  Maroon
  Gold   white
Mascot The Coyote
Website Official website

The Ibn Khuldoon National School is a school in Isa Town, Bahrain. The school is private, coeducational, non-profit, self-supporting, and bilingual. It offers an education based on the American curriculum, along with the International Baccalaureate (IB) option. The school offers a bilingual program of study for students from Kindergarten to Grade Twelve.

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History

IKNS opened its doors to students in 1983. Initially, it had 2 kindergarten and 4 primary classes, with one class added each subsequent year. By the beginning of the 1987/88 school year, the school had 2 kindergartens (8 sections), 6 primary, (18 sections) and 2 intermediate classes (3 sections). The intermediate level was completed by September 1988. Its first group of students to graduate was in June 1992.

Curriculum

Ibn Khuldoon National School follows an American curriculum combined with the Bahrain syllabus in Arabic, Islamic studies, and Social studies, which is approved by the Ministry of Education. It also offers the International Baccalaureate (IB) option for students.

The school year extends from early September through the last week of June. It includes a minimum of one hundred and eighty days of instruction over two semesters. Usually, there is a winter vacation in December, a mid-year vacation in February, and a short break in the middle of each semester. The school closes on all official holidays. The instructional days are Sunday through Thursday.

Accreditation

IKNS has been affiliated with the International Baccalaureate (IB) since the year 1990, as an IB diploma program provider. The first group of students sat for the IB diploma examinations in May 1992. In 1994, the school received its full accreditation from the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools (MSA), and it continues to be in good standing with the association. Also in 1994, IKNS was involved in founding Middle East IB Association (MEIBA) during the 1994–95 academic year and has been affiliated with it since.

Recent Events

In 2007, 113 students, including King Hamad's son Shaikh Khalid bin Hamad Al Khalifa, graduated from the school, with 47 achieving International Baccalaureates (IB), 27 graduating from the Honour Society, 11 with distinction, eight with high distinction, and three from the Student Congress. [1]

Also in 2007, a team from the school won the 2006–2007 TradeQuest programme The Investment Trading Challenge, a simulated stock-trading programme. [2]

In 2009, the school won the annual OnionBag Under-19 Girls Soccer Tournament in Dubai for the first time. [3]

Every year, the school organizes several trips to countries abroad. Recent trips include Kenya in 2013, India in 2014, and China in 2015. These trips were organized in collaboration with a Canadian social enterprise called Me to We. [4] Other trips include annual ski trips to Switzerland, annual Omrah trips to Mecca, annual trips to Jordan, and annual trips to Cyprus for students enrolled in Biology IB.

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References

  1. ↑ "Ibn Khuldoon's Class of 2007 'the best ever'". Gulf News Daily. 15 June 2007. Retrieved 24 March 2010.
  2. ↑ "TradeQuest winners celebrate". Gulf News Daily. 3 May 2007. Retrieved 24 March 2010.
  3. ↑ "Ibn Khuldoon bag girls' crown". Gulf Daily News. 26 March 2009. Retrieved 24 March 2010.
  4. ↑ "Me to We". ME to WE. Retrieved 18 March 2016.

Coordinates: 26°09′32″N50°33′03″E / 26.1588°N 50.5508°E / 26.1588; 50.5508


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