St. George's School, Jerusalem
St. George's School Jerusalem | |
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Address | |
18 Nablus Road[1] Jerusalem West Bank | |
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School type | Private school |
Religious affiliation(s) | Christian |
Denomination | Anglican |
Founded | 1899 |
Principal | The Very Reverend Hosam Naoum |
Grades | Grade R to Grade 12 |
Medium of language | English, Arabic, Hebrew |
Campus type | Urban |
School fees | ± £10,000 |
Website |
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St. George's School (Arabic: مدرسة المطران Madrasat al-Mutran) is a British boys' school in East Jerusalem run by the Anglican diocese of Jerusalem.
St. George's School is located next to St. George's College, just outside the walls of the Old City of Jerusalem. The school was established in 1899. The author of the Thomas the Tank Engine series of books, Rev. W Awdry, taught at the school in 1933-1936.[2] Built in the affluent Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood, it served as a place where Jerusalem's Christians and Muslims would send their sons for secondary education.[3]
The school currently runs the regular Tawjihi program and will be running the GCSEs, GCE and IB programs also in the near future.
Notable alumni
- Ibrahim Touqan
- Mufid Nashashibi
- Emil Ghuri
- Edward Said
- Sari Nusseibeh[4]
- Manoug Manougian
- Ziad Rafiq Beydoun
- Stav Prodromou
- Ismail Khalidi
Coordinates: 31°47′16.35″N 35°13′40.58″E / 31.7878750°N 35.2279389°E
See also
Footnotes
- ↑ "كيفية الوصول للمدرسة" (PDF). St. George's School.
- ↑ Belinda Copson, ‘Awdry, Wilbert Vere (1911–1997)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, Sept 2004; online edn, Jan 2007 accessed 17 Aug 2010
- ↑ Bussow, 2011, p. 161.
- ↑ What did I learn at school? Minds without borders
Bibliography
- Bussow, Johann (2011). Hamidian Palestine: Politics and Society in the District of Jerusalem 1872-1908. BRILL. ISBN 9004205691.