Bahrain Bayan School
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| Bahrain Bayan School | |
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| Type | Private |
| Established | 1982 |
| Grades | K-12 |
| Color(s) | Forest Green White |
| Website | Official website |
Bahrain Bayan School (BBS, Arabic: مدرسة بيان البحرين, Madrasat Bayân al-Bahrain), based in Isa Town, Bahrain, is an independent, non-profit, co-educational, bilingual school in Arabic and English, offering Preschool through Grade 12. Accredited and licensed by the Bahrain Ministry of Education, under Bahraini law, the school provides an American-based and Arabic curriculum, as well as the International Baccalaureate diploma.[1]
About Bahrain Bayan School[]
Bahrain Bayan School is a bilingual national school founded by the Chairperson of the Board of Trustees, Dr. May Bint Sulaiman Al Otaibi in 1982, KG1 through Grade 12, serving the Arab Bahraini community. The school holds accreditation from an Arabic and American/English based curriculum, accredited by the Ministry of Education, IB, and MSA. BBS has been rated “Outstanding” by Bahrain’s National Authority for Qualifications & Quality Assurance of Education and Training (BQA) in October 2016 and February 2021 and has received an outstanding acknowledgment of reaccreditation from the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools (MSA) in November 2020. With a curriculum and a multicultural teaching and learning environment that embraces globally minded students with confidence in their abilities as national and global citizens, the school currently offers the IB High School Diploma program and our graduates attend highly competitive colleges and universities in the United States, United Kingdom, and in other prestigious universities around the globe
Surrounded by distinctively designed architectural ceilings and roofing and green landscaping since inception, the Bahrain Bayan School comprises various educational facilities, including the Additional Educational Assistance Unit K-12 (AEA), which is composed of nine members specialised in the area of Educational Support for the students in need and the gifted, a Counseling Unit which is composed of seven Educational Guidance and Socioemotional Well Being Counselors K-12, Al Romaihi Innovation Hub which consists of a highly equipped maker space that includes CNC machines, 3D printers, and laser cutters; a robotics lab expanded to VEX; a multimedia studio; and Learning Commons. There is also a digital library from four international databases and the “Ecolab-360” educational platform.
The Dr. May Bint Sulaiman Al Otaibi Preschool is a green building newly opened in September 2018.
The multi-purpose Library Zakat Al Elm '' opens in 2021.
The Educational Technology department which provides educational and operational support to all the units. The department in collaboration with the different units maintains a communication channel with the Bayan Community through SMS, Emails, Social Media and the Bayan School App.
The School's main facilities also include 10 Science Labs, 6 Theatres, 2 Soccer Fields, 2 Basketball courts, 1 Tennis court, 2 Squash Courts, 2 gymnasiums, 3 Cafeterias, 1 Media Room, 1 Sound Room, 3 infirmaries/isolation rooms, a nutritionist and a uniform and souvenir shop.
Systems and Infrastructure
State-of-the-art improvements have been initiated for the delivery of a seamless and equitable Professional Learning program for faculty and staff linked to the Strategic Plan, school improvement, and staff appraisal. Student health and behaviour programs, and the highest standards of student safety procedures and infrastructure, including an elaborate CCTV system, have been implemented while the extensive renovation and further development of the facilities and physical plans has also occurred.
Internal Structure and Support Units
The internal structure of the Bahrain Bayan School consists of an Academic Affairs Unit running the School sections, Preschool through High School, as well as the Counseling, AEA and Curriculum & Professional Development departments.
A distinct feature of the internal structure of the School is the specialised and highly organised support units which provide daily operational services and support to the academic running of the School. These departments include:
- Registration
- Public Relations and Media
- Finance & Accounts
- Human Resources
- Educational Technology
- Procurement
- Facilities and Maintenance
- General Services
Students
With a total number of 1242 students (AY 21/22), Bahrain Bayan School continues to successfully provide students in the Kingdom of Bahrain with an innovative, dynamic, and superior international curriculum and bilingual education. This has empowered students to discover new pathways and to confidently become internationally minded citizens in a challenging, ever-changing, and highly technological world. Consequently, the students’ overall performance on internal and external measures is outstanding with exceptionally high grades and proficiency rates.
Bayan students’ proudly possess a high passing rate on external IB exams, outstanding college admissions acceptances at top universities, and proudly boasts a long list of Bayan Crown Prince.
The notable student achievements in our extracurricular programs are a few of the many examples of extraordinary performance outcomes that consistently demonstrate Bahrain Bayan School.
Career Development
The Bahrain Bayan School has developed a Career Development Program for Middle and High School students. The Career Development team consists of key members of specialised College and Career Guidance staff who help and guide students in career awareness through a series of hands-on activities.
The Career Development program is designed to provide students with career awareness, self development, and career decision making skills where students are advised in making academic and career plans through a series of different activities.This helps students and creates an awareness to make better choices in choosing courses based on their interest and strength and plan for life after graduation.
The program structure consists of:
- Use of aptitude and achievement assessments to help students evaluate their interests, skills, and abilities.
- Guide students through making decisions about their careers, such as choosing the type of degree to pursue.
- Focus sessions on jobs, careers and occupations
- Focus sessions on career paths
- Use of INJAZ Bahrain in running activities such as Entrepreneurship Masterclass and iCamp
- Use of AIESEC Bahrain in running self-awareness, leadership, and entrepreneurship workshops
- Presentations and job fair by representatives from Tamkeen and The Intelligent Majlis
Faculty and Staff
One of the most important resources at Bahrain Bayan School is its Faculty and Staff that bring in a wealth of multicultural perspectives from 27 different countries. The teachers, total of 113 (AY 21/22), are well driven, motivated, child-centered, and collectively practice the idea that student needs must be given top priority over other concerns.
The Bahrain Bayan School is a school characterized by hard work and a high degree of expectations. The conscientious students come from families that highly value education. At the same time, recognize that school and learning must be fun.
Professional Development
The Bahrain Bayan School invests heavily on the professional development of its Faculty through external and internal workshops, courses, seminars or the invitation of highly recognized speakers and trainers.
The school is poised to engage in strategic actions guided by a variety of mechanisms including Middle States Accreditation (MSA), the Bahrain Quality Assurance, and existing Bahrain Bayan School policies and procedures. Within the MSA protocols the school has identified three student performance objectives; Arabic Literacy, English Literacy, and Mathematics. Within these objectives there is an intention to embed Additional Educational Assistance (AEA). In support of these objectives we will begin to explore applications of Universal Design for Learning (UDL) in unit and lesson planning so that they more strongly encompass students’ interests, strengths, and needs. This initiative will bring inclusive changes that will seek students’ opinions, offer them choices, and make learning feel even more relevant. It will also increase access to assistive technologies such as text-to-speech, speech-to-text, audiobooks, or other adjusted formatting. Additionally, it should offer students options for showing what they know through a variety of formats, such as poster presentations, video recordings, graphic organizers, product designs, or other real world applications.
Bayan School’s Unique Initiatives[]
Bayan Care
The Bayan Care Insurance Plan is a free of charge scheme. This scheme covers students’ tuition fees (at any point until graduation) in case a student’s legal guardian passes away or has a permanent total disability through an accident or due to sickness, and therefore wouldn't be able to pay for the student’s tuition fees. The Finance department bears all costs associated with the “Bayan Care Plan”, effective date of enrollment.
Bayan on Call – 33244244
A supervisor assigned by the school available on Campus on a daily basis from 2:00pm - 9:00pm. This is to ensure the security of students along with providing parents a point of contact in case of emergencies or inquiries regarding after school activities, forgotten items, etc.
Bayan Live Chat
Bayan School offers a fast online Live Chat communication system provided to its Bayan Community. It is available live during working hours as well as offline through instant messages.
Online Payment Portal
Bahrain Bayan School provides an online payment method in addition to the existing process to improve the receivables and increase operational efficiency and accuracy in bookkeeping. This aims to reach the parents’ comfort and satisfaction.
ERM Bookstore
The Educational Resources and Materials bookstore started operating September 2019. It is constructed to streamline the distribution of student textbooks and related materials of grades 1 to 12.
Modernized Education System[]
Bayan School App
The Bahrain Bayan School Phone Application is a fully functional BBS phone application to ease communication with students and parents.
AlRomaihi Innovation Hub
The Al Romaihi Innovation Hub is a community-centered learning workspace that stimulates creativity and innovation. The Bayan School community and even the general public, will have the opportunity to explore and invent products using the facilities in the Innovation Hub. The Innovation Hub consists of the Maker Space that includes CNC machines, 3D printers, and Laser cutters; Robotics Lab expanded to VEX; Multimedia Studio; and Learning Commons.
Also, an extensive digital library from four international databases is readily available for everyone’s perusal. Each class in the Primary building will be provided with a “Maker Space Tools Set” that will offer the students a unique hands-on experience of technological and scientific activities.
Texas Instrument Training
The Bahrain Bayan School is a proud Texas Instruments Training Center, training teachers from the region in using the TI in math, science, and STEM education.
School-Wide Advancements[]
ECO LAB 360
(UAE’s Zayed Sustainability Prize 1st Place Winning Project 2017)
EcoLab 360 is an educational platform that involves a greywater and food waste recycling systems that is connected to the School Canteen on campus. The platform also aims to educate students about sustainable practices and technology, which revolve around five key pillars which include: reduce, reuse, recycle, raise awareness, and renewable energy.
Bin Faqeeh Zakat Al Elm Building
The Bin Faqeeh “Zakat Al Elm” Building is a building in the its final stages of fit out, scheduled to be ready during the AY 21/22 and will encompass a Library for the Middle and High School, a Music Hall, an Art Hall, an Exam Hall as well as a Cafeteria for the Bayan Community.
Bahrain Hall & Bayan Hall Renovations
Bayan and Bahrain Hall have been restructured into one huge multi-purpose hall that can fit up to 1500 people.
The Preschool Campus
Dr. May Bint Sulaiman Al Otaibi (Bahrain Bayan School) is Bayan School’s state of the art “green” Preschool building, built on international standards, that offers quality education and instills discipline in toddlers in an eco-friendly learning environment, thereby shaping the minds of future generations.
In-House Doctor and Nutritionist
Bahrain Bayan School’s highly acclaimed medical team consisting of a licensed doctor and 3 nurse assistants distributed among 3 infirmaries. The qualified medical team are focused on providing the highest level of attentiveness on improving the children’s overall health and well-being in addition to providing regular health awareness sessions for our Bayan Community which includes students, parents and staff.
Increased Safety and Security
The introduction of new ID cards during the school year of 2016-2017 has helped monitor safety and security of the students. ID cards were improved to be used as a payment method in the Cafeteria, the Uniform Shop and also attendance monitoring.
Bahrain Bayan School will always thrive to cater more one-of-a-kind initiatives to offer the top experiences and education for its community. Stay tuned for more surprises!
Gallery[]
The Seusiffication of Romeo and Juliet play in June 2007
Funday Sponge Throw contest in 2008
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See also[]
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References[]
- ^ "About Bahrain Bayan School - Bahrain Bayan School". www.bayanschool.edu.bh. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
- Schools in Bahrain
- International schools in Bahrain
- International Baccalaureate schools in Bahrain
- Educational institutions established in 1982
- Isa Town
- 1982 establishments in Bahrain