SAGESSE HIGH SCHOOL Competitors

GEMS Education is one of the world’s leading private K-12 education providers, educating over 200,000 students from 176+ nationalities across its global network of owned and managed schools. With nearly half a million alumni, GEMS has built a legacy of impact that spans generations and continents. Established in Dubai in 1959, GEMS remains a family-founded and family-led organisation, guided by its visionary founder and chairman Sunny Varkey, and his sons Dino Varkey (Group CEO) and Jay Varkey (Deputy Group CEO). With a focus on delivering high-quality education to students from all walks of life, GEMS offers a wide range of curricula and learning pathways. Each year, GEMS students graduate into the world’s top universities, including all eight Ivy League institutions and every UK Russell Group university, and go on to become leaders, innovators, and changemakers in every sector. Through its expanding school network and philanthropic initiatives, GEMS is committed to its mission: to put a quality education within reach of every learner, everywhere.

Founded in 1886, the first school in what later became the SABIS® Network was established to provide a top-quality education that would make a difference in the lives of students. SABIS® is a global education network that has an active presence in 21 countries on five continents. Schools in the SABIS® Network educate over 70,000 students and implement a proven, proprietary system. SABIS® Network schools provide students with a top-quality education that prepares them to meet the challenges of a changing world.

International College (IC) in Lebanon is one of the largest international schools in the world. With over 3,600 students across two campuses, the school has evolved throughout its long and rich history, dating back to 1891 in south-west Turkey, to an excellent institution, and one in a truly unique setting in the Middle East region and globally. Chartered in the State of Massachusetts, US, and abiding by the laws of the Lebanese government, IC remains a not-for-profit organization, and one that is proudly independent and non-sectarian. IC has a unique and special offering of programs to its student body. Indeed, four academic programs are available in the Secondary school: The International Baccalaureate, French Baccalaureate, Lebanese Baccalaureate and College Preparatory Program, all of which herald success for our students. IC also offers a wealth of extra-curricular activities, including 96 school clubs and 94 interscholastic athletics teams as well as a sustainability program focused on the UN 2030 Sustainable Development Goals. IC is also committed to its pioneering STEAM education, providing students with the technology and other resources necessary to engage them in life in 2018 and well into the future. The school is a pre-K to grade 12 school with English, French and Arabic taught at all levels. IC has more than 380 highly qualified members, 65% of whom hold a master’s degree or higher, and the school invests considerably in professional development, with over 440 days administered in 2017-18. The faculty is made up of both Lebanese and foreign hires, with teachers from America, Canada, France, Australia and the UK joining their local colleagues. Accreditation New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC): Re-accredited 2018 Council of International Schools (CIS): Re-accredited 2018 Authorized by International Baccalaureate Etablissement homologué par l’agence pour l’enseignement français à l’étranger (AEFE)