Cheap American system schools in lebanon?

Fischer

My cousin can't afford to live in USA anymore he's thinking to comeback to lebanon, he have kids, they can't speak arabic, so he contacted me asking if i know any cheap American system schools in lebanon, he prefers keserwan, I don't know any cheap schools, do you?

rtp

My last three years of schools i went to the government school of dhour cheir which is an english educated.

My point is that there are english educated government schools, even tho i wouldn't recommend them, but if you can't afford private then go public. Am not sure if you mean American system = English educated or something else. Anyhow no clue really about any school in keserwan.

Fischer

i mean like sabis, i'll tell him about your school, public schools teach geography, history... in arabic

Razorback

Eastwood College, is a good one. But its campuses are in Beirut and Mansourieh (Metn).

Fischer

how much would you pay for that college?

balboula_85

you can try Monsif national school ( the first school in lebanon)... its found in upper jbeil 15-20 mis. away from tabarja , it offers the freshman american progam ... back when i was in it .. it was 5 k per year ... however i think prices have changed due to competition, i highly recommend this school !!

Fischer

do those schools teach anything in arabic? The kids don't know arabic at all

practo

Fischer wrotedo those schools teach schools teach anything in arabic? The kids don't know arabic at all

I don't know about specific schools, but a cousin recently moved to Lebanon. She's 13 and could barely understand arabic, never mind reading or writing. She went to IC (International College) in Zgharta (?). She was in a special program for a while, where they taught her remedial arabic, and now, apparently, she's doing very well and can read and write just as well as everyone else.

Also, similar story with another family. They moved back, the kids who I believe were 10 and 11, didn't know any Arabic. They ended up going to College des Apotres in Jounieh, which is a French system school. They also were part of a special remedial program for French and Arabic. After only a few months, they were able to join everyone else in their respective classes.

I'm not saying it's an easy process, but I believe kids at that age can do well, and adjust pretty quickly if they are willing to work hard.

Joe

In our school we used to have a similar "special program" for kids having grown up abroad. They would take the same classes as us, except for arabic. I hung out a lot with these kids, some of which are still my closest friends to this day.

The reason I mention that is that they all regret their parents' decision of signing them up to the "special program". Every single one of them.

It's normal when you think about it: The ones who still cannot speak arabic 10 years later feel like they missed their chance, and the ones who did end up learning arabic had to go through extremely embarassing moments at the beginning of their careers (once they were actually out of school).

Bottom line: If you're sending your kids to Lebanon, do not shelter them from arabic. Better have a couple of rough years when you're a teenager, than spending the rest of your life regretting not learning the language.

practo

rahmu wroteIn our school we used to have a similar "special program" for kids having grown up abroad. They would take the same classes as us, except for arabic. I hung out a lot with these kids, some of which are still my closest friends to this day.

The reason I mention that is that they all regret their parents' decision of signing them up to the "special program". Every single one of them.

It's normal when you think about it: The ones who still cannot speak arabic 10 years later feel like they missed their chance, and the ones who did end up learning arabic had to go through extremely embarassing moments at the beginning of their careers (once they were actually out of school).

Bottom line: If you're sending your kids to Lebanon, do not shelter them from arabic. Better have a couple of rough years when you're a teenager, than spending the rest of your life regretting not learning the language.

The special program I know of doesn't shelter the kids from Arabic, it gives them intensive remedial arabic lessons so they can join their classmates in their arabic classes. Again, like I said, in the 3 cases I know, the kids all were able to join the arabic classes withing a few months.

Fischer

thank you guys a lot

The-MMMs

Razorback wroteEastwood College, is a good one. But its campuses are in Beirut and Mansourieh (Metn).

I can vouch for Eastwood. Graduated from there.

My younger brother is still attending. We are paying a little over 4000$ a year (he is still in secondary school grade 8 now i believe).

Not a bad school, just locations are a bit tight. The campuses are in Kfarshima and Mansourieh to be exact. (they have an extensive bus shuttle system but i don't know if that area is covered, you can always call and ask before hand)

Anyway their american program is great, they also give like 2 or 3 hours (upon student choice) of appropriate level arabic. Im glad i took it, at least i can read the language now thanks to that. They can replace this class with french or advanced science courses during grades 10-12.

Friendly administration as well. Nice atmosphere to say the least.