Launching "Creativity Day" in Latin Patriarchate Schools - Palestine Ramallah, General Administration: Under the title "Creativity Day," the General Administration of Latin Patriarchate Schools in Palestine launched the "Creative Teacher" and "Creative Student" competition on Friday, March 31, 2023, under the patronage of His Beatitude Patriarch Pierbattista Pizzaballa. The event took place at the Red Crescent Theater in Ramallah, with a significant presence of priests, nuns, schools, administrative and teaching staff, parents, and students.
The "Creative Teacher" competition aims to support and recognize the excellence and creativity of teachers by highlighting their adoption of innovative and non-traditional methods, initiatives, and mechanisms to cultivate a generation of critical thinkers, explorers, and researchers capable of keeping up with changes and facing challenges. It also aims to foster positive competition among teachers, contributing to the improvement of the quality of education in Latin Patriarchate Schools.
On the other hand, the "Creative Student" competition aims to showcase the unique potentials, talents, and abilities of our students, which in turn enhances a spirit of competition and creativity among participants, thereby refining students' character academically, morally, and artistically.
Latin Patriarchate Schools believe that art contributes to refining general taste and character. Fine arts elevate individuals to human and spiritual values. Moreover, the arts contribute to creating a positive social environment characterized by unity, harmony, and love.
The "Creative Teacher" competition aims to support and recognize the excellence and creativity of teachers by highlighting the adoption of innovative and non-traditional methods, initiatives, and mechanisms to create a generation that is thoughtful, exploratory, and research-oriented, capable of keeping up with changes and facing challenges. It also aims to foster positive competition among teachers, contributing to the improvement of the quality of education in Latin Patriarchate schools.
Meanwhile, the "Creative Student" competition aims to showcase the unique talents, abilities, and capabilities of our students, which enhances the spirit of competition and creativity among the participants, thereby shaping their personalities academically, educationally, and artistically.
The Latin Patriarchate schools believe that art contributes to refining general taste and shaping character. Fine art elevates individuals towards human and spiritual values. Arts also contribute to creating a positive social atmosphere characterized by cohesion, harmony, and love.
"Creative Day" is held for the second consecutive year, where two internal and external committees were formed to monitor and highlight the excellence of teachers. The internal committee consists of Ms. Tha'era Fawadleh, the principal of the Latin Patriarchate School in Jifna, Mr. Antoine Graceh, the principal of the Latin Patriarchate School in Beit Sahour, Mr. Tamer Nasrallah, the principal of the Latin Patriarchate School in Taybeh, Ms. Diana Basir, the responsible for educational and academic projects in the Schools, and Ms. Abeer Hanna, the executive director. The external committee consists of Mr. Iyad Rafidi, the principal of the Evangelical Episcopal School, Dr. Asma Hamdan, an education design specialist in continuous education at Birzeit University, and Dr. Iman Al-Najjar, the head of assessment and evaluation at the National Institute of the Ministry of Education.
The results of the "Creative Teacher" competition were as follows:
The title of "Creative Teacher" was awarded to Teacher Marina Ma'ruf from the Taybeh School.
- Teacher Heba Benoura from the Beit Sahour School was recognized for creating positive attitudes among students and implementing active learning strategies in a distinctive manner, especially in scientific inquiry.
- Teacher Ghada Tannous from the Al-Ahliyyah School was recognized for using environment-related learning strategies and caring for students with special needs.
- Teacher Ghadeer Khoury from the Latin Beit Sahour School was recognized for creating positive attitudes among students towards learning the Arabic language and using diverse strategies and methods, including role-playing.
The "Creative Teacher" received the following awards: the "Creative Teacher" shield, a television, a printer, and a $2000 cash prize. The distinguished teachers were honored with the Excellence Shield and a $500 cash prize each.
On the other hand, the "Creative Student" competition started at the beginning of the academic year, targeting students from the 7th to 11th grades in all Latin Patriarchate schools in Palestine in six fields: singing and playing musical instruments, stand-up comedy, drawing, writing, and dabke dance. To follow up on this competition, an internal committee was formed from our schools, consisting of specialized teachers in each field, and an external committee of experts, including Mr. Jamal Abu Al-Rab, an Arabic language teacher at the Latin Patriarchate School in Taybeh, Mr. Abdel Hadi Ya'ish, a visual artist, Mr. Firas Abu Subah, a theater director, Father Firas Abd Rabbo, and musician Anwar Mera'aba.
The results of the competition were as follows: In singing:
1st place: Majd Da'ibes (Latin School, Zababdeh).
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