{"id":9522,"date":"2018-04-02T10:53:09","date_gmt":"2018-04-02T17:53:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.internationalschoolsreview.com\/?page_id=9522"},"modified":"2018-04-12T07:45:57","modified_gmt":"2018-04-12T14:45:57","slug":"damascus-closing","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.internationalschoolsreview.com\/nonmembers\/damascus-closing.htm","title":{"rendered":"Article &#8211; Damascus Community School Closed by Syrian Government"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-margin-top:10px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-1 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-center fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-one\"><h1 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-center fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"margin:0;--fontSize:30;line-height:1.33;\"><p>Damascus Community School Ordered<br \/>\nClosed by Syrian Government<\/p><\/h1><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alert alert success alert-success fusion-alert-center fusion-alert-capitalize awb-alert-native-link-color alert-dismissable awb-alert-close-boxed\" role=\"alert\"><div class=\"fusion-alert-content-wrapper\"><span class=\"alert-icon\"><i class=\"awb-icon-check-circle\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/span><span class=\"fusion-alert-content\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Note: School has reopened. See<\/span>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.internationalschoolsreview.com\/members\/syriadamascus.htm#6\">School Review #6<\/a><\/span><\/div><button type=\"button\" class=\"close toggle-alert\" data-dismiss=\"alert\" aria-label=\"Close\">&times;<\/button><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-2 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">November 19, 2008<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Hello there from one of the Damascus Community School refugees. I&#8217;m sure you&#8217;ve heard by now that after the US attack in Syria that killed 8 civilians, the Syrian government retaliated by closing our school and forcing all foreign hires to leave within 3 days. So, there are now 30-some terrific teachers looking for work for 09-10 and feeling a bit lost at sea.\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">I&#8217;m writing to thank you for the service you provide in giving personal feedback on international schools. ISS has offered to reactivate all teachers&#8217; files free of charge and waive fees to the Bangkok conference as well. I wonder if this is something you might also consider in support of the crisis many teachers are now facing, especially those with families.\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">DCS has promised everyone their paycheck through June, but since a good part of our package included housing, many find themselves in dire straits. Again, thank you for your hard work and for &#8216;listening&#8217;.<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Best,<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">A Teacher from DCS and ISR Site Member\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<blockquote>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Note: It made our day at ISR to be invited to participate in the effort to support staff evacuated from the Damascus Community School. For us, the invitation helps validate the work we do here. We have activated a special log in for this group of teachers. We wish all involved success in securing new positions. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\">Scroll up for complete story<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/blockquote>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #009966;\">Offers to Help Displaced Teachers From Damascus Community School<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Principal of Pacific American School in Hsinchu, Taiwan<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Writes to Offer Positions to Evacuated Teachers.<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">November 22, 2008<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Dear Dr. Spilchuk,<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\">As Principal of Pacific American School in Hsinchu, Taiwan and a member of m8bet online sports betting Review, I read the article about the plight of the Damascus Community School teachers. If you have a way to contact them, you may forward this email to them.<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">We are a K12 school that is growing; PAS currently has a little over 200 students. We have several possible openings, depending upon a teacher&#8217;s certification. We could immediately use a teacher for AP Psychology and high school science. We have an overcrowded situation. Our school is also searching for a qualified PE\/Health teacher for K-12.<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">For next year (09-10), we are looking for Spanish, French, psychology, computer, science, and math teachers. Immediately, we are searching for an IT person who is also able to teach a couple of classes.<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Our school offers a comfortable salary for Taiwan, low cost national health insurance, and free tuition for up to two children of a faculty family. Having a &#8220;trailing spouse&#8221; does not impede an applicant&#8217;s progress.<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Resumes, certificates, and recommendations may be sent to either of the addresses above (the school&#8217;s Head and myself).<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Dr. Carolyn Still<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\">Tricia Herbert, IB Project Manager for King Faisal Foundation,\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #009966;\">Writes to Offers Positions to Evacuated Teachers.<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">November 25, 2008<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Dear ISR,<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">I just read about the teachers who have been forced to leave Syria at short notice and would welcome the opportunity to be put in touch with them.<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">The International Baccalaureate Organization is just in the process of setting up a joint project with the King Faisal foundation under the &#8220;Advancement Projects&#8221; arm of the IBO which is working to increase access to quality education to wider populations around the world. Projects are currently under way in places such as Aceh and Sri Lanka; many more are planned. The project in KSA has a long term vision of providing training for teachers throughout the Arab world. It is beginning by creating a lab school in Riyadh.\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">I am the project manager and would welcome applications from any of the teachers displaced from Damascus who may be seeking employment immediately. King Faisal School, which is the initial base for the project, is willing immediately to increase its cohort of expat teachers in order to give every possible support for the success of this project.<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Any of the teachers is welcome to contact me directly at the above e-mail address. Teachers with previous IB experience would be especially welcome as would anyone who would be enthusiastic about joining a school which has 3 on-site IB trainers working full time to develop teaching and learning at the school, weekly professional development sessions and a mentor\/coach for every teacher.<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Tricia Herbert<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\">Project Manager.<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":2102,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.internationalschoolsreview.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9522"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.internationalschoolsreview.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.internationalschoolsreview.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.internationalschoolsreview.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.internationalschoolsreview.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9522"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.internationalschoolsreview.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9522\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.internationalschoolsreview.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2102"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.internationalschoolsreview.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9522"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}