Title:Principal of Manaret Heliopolis International School
Welcome current and potential members of the MHIS Community,
It gives me great pleasure to welcome you to our school online hub for our 5th year in operation. This is a particularly special year for me because it is the first out of the many I look forward to sharing with you as part of the MHIS community.
The unprecedented interruptions COVID-19 has brought to the world, and education in particular, continue to be a great challenge for all of us. Yet, I am very proud to say, our community has continued to thrive and grow in spite of these critical challenges.  The sign of a healthy community is one which can come together in mutual support during times of crisis: I am proud to be part of the MHIS community because we continue to come together every day to work towards delivering outstanding education for our students.

Our outstanding community is supported in this mission by world-class human and technological resources, as well as a beautiful campus. Our teaching staff are truly inspiring; despite the risks and challenges they face every day they are unfailing in their duty to our students and dedicate themselves to the learning of every student who enters our doors.  Our technological resources – app-based learning platforms meant to strengthen the home-to-school connection – offer our community the tools needed to ensure that parents are kept up to date and supported in their child’s learning.  Our campus is colorful, warm, and inviting, reminding our students that it is their home-away-from-home; a place where they are welcome, loved, and safe to learn.
Our school’s growth continues with the major milestone of this year adding a Diploma Program.  This will complete our claim of being one of only a small handful of schools in Egypt which offer the true IB continuum: from their first to last years in school, MHIS students will be able to benefit from all of the best that the IB system has to offer.  We have expanded into a wealth of new internal programs as well, opening a Special Education Needs department which is already showing outstanding results in support of our inclusive learning policy.
As part of our STEM development initiative, we have also begun offering coding as an integrated part of our curriculum, which will help all of our students develop the essential skills needed to succeed in their technologically-centered future. We are proud to note that this approach also keeps us at the forefront of STEM education in Egypt.
Furthermore, our school has balanced its forward-looking program development with an insistence on the quality of our Arabic language program.  This year, we won a prestigious award given to only five schools in all of Egypt for the outstanding quality of our Arabic reading program.  As part of the award, we received a generous grant which we will be applying to our existing charitable and community service programing in support of literacy for local orphanages and less-privileged schools.  We have already begun building a library in a nearby orphanage and the community projects work of the MYP has ensured that it will be well stocked with an outstanding range of Arabic-language texts to support literacy in our community.
I could go on for much longer than I should in a letter this size about how proud I am of our exceptional community.  However, for the sake of brevity, I will leave off on the note of pride.  I am proud to be a part of the MHIS community.  I am proud that my children go to school at MHIS.  I am proud of the teachers who I see giving their passion and dedication to their students.  I am proud of our students, who push themselves to new and greater heights with each passing day. I am proud of our parents, who remain active, valued participants in the day-to-day success of our school.
Thank you for your support in preparing our students “For Tomorrow’s Adventures!”

Yours in Education,
Michael Lethem
MHIS School Principal

Title:Middle Year Principal of Manaret Heliopolis International School
Ms. Sherwet Adel is our MYP Principal & Coordinator. With over 11 years’ experience in the educational field, Ms. Sherwet has built a solid reputation amongst educators in the IB sector of Egypt. A former part-time instructor at the AUC, Ms. Sherwet is now an IB Leader and Workshop Facilitator who volunteers to share her knowledge about the MYP with other instructional leaders both within the local community and other IB schools worldwide. Ms. Sherwet holds the Lynn Erickson certification for Concept Based Curriculum as well as a certification in School Management Leadership from Harvard Graduate School of Education. She is currently conducting her Master`s Degree in International Education at the University of South Wales, UK.
“My vision for promoting excellence in education is to equip the students with the necessary skills to be successful in the physical, mental, and social aspects of their lives. Providing pedagogical leadership to the IBMYP, and promoting the IB ethos are critical elements of my role. It takes a big heart and a large, extra strong coffee to shape little minds.

Title:Primary Years Principal at Manaret Heliopolis International School
Ms. Reham El Menofy is our PYP Principal. Certified as an IB educator from the University of California, Ms. Reham has dedicated over 7 years to her passion in both the PYP and MYP learning. A life-long learner who never spares a learning opportunity, she is currently pursuing a Master’ s degree in education from the University Of South Wales, UK. Her philosophy of education is that all children are unique and deserve a stimulating learning environment where they can develop physically, mentally, emotionally, and socially. “It’s all about the learners’ wellbeing.” At MHIS, she strives to maintain a school culture that supports the learner’s voice, choice and ownership.