Elementary Montessori System High School
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Elementary Montessori System is a high school in Islamabad
, Pakistan
. It was founded in 1990 with the motto "Follow the Child ". The three branches are Boys Branch (House 33, St 60, F-11/4), Girls Branch (House 257, St 31, F-10/1) and Casa Branch (St.0, F-11/4). Matric has been discontinued, while O Levels continue.
Grade 1 to Grade 4 study with co-education in the Girls Branch. The teaching system includes exams twice a year and a few tests. These children are not given marks or positions, but are instead given grades and helpful comments.
Grade 5-8 of boys study in the boys branch, while the girls in the Girls Branch. Competition is encouraged by having 'monthly reports' which show a student's monthly test scores, which are also added in the final result, along with the scores of the two annual exams. Positions are also given in order to create a competitive environment.
Grade 9 and 10 (O Levels) includes both girls and boys, in the Boys Branch. Monthly scores counting each test score are given. The system is Edexcel, previously GCSE, but now has been changed to IGCSE. The school offers English, Maths, Physics, Chemistry, Pakistan Studies, Urdu, Islamiat and Biology. Extra subjects occasionally offered include human biology, English Literature, Additional Mathematics and Economics. The school is planning to offer Arabic as an additional subject.EMS High School has a student friendly environment and there is much competition in this school.
The Society Week is a week long program in which English, Urdu, Math,Islamiat and Arabic skills are tested. There are debates,spelling bee, poem and essay competitions in English Society, while the Urdu Society has debates, poem competitions, Urdu Quiz and Bayt Baazi. Islamiat and Arabic quizzes, Naat and Hamd competitions and Qirat competitions are held in the Islamiat and Arabic Society. The Math society consists of a Math quiz.
Students who win positions are given certificates and prizes in the Annual Prize Distribution Ceremony.
There is a Sports Day, in which each grade takes part in races like sprint, obstacle, and three-legged, and team games like tug of war and relay races.
Apart from inter-school competitions, the school takes part in national competitions, such as Dawn Spelling Bee (in which many champions have been from EMS), International Maths Kangaroo Quiz (a student of EMS received a gold medal in this), SPARCO Space Week, and ISMO Pak Turk.
The school takes each grade on either a recreational or educational field trip every year. Locations have included amusement parks, hiking on the Margalla Hills, the Taxila Museum and the Khewra Salt Mines.
Islamabad
Islamabad is the capital of Pakistan and the tenth largest city in the country. Located within the Islamabad Capital Territory , the population of the city has grown from 100,000 in 1951 to 1.7 million in 2011...
, Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
. It was founded in 1990 with the motto "Follow the Child ". The three branches are Boys Branch (House 33, St 60, F-11/4), Girls Branch (House 257, St 31, F-10/1) and Casa Branch (St.0, F-11/4). Matric has been discontinued, while O Levels continue.
Locations
The school started with a single branch, but now has expanded to three branches in Islamabad; Boys Branch (House 33, St 60, F-11/4), Girls Branch (House 257, St 31, F-10/1) and Casa Branch (St.0, F-11/4).The school was founded by Mr Mansoob Ali Zaidi and Mrs Feroza Zaidi,husband and wife in 1990.System
EMS High School is has a section (Kindergarten/Nursery) which offers education to children approximately 2.5 years to 6 years.Grade 1 to Grade 4 study with co-education in the Girls Branch. The teaching system includes exams twice a year and a few tests. These children are not given marks or positions, but are instead given grades and helpful comments.
Grade 5-8 of boys study in the boys branch, while the girls in the Girls Branch. Competition is encouraged by having 'monthly reports' which show a student's monthly test scores, which are also added in the final result, along with the scores of the two annual exams. Positions are also given in order to create a competitive environment.
Grade 9 and 10 (O Levels) includes both girls and boys, in the Boys Branch. Monthly scores counting each test score are given. The system is Edexcel, previously GCSE, but now has been changed to IGCSE. The school offers English, Maths, Physics, Chemistry, Pakistan Studies, Urdu, Islamiat and Biology. Extra subjects occasionally offered include human biology, English Literature, Additional Mathematics and Economics. The school is planning to offer Arabic as an additional subject.EMS High School has a student friendly environment and there is much competition in this school.
Extra-curricular
Every year, a Talent Show is held, in which each grade performs plays or poems. It ends in a Prize Distribution Ceremony for students who won a position in their class or a prize in the society week. Parents are encouraged to attend.The Society Week is a week long program in which English, Urdu, Math,Islamiat and Arabic skills are tested. There are debates,spelling bee, poem and essay competitions in English Society, while the Urdu Society has debates, poem competitions, Urdu Quiz and Bayt Baazi. Islamiat and Arabic quizzes, Naat and Hamd competitions and Qirat competitions are held in the Islamiat and Arabic Society. The Math society consists of a Math quiz.
Students who win positions are given certificates and prizes in the Annual Prize Distribution Ceremony.
There is a Sports Day, in which each grade takes part in races like sprint, obstacle, and three-legged, and team games like tug of war and relay races.
Apart from inter-school competitions, the school takes part in national competitions, such as Dawn Spelling Bee (in which many champions have been from EMS), International Maths Kangaroo Quiz (a student of EMS received a gold medal in this), SPARCO Space Week, and ISMO Pak Turk.
The school takes each grade on either a recreational or educational field trip every year. Locations have included amusement parks, hiking on the Margalla Hills, the Taxila Museum and the Khewra Salt Mines.