Modern Education Schools
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The Modern Education School (MES) is a private school
Private school
Private schools, also known as independent schools or nonstate schools, are not administered by local, state or national governments; thus, they retain the right to select their students and are funded in whole or in part by charging their students' tuition, rather than relying on mandatory...

 in Katameya
El-Tagamu El Khames
El Tagamu El Khames in one of the districts of New Cairo, Egypt. It is one of the finest districts of the city...

, a suburb of Cairo
Cairo
Cairo , is the capital of Egypt and the largest city in the Arab world and Africa, and the 16th largest metropolitan area in the world. Nicknamed "The City of a Thousand Minarets" for its preponderance of Islamic architecture, Cairo has long been a centre of the region's political and cultural life...

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The Modern Education Schools, established in 1997, is a co-educational school that is divided into three educational systems which serve grades from pre-kindergarten through high school.

The school has an enrollment of approximately 1450 students, and occupies an area of about 11,000 m2. The school has approximately 80 spacious classrooms, 3 science laboratories, 4 computer laboratories, 2 libraries, 2 music rooms, 4 art rooms, a well-equipped clinic with two doctors available throughout the school hours, a gymnasium and other sports facilities.

MES; School of Life – life of continuous learning – is what we prepare young children to cope with.

Educational Divisions

MES (Modern Education Schools) has three educational divisions that have all been accredited in 2001 by the Commission on International and Trans-Regional Accreditation
Commission on International and Trans-Regional Accreditation
The Commission on International and Trans-Regional Accreditation was an international educational accreditation agency.CITA was formed in 1994 by regional accrediting organizations in the United States following a long history of collaboration under other auspices...

 (CITA). They are:

1- The National Division (MES)

2- The British Division

3- The American Division (MEAS)

Goethe Institut

The Goethe Institut has started a new program (Schulen Partner der Zukunft) to improve the German language teaching around the world. The Modern Education School, in addition to three other schools, has been privileged to become a member of this partner school initiative program funded by Goethe Institut.

The choice has been based upon the visit of Mrs. Simone Jore, the project manager, to the school. Mrs. Jore was impressed by the quality of the school's teaching program of German as a foreign language. Accordingly, the school is proud to announce the professional supervision of the project by the "Goethe Institut" over a period of three years.

iE (International Education and Resource Network)

iEARN
IEARN
iEARN is a non-profit organization made up of over 30,000 schools and youth organizations in more than 125 countries. iEARN supports teachers and young people to work together online using the Internet and other new communications technologies...

 is a non-profit global network that enables young people to use the Internet and other new technologies to engage in collaborative educational projects that both enhance learning and make a difference in the world.

Since 2003, MES has participated in a wide variety of iEARN projects on environment, civics education, global issues and human rights. These projects were conducted with selected English Language teachers and interested students as extra curricular activities.

Kidmocracy

Kidmocracy is a program designed to introduce the definitions and components of democracy to Egyptian students. It is an extra curriculum civic education that has been launched and funded by "AEHRO", Afro-Egyptian Human Rights Organization.

Students participating in the program get the chance to travel, along with other finalists, to the United States and become part of an exchange program that offers a great opportunity for culture-exchange while visiting many of America's exotic landmarks.

Seeds of Peace

Founded in 1993, Seeds of Peace
Seeds of Peace
Seeds of Peace is a peacebuilding youth organization based in New York City. It was founded in 1993. As its main program, the organization brings youth from areas of conflict to its international camp in Maine. It also provides regional programming to support Seeds of Peace graduates, known as...

 brings teenagers from regions of conflict to its unique summer camp for a month-long conflict resolution program. Set in a neutral, supportive environment in the woods of Maine
Maine
Maine is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States, bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the east and south, New Hampshire to the west, and the Canadian provinces of Quebec to the northwest and New Brunswick to the northeast. Maine is both the northernmost and easternmost...

, USA, Seeds of Peace combines arts, athletics, and water activities with an intense living experience and a serious conflict resolution program.

MES students who participate in this program gain lifelong benefits – from the experience abroad, the chance to interact with youth from all around the world, continued personal and intellectual development and educational opportunities.

10th Anniversary

In 2007, the Modern Education Schools held a student re-union and a concert in celebration of its tenth anniversary since its establishment in 1997.

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