Awareness Page: Coronavirus

Awareness Page: Coronavirus

Ramallah - March 2020

Ramallah Friends School administration has begun taking preventive steps against the spreading Coronavirus, which include distribution of hygienic gel bottles around both campuses and awareness sessions for staff and students, as well as sending out several awareness letters to parents.

This page is dedicated to update the school community in regards to any updates regarding the virus in Palestine, and the school will follow instructions received from the Ministry of Health and Ministry of Education.

You are welcome to scroll through the topics below.

More information about the school's recent preventive measures against the Coronavirus are available on the School's monthly newsletter in Arabic and English at this link.

*For information on what Coronavirus is and how to take cautionary steps in your daily lives to prevent it,

open this link (Arabic).

* For information on what Coronavirus is and how to take cautionary steps in your daily lives to prevent it,

open this link (English).

Corona-virus slide for children

What is Corona-virus?

How can we explain what it is to our children?

Please follow this link for a Corona-virus slide suitable for children.

What is Coronavirus? (English)

Protect Yourself From Coronavirus (Arabic)

Helping Children Cope With Stress - WHO

Protect yourself from Coronavirus (English)

Messages from Head of School

May 4th, 2020 Head of School Message

April 16th, 2020 Head of School Thanks our Heroes at Home

March 23rd, 2020 RFS Administration Letter on IB May Session 2020

March 18th, 2020 Head of School Update Message

March 13th, 2020 Head of School Message

March 8th, 2020 Head of School thanks RFS community & updates parents

March 7th, 2020 Head of School letter to parents

March 5th, 2020 Ramallah Friends School Head of School, Adrian Moody's message to parents on Corona-virus

Lower School Principal's Letters on Coronavirus

*Academic Year 2020-2021:

Septmeber 19th, 2020 Lower Campus Counselors 1st Letter 2020-2021 - English/ Arabic

*Academic Year 2019-2020:

May 17th, 2020 Lower School Principal's Letter - End of School Year

April 28th, 2020 Lower Campus Counselors 6th Letter - English/ Arabic

April 11th, 2020 Lower Campus Counselors 5th Letter - English/ Arabic

April 2nd, 2020 Lower Campus Counselors 4th Letter - English / Arabic

March 25th, 2020 Lower Campus Counselors 3rd Letter - English / Arabic

March 22nd, 2020 Lower School Counselors 2nd Letter - English

March 16th, 2020 Lower School Counselors 1st Letter - English

March 16th, 2020 Lower School Counselors 2nd Letter- Arabic

March 12th, 2020 Lower School Counselors Letter regarding helping children cope with stress at this period of time

March 7th, 2020 Lower School Principal's Letter

March 6th, 2020 School Closure During State of Emergency - LS Principal Letter

March 5th, 2020 Lower School Principal, Frieda Dahdah Khayyat writes to parents about preventive measures oncampus.

Upper School Principal's Letters on Coronavirus

Academic Year 2020-2021:

October 24th, 2020 Reopening of Upper Campus for Students Announcement

Academic Year 2019-2020:

May 9th, 2020 US Principal - Endings and Beginnings

April 16th, 2020 US Principal Thanks the Community

April 2nd, 2020 US Principal Letter 6

March 31st, 2020 US Principal Letter 5

March 23rd, 2020 Counseling Department Letter

March 17th, 2020 Upper Principal Letter 4.1

March 13th, 2020 Upper School Principal writes to parents about distance learning at RFS

Middle School Librarian's Letter

March 11th, 2020 Upper School Principal writes to Class of 2020 regaring IB Mock Exams

March 8th, 2020 Upper School Principal writes to 10th grade students regarding MYP Personal Projects

March 7th, 2020 Upper School Principal Letter March 7th

March 6th, 2020 School Closure During State of Emergency - US Principal Letter

March 3rd, 2020 Upper School Principal Riyam Kafri AbuLaban writes to parents on Corona-virus

How to Cope With Stress - WHO

World Health Organization

Go to this link to know more about this virus from the World Health Organization (WHO)

General Guidelines (Arabic)

Protect Your Home (Arabic)

Public Places (Arabic)

Middle School Virtual Library

Dear Friends,

I hope my message finds you in good health.

It seems we’re not going to get together until the end of this school year…but we’re still connected and we can keep in touch.

I have created for you the Middle School Virtual Library..Here is the link :

https://sites.google.com/site/rfsmiddleschool/home

I’m so grateful to have shared the library with you this year..and I can’t wait to see your beautiful faces again! It’s difficult to know what the future holds but keep your spirits high and this too shall pass!

You are heroes..and I wish I could have read this to you…Please ask your parents to do it on my behalf:

My Hero is You, Storybook for Children on COVID-19 (English)

My Hero is You, Storybook for Children on COVID-19 (Arabic)

I hope you will stay safe..and healthy..and strong!

All my love!

Miss Carmen, Middle School Librarian

P.S. Until we’ll know how we can collect the books you borrowed from the library , please keep them safe,too!