Message from Administrators
Dear Concordian Community, I would like to begin this message by expressing my sincere and heartfelt gratitude to our parent community for all the support and understanding shown to our school throughout the 2019-2020 academic year, which presented us with some unexpected and challenging circumstances. With your trust and the dedication and professionalism of our teachers, we came together as a school community and became stronger and more united!
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We welcome you all back to the 2020-2021 academic year which will be a year of continued cutting-edge education delivered by our high calibre of teachers from around the globe! We started the year very well with a 1,000 students eager to learn and come back on campus after online learning, and our amazing faculty and staff were more than ready to welcome and meet their students! Although we have modified some policies and procedures regarding keeping our learning environment safe, what hasn’t changed is our commitment and motivation towards providing the best learning experience for all of our Concordian dragons! Our focus this year is to continue providing a balanced approach to excellence in education, immersing our students in a unique trilingual program within a dynamic iB framework where students are given opportunities to apply their skills in relation to real world opportunities.
In addition to demonstrating our Concordian Values, students will develop their research, communication, self-management, social and thinking skills, putting them into practice in a variety of situations. Students are likewise encouraged to develop a sense of international mindedness and intercultural awareness. These lifelong skills are introduced in the Early Years, developed in the Primary Years and then further refined when the students enter MYP and eventually DP! The development of these skills prepares our students to take on whatever life brings them, both the good and the challenging, with confidence and resilience. COVID-19 may have turned the world upside down, spreading sadness and loss to many communities, shutting down businesses, airlines and triggering economic downturn all over the world, but one thing is certain, learning will never stop! Let’s focus on making the 2020-2021 academic year the best school year Concordian has ever had as we continue to show our strength as a community who looks after one another, who cares about others and who finds meaningful ways to give back to the local and global community! Thank you all once again for your trust and thank you most importantly for choosing to be part of our Concordian Community. Sincerely, Laurent Goetschmann Head of School