The Lion's Pride 2021-2022

Beyond learning to be independent, creative and responsible, and to think for themselves, our students learn to respect and celebrate diversity. At King’s, they quickly discover how the differences between us enrich our experiences and broaden our horizons.

– HM King Abdullah II

LION’S PRIDE 2021-2022

(August 1, 2021 – July 31, 2022)

Project Director

Sara’a Malkawi

Editors

Vera Azar

Muna Al-Alul

Contributors

Soha Hmaidan

Atithya Ghai

Dima Goussous

Donor Lists

Wafa’a El-Haddad

Hanadi Abi Haidar

Graphic Design

Shadi Hasweh

Photography

Ahmed Khalayleh ’15

Suhayb Al Jawhari ’11

Cover Photo

Suhayb Aljawhari ‘11

IN THIS ISSUE

Governance

Board of Trustees

Message from the Chairman of the Board

Message from the Chief Advancement Officer

2022 Advancement Events

2022 Alumni News and Events

Why King’s

An interview with Tarek and Shirine Aggad P’15,’18,’19,’24

2022 Parent Council and Student Leadership

2022 Senior Parent Gift

Helping King’s Reach New Heights of Excellence

An interview with Samer and Maram Fakhouri P’23,’24

Endowed Funds

Endowed Scholarship Funds

Named Scholarships

Scholarships and Financial Aid

Income and Expenditures

Sources of Giving

King’s Academy Fellows

2022 Honor Roll of Donors and Sponsors

Board of Trustees

Mr. Ali Kolaghassi, Chairman P’18 Dubai, UAE

Mr. Hani Abuali P’19, P’23 Zurich, Switzerland

Mr. Rory Cowan Florida, USA

Mr. Souheil Mokaddem Beirut, Lebanon

Mr. Peter Weinberg New York, USA London, UK

Ms. Sirine Sidani Abu Ghazaleh P ’20, ’22 Amman, Jorda

Mr. Mazen Darwazah Amman, Jordan

Mr. Talal Shair Amman, Jordan

Ms. Linda Whitton Vermont, USA

Mr. Noor Eddin Amer '12 New York, USA

Ms. Monique Devane California, USA

Mr. Peter Nilsson, ex officio Head of School - King’s Academy Madaba, Jordan

Mr. Bishr Baker Amman, Jordan

Mr. Michael Hess New York, USA

Mr. Daniel Szeto P’20 Hong Kong

Mr. James F. Warren, Esq. Legal Counsel to the Board of Trustees Washington D.C., USA

Ms. Alia Wakileh Secretary of the Board of Trustees Madaba, Jordan

Ms. Aysha Shoman Amman, Jordan

MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES

On behalf of the King’s Academy Board of Trustees, it is my pleasure to extend my thanks and appreciation to you, our passionate and inspiring community of donors, trustees, faculty, staff, parents and alumni for the incredible difference that you are making to the school and its future generations of young leaders.

I write in this edition of The Lion’s Pride to share with you some news about a major transition happening on campus. In the spring of the 2022-2023 academic year, we will bid farewell to King’s third head of school, Peter Nilsson, and we will welcome Stephanie “Penny” Townsend as the fourth head of school.

While we are deeply thankful for and appreciative of Peter’s leadership in realizing the vision of this unique institution, especially all his hard work during the pandemic, we are also thrilled to have our first woman head of school. Penny is a passionate educator who brings to King’s extensive experience as a head of school.

I look forward to working with you, our community of loyal donors, alongside Penny, to pave the path to a brighter future, especially this year, as we celebrate King’s 15th anniversary in 2022-2023.

On the occasion of this special milestone, and as we reflect on years past and look forward to the future of King’s Academy, we need to work closely to take crucial steps and ensure that King’s Academy continues to push forward as a powerhouse of teaching and academic excellence in Jordan and beyond.

I am deeply grateful for your commendable generosity that is allowing us to offer each student with a personalized educational experience, one that our faculty and staff members are proud to provide. We must also carry on working to enrich student life in the classroom and beyond, to expand possibilities, to honor creativity, and most importantly to engage more support that would enable us to grow the school’s endowment, thus maintain a financial foundation for future generations, and keep the school on a plane of excellence in education.

Put simply, we couldn’t do it without you, our devoted friends. You are the reason we are able to provide scholarships to deserving students. Your steadfast support ensures that the brightest students come to King’s, regardless of background and circumstance, and that once they are here, they are taught by the best teachers in state-of-the-art facilities.

Today and as we take stock of philanthropy’s impact and look toward to what we all hope will be a better future, I remain optimistic — because of you. Thank you for believing in us.

Sincerely,

Ali H. Kolaghassi Chairman of the Board of Trustees

MESSAGE FROM CHIEF ADVANCEMENT OFFICER

Dear friends,

It gives me immense pleasure to address you in this new issue of The Lion’s Pride in my capacity as the new chief advancement officer at King’s Academy. It is both humbling and amazing to see what you — our incredibly generous donors, supporters, alumni and partners — have enabled since King’s was founded 15 years ago.

You have shown us that a generous, engaged, aware and committed donor community can make a true difference in the lives of our students, thus sustaining the excellent reputation of the school.

Fifteen years ago, we set ourselves a goal — to build philanthropy into the fabric of the school. It is because of you and your generous spirit that our students are thriving.

When you give to King’s, you help us make extraordinary things happen. Last year, with your generous support, we raised an inspiring $3,567,156 and offered our bright and deserving students a personalized educational experience to support not only their learning, but also wellness and personal growth. We also received donations towards colleges and universities, bringing our proceeds to a total of $4,178,920. In addition, I am proud to announce that new scholarships and endowed funds, as well as initiatives in innovation and entrepreneurship were established by our loyal alumni and committed supporters.

We are honored to feature your names in this edition of The Lion’s Pride. We are also glad to share the exciting news of King’s first all-alumni reunion that brought back alumni from the past 15 years, creating new memories and recreating old bonds.

Moving into Fiscal Year 2022-2023, we won’t rest on the laurels of last year. The work of building and sustaining a great institution is never done. With your support, I am confident that we can achieve our goals to continue to provide a unique educational experience to many more students from around the globe, expand King’s potential beyond its current scale, broaden our donor base and expand our alumni engagement reach.

I can never say it enough! Thank you for tirelessly giving of your own time and financial resources to support us. Your trust in King’s Academy is a source of pride for us.

With renewed thanks and appreciation,

Soha Hmaidan Chief Advancement Officer

2022 ADVANCEMENT EVENTS

INTERNATIONAL PARENTS RECEPTION

AUGUST 2021

In August, the Advancement Office hosted a special reception for all international families. Parents and students met house heads, deans and class deans, faculty and staff. They explored campus and visited the dorms, and students got a first glimpse of what will be their home for the coming year.

WINTER HOLIDAY BAKE SALE

DECEMBER 2021

In December, King’s Academy parents, led by the Parent Council, organized the Winter Holiday Bake Sale.

KING’S THIRD ANNUAL CAREER

FAIR

MARCH 2022

The Advancement Office, in collaboration with the Parent Council, organized the school’s third annual career fair in March. Some 25 representatives of different industries and careers participated in the event which took the form of discussion panels under a wide range of themes and professions.

FALL PARENTS WEEKEND

OCTOBER 2021

At Fall Parents Weekend in October, parents spent time on campus, attended classes with their children, participated in sports activities with faculty and staff, and attended parent-teacher meetings.

The career fair gave Upper School students an invaluable opportunity to get an up-close and personal view of a diverse selection of professions, as they begin to consider what their own career paths might look like when they apply to universities and plan their futures. Professionals and students alike enjoyed the lively discussions, questions and presentations at the event.

2022 ALUMNI NEWS AND EVENTS

ALL-ALUMNI REUNION ON KING’S ACADEMY CAMPUS

For the first time in the history of King’s Academy, we hosted an all-alumni reunion on campus! All alumni, from our first graduating class of 2010 to the latest at the time (2021) were invited to attend a variety of events across four days in May. With almost 250 alumni attending throughout the weekend, the kick-off gala dinner at the Tawfiq Fakhouri Courtyard was definitely the biggest event of the weekend, full of nostalgia, friendships old and new, and heartfelt words. With over 200 alumni attending this dinner alone, we also had the pleasure of welcoming back beloved founding Head of School Dr. Eric Widmer and his wife, former Dean of the Faculty Dr. Meera Viswanathan.

Other events throughout the weekend included a traditional school meeting in the Abdul Majeed Shoman Auditorium, sit-down lunch in the Hess Family Dining Hall, a panel discussion on the future of King’s Academy, and a special dinner at the St. Regis Hotel for classes celebrating their five and ten-year reunions (2010, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2016 and 2017).

REUNITING AROUND THE WORLD

This year was especially exciting as we were able to resume alumni reunions around the world. Hosting reunions across different cities has always been critical to ensuring our alumni stay connected not just to each other, but also to the school. These reunions have helped alumni meet fellow King’s

graduates who they may not have attended school with, find mentors and potential work opportunities, and learn more about the latest updates from campus.

Now that we’ve gotten the ball rolling, we’re excited to continue hosting these

gatherings in more cities. If you are alumni and you haven’t updated your information with us in a while and want to make sure you hear about events in your area, consider updating your information through the form under the alumni tab on the King’s Academy website!

WASHINGTON, D.C.

CELEBRATING THE CLASS OF 2020

CLASS OF 2020 PICTURE DAY

In December 2021, we had the pleasure of inviting the Class of 2020 back to campus for a Picture Day, leading up to their official Commencement ceremony later in the spring! Due to the pandemic, many alumni from the Class of 2020 were unable to take official graduation pictures in their caps and gowns. This picture day allowed them to return to campus with their families and loved ones to take official pictures and meet with Head of School Peter Nilsson.

CLASS OF 2020 FINALLY COMMENCE!

MAY 2022

Two years later than originally scheduled, we were finally able to host an in-person Commencement ceremony for the Class of 2020! King’s welcomed 40 alumni with their families and loved ones on to campus for the ceremony. Hamzah Al-Qudah ’11, fellow alumnus and King’s faculty member, gave a wonderful commencement address. He talked about this strong group of young adults who dared to keep on moving while the world stood still.

WHY KING’S

AN INTERVIEW WITH TAREK AND SHIRINE AGGAD P’15,’18,’19,’24

After becoming a King’s parent, did the school meet your expectations for your children’s education?

After deciding to move Rana, my oldest, to King’s, we started noticing positive changes right away. Compared to the curriculum at her previous school, the AP system at King’s was more suitable for her character as it encourages students to be more self-confident. Rana was always a shy student, but King’s helped her grow and develop a stronger personality.

As a family, you have always generously supported King’s in different areas, such as the science department, the science lab, the arts department, and through an endowed scholarship for Palestinian students. What compelled you to give over the years?

Supporters of King’s Academy sometimes hear a lot of criticism for giving to King’s. You would arguably be able to support many more students at a cheaper institution, but I have my own opinion on that. I always refer to my own father’s history and base my support to King’s on that. My father grew up in Palestine and has a very modest background. This was during the British mandate in Palestine. He was clever and a super achiever, which is why the British government granted him a scholarship to attend Al-Rashidiya Secondary School in Al-Quds where he later received another scholarship to attend Manchester University. My grandfather owned a small corner shop and could not afford to give my father this education.

Why did you feel like the King’s Academy campus was the best location for the construction of The Omar A. Aggad Observatory, which houses the biggest telescope in the Kingdom, and is very special and meaningful to you and your family?

I have a special affinity towards King’s, so I am doing it for the community. It was so wonderful to see all these scientists and enthusiasts that have access to it now! I am hoping that King’s will give access to all academics in Jordan to be able to come to the school and use it.

My whole family is tied to the school, so choosing this location came naturally to me. If I want to do anything in Jordan, King’s is the first place that comes to mind. To be honest, the observatory is somewhat like giving a gift to myself as well, I have always been fascinated by astronomy and am grateful to have access to this beautiful equipment.

I am very impressed and proud of how it turned out. A very beautiful architectural piece to have my father’s name on it, and a great way to honor him.

What role do you think King’s plays in our society and the future of the region?

community at school. We have a lot of nationalities at King’s and I am very interested in the Pan Arab nature of it. All the students we have from the region, creating this community and connection between them, generation after generation, these students will become leaders in the future and it will tie people together.

Ever since I was on the Board of Trustees, I have been interested to know how King’s is doing and how it is developing. Everyone has great dreams and hopes for the school and we will stay around to support and help it reach those goals.

Being a parent of four King’s students, what impact has King’s Academy had on your children?

King’s creates a level of self-confidence that is very astonishing. You may not see it as a parent at home, but you always see it outside with others. Saja was a very shy individual and she is now the lead actress at school plays and performances. We just attended one of her performances and she blows us away, time after time, with the confidence she has gained. Personally, I don’t think I have the courage she has on stage or in public speaking. At the age of 16, Thaer attended a meeting with me once and surprised me when he started participating in the meeting and speaking his mind. I think the respect teachers and administrators give to students creates the high level of selfconfidence for them.

What message would you like to share with other parents and the community on the importance of supporting King’s Academy?

What encouraged you to enroll your kids at King’s Academy?

My nephew Omar was the first one from our family to attend King’s Academy back in 2011. My brother was living in Saudi Arabia and his son, Omar, was a week boarder at King’s.

When it was time for parent-teacher conferences, my brother couldn’t make it to the school and asked me to go with Omar and meet with his teachers. That was my first introduction to King’s. It was very impressive to see how students are respected and given the space to represent themselves, and very apparent

that King’s puts a lot of effort into developing the personality of these students, where they can freely and respectfully criticize and state their opinions in class.It was remarkable to meet with the teachers and be reassured that they are well-equipped to deal with students and understand their needs.

This has taught me that the impact one individual can make — given you get the right individual and the right circumstances — by truly investing in one student’s education, can be much bigger than providing a mediocre education to 50 kids. Of course, you can provide for both scenarios, but selecting an underprivileged Palestinian student, God knows what impact they will have in the future. The ideal scenario is that this student goes through King’s, gets a scholarship at a great university and becomes a person of impact.

Saja, the youngest of your four kids, graduates soon. How will your relationship with King’s continue afterwards?

My relationship with King’s will always remain. There will always be things to do for the Palestinian students at King’s. I also look forward and am eager to see how King’s will develop in the future. The endowment fund we have will continue our relationship for many years to come.

King’s Academy is a rare institution in the region, and it is developing a whole new generation of youth who have the potential to positively impact the region. I would encourage people, and especially parents who are able, to support this “Cinderella story”. Capable children should not be limited by finances. These students should be able to get a King’s education which can then help them secure scholarships to pursue higher education.

This Cinderella story is important: an underprivileged Arab child should have the opportunity to go out and excel in the world, with the end goal of leaving an impact. The more support we give to King’s, the better the outcome.

The King’s Academy Parent Council was first founded in 2013 as a special and intimate corps of volunteers who serve as representatives among the parents of King’s Academy students — strengthening the sense of a parent community and assisting in the fundraising efforts of the school.

Through the Parent Council, we invite parents to become even more active participants in their children’s education and in supporting the future of King’s Academy — as advocates for the school and its programs, as a sounding board for the head of school, and as representatives of the extended King’s Academy family.

We extend our heartfelt thanks to this wonderful group of parent leaders for their service during the 2021-2022 academic year!

Grade 7: Djenan Akel P’24, P’27 Sylvia Rantisi P’27

Grade 8: Hana Bushnaq P’26 Shada Kayyali P’21, P’23, P’26

Grade 9: Nadia Al Saeed P’25

Grade 10: Khaled AlKurdi P’24 Niveen Al Amarein P’24

Grade 11: Abeer Kakish P’18, P’25 Maram Samara Fakhouri P’23, P’25

Grade 12: Ahmed Al Jibouri P’22, P’25 Suha Sorour Fakhouri P’19, P’20, P’22, P’25

Student Leadership Council (SLC) 2021-2022

Awj Naser ’25

Kenda Samhan ’24

Omar Ayyad ’24

Kenzy Aldaher ’23

Nermeen AlOmari ’23

Karam AlHadeed ’23

Yousef Taha ’23

Emile Billeh ’22

Iman Suheimat ’22

Layann Wardeh ’22

Rand Halaseh ’22

Saif Qutishat ’22

Yazan Maaita ’22

2022 PARENT COUNCIL AND STUDENT LEADERSHIP

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Omar and Reem Masri

Osama and Aghnar Yaish

Mosaic Circle US $1,000 - US $4,999

Ghassan and Dimah Akeel

Muhammad and Rahmi Saar in honor of Aysha Saar

Mulad Mushoffa and Kartika Wardhany

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Maher and Reema Maaita

2022 SENIOR PARENT GIFT

HELPING KING’S REACH NEW HEIGHTS OF EXCELLENCE

AN INTERVIEW WITH SAMER AND MARAM FAKHOURI P’23, P’25

Fifteen years for a school is young, however King’s has already graduated close to 1,600 students since 2010. Those young minds have now entered the labor force and joined society with the aim of making change to foster peace and prosperity in our dear country. We would like to see more and more graduates of King’s accessing high impact careers in Jordan and across the globe, putting forward values and ethics to make this world a bit better than they found it. Young graduates of King’s get an education that helps them develop the right attitude, skills and character to live and thrive in a modern, interconnected and diverse world. We are also eager to see this school help put Jordan at the forefront of education both in the region and the world.

friendship we have developed with the King’s community, we decided to give in a more strategic and sustainable way. In 2019, we launched a new foundation — sTF5 Care — whose mission is to work with grassroots organizations to deliver evidence-based health and education solutions to the Jordanian, Palestinian and regional communities.

Can you please tell us more about “sTF5 Care” and how it started?

Before establishing sTF5 Care, we provided support to a multitude of projects that were mainly focused on education, health and community-based interventions in Jordan and Palestine. Throughout the years we wanted to transform our philanthropic activities to become more professional with a team of highly skilled experts and advisors. With them on the team, we adopted the approach of “venture philanthropy,” which aims to create long-term sustainable impact by using an evidencebased approach, working hands on with local communities, and focusing on the quality of outcomes rather than the quantity of initiatives we engage in.

What led you to enroll your children at King’s?

When Maram and I were thinking of choosing a school for our children, we were naturally looking for the best school in Jordan. Defining what “best” meant a few years back was not an easy assignment. One of the first aspects we looked at was academic rigor. We were on the lookout for a school that provides an exceptional world-class educational experience. But while the quality of education was important, we were very much aware that it was not enough. What was more crucial to us was to find a progressive environment that could

empower our children to become the leaders of tomorrow, the leaders of change in their community. King’s Academy’s mission is centered around that. It provides a multi-cultural residential community of hundreds of students representing more than 40 nationalities and this by itself is very enriching for our kids. It also focuses on personal development by providing extraordinary resources to our children which enable them to be critical thinkers, entrepreneurs, and empathetic leaders.

How do you see King’s role in Jordan, and what impact would you like to see from the school in the future?

As a family, you have always generously supported King’s. What compelled you to give over the years?

We are strong believers in giving back to our society, to our world, and we are also instilling these values in our children. Giving to King’s was an easy decision to take. Giving to King’s means giving to a non-profit institution that is transforming the lives of thousands of young people in Jordan and across the world. When we first donated to King’s back in 2019 it was from our own personal funds, and it was centered around responding to specific needs shared and voiced by the management of the school. However, over the years, and through the partnership and

“sTF5 Care” was then born in 2019 as a private philanthropic venture that aims to create positive and permanent system change in disadvantaged communities in the Arab world with a focus on Palestine and Jordan in the areas of education and health. This year, we have five running projects in both Jordan and Palestine, with one of them being the Chair for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at King’s. We are looking forward to expanding our work with new partners to respond efficiently and effectively to the need of our communities while aligning our philanthropic endeavors with national efforts to build a better world.

You were the first donors to support the entrepreneurship program at King’s. Why entrepreneurship?

Living in a challenging and complex environment such as that in Jordan requires a new generation of young minds that are equipped with a tremendous set of skills that go beyond education. It requires young adults to create innovative solutions to problems that the Jordanian society is experiencing

daily, whether in education, finance, business or any other sector. And this is exactly what entrepreneurship is all about. It helps people become independent and channel their creativity into creating something of their own and solving real-world problems. It teaches essential life skills that would prepare students for an uncertain future while building their creativity and collaboration skills. In a country like Jordan, this is exactly what is needed from the younger generation, and this is why we have decided to create at King’s the first Chair for Entrepreneurship and Innovation in the loving memory of my father Tawfiq Shaker Fakhouri; one of the leading entrepreneurs in the region. A decade ago, entrepreneurship studies were mainly designed for university, but today the earlier we start the more impact we have on the future generation. The Chair delivered a co-curriculum course last year which has helped students build their confidence and skills to start their own venture and prepared them for life’s challenges — whether they choose to become entrepreneurs or not — by nurturing and cultivating their entrepreneurial mindset. We will make sure that the course is delivered to all Grade 11 and 12 students on a yearly basis to maximize our impact.

How does accessibility on campus, entrepreneurship and community service align with sTF5 Care?

The three words you have mentioned “accessibility, entrepreneurship and community” perfectly fit our three pillars. sTF5 Care runs programs that support two specific United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals: Healthcare and Education. It also provides broader institutional support for the Palestinian community.

In fact, through the education pillar, sTF5 Care supports educational initiatives in the region which aim to identify and grow local talent as well as to support underprivileged youth to excel academically and grow into empowered and inspiring leaders of the future. As mentioned in the question just before, the Chair at King’s was sought as a steppingstone to prepare young students to access top universities across the world. Having an entrepreneurial

mind means being equipped with the skills and behaviors needed to successfully lead one’s life.

In addition, our health pillar focuses on supporting the community of people affected by Multiple Sclerosis (MS) in the Arab world. It does this through two main approaches: by funding research into MS to enable the development of medical solutions and by funding outpatient care to support MS patients with physiotherapy and psychotherapy services. At the early stages of our giving, we supported King’s with accessibility ramps to increase the inclusion of persons with disabilities on campus.

What message would you like to share with other parents and the community on the importance of supporting King’s Academy?

King’s is one of the rare educational institutions in Jordan that is not for profit. Which means that our contribution and those of other parents have a direct impact on the lives of King’s students, and this is remarkable. Besides, King’s is an inclusive institution, it gives access to underprivileged students who are unable to continue their studies by providing financial aid and scholarships to more than 50% of its students. This is a very bold and courageous mission, especially in times where Jordan is facing a social and economic crisis. Giving to King’s is being part of the mission of preparing students for future roles as leaders and investing in those young people to promote peace and prosperity for Jordan, the region and the world.

What impact has King’s Academy had on your children?

Both our children, Jafar and Nemat, have become responsible, serious and organized individuals. They have been able to better voice their needs in an ethical and respectful manner. They have learned through the past years to care about others who have less fortunate lives and to support them by volunteering and become active and engaged citizens. We have witnessed the transformation of our children who have become global citizens, well rounded and resilient. And we are forever grateful to King’s.

ENDOWED FUNDS

“King’s mission is not just to prepare young men and women to succeed in life, but to develop and empower young leaders who will drive change within and beyond their communities, and eventually across borders.”

-- Abdullah II bin Al Hussein

Why Endowment?

An endowed fund, established in perpetuity, is a permanent fund that earns an annual interest. The earned income is used for purposes that align with the mission of King’s Academy and as specified by the donor. Endowments are used to secure the future and growth of nonprofit schools and institutions like King’s Academy. Endowments provide both long-term support for our growth and financial sustainability that allow us to consistently support our students and programs.

Our school’s current endowment size is US$12M Our aim is to significantly grow our small endowment to ensure the financial sustainability of the school, especially in these days of uncertainty.

Ways to Give to Endowed Funds at King’s Academy

Endowed Scholarship Fund

With 50% of our students receiving financial aid, we rely on Endowed Funds to steadily support the education of students at King’s through these perpetual funds. These permanent funds — that live as long as King’s exists — provide a sustainable and steady funding for our students. As per our gift policy, the yearly spendable amount of the endowment funds is around 4%.

Ex: An endowed scholarship of $100,000 will generate a yearly income of $4,000 and ensures that every year, the tuition of a financially challenged student will be supported.

By providing a world-class educational experience for bright students from disadvantaged backgrounds,

King’s Academy is investing in the future of the community and the region as a whole. The school’s founders and early advocates saw the Academy as a crucial step in building the capacity for economic and social opportunities in the Middle East as well as working toward a future of peace. It is only when young men and women from across the region and beyond — leaders in the decades to come — have the opportunity to learn and live together during their formative years will mutual respect and understanding flourish.

Unrestricted Endowed Fund

The King’s Academy endowment has significant room to grow. We aim to rely on endowment income to provide financial sustainability to the school for the many years to come. Building our endowment, both through designated funds and unrestricted capital, is a crucial next step for the school’s continued achievement and growth. The return from the unrestricted endowed fund will be used wherever the need is greatest

Academic and Departmental Programs

In order to attract the best students and retain talented faculty members, gifts made to establish a fund for academic departments and student life have an enduring impact on the quality of a King’s Academy education. Endowed funds for academic departments assist with the costs of curriculum development, resource procurement, educational projects, faculty salaries, community service and travel.

• Arabic

• Fine and Performing Arts

• History and Social Sciences

• Physical and Life Sciences

• Religious Studies

• Mathematics

• World Languages

• Computer Sciences

• University and Career Counseling

• Entrepreneurship, Leadership and Innovation

ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP FUNDS

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Scholarship Funds

The Ahmad Tarawneh Endowed Scholarship Fund

The Ahmad Tarawneh Scholarship Fund honors the memory of former King’s Academy and Summer Enrichment Program (SEP) student Ahmad Tarawneh ’10 who, before his tragic death a few months before graduation, inspired his classmates and teachers with his intellectual curiosity, kindness and love for King’s Academy.

The Akel Biltaji Memorial Endowed Scholarship Fund

In 2021, King’s Academy was saddened by the death of its former trustee, Akel Biltaji. Biltaji believed strongly in the power of transformative education to change the lives of young men and women. As a tribute to Biltaji and his immeasurable support of the vision of the school, King’s established the Akel Biltaji Endowed Scholarship Fund, which will permanently honor his name at King’s Academy and in the hearts of the scholarship beneficiaries.

The Ali and Lama Kolaghassi Foundation Endowed Scholarship Fund

This endowed fund was made possible by the generosity of Ali and Lama Kolaghassi, parents of two children who attended King’s Academy, and as a result have seen the transformative education of King’s. As an endowed fund, the Ali and Lama Kolaghassi Foundation Scholarship will exist in perpetuity. This gift will create the opportunity for a promising student to attend King’s and to live the experience Ali and Lama believed in.

The APIC Endowed Scholarship Fund

The Arab Palestinian Investment Company (APIC) was established in 1994 by Arab businessmen seeking to channel investments into Palestine and has been an active contributor to the country’s economy, creating jobs and paving the way to greater development and participation in regional and global markets. The APIC Scholarship is exclusively dedicated to students from Palestine, including East Jerusalem, Gaza and the West Bank.

The Ali and Rasha Farouki Endowed Scholarship Fund

This endowed fund was established in June 2021 for perpetuity to provide a sustainable and steady funding for students in financial need at King’s Academy.

The Atef Abu Sarris Memorial Endowed Scholarship Fund

In 2020, the King’s Academy community was shaken by the passing away of its beloved teacher Atef Abu Sarris, who was the first head of the Arabic section of the Department of Communication, Rhetoric and Literary Arts (CRLA) and who had worn many hats during his years at King’s. In honor of his memory and the lasting impact he has had on the King’s community, and with his family’s blessing, the Atef Abu Sarris Memorial Endowed Scholarship was established. This endowed scholarship will make a King’s Academy education possible for a student in financial need, and will be a permanent fund.

in student aid students benefited from financial support

$100

The Baha’a Hariri Endowed Scholarship Fund

The Baha’a Hariri Scholarship is named in honor of prominent Lebanese businessman Sheikh Baha’a Hariri. Established in 2008, the Hariri Scholarship was one of the first endowed scholarships at King’s Academy.

The C.V. Starr Endowed Scholarship Fund

The Starr Scholarship is named in honor of Cornelius Vander Starr and his dedication to accessible education for all. An American insurance entrepreneur, Starr founded The Starr Foundation in 1955. At his death in 1968, he left his estate to the Foundation. Under his successor, Maurice R. Greenberg, Chairman of the Starr Companies, the Foundation has established more than 150 Starr Scholarships at colleges, universities and secondary schools around the world.

The Class of 1980 Endowed Scholarship Fund

This fund is a result of the generosity of the members of the Deerfield Academy Class of 1980, a group of men who graduated with His Majesty King Abdullah II. This supportive group of friends has been a vital part of the King’s Academy family since the school was just a vision of His Majesty’s.

The Enlightened Leadership and Growth Scholarship Fund

Established anonymously in 2016, The Enlightened Leadership and Growth Scholarship Fund was created to give an opportunity for an exceptional scholar, exhibiting traits such as open-mindedness, compassion, courage and a commitment to excellence, to attend King’s Academy and receive a transformative education.

General Student Scholarship Endowment

Several donors have given to establish a general endowment fund dedicated to providing scholarships to deserving students from Jordan and around the world. The General Student Scholarship Endowment ensures the viability of this long-term opportunity to invest in young men and women.

The Hani and Dania Abuali Endowed Scholarship Fund

This endowed scholarship fund was made possible by the generosity of King’s Board of Trustees member and parents Hani and Dania Abuali. Not only does this endowed scholarship address one of King’s Academy’s most pressing needs — financial support for students in need — but it also supports the sustainability of the school to help it continue its mission and flourish for years to come.

The Hashem Hashem Endowed Scholarship Fund

This endowed fund was established in April 2019 through the generosity of a King’s Academy grandparent. Hashem

chose to support student scholarships at King’s due to his belief in the school’s mission and in its financial aid program, providing opportunities for the best and the brightest students to attend King’s. Hashem believes that an education at King’s Academy empowers promising young leaders to drive change within and beyond their communities.

The Inam Abdel Majeed Masri Endowed Scholarship Memorial Fund

This endowed scholarship was established in memory of Inam Masri, a woman of great intellectual curiosity and passion, who dedicated her life to developing the minds of children and adults. The fund was created to provide annual support to a female student from Nablus.

The Jonsson Family Endowed Scholarship Fund

The fund was established by the Jonsson family to support the school’s ambitious financial aid program. Designated to a Jordanian student, the fund is just one way the family wishes to thank and acknowledge the Jordanian community, which had a profound impact on the growth of the entire family during the three siblings’ time at King’s Academy.

The Jordan Endowed Scholarship

The Jordan Scholarship was established to honor the socioeconomic and international diversity of the King’s Academy community, and the important lessons that are learned through this environment. Recipients of this scholarship will be Jordanians who embody the qualities of academic determination, empathy and social awareness.

The Maurice R. Greenberg Endowed Scholarship Fund

The Maurice R. Greenberg Scholarship Fund was created in 2012 as a tribute to The Starr Foundation’s chairman, calling for the establishment of a permanent scholarship endowment at selected institutions of learning. This scholarship provides scholarship assistance to students selected by King’s Academy on the basis of merit and need.

The Nadim Muasher Endowed Scholarship Fund

The Nadim Muasher Scholarship honors the generosity of Nadim Muasher, former chairman of Ahli Bank, a wellrespected businessman and Jordanian citizen. Muasher’s fund was established to support young men and women of Jordan.

The Omar and Aysha Shoman Endowed Scholarship Fund

The Omar and Aysha Shoman Endowed Scholarship Fund is a result of the generosity of Omar and Aysha Shoman. The Shoman family has a long history of making transformative philanthropic gifts to various causes within the region. Their gift to King’s Academy created an opportunity for a promising student on financial aid to receive a quality education.

The Senior Class Gift Endowment

Every year since the founding of King’s, the senior class has been asked to make a small contribution to student scholarships before they graduate. In 2018, King’s Academy created a special fund to channel all senior class gifts into the endowment. These alumni endowments celebrate student giving and have a lasting impact on the school. They will serve as a reminder of each class’ generosity for years to come.

The Suhail and Janwa Sikhtian GS Endowed Scholarship Fund

It is through the generosity of Suhaila and Janwa Sikhtian that King’s Academy was able to establish this endowed scholarship fund which will support the education of students at King’s Academy. This fund was established for perpetuity and will live as long as King’s exists, providing sustainable and steady funding for our students.

The Tawfiq Shaker Fakhouri Endowed Scholarship Fund

King’s Academy’s first ever gift of stock supports the school’s critical financial aid program. The stock dividends, donated by the Bank of Jordan in 2018, cover the tuition costs of a deserving student. Shaker Fakhouri, CEO of the Bank of Jordan, and his wife Suha, are proud King’s Academy parents. They are also strong advocates of His Majesty’s mission to establish a need-blind school.

The Weinberg Family Scholarship Fund

The Weinberg Family Scholarship Fund was established in 2022 to honor the generosity and commitment of King’s longest serving trustee, Peter Weinberg, who stepped down from the Board of Trustees after serving for 18 years. His excitement about King’s and steadfast commitment have been evident since day one. After stepping down from the board, Weinberg was named an honorary trustee. Proceeds from the Weinberg Family Endowed Scholarship Fund will support the tuition fees of a student who demonstrates financial need and is in very good academic standing.

Faculty and Student Life Funds

The Austin Chair for Excellence in Teaching

This endowment was established in 2019 by the generosity of a group of King’s parents to honor the second Head of King’s Academy, Dr. John Austin. Named the Austin Chair for Excellence in Teaching, the fund will support “those members of the King’s community whom Austin is most passionate about: our great teachers.” Proceeds of The Austin Endowment will support professional development for faculty and will fund an annual prize for teaching excellence, called the Austin Prize.

The Chakib Hmaidan Endowed Award Fund

Established by King’s Chief Advancement Officer Soha Hmaidan in March 2022 in memory of her late father, the Chakib Hmaidan Award will be allocated to the winner(s) of the King’s Micro Flash Fiction Competition on a yearly basis.

The Camille Jane Marguerite Bouquet Memorial Fund

In memory of Camille Jane Marguerite Bouquet and her passion for learning and international travel, a group of her friends set up the fund to support students and faculty of King’s Academy visiting Deerfield and Eaglebrook. Bouquet attended both Eaglebrook School and Deerfield Academy, where she graduated in 2003. She had hoped to teach at King’s Academy and was pursuing a degree at Barnard College in 2006 when she died in a tragic car accident on a trip to Tanzania.

The Eric Widmer Fund for Student Life

This fund was established to honor King’s Academy’s founding head, Dr. Eric Widmer, in recognition of his leadership, steadfast attentiveness to the school’s educational excellence and legacy of thoughtful development of an integrated life at King’s Academy. The fund supports crucial aspects of life outside the classroom such as: travel for regional exploration, athletics contests, debate competitions and leadership conferences, invitations for guest performers and speakers, as well as equipment for our performing arts program.

The Hunt Ethridge Visiting Students and Faculty Endowed Fund

Hunt Ethridge created the Visiting Students and Faculty Endowed Fund in 2007, after reading a news article about the establishment of King’s Academy. The fund supports our robust global exchange program for students and faculty who wish to attend King’s Academy for a semester up to a year. Ethridge hopes that his young daughter will one day be able to attend King’s as an exchange student.

The

Michael and Amani Dagher Science Wing Endowed Fund

The science wing at King’s Academy was named the Michael Dagher Science Wing to honor Dagher’s extraordinary generosity. The Michael and Amani Dagher Science Wing Endowed Fund, created in 2017, ensures the preservation and maintenance of this portion of the Academy Building. Michael Dagher, president of DAMA Ventures, is a wellregarded pioneer in the telecommunications industry.

The Pegasus Fund for Athletic Excellence

This fund was established to support the growth of the Athletic Department at King’s Academy and to provide steady and sustainable funding to athletics at King’s.

The Sheikh Salman bin Hamad Al-Khalifa Distinguished Chair in Theory and Practice of Knowledge

The fund was established through the generosity of Sheikh Salman bin Hamad Al-Khalifa, the Crown Prince of Bahrain and the commander-in-chief of the Bahrain Defense Force. The fund supports visiting faculty from outside of Jordan in order to strengthen cross-cultural exchange and internationalism at King’s Academy.

The Tawfiq Shaker Fakhouri Chair for Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Leadership Endowed Fund

This fund was created through the generosity of Samer and Maram Fakhouri, to sponsor and support the yearlong entrepreneurship course at King’s Academy. This endowed fund was established to allow the school and the faculty member teaching this course to invest more in this program and expand it beyond the classroom.

The Unrestricted Endowment Fund

The Unrestricted Endowment Fund supports the areas of greatest need at King’s Academy during any given year. These may include, but are not limited to, financial aid, buildings and ground maintenance, faculty and staff professional development and guest speakers.

The Weinberg Distinguished Chair in Peace and Prosperity

The Weinberg Chair in Peace and Prosperity was established by Sidney “Jim” Weinberg and Peter Weinberg with the hope of promoting understanding among all regions of the world, and to encourage students and faculty to build personal and professional relationships that surpass national and societal borders. The Chair will support the teaching of conflict resolution and regional studies throughout the school curriculum.

At King’s Academy, named scholarships are awarded to top students in need of financial aid to honor their achievements and to acknowledge the generosity of the donors who make these scholarships possible. In the lists below are the scholarships that were named during the 2022 fiscal year.

The Ahmad Tarawneh Endowed Scholarship

The Ali and Nisreen Al-Husry Scholarship

The APIC Endowed Scholarship

The Baha’a Al Hariri Endowed Scholarship

The Bank of Jordan Scholarship (2)

The C.V. Starr Endowed Scholarship

The Cairo Amman Bank Scholarship

The Class of 1980 Endowed Scholarship

The Enlightened Leadership and Growth Scholarship

The Future Leader Scholarship

The Ghaith and Nadia Sukhtian Charitable Foundation Scholarship

The Hashem Hashem Endowed Scholarship

The Housing Bank for Trade and Finance Scholarship

The Inam Abdel Majeed Endowed Scholarship

The Jonsson Family Endowed Scholarship

The Jordan Islamic Bank Scholarship (3)

The Jordan Endowed Scholarship

The Mohammed and Mahira Abughazaleh Scholarship

The Nadim Muasher Endowed Scholarship

The Northern Cement Company Scholarship

The Omar and Aysha Shoman Endowed Scholarship

The Robert and Jane Toll Scholarship

The Rula and Mazen Darwazah Scholarship

The Said and Mami Darwazah Scholarship (2)

The ZAIN Scholarship

NAMED SCHOLARSHIPS

SCHOLARSHIPS AND FINANCIAL AID

Scholarships and Financial Aid

Education is a crucial process that can transform lives, advance societies and create a better world. This is why King’s Academy considers scholarships a necessary and life-changing element of our school, as they ensure the diversity of our student body who come from wide ranging socio-economic and cultural backgrounds. As a private preparatory and independent school, King’s relies on fundraising to maintain the highest level of academic excellence and, therefore, attracting the best and the brightest students remains our highest priority. We will continue working hard with our remarkable alumni, parents, trustees and friends to make sure that cost is never an obstacle to preventing a bright student from receiving an excellent education at King’s Academy. This is our responsibility to a new generation and to ourselves.

Through its strong financial aid and scholarship program, King’s Academy currently provides financial support to more than 50% of its student body. This means that over half of our students receive some sort of financial support to pursue their education in an institution that is home to excellent international and local faculty, dedicated staff, and world-class facilities.

Since inception, King’s Academy has granted more than US $100 million to student financial aid and scholarships, making it possible for more than 1,000 students to have access to such a unique educational experience.

Number of Awardees

Financial Support Awarded

Financial Aid Budget Amount

Student aid totals consist of King’s institutional budget and donor scholarships

INCOME AND EXPENDITURES

FY22

FY22

*Other Income refers to money generated from King’s summer program, services to employees (daycare), and the sales of King’s merchandise (hats, notebooks, shirts, etc.)

SOURCES OF GIVING

*Includes

Donations in Fiscal Year 2021 – 2022

Membership in the King’s Academy Fellows is awarded to those donors whose lifetime giving to King’s Academy exceeds US $1 million. We are honored indeed by their generosity and steadfast friendship to the school.

Founders $10,000,000 + Anonymous (2)

Saad Rafic Hariri

The Housing Bank for Trade and Finance

Benefactors $5,000,000 - $9,999,999

Anonymous

Arab Bank

HRH Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum

HRH Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah

Patrons $1,000,000 - $4,999,999

Mohamad and Mahira Abu Ghazaleh

HRH Sheikh Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa

Fouad M.T. Alghanim

Bank of Jordan

Arab Palestinian Investment Company (APIC)

Dick and Lisa Cashin

Cisco Systems

Michael and Amani Dagher

Dar Al-Handasah

Hess Foundation

John and Susan Hess

International Company for Water & Power Projects (ACWA Power)

Eyhab Jumean

Ali and Lama Kolaghassi

Koray

Isam Salfiti

Rajai Salfiti

Omar and Aysha Shoman

Peter and Debbie Weinberg

Sidney J. Weinberg

Sidney J. Weinberg Jr. Foundation

KING’S ACADEMY FELLOWS

2022 HONOR ROLL OF DONORS AND SPONSORS

Floreat Scientia circle US $100,000+

Trustees

Ali and Lama Kolaghassi

Peter and Debbie Weinberg

Past Parents

Said and Mami Darwazah in honor of John Austin and Monica Matouk

Friends

Sabih Masri on behalf of Arab Bank

GUidinG PrinciPleS circle US $50,000-$99,999

Anonymous (2)

Trustees

Bishr Baker

Mazen and Rula Darwazah

Parents

Tarek Aggad and Shirine Kanaan in memory of Omar Aggad

Shaker and Suha Fakhouri on behalf of Bank of Jordan

Past Parents

Ali and Nisreen Al-Husry

Eric and Jody Jonsson

Yazid Mufti on behalf of Cairo Amman Bank

Alumni

Abdallah Abu-Sheikh ’12 in memory of Mohammed Abu-Sheikh

Friends

Suhail Sikhtian and Janwa Dajani

Global citizenS circle US $25,000 - $49,999

Anonymous

Trustees

Hani Abuali and Dania Shawwa Abuali

Rory Cowan and Charlotte Conover

Mazen Darwazah on behalf of Hikma Pharmaceuticals LLC

Talal Shair on behalf of Dar Al-Handasah (Shair and Partners)

Friends

Michael and Amani Dagher

Ladd Hamrick

Hassib Sahyoun and Zeina Sahyoun on behalf of MedLabs Laboratories

Robert and Jane Toll on behalf of Robert & Jane Toll Foundation

lion’S circle US $10,000 - $24,999

Parents

Rami Badran and Alia Al Jazaeri on behalf of Sugar Daddy’s Bakery and Professional Audio Visual & Multi-Media Co. Ltd. (AVXAV)

S.T. Fakhouri

Nabil Halaseh on behalf of Access 2 Arabia (A2A)

Alumni

Ali Shajrawi ’11 in memory of Atef Abu Sarris and Ahmad Tarawneh ’10, and in honor of Rola Jaber

Friends

Ali Al Wazani on behalf of Arab Orient Insurance Company PSC - GIG

Jordan

Thierry Marigny on behalf of Orange Jordan

clock tower circle US $5,000 - $9,999

Trustees

John and Linda Whitton

Parents

Omar and Reem Masri

Thomas and Stefanie Winans in honor of Brandon Winans

Osama and Aghnar Yaish

Past Parents

Clement Maamarbachi

Employees

Randa S. Qunsol in memory of Akel Biltaji

Friends

Mohammed Abu Lobeh on behalf of Aghati for Sweets & Ice Cream Co.

Muntaser Abu Dawwas on behalf of Invest Bank

MoSaic circle US $1,000 - $4,999

Anonymous (3)

Trustees

Souheil Moukaddem

John and Linda Whitton

Deerfield Academy Class of 1980

Robert Kellas

Peter and Lara Krawchuk

Brian and Diane Milewski

David Phillips

James Billingsley on behalf of The Henry L. and Grace Doherty Charitable Foundation Inc.

Perry and Debra Vella

Parents

Ghassan and Dimah Akeel

Mulad Mushoffa and Kartika Wardhany

Muhammad and Rahmi Saar in honor of Aysha Muhammad Saar

Past Parents

Imad Bukhari on behalf of COZMO

Robert and Mary Engel on behalf of The Robert G. and Jane V. Engel Foundation, Inc. in honor of Robert Wellford Tabor Engel & Andrew Hunter Tabor Engel

Edward and Therese Tolley in honor of Perry Tolley

Employees

Chris Hague and Carolyn Cunningham

Soha Hmaidan in memory of Chakib Hmaidan

Sana Madadha

Peter and Crystal Nilsson

Friends

Ismail Abu Odeh on behalf of Marouf for Food Industries Co.

Faisal Haddad on behalf of Maestro Construction Company

Ala’a Hijazi on behalf of Blue Fig

Cricket Khayatt

J. Jeffry and Elizabeth S. Louis on behalf of J. Jeffry and Elizabeth S. Louis

Foundation

Emad Rabadi on behalf of R.B Event Technology

Mona Sami in honor of King’s former leaders

William and Dorothy Schenker

Gil Shiva on behalf of The Susan S. Shiva Foundation in honor of HRH

Princess Firyal Irshaid

Eric Widmer and Meera Viswanathan in honor of Peter Nilsson and his family

olive branch circle UP to US $999

Anonymous (16)

Trustee

Noor Eddin Amer ’12

Monique DeVane

Deerfield Academy Class of 1980

Todd Allen

Sandy Donald Brown and Suzanne Tyndall

Jim Dinneen

Steve Casey

Ben and Cathy Giess

Dan and Jana Junkins

Peter and Noelle Lawrence

John and Sarah Mattes

Dave and Kelly Reichert

Rob Sartin

Pamela Skripak

Chip Smith

Peter Sobel

Parents

Ahmad Taha and Fahmieh Abu-Sadeh

Raed Hamada on behalf of Hamada Restaurant

Chung Jaehoon in honor of King’s Academy’s spirits

Maher and Reema Maaita

Haiqun Li and Hua Liu - 李海群 and 刘华

Past Parents

Barbara Eubanks

Walter and Susan Keenan

Luma Khalaf on behalf of Juthour Healthy Natural & Organic Food Products Ltd.

Employees

Huda Abbas

Hanadi Abi Haidar

Rami Abi Jomaa and Yara Bittar

Ayoub Abu Dayyeh

Nahid Ajluni

Marwan Hasna and Yousra Al Dokum

Shaden Al Salman

Amal AlMuhtadi

Lukman Arsalan

Stephen Dalvet and Jody Flynn

Lauren Dean

Wafa’a El-Haddad

Alexander Funnell

Atithya Ghai

Mays Ghaith

Dima Goussous

Fuad Habjouqa

Don Hargis and Marta Martinez-Hargis

Ammar Izziddin and Dima Hijazi

Mazen and Suha Jarrar

Alexandra Kalaitzis

Sherifa Krisht

Charlotte Madere

Sara’a AlMalkawi

Reem Masri

Rana Matar

Rita Naber

Hazem Samawi

Moradi Sukkari

Alia and Michael Wakileh

Alumni

Daniel Abaza ’12

Lama Abbadi ’22

Aya Abdallat ’22

Najib Abou Nasr ’22

Alma Abou Watfa ’22

Samar Abu Ghazaleh ’14

Gheya Abu Hantash ’14

Ameed Abu Samra ’18

Tara Abughazaleh ’22

Jeris Abuhouran ’10

Abdullah Abu-Omar ’18

Abed Alhameed AbuZaid ’22

Ahmad Sameh Murad ’22

Omar Akeel ’22

Audeh Aklouk ’19

Rajaa Al Borqan ’14

Awn Al Hadeed ’13

Mohannad Al Jawamis ’11

Yazan Al Jibouri ’22

Sara Al Kabariti ’17

Abedalhakim Al Louzi ’22

Mohammad Al Majali ‘15

Farah Al Naber ’14

Hala Al Tarawneh ’22

Nihad Al-Yousfi ’13

Sara Al Zoubi ’22

Seif Alali ’22

Jawad Alazzeh ’26

Samira Albattah ’22

Nasser Al-Bess ’22

Emile Al-Billeh ’22

Awn Albqowr ’22

Wasan Al-Dalabeeh ’16

Mustafa Alfadl ’22

Zaid Alfaqih ’22

Dalal Alghuraydh ’22

Farah Al-Hadeed ’17

Karam AlHajahjeh ’22

Jana Alhajjiri ’22

Mahmoud Alhamed ’22

Jamal AlHourani ’16

Hiba Al-Jarrah ’19

Fay Aljasem ’22

Suhayb Samer Al Jawhari ’11 in memory of Ahmad Tarawneh

Yousef Al-Jazzazi ’22

Rakan AlJboor ’16

Mustafa Al-Karbooli ’22

Hani Alkarrain ’22

Adam AlKhatib ’22

Mohammad Allabadi ’22

Sara AlMadanat ’22

Najim Almajali ’22

Zain AlMasri ’22

Joud Almbaidin ’22

Susan Aloudat ’22

Hasan Alqaisi ’22

Zain Alqaisi ’22

Tala Alqaragolie ’18

Mohammad Al-Quraan ’11

Sarah Alsadi ’22

Zayd Alsaidi ’22

Tareq Alsalem ’10

Yazan Al-Slaim ’22

Khalook Al-Yassin ’12

Mumen Alzubi ’12 in honor of Mai Alawamleh

Tammam Alzyoud ’22

Saad Anabtawi ’16

Ebraheem Annab ’22

Abd Alrahman Arabyat ’22

Aya Arafat ’18

Omar Arakji ’22

Maya Asfour ’22

Hashem Awad ’22

Maryan Bakir ’22

Natasha Bakri ’19

Raneem Bdeir ’22

Hunter Bell ’12 and Dima Saad ’12

Ibrahim Bukhari ’15

Shaima Bunnia ’22

Yiyao Chen ’22

Abdallah Darwazeh ’19

Hala Durra ’22

Louisa Eaton ’22

Ayham Eid ’22

Sari El-Sururi ’22

Wissam Ezzedine ’22

Taline Fahel ’22

Sarah Fakhouri ’22

Talal Fakhoury ’22

Joud Fariz ’10

Ghassan Gammoh ’10

Maria Gammoh ’22

Tala Ghanayem ’18

Reed Ghandour ’11

Fares Haddad ’22

Emma Haddock ’22

Rand Halasa ’22

Yanal Hamadeh ’22

Raya Hilmi ’22

Rayyan Hussien ’22

Shahed Ibrahim ’22

Basil Jayousi ’12

Nuhad Jumean ’13

Shafik Jumean ’14

Tamara Jumean ’10

Ali Kamal ’22

Tala Kasih ’15

Tawfiq Kawar ’13

Ahmed Khalayleh ’15

Rawhi Khatib ’22

Omar Khouri ’12

Hanna Kobs ’22

Nadine Kurdi ’22

Daria Kuzovkova ’22

Lara Lababdeh ’15

Kyung Phil Lee ’22

Basil Lutfi ’22

Yazan Maaita ’22

Mohammed Makahleh ’22

Sama Manna ’22

Lynn Manneh ’10

Raina Maraqa ’22

Fadi Masannat ’22

Dima Masri ’12

Rima Masri ’12

Taher Masri ’22

Mais Ayshah Mehyar ’22

Firas Mouasher ’12

Kareem Mufti ’12

Muhammad Mushoffa ’22

Jeeda Naber ’17

Dalia Nabulsi ’22

Omar Nabulsi ’22

Rasha Nabulsi ’18

Tuleen Naser ’22

Zain Obeidat ’22

Leen Othman ’22

Judy Qubrosi ’22

Saif Qutishat ’22

Ahmad Rasheed ’22

Ian Rossomondo ’22

Jeeda Rousan ’22

Ghala Saleh ’22

Issam Salti ’22

Luma Samawi ’10

Seema Samawi Peters ’11

Fajer Saraireh ’22

Zaid Sawalha ’22

Sarah Shabib ’22

Leen Shadid ’22

Farah Sinokrot ’15

Leen Sinokrot ’10

Wadei Tadros ’22

Natascha Tahabsem ’15

Sascha Tahabsem ’22

Zaid Tahabsem ’13

Talal Tantash ’22

Ward Wakileh ’14

Yining Wang ’22

Layann Wardeh ’22

Yuru Wu ’22

Tala Yaish ’22

Nabil Yassin ’22

Rashed Zou’bi ’22

Rafe Zoubi ’18

Ghalia Zureikat ’22

Friends

Hikam Aghabi in memory of Aya Aghabi

Hannah Allam

Raed Al-Tabini

Mohammad Amro

Abdul Aziz bin Ali Al Nuaimi

Davies Bisset in honor of George Morganis, Omer Khalayleh and Mona Sami

Wendy Bradley-Terwilliger and Sean Terwilliger in honor of the first cohort of students at King’s

Tom and Markey Burke

Rola Elayyan on behalf of National Poultry Company

Hamadah Fara’neh

Charlie Hopkins

Susan Peters in honor of Vera Azar

Hooda Shawwa

Hatem Zu’bi

Organizations and Foundations

Organizations

Floreat Scientia circle US $100,000+

Arab Bank

GUidinG PrinciPleS circle US $50,000 - $99,999

Bank of Jordan

Cairo Amman Bank

The Housing Bank for Trade and Finance

Global citizenS circle US $25,000 - $49,999

Dar Al-Handasah (Shair and Partners)

Hikma Pharmaceuticals LLC

MedLabs Laboratories

lion’S circle US $10,000 - $24,999

Access 2 Arabia (A2A)

Arab Orient Insurance Company PSC-GIG Jordan

Orange Jordan

Professional Audio Visual and Multimedia Co. LTD (AVXAV)

clock tower circle $5,000 - $9,999

Aghati for Sweets & Ice Cream Co.

Capital Arch Group (U.S.) Inc.

Invest Bank

MoSaic circle $1,000- $4,999

Blue Fig

COZMO

Embassy of the Republic of Korea in Amman, Jordan

Fresh Del Monte Produce Inc.

Interbrands

IVY Hygiene Solutions

Kobe International

Marouf for Food Industries Co.

Maestro Construction Company

R.B Event Technology

Red Tactical for International Investment

Sugar Daddy’s Bakery

olive branch circle UP to US $999

Dar Al Jundi for Publishing

Hamada Restaurant

Juthour Healthy Natural & Organic Food Products Ltd.

National Poultry Company

Foundations

Floreat Scientia circle US $100,000+

Sidney J. Weinberg, Jr. Foundation

Global citizenS circle US $25,000 - $49,999

Robert & Jane Toll Foundation

MoSaic circle $1,000- $4,999

The Henry L. and Grace Doherty Charitable Foundation Inc.

Nemat Al-Tawfiq for Training and Rehabilitation

The Susan S. Shiva Foundation in honor of HRH Princess Firyal

Irshaid

The Robert G. and Jane V. Engel Foundation, Inc. in honor of Robert Wellford Tabor Engel & Andrew Hunter Tabor Engel

J. Jeffry and Elizabeth S. Louis Foundation

IN-KIND GIFTS AND SPONSORSHIPS

Anonymous (5)

Rebhi Mustafa and Huda Abbas

Ayoub Abu Dayyeh

Ahmad Taha and Fahmieh Abu-Sadeh

Access 2 Arabia (A2A)

Hikam Aghabi

Nahid Ajluni

Alhassan Abdulrahim and Shaden Al Salman

Raed Al-Tabini

Mohammad Amro

Rami Badran and Alia Al Jazaeri

Abdul Aziz bin Ali Al Nuaimi

Blue Fig

Dar Al Jundi for Publishing

Embassy of the Republic of Korea in Amman, Jordan

Barbara Eubanks

S.T. Fakhouri

Hamadah Fara’neh

Ghassan Gammoh ’10

Mays Ghaith

Fuad Habjouqa

Chris Hague and Carolyn Cunningham

Hamada Restaurant

Marwan Hasna and Yousra Al Dokum

Interbrands

IVY Hygiene Solutions

Mazen and Suha Jarrar

Juthour Healthy Natural & Organic Food Products Ltd.

Alexandra Kalaitzis

Kobe International

Fathi Al-share and Sana Madadha

Charlotte Madere

Maestro Construction Company

Dima Masri ’12

Rima Masri ’12

MedLabs Laboratories

National Poultry Company

Peter and Crystal Nilsson

Orange Jordan

R.B Event Technology

Red Tactical for International Investment

Hooda Shawwa

Alia and Michael Wakileh

Rafe Zoubi ’18

Hatem Zu’bi

GIFTS IN MEMORY

Anonymously in memory of Thomas and Sandra Moriarty

Abdallah Abu-Sheikh ’12 in memory of Mohammed Abu-Sheikh

Tarek Aggad and Shirine Kanaan in memory of Omar Aggad

Hikam Aghabi in memory of Aya Aghabi

Suhayb Samer Al Jawhari ’11 in memory of Ahmad Tarawneh

Soha Hmaidan in memory of Chakib Hmaidan

Hikma Pharmaceuticals in memory of H.E. Akel Biltaji

Randa Qunsol in memory of H.E. Akel Biltaji

Ali Shajrawi ’11 in memory of Atef Abu Sarris and Ahmad Tarawneh ’10

GIFTS IN HONOR

Anonymously in honor of Aya Ahmed Mumen Alzubi ’12 in honor of Mai Alawamleh

Davies Bisset in honor of George Morganis, Omer Khalayleh and Mona Sami

Said and Mami Darwazah in honor of John Austin and Monica Matouk

Chung Jaehoon in honor of King’s Academy’s spirits

Susan Peters in honor of Vera Azar

Muhammad and Rahmi Saar in honor of Aysha Saar

Mona Sami in honor of King’s former leaders

Ali Shajrawi in honor of Rola Jaber

Wendy Bradley-Terwilliger and Sean Terwilliger in honor of the first cohort of students at King’s

Edward and Therese Tolley in honor of Perry Tolley

The Robert G. and Jane V. Engel Foundation, Inc. in honor of Robert Wellford Tabor

Engel & Andrew Hunter Tabor Engel

The Susan S. Shiva Foundation in honor of HRH Princess Firyal Irshaid

Eric Widmer and Meera Viswanathan in honor of Peter Nilsson and his family

Thomas and Stefanie Winans in honor of Brandon Winans

Every effort has been made to include all donors in fiscal year 20212022 and to list their names properly. If you have any questions please contact the Office of Advancement:

email advancement@kingsacademy.edu.jo

tel +962 6 430 0230 ext. 1058