Advent and Christmas 2023

Advent and Christmas were celebrated in accordance with Schneller traditions.
The season began with the making of advent wreaths and decorations for the church and boarding homes.
The celebration of St. Nicholas Day followed on 6 December with the usual Schneller gift of peanuts and tangerines after chapel.
The maintenance department assisted by Mr. Mohammad al Khodor and his team with the students and trainers of the electricity departments decorated St. Michael's church from the outside with lights making it a magnificent sight at night.
From the first days of Advent, students and educators wanted to put up Christmas trees very early in December. Schneller tradition stipulates celebrating Advent first and only putting up Christmas trees after the third Sunday in Advent. We had to compromise this year due to persistent requests. Christmas trees were put up one week earlier, and Mr. Wissam Saadeh and the boys of his boarding home put up and decorated the Christmas tree of the Church after the second Sunday in Advent.
The boarding department celebrated Christmas on Wednesday 20 December with a service of Lessons and Carols held at six o'clock.
The special Christmas dinner followed. Boarding homes hosted teachers, trainers, and members of staff with their families.
We had over seventy guests this year, so we had to use the main dinning room in Maria Schneller Hall for the boys of BBH 8 and their guests.
The kitchen staff prepared the special dinner for the occasion. This year they had to prepare this delicious dinner for around 350 people. That was definitely very hard work for only four people. We express our sincere gratitude to them.
Santa Claus distributed Christmas presents to all the boarding students after dinner.
The Christmas presents were bought with kind grants from TSSGF (The Alumni Association of Theodore Schneller School  in the USA), Dr. George Fouad Haddad, and Dr. Nabih Fouad Haddad of NECB.
We express our sincere gratitude to TSSGF, Dr. George Fouad Haddad, and Dr. Nabih Fouad Haddad for enabling us to buy gifts for all our children.
The Academic Department held its Christmas program on Thursday 21 December at 10:15 AM. It was a very nice program in which every class participated with a carol, poem, or sketch. Carols were sung in Arabic, English, German, and French. Everyone had a wonderful time.
We congratulate our students and teachers for the nice program that was presented.
We especially thank our music teacher, Mr. Joe Abou Assli, for his fruitful work with our students.
The last two periods of the last day before the Christmas holiday is when teachers have festive activities with their students. This is always a very joyful time in JLSS, and this year was no exception.
We thank our students, teachers, and members of staff for the joyful Christmas celebration this year. 
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Celebration of the Boarding Department

Celebration of the Academic Department