31St May 2019 Important Dates
31st May 2019 Important Dates June 1 SAT 1 Graduation, 2:00pm in The QET 3 PTO Meeting, 9:30am in the Crathes Meeting Room 5-11 HS Semester 2 Exams 5 Pre-School Sports Day 5 MS “An Evening of the Arts”, 6:00 for 6:30pm in The QET 7 Spirit Wear Day 7 Grades 3-5 Sports Day, 1:00-2:55pm 11 MS House Challenge 11 Pre-School End of Year Celebration, 10:00am in The QET 11 Last Day for Pre-School – Dismissal at 11:00am 12 ES Closing Ceremony & Slide Show, 8:45am in The QET 12 MS/HS Assembly, 10:15am 12 EARLY DISMISSAL AT 11:00AM – End of 2018-2019 School Year From the Head of School Dear Parents, You may not have heard of Jadev Payeng. He is not a Head of Government, nor the director of a multinational company; nor is he a performer or celebrated academic. He is not rich, nor has powerful friends. Nevertheless, he has done something quite remarkable with his life. He was inspired by a dead, dried out snake he happened across when he was a teenager. Javed took the simple action to plant a tree to provide shade for other reptiles. Then another, and another – and every day for 35 years. There is now a forest where there was wasteland. The local government had been concerned about coastal erosion in the area and had attempted their own re-forestation campaign. Which failed. While Javed pretty much planted a forest by himself: now home to several endangered species including tigers, rhinos and elephants as well as many species of reptiles, birds, deer and monkeys.
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