Dar El-Tifl El-Arabi

Students

Academic Achievements

Teachers

Continuing Education

Student Support Program

Extracurricular Activities

Cultural Exchange Program

Sewing Class

Sponsorship Program 

School Facilities and Renovations

Clinic

Services and Programs

Student Residences (Orphanage)

Facilities and Renovations

Continuing Education

Activities

Students and Teachers

Students

Academic Achievements

The results of the Secondary Certificate Examination for the past two years were excellent as follows:

• Science students 100%

• Arts students 95%

Teachers

A qualified headmaster is responsible for the preparatory and secondary stages.  Also, a qualified headmistress is responsible for the elementary, nursery and kindergarten stages.

Continuing Education 

1. Full training was completed by kindergarten teachers.

2. Dividing the kindergarten class into three corners: “natural”, “concentration” and “imagination”.

3. Mothers in the nursery attended a 220-hour course at the Palestine Vocational Center.

Student Support Program

Extracurricular Activities

1. Summer courses for eight weeks, for secondary students, in mathematics, English, and physics.

2. Training gifted kids during the mid-year holidays at the Young Scientists’ Club, with the attendance of their parents.

3. An art summer course for young students with the cooperation of El-Wasiti Center. 

4. Participating in a Children’s Festival, as well as sports and educational activities with other schools in Jerusalem.  The students won in many competitions.

5. Presenting two book exhibitions in cooperation with Tamer Institute, and university offices.

Cultural Exchange Program

Our school girls participated for two consecutive years in the Cultural Exchange Program with Bonhoefer School in Obersbach-Nurnberg in Germany.

Sewing Class

1. The section received ten new sewing machines, sewing tables, cupboards, and an iron.

2. In addition to training and teaching students in the art of sewing and design, the sewing section has completed sewing the school uniforms, the girl scouts’ uniforms, and special uniforms for kindergarten children.

3. The sewing students are also taught religious studies, languages, science and social studies.

Sponsorship Program

Some Arab and foreign institutes adopt this project by sending financial aid to the orphan girls.  Among these are:

• Dar El-Tifl Committee / Amman

• Dar El-Tifl Committee / U.S.A.

• Qatar Charitable Society / Qatar

• ANERA / U.S.A.

• United Palestinian Appeal / U.S.A.

• The Holy Land Foundation / U.S.A.

• The United Holy Land Fund

• Arab Women’s Association of London

This institute is doing its utmost to find other donors for this project, which reflects a loving and caring relationship between the orphans and their sponsors.

School Facilities and Renovations

1. The laboratory room was divided into two sections, so as to build a laboratory each for physics, chemistry and biology.  The chemistry laboratory was fully-equipped.

2. Provide the Computer Lab with 15 computers.

3. Making an overall renovation for bathrooms and drinking faucets, and buying three water coolers: one for students, and one for each of the teachers’ rooms.

4. Renovating the school’s theater stage by improving the light power, and installing amplifiers and other decorative items, such as curtains and wall paper.

5. Painting classes.

6. Providing suitable tools and equipment, such as a television and video cassette recorder (VCR), to present different educational films for children.

7. Completing installations of bathrooms and fans.

8. Providing two electric vacuum cleaners for the section.

Clinic

The clinic is under the supervision of a health physician, a dentist, and a qualified nurse.  The clinic is supervised by the Union of Health Work Committees (UHWC).  The clinic was refurbished and fully equipped with new medical equipment and medicine.

Services and Programs

1. Medical examination for all students.

2. Vaccination for all ages.

3. Sending students to hospitals to complete their lab examination to recover completely.

4. Making vision tests and prescribing eyeglasses for those who need them.

5. Meetings and workshops for students’ parents to explain medical matters, especially adolescence.

6. Encouraging students to publish a health magazine.

Students Residences (Orphanage)

More than 200 orphans, their ages ranging from one day and above, live in this section.  These, together with 150 other female children who live in very bad and poor conditions, are provided with educational and health services, social care and entertainment.  The director of the Boarding Section is in charge of all the activities in this section, assisted by two other supervisors and 14 assistants. 

This section contains 12 dormitories, each enough for 12-16 girls; with an additional bedroom for the mother in charge and her assistant, who take over all the responsibilities and services for these girls day and night.  Not to forget the toilets and showers that are a part of these rooms.  Also we provide the meals for the girls in a big dining room to enjoy their meals.

Facilities and Renovations

1. Renewing the heating water system.

2. Renewing the toilets and fixing ventilation fans for the restrooms.

3. Renewing the children’s kitchen by providing a refrigerator, oven and a 5-kg. washing machine.

4. Buying a new electric oven for the kitchen and a gas cooker.

5. Providing heavy-duty washing and drying machines.

6. Providing new dining tables, chairs, kitchen utensils, and other dining room equipment.

7. A new television set.

8. Fixing an aluminum frame all around the balconies in the dormitories to protect the girls from falling down and to give them suitable space to play especially in winter.

Continuing Education 

It is important to mention that the employees in this institute participate in courses which deal with different subjects about health, arts, computers, psychological behavior, and concentrate on how to deal with the girls who suffer form very hard and critical problems.

Activities

In addition to the fore-mentioned, Dar El-Tifl has celebrated its 50^th anniversary where many joyful events took place.  For example, children of the Boarding Section presented a play about the start of D.T.A. in the year 1948.  Songs and folklore dancing were among these activities.  We are very grateful for Ms. Aya Sahker, a member of the Board, who trained these girls, who were very happy to express their hidden talents, which was met by appreciation and admiration of the audience.  This led us to repeat the celebration activities three times.  During Ramadan, the girls celebrated a folklore night by wandering in the nearby streets, carrying colored lanterns and singing folklore songs.

A happy mother working and rearing her own children at Dar El-Tifl where she had been a happy child and became a qualified personal.

Really Great!

Imagination Room - A kindergarten classe


Kindergarten classes

An elementory class


Secondary school students

Ms. Mahira Dajani President of board of trustees encouraging one of her brilliant students.

The computer lab

A sewing class


Extracurricular activity

Extracurricular activity

Some of our Students in a cutural exchange activity with German students in Germany.