Upcoming Activities

Historical Development of the Pontifical Mission Educational and Cultural Center
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Historical Development of the Pontifical Mission Educational and Cultural Center

Joseph Hazboun, Regional Director of CNEWA Pontifical Mission-Jerusalem, with Nisreen Amro, Monnitte Monana, Anton Salman-Mayor of Bethlehem and Br. Peter Bray The renovation of this Center was completed through the generous donations of friends and supporters who believe in the power of education to transform young people into responsible citizens of the community and society. Under the careful watch of the engineers (team from Ideal Design Consortium) and friends, today this venue has been completely transformed into a beautiful more functional place where interactive learning and educational meetings will continue to be held. With this physical change, a simple [...]

On-going Reading Competition of the 4 th and 5 th Graders in Various Schools
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On-going Reading Competition of the 4 th and 5 th Graders in Various Schools

In mid-February 2019, the PMECC administration and staff launched the Reading Competition, which involved the fourth and fifth graders from the twelve (12) private schools and two (2) government schools in Bethlehem and its neighboring cities. Then came the creation of the PMECC website as part of the initial plan, and subsequently, the program for the Reading Contest as well as its needed online portal development section was established, which facilitated the work of the PMECC staff and participants online. All this was made possible through the professional expertise of Mr. Philip Daoud. Simultaneously, the approval and endorsement of Mr. Sami [...]

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Reading Challenge and Competition in Arabic
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Reading Challenge and Competition in Arabic

The Pontifical Mission Educational and Cultural Center is please to announce a Reading Challenge and Competition in Arabic that we are organizing for local school students. The competition will start this coming September 2019 and ends on May 2020. This project is being funded by the Pontifical Mission Office in Jerusalem, in cooperation with the Ministry of Education – Bethlehem Directorate. The competition targets the participation of 4th and 5th graders from various schools in Bethlehem, Beit Jala and Beit Sahour. This project was approved during the meeting which took place between Mr. Sami Marwa, Director of Education and Higher Education, [...]

Summer Camp 2019 Newsletter Published
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Summer Camp 2019 Newsletter Published

In this year’s summer camp, participants have worked on and engaged in varied educational and human formation activities, which they did mostly together as a group. Click here to learn more about this year's summer camp.

Integrating various educational activities to the teaching-learning process
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Integrating various educational activities to the teaching-learning process

Goals and Objectives Reinforce/complement teaching and learning process with varied activities To improve the methods of teaching by integrating varied activities in the classroom Empower teachers to be more creative by introducing/adapting various activities which serve as learning tools to motivate the students in the learning process To enhance/develop the reading, writing, summarizing/analyzing, communication and comprehensive skills of the students through involvement in varied activities Stimulate children’s interest and develop their capacity to think critically/creatively; construct their own views; express themselves and move away from what is rote learning to being a more active agent of their own learning To [...]