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November 4, 2012
Celebrating St Jude's first Form 4 graduation
This past Saturday marked another historic achievement in The School of St Jude timeline: our very first Form 4 graduation! It was a remarkable day that our oldest students will look back on years from now with great satisfaction. As St Jude's has grown over the last ten years, it has been our Form 4 […]
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October 29, 2012
A moment with Angela Bailey, one of St Jude's original volunteers
As the story goes, St Jude's started in 2002 with just three students, two classrooms and one volunteer teacher who packed up her bags for Tanzania, to help with a project that was barely off the ground. That volunteer, fresh out of university, was Angela Bailey, who would leave an indelible mark on the school […]
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October 15, 2012
St Jude's fights poverty through education
Fighting poverty through education – this is our motto, our belief. We’ve been saying this since St Jude’s opened way back in 2002. It’s the first thing you see upon entering our gates and it’s written on our buses that drive all over Arusha. It’s recited during school assemblies and spoken about during celebrations. We […]
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September 26, 2012
Behind the scenes in St Jude's libraries
One of the most vital, if often overlooked, aspects of any school around the globe is the library. Having a properly stocked collection of books and educational materials is essential for a student’s advancement outside of the classroom. A library is often the first opportunity for a young student to open a book and let […]
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September 10, 2012
Be a part of the change and volunteer at St Jude's
In early 2015, our oldest students – currently in Form 4 – will be graduating from The School of St Jude. They’ll be our inaugural graduating class from our Smith secondary school. It’s almost unfathomable to consider this prospect and yet, before we know it, three years will pass in the blink of an eye. […]
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September 3, 2012
St Jude's Academic Head on the state of Tanzanian education
Every so often we are going to have guest writers contribute blog posts based upon their relevant expertise – today we have Jane Wall, the Academic Head of the School of St Jude, who provides a thorough analysis of how St Jude’s educational model is helping our students achieve astounding results in the recent Tanzanian […]
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