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As of 2012, BISJ has over 1,531 students; 15% of the students were Saudis, 13% were British, 12% were Egyptians, 10% each were Americans and Lebanese, and the remainder come from about 55 countries. [3] The staff is in excess of 240 from more than 20 countries. [1]
In 1975 the committee of parents responsible for the School approached a group of British businessmen for the purpose of setting up an enlarged facility in specially-built premises in Permata Hijau. In 1976, The British School was established as a Yayasan or Foundation, in keeping with the laws of Indonesia.
A typical boarding school has several separate residential houses, either within the school grounds or in the surrounding area. A number of senior teaching staff are appointed as housemasters, housemistresses, dorm parents, prefects, or residential advisors, each of whom takes quasi-parental responsibility (in loco parentis) for anywhere from 5 to 50 students resident in their house or ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 20 January 2025. Daughter of George W. Bush This article is about the daughter of George W. Bush. For his mother and her grandmother, see Barbara Bush. Barbara Bush Bush in 2016 Born Barbara Pierce Bush (1981-11-25) November 25, 1981 (age 43) Dallas, Texas, U.S. Alma mater Yale University (BA) Harvard ...
Jenna (left) and Barbara Bush with their parents in 1990. Jenna Welch Bush was born on November 25, 1981, at Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas, Texas, [1] and she was named after her maternal grandmother, Jenna Hawkins Welch. [3]
When a village has experienced a number of deaths a Bisfeast is held. To commemorate the deceased members, a Bisj Pole is carved from a single mangrove tree. [2] Bisj poles can also be erected as an act of revenge, to pay homage to the ancestors, to calm the spirits of the deceased, and to bring harmony and spiritual strength to the community. [3]
His parents were Charles Sebag-Montefiore [1] (great-great-nephew of Moses Montefiore) and Muriel Alice Ruth de Pass. [ 2 ] On 1 December 1945 he married Elisabeth Mary MacDonald Paton (13 October 1919 – 14 November 1999), sister of William D.M. Paton , and daughter of William Paton and his wife Grace Mackenzie.
Barbara was the third of her parents' four children, and she often felt overshadowed as a middle child: her older sister Martha was well liked and modeled for Vogue, her older brother Jimmy was a delinquent, and her younger brother Scott had a bone cyst that led to several surgeries throughout his childhood.