The daycare center at the Beirut Annunciation Orthodox College receives infants since their third month of age, in a calm and wide environment ensuring care, education and nourishment through different activities according to the age level:
- Infant : 3 – 14 months.
- Toddler : 15 – 26 months.
- Pre-Nursery: 27 – 38 months.

In order to help working parents, the daycare center opens 5 days a week throughout the year and, its daily schedule starts at 7:00 in the morning and ends at 4:30 in the afternoon.
In addition to healthy and regular meals, the daycare center provides educational and entertaining programs that aim at helping the children to discover and use different social skills needed during their first years of development. These programs include playing, singing, conversing, handcrafting…
In order to achieve that and according to the parents wish, the languages used at the daycare center as tools of communication with children are Arabic, French, and English, and that is in an easy and simple style facilitating their future enrollment at school.
It is worth mentioning that the process of joining the children of the daycare center to the preschool level at the Beirut Annunciation Orthodox College takes place automatically without doing an interview and without any administrative procedures required from new comers.
It is very important to visit the daycare center in order to get acquainted with the tiny details that attract the children’s attention and that make them happy and spend their days peacefully when their parents are obliged to be away.

My dear little ones,

As the summer days come to an end paving the way for autumn and the different changes it brings, I welcome you with open arms. It is a great joy to see how much you have grown during summer. And here you are, coming back with a big smile on your face and lots of fun stories to share with your friends.

As we embark into a new challenging year, allow me to also welcome the new children who have joined us this year. I realize that leaving the warmth of your homes and coming to a new place must be hard on you. But I promise that your caregivers and I will always be here to guarantee that you will enjoy and benefit from this experience. After all, at the Daycare, you will learn through play, acquire new skills, and have fun all the way.

They say that the journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. Your journey in education and pursuit of knowledge has just started. You will have different experiences, and make new discoveries every day. Part of the fun is that you will get to make new friends, share stories with them, and make memories that will last a lifetime.

Hoping that you will enjoy being a member of our family at Tendernest Daycare, I wish you all a good start.

Nisrine Feghali
Head of Tendernest Daycare.

The educational approach in the Preschool Division is based on the "Learning Centers" method. According to this method, students rotate between various Centers, which are specific areas of the learning environment; offering a variety of activities and tools to help children develop ideas and skills, acquire new concepts and/or other educational interests. This approach helps the students to improve their social skills, expand their oral skills, develop a sense of responsibility and build a positive self-image. Students are kept interested and motivated instead of being confined to one classroom all through the year.
New students are accepted to BAC according to the requirements of the Lebanese laws after a personal interview with the Head of Division.
In the Preschool Division, classes start at 7:30 a.m. and end at 1:15 p.m. Preschoolers are served one healthy meal per day, including milk, tea or fresh juice, with sandwiches and croissants, etc…
Meetings with parents are held on regular basis at the beginning of the year and at the end of each evaluation period to keep them informed about the development and the performance of their children.

Dear preschoolers,
I am sure most of you are looking forward to being back to school after the long vacation. I hope you had a wonderful break and can now get a new start, refreshed and full of energy.
The first days of school are always exciting!
Nursery learners, you will enter a new world, filled with challenges and new experiences; you will see new faces and you will get to meet new friends and teachers.
KG1 andKG2 learners, you will reunite with old friends, get to meet your teachers, and be happy discovering your classes and continue your journey in preschool.
Let us all begin 2010-2011 with a big bang and step forward with enthusiasm and joy.
Once again, I welcome you all back; I cannot wait to see the smile on every one of your faces!

Lorraine Saridar

In the Lower and Upper Elementary Divisions, classes start at 7:30 a.m. and end at 2:45 p.m. The day is divided into 8 periods (of 45 minutes each) separated by 2 recesses of 30 minutes each.
In the Elementary classes, more emphasis is put on developing the students’ mental, artistic, and interdisciplinary skills. A lot of time is spent on training students to live by the values they should eventually respect inside and outside school. In the Upper Elementary Division, students start to develop their sense of responsibility and begin to express their own choices and justify them.
All disciplines and activities taught in Elementary classes contribute to the development of the concepts of time and space organization as well as methodology skills, such as work habits.
The weekly timetable includes at least one activity session per day such as sports, music, computer, art and cine-club.
The advisory program in the Elementary Divisions uses the story-telling technique, creating an element of suspense, calling on students to discover and adopt values after the discussion of the story in class.
Parents meetings are held on regular basis with the administration and the classroom teachers to keep the parents informed about the progress of their children.

In the Lower and Upper Elementary Divisions, classes start at 7:30 a.m. and end at 2:45 p.m. The day is divided into 8 periods (of 45 minutes each) separated by 2 recesses of 30 minutes each.
In the Elementary classes, more emphasis is put on developing the students’ mental, artistic, and interdisciplinary skills. A lot of time is spent on training students to live by the values they should eventually respect inside and outside school. In the Upper Elementary Division, students start to develop their sense of responsibility and begin to express their own choices and justify them.
All disciplines and activities taught in Elementary classes contribute to the development of the concepts of time and space organization as well as methodology skills, such as work habits.
The weekly timetable includes at least one activity session per day such as sports, music, computer, art and cine-club.
The advisory program in the Elementary Divisions uses the story-telling technique, creating an element of suspense, calling on students to discover and adopt values after the discussion of the story in class.
Parents meetings are held on regular basis with the administration and the classroom teachers to keep the parents informed about the progress of their children.

During the school years of the Intermediate cycle, learners are prepared to shift from childhood to early stages of maturity. They are hence encouraged to develop their critical thinking, start discovering themselves and experience harmonious integration with their surrounding. By the end of the Intermediate cycle, the learners are ready to face their first official test, the “Brevet”.
During the Intermediate Division classes, teaching computer is integrated within other subject matters to help learners acquire technical skills in real contextual situations. More emphasis is given to technology, arts and sports. Our learners have distinguished themselves by winning many national and international contests in these fields.

In the Intermediate and Secondary Divisions classes start at 7:30 a.m. and end at 3:45 p.m. The day is divided into 8 periods (of 50 minutes each) separated by two recesses of 30 minutes each.
The concept of punctuality in the morning attendance is strongly reinforced.
Meetings with parents are held on regular basis at the beginning of the year and at the end of each evaluation period in order to keep them informed about the development and the performance of their children.

Dear learners,
All of you in one way or another are entering a new critical phase of your development, where you are going to find yourselves in the midst of various challenging situations and where you are to take decisions which will leave huge impact on the direction that your future will take. I urge you to have in mind that you are the active agents and contributors to your own learning and development in the process of life-long learning.
You should not be intimidated by challenging situations instead you have to consider them as new opportunities that pave the way to more fulfilling and enlightening experiences. Moreover, you should not let your personal fears and insecurities hinder your progress.
Having the willingness to recognize and being aware of the fact that sometimes challenges and facing challenges are not dreadful stuff at all can help in your realization that they have enormous benefits on your lives. Hence, facing challenges not only empowers the person but would affirm that the choice of reacting to challenge is in his /her hand. Hence, it holds the seeds for limitless blessings and opportunities. Besides, if you want to successfully face life's challenges, you need a positive attitude. So, if you spend all of your energy in positivity, you won't have any energy left for negativity. Positivity will enhance persistence and perseverance in difficult times and help you bounce back more quickly after failures.
Let’s all begin 2010-2011 with enthusiasm and step forward with determination and positivity towards self-actualization and realization of our dreams and pre-planned goals.
Once again, welcome back and all the best!

Rita Nourian

In the Secondary Division, the educational approach puts more emphasis on interactive teaching. Learners frequently use the science lab, the computer lab, and the library. They make extensive field studies and in-depth research in order to develop the competencies and skills that prepare them to the university stage.
In Grade 12, learners can choose among General Sciences, Life Sciences, Sociology & Economics, or Humanities & Philosophy
Learners are well prepared to sit for the Official Lebanese Exams as well as the different University entrance exams. Delegates from the major universities visit the school on yearly basis to carry out professional orientation sessions and guidance for applying to their respective universities. These visits are complemented by an in-house career guidance program, which helps in shaping the professional choices of the learner.
The Cultural Program is another distinctive mark of the Secondary Division. The program is centered on the General Theme of the year and helps to foster the critical thinking and presentation skills of the learners.
The follow-up on the learners in the Secondary Division becomes more personalized.

In the Intermediate and Secondary Divisions classes start at 7:30 a.m. and end at 3:45 p.m. The day is divided into 8 periods (of 50 minutes each) separated by two recesses of 30 minutes each.
The concept of punctuality in the morning attendance is strongly reinforced.
Meetings with parents are held on regular basis at the beginning of the year and at the end of each evaluation period in order to keep them informed about the development and the performance of their children.

Dear learners,
All of you in one way or another are entering a new critical phase of your development, where you are going to find yourselves in the midst of various challenging situations and where you are to take decisions which will leave huge impact on the direction that your future will take. I urge you to have in mind that you are the active agents and contributors to your own learning and development in the process of life-long learning.
You should not be intimidated by challenging situations instead you have to consider them as new opportunities that pave the way to more fulfilling and enlightening experiences. Moreover, you should not let your personal fears and insecurities hinder your progress.
Having the willingness to recognize and being aware of the fact that sometimes challenges and facing challenges are not dreadful stuff at all can help in your realization that they have enormous benefits on your lives. Hence, facing challenges not only empowers the person but would affirm that the choice of reacting to challenge is in his /her hand. Hence, it holds the seeds for limitless blessings and opportunities. Besides, if you want to successfully face life's challenges, you need a positive attitude. So, if you spend all of your energy in positivity, you won't have any energy left for negativity. Positivity will enhance persistence and perseverance in difficult times and help you bounce back more quickly after failures.
Let’s all begin 2010-2011 with enthusiasm and step forward with determination and positivity towards self-actualization and realization of our dreams and pre-planned goals.
Once again, welcome back and all the best!

Rita Nourian