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QSI International School of Benin

building School
Culture

In August, when new students join the school,
it’s important for them to be welcomed and
assimilated into the school environment quickly.
Group Interaction is the first Success Orientation
that we address for August and September.

Two main events, and our first assembly
program, help demonstrate how individuals come
together and work as a team. We recognize our
differences, and choose to learn from each other.
The annual International Brunch is a time of
families bringing their cultural differences together.
We share our cultures’ food, clothing, music, and
languages. The school families all become one QSI
Culture as we eat and play together. Another event
is Field Day, which is held at Dream Beach Activity
Center. Students are placed into multi-level groups,
with Middle School students serving as leaders for
each group. The parents and teachers set up games Orientations are not just QSI criteria—they establish school with. In QSI Benin, this starts on the first day
for the students to play and compete. The groups a positive campus culture, create powerful relational of school. Teachers facilitate “Group Interactions”
of students work together and follow their leader. interactions, and inspire students to excel. that begin to sow seeds that can inspire and
It’s exciting to see the older students caring for and challenge individuals for positive change.
helping the younger students through the activities. Campus culture is an intricate fabrication of
teachers who handle everyone with gloves that are When teachers espouse Success Orientations,
woven with every success orientation. It starts with students notice. When students adopt and instill
coworker and peer relationships that are central them in their lives, parents notice. When these
Inspirationally Oriented to the school. School pride and lifelong bonds are students become adults, the world will take notice,
By Randy Lincoln natural results of kindness and politeness. Mix in and that is why QSI is here. It is not a typical school
a little aesthetic appreciation and chocolate, and with mediocre teachers and bored students. QSI is
“The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher suddenly leadership is establishing an example that inspirationally oriented. This is what it looks like
explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The every student notices. according to QSI Benin’s Middle School classes:
great teacher inspires” -William Arthur Ward. The
Success Orientations are one of the often-overlooked Student–teacher interaction easily makes QSI is not just a school; it is a second home to me.
strengths of Quality Schools International. In the lifelong impacts within the environment created Here you can be whatever you want to be.
right hands and hearts, every orientation within the by the Success Orientations. Teachers who model friendships formed will always be there with a
QSI policy can truly inspire. Amazing things are the Success Orientations facilitate student learning sweet breath of love in the air.
happening in QSI Benin because teachers are not just in a familial classroom setting where mistakes are It is a place where you learn how to trust others,
teaching, but living the seven Success Orientations. not feared and learning becomes intrinsic. They and classmates are like sisters and brothers.
This year QSI Benin was honored to dedicate a newly are also able to see how “Kindness and Politeness” It is a place where you can find different
renovated building into service. For the ceremony, affects them daily, while encouraging them to push nationalities; everyone here is my second family.
the Middle School students collaborated to express through failures as well as celebrate triumphs. QSI is a place where we learn new lessons daily
their feelings about QSI in a sonnet with words that They have the opportunity to watch “Concern for while also providing a lot of safety.
were heartfelt and honest. Everyone wrote from Others” being lived out in community projects. this is a place you won’t want to leave; it is a place
their own perspectives and experiences as they Here students become familiar with the gratifying where anything can be achieved.
modeled “Group Interaction” beautifully. Success feeling of being selfless and sharing in others’ joy. It is like a best friend and greatness never ends.
It is a fun place to learn where teachers are full of
People often reflect the behavior that is exhibited love and concern.
toward them. This is consistently observed in It is just like one huge family, and this family
children and adults of any age. “Kindness and means more than anything to me.
Politeness” pave a way for “Trustworthiness” to
cradle insecurities that students often come to Written by QSI Benin Students