The Jubilee School, also known as The Jubilee Institute is a non-profit, independent, residential, co-educational high school dedicated for Jordanian gifted students located in Amman, Jordan.
History
The project to establish the school was announced in 1977, during Jordan's Silver Jubilee celebrations of King Hussein's accession to the throne, as a tribute to His Majesty's development efforts, especially in the field of education. In 1984, Queen Noor accepted responsibility for the as yet unrealized project, and a year later it became one of the major undertakings of the newly established Noor Al Hussein Foundation.
After being temporarily housed in a Ministry of Education building, the school opened its doors in 1993 to eighty-nine ninth graders admitted for their academic achievement. In 1997 the school celebrated its first graduating class. In 1995, H. M. King Hussein laid the cornerstone for the first phase of the construction of the school's permanent home in Yajouz outside Amman, and in early 1998 the school moved from its temporary site to its permanent place.
- Enriched Ministry of Education Curriculum (mandatory for all grades 9-12).
- Special Jubilee Program (mandatory for grades 9 -11 only). It consists of:
Graduation
There are four requirements that students have to accomplish in three years:
- Successful completion of the Ministry of Education curriculum,
- Successful completion of the Jubilee School curriculum (mandatory and elective courses),
- Fulfillment of 120 hours of community service.
- Completion and submission of a graduation project.
Financial status
The school depends on charity and governmental support to run, and donations in the form of computers and lab equipment. Nevertheless, Jubilee school does not reject applicants who cannot afford the fee which is 3000 Jordanian Dinars (about $4300 or €3300).