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Upper School Students Introduce Eighth Graders to Arabic

Bolles upper school students from the Arabic language program visited the Bolles Middle School Bartram Campus March 24 to encourage eighth graders to study Arabic when they get to the San Jose Campus.

Arabic teacher Sara Phillips-Bourass said the Grade 8 students sampled baklava and ma’amoul (traditional Arab sweets), tried out playing the darbuka drum and learned how to write their names in Arabic calligraphy. 

After visiting the Bartram Campus, the upper school Arabic students explored the role of Arabic in Northeast Florida. Phillips-Bourass noted that Jacksonville has one of the largest Arab American communities in the U.S. Students were able to practice with Arabic speakers and learn about its role as a liturgical language at the Islamic Center of Northeast Florida and Saint George’s Antiochian Orthodox Church, and they sampled local Lebanese cuisine at Noura Café. 

Arabic is offered as a language option at Bolles starting in upper school, and students can enroll in levels 1–4/4H starting in Grade 9. Students study both Modern Standard Arabic and spoken Levantine dialect, and the Arabic Club organizes Arabic Week activities every April for Arab American Heritage Month. Those interested in learning more about taking Arabic can contact Ms. Phillips-Bourass at Phillips-bourass@bolles.org. #BollesGlobal

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