Commencement

Welcome to the King's Academy Commencement corner! Here, you can catch up on the year's Commencement speeches, student orations and award winners.

King’s Academy celebrated the Commencement of the Class of 2024 on May 21, 2024 under the patronage of His Majesty King Abdullah II. The 15th Commencement ceremony took place on Commencement Lawn with 118 graduates representing a diverse range of nationalities and cultures. The graduating class was cheered on by jubilant family, friends and the entire school community eager to mark this important milestone in the lives of the graduates.

Congratulations to the Class of 2024!

Commencement Awards

Commencement Award	Student Name
The Arabic Award	Jwana Tabbara
The Arabic as a Foreign Language Award	Yinzhe Liu
The Capstone Award	Jude Nofal and Katrina Issa
The Chinese Award	Ghiath Sukhtian
The Computer Science Award	Faris Doughan
The Creative Writing Award in English	Yasmine Najjar
The Dance Award	Rama Twal and Roaa AlHasanat
The French Award	Celine AlArifi
The History and Social Studies Social Scientist Award	Mariam Hadi
The Mathematics Award	Seunghyeok Lee
The Music Award	Mireille Aldabain and Minseo Kim
The Peter Greer English Award	Sanad Alkhatib and Saja Aggad
The Physical and Life Sciences Award	Jwana Tabbara and Jessica Fakes
The Purchase Prize in the Fine Arts Award	Celine Abu Saadeh and Mariam Hadi
The Spanish Award	Faris Doughan
The Theater Award	Saja Aggad and Rand Tadros
The Visual Arts Award	Dana AbdelLatif
The Asad Al-Malek Award	Dalia Fakhouri and Salam Daoud
His Majesty King Constantine Award	Kenzy Dweik
The Middle School Leadership Award	Tala Aldaher
The Perseverance Award	Katrina Issa
The Samar Khader Award	Tala Aldaher
The Respect Award	Ahmad Aliahmad and Jude Nofal
The Responsibility Award	Abdulrahman Abu Saleh, Kinda Samhan and Saja Aggad
The Eric Widmer Award for an Integrated Life	Caleb Jackman and Kenzy Dweik
The Global Citizenship Award	Dana AbdelLatif and Minseo Kim
The Viswanathan Award for Love of Learning	Bana Haloush and Faris Lahham
The Head of School's Award for Outstanding dedication to the Mission of the School	Jude Nofal
The Head of School's Award for Outstanding Scholarship and Intellectual Engagement	Jwana Tabbara and Seungkyeok Lee
The Head of School's Award for Model United Nations	Tala Aldaher
The Head of School's Award for Jordan Model Parliament	Kinda Samhan
The Head of School's Award for Proudly Jordanian	Roaa AlHasanat
The Head of School's Award for Residential Life	Homam AlQatawneh and Jessica Fakes
Winner of the Head of School's Award for International Students	Yinzhe Liu
The Academy Cup	Faris Doughan
King Abdullah II Award	Rand Tadros

Class Agents

Student Name	City
Bana Haloush	Chapel Hill, US
Celine Alarifi	US
Faris Doughan	Cambridge, US
Faris Kanaan	Miami, US
Hashem Dudin	Toronto, Canada
Jessica Fakes	Hungary
Joud Yousef	Washington D.C., US
Jwana Tabbara	Chicago, US
Leah Halabi	Boston, US
Mohammad Dana	Bath, UK
Omar Khamis	Elon, US
Roaa AlHasanat	Mafraq, Jordan
Salam Dawod	Amman, Jordan
Salma AbuElnaj	Cambridge, US
Seunghyeok Lee	Pittsburgh, US
Shaimaa Fraihat	Amman, Jordan
Suhayb Qasem	Southampton, UK
Tala Aldaher	Nottingham, UK
Tara Ali	London, UK
Tawfiq Alnimri	South Bend, US
Yara Sahibeh	Amman, Jordan
Yinzhe Liu	Washington D.C., US

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