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 2026 on May 19, 2026 under the patronage of HRH Prince Hashim bin Al Hussein. The 17^th Commencement ceremony took place on Commencement Lawn with 127 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 2026!

Commencement Addresses

Commencement Awards

Commencement Awards

Commencement Award	Student Name
The Arabic Award	Khader Ja’arah
The Arabic as a Foreign Language Award	Noora Haffejee
The Chinese Award	Jumana Alnobani
The Computer Science Award	Sadeen Sheikh Hasan
The Creative Writing in English Award	Mustafa Alwahsh
The Dance Award	Jude Sulh and Jumana Alnobani
The French Award	Gasaro Migisha Ange
The History and Social Studies Historian Award	Omar Shokeirat
The History and Social Studies Social Scientist Award	Jude Sulh
The Mathematics Award	Nooreddeen kawaf
The Music Award	Jiyun Ha and Nathan Johnson
The Peter Greer English Award	Cedric Rwema Baraka and Gasaro Migisha Ange
The Physical and Life Sciences Award	Hala Badran and Mustafa Alwahsh
The Purchase Prize in the Fine Arts Award	Rania Yasin and Yuri Song
The Spanish Award	Farhan Abuleil
The Technical Theatre Award	Dina Wahdan and Mwiza Joy
The Theater Award	Uwase Marie Ange
The Visual Arts Award	Noora Haffejee
The Asad Al-Malek Award	Rayah Gosheh and Saif Fanous
The Perseverance Award	Akmal Lutfi Bin Mazlan and Layla Abdelmalek
The Samar Khader Award	Gasaro Migisha Ange
The King’s Academy Award for Respect	Joud Meqdadi, Ziad Abbas and Joonyoung Kim
The King’s Academy Award for Responsibility	Farah Ja’arah, Fares Alarifi and Jiyun Ha
The Eric Widmer Award for an Integrated Life	Suhib Alhamad and Jumana Alnobani
The King’s Academy Award for Global Citizenship	Dina Wahdan and Jana Al Tell
The Viswanathan Award for Love of Learning	Maryam Abu Karaky and Omar Rabadi
Head of School Award — Proudly Jordanian	Abdelrahman Al Saharin
Head of School Award — International Students	Isaac Jackman and Mohammad Bader
Head of School Award — Dedication to Residential Life	Noora Haffejee and Tawfiq Al-khoury
Head of School Award — Outstanding Scholarship and Intellectual Engagement	Jawad Alazzeh and Sara Al Qasem
Head of School Award — Outstanding Dedication to the Mission of the School	Saif Fanous
The Academy Cup	Cedric Rwema Baraka and Jawad Alazzeh
King Abdullah II Award	Nooreddeen Kawaf

Cum Laude Awards

Student Name	Student Name
Cedric Rwema Baraka	Fares Alarifi
Farhan Abuleil	Gasaro Migisha Ange
Hala Badran	Isaac Jackman
Jaafar Wahbeh	Jawad Alazzeh
Joonyoung Kim	Jumana Alnobani
Kayitare Lucky Benjamin	Maryam Abu Karaky
Mohammad Karajeh	Mwiza Joy
Nathan Johnson	Noora Haffejee
Nooreddeen Kawaf	Omar Rabadi
Raiyah Bint Hashim	Sadeen Alshaikh Hasan
Saif Fanous	Tawfiq Al-Khoury
Taymour Martinon-Sukhtian	Uwase Ineza Marie Ange
Yousef Alwahsh

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