2025 class of GRADUATION CEREMONY
Welcome to the Jumeirah
English Speaking School
2025
Graduation Ceremony
Mr. Stephen Green Secondary Head Teacher
Mr. Steven Vickers Assistant Head Teacher, Years 12-13
Mr. Kosta Lekanides Deputy Head Teacher, Years 12-13
Mr. Rhys Jones Head of Year 13
Programme
Welcome & UAE National Anthem
Class of 2025 Highlights
Head Teacher's Opening Address
Mr Stephen Green
Musical Interlude
All I Want by Armaan Al Hussain performed by Stevie Kilian, Luca Dos Santos and Armaan Al Hussain
Presentation of Helen Bond-Sharp Awards
Mr Stephen Green and Habiba Ebeid
Presentation of Platinum Awards
Mr Stephen Green and Mitchell Wright
Musical Interlude
Landslide by Fleetwood Mac performed by Lydia Hammond, Emily Morris, Aurelia Rolin, Thea Kinirons, Rose Henderson, Onna Wong, Eva Freire, Ginevra Gambini, Armaan Al Hussain and Luca Dos Santos
Class Retrospectives
Farishya Masalawala & Raad Zalatimo
Roll Call & School Honours - Forms 13AFS, 13CHR, 13DR, 13HMM, 13LHR
Gold International Award
Mr Andrews
Musical Interlude
Pathétique by Beethoven performed by Josephine Brock
Compass Award
Mr Jones
Roll Call & School Honours - Forms 13MIM, 13RS, 13SEO, 13STL, 13TSC
Musical Interlude
For Good by Steven Schwartz performed by Eva Freire and Onna Wong
Presentation of the Sixth Form Overall Excellence Award
Mr Stephen Green
Presentation of Chairman’s Cup
Mr Stuart Walker
Head Student Speeches
Cato Roeterdink and Armaan Al Hussain
Musical Interlude
Slipping Through My Fingers by Abba performed by Lourdes Landaboure & Ginevra Gambini
Deputy Head, Years 12-13, Address
Mr Kosta Lekanides
Graduation Cap Throw and Recessional
Student Speakers
Thank you to our 2024-25 head students, Cato Roeterdink and Armaan Al Hussain, who have led the student body this academic year; we are extremely appreciative of the contribution you have made to school life at JESS.
Cato Roeterdink Head Girl
Armaan Al Hussain Head Boy
Cato, hailing from the Netherlands, is the last of the four Roeterdink sisters to come through JESS! Her positive, proactive and selfless atttiude meant she was always destined to become Head Girl. Being Head Girl for Cato was never about building her CV, but more about how she could best support her fellow students across the secondary school. In lower school, she often represented her year group in Student Council meetings and was always an advocate for change. Cato excels in academics and has been involved in many service initiatives, including being a member of the successful Period Empowerment Team. Cato embodies the essence of hard work and leaves a lasting impact on her peers, teachers and the school community as a whole.
Armaan joined JESS in Year 7 and has had a significant impact on our community. On top of excelling academically, he has been part of numerous school productions and has delivered various musical performances. He has been a valued member of the IB Theatre Studies group and his theatrical and musical talent will be missed by JESS. As Head Boy, Armaan has often looked out for his fellow students and has always planned and led productive Student Executive meetings. Furthermore, Armaan was a member of the Period Empowerment Team and travelled to Cambodia to support local communities over there. This work demonstrated Armaan’s relentless mission to always help those who are less fortunte than himself.
BTEC Sport
Student Speakers
Farishya is a kind and caring student who is well thought of by all her teachers and fellow students. Having been at JESS since FS1, she leaves us knowing that she has put her all into everything that school has had to offer her. Farishya is a cheerful student who is always smiling, which has had a positive influence on everybody around her. When her peers have found aspects of Sixth Form challenging, Farishya is always a student to offer support. Farishya started Sixth Form as an IB student but then realised that BTEC Sport was more suitable for her pathway. A mature and smart decision to make for someone of her age as she now has some excellent university offers from some prestigious universities in Australia. JESS will miss Farishya’s infectious positivity.
IB Student
Raad joined JESS in Year 7 and has been a valued member of our community ever since. With a kind and likeable character, Raad is a student who just enjoys everything that school has to offer. Teachers often comment that Raad is a friendly person with a great sense of humour. A calm and collected leader, he can often be relied upon. This has been evident in his leadership during team debates, his support for Year 10 students undertaking the Bronze International Award, and his initiative in offering History tutoring to a Year 11 student. Raad has also represented the Blues Football Team this year, scoring one of the goals of the season! Raad will be missed by all stakeholders at JESS and he will undoubtedly be a great ambassador for our school as he enters life at university.
Farishya Masalawala Raad Zalatimo
Graduating Class of 2025
Congratulations to our graduating class of 2025. We are immensely proud of you; good luck with your future careers and please continue to make a difference.
Navya Agarwal
Yasmine Agha
Aishah Ahmad
Lamar Ahmed
Sara Ahmed
Layla Aitken
Azra Aker
Armaan Al Hussain
Rami Alfahad
Juan Alhalboni
Hessa Alsayegh
Neel Anand
Joshua Anderson
Eabha Barry
Tia Basi
Jahnavi Baweja
Ella Beech
Oliver Bell
Ibrahim Benchekchou
Thomas Bett
Nandini Bhatia
Nupur Bhatia
Isabel Bindels
Maggie Blackwell
Taine Botros
Niamh Brennan-Batory
Calum Britchford
Josephine Brock
Jack Brough
Darcy Brown
Kurt Brunwin
Prerit Bucha
Cormac Byrnes
Ayaan Cassim
Luca Castello Mariozi Dos Santos
Isabella Clark
Chloe Clune
Grace Connor
Kieran Cruickshank
Ziad Daouk
Maya de Jong
Larissa De Vilhena Cavalcanti
Adam Dempsey
Noah Dewitte
Alessandra Di Paola
James Doyle
Mackenzie Duncan
Sarah Edmunds
Kristopher El Khoury
Iyad Elgibali
Rayan Farha
Aly Fayed
Eva Freire
Ginevra Gambini
Maddox Gonzalez
Cullen Gray
Fay Gressier
Luna Guevara Roy
Ethan Hadfield
Lydia Hammond
Fatema Hamza
Erin Harris
Abeer Hassan
Rose Henderson
Hannah Homberger
James Ingram
Raashi Jain
Claire Janssen
Sky Javaherian
Jake Jenkins
Malak Kamal
Simar Kaur
Henry Keown
Ishita Khiani
Steven Kilian
Thea Kinirons
Shana Kirchhoff
Victoria Kirkwood
Ella-Rose Korte
Melissa Kosma
Yannick Kraus
Udhay Kurrimboccus
Thea Lalkaka
Lourdes Landaboure
Harrison Leale
Ji Li
Tang Li
Lena Lugowska
Luke Madin
Sai Sidhanth Manoharan Jayanthi
Ella Marson
Riccardo Martinico
Farishya Masalawala
Kevin Mathew
Umang Mathur
Harriet McIntyre
Tara McNaught
Lucas Meert
Anouk Meuwsen
Medha Misra
Emily Morris
Wilfred Mundell
Sany Nahhas
Sepehr Nassertork
Killian O'Hanlon
Alexandra Papacharalambous
Alexander Parris
Anna Aurora Pasquino
Rishabh Patel
Aaisha Patelia
Harry Paterson
Lucas Perrono
Alex Philmore
Ella Plank
Vihaan Poddar
Vittoria Pola
Katja Polter
Joshua Rennie
Cato Roeterdink
Aurelia Rolin
Luana Rosmaninho
Arman Rudar
Zayn Sabir
Haaris Sadiq
Layla Salam
Jana Saleh
Danielle Salter
Oliver Savage
Sahara Schoyen
Juan Schwenger Berenc
Madison Scott
Samy Seksaoui
Maria Sergeeva
Samar Shah
Isha Sheikh
Danny Shields
Ted Stewart-Johnson
Lukas Stoesz
Yasmin Taylor
Thomas Treanor
Juan Urioste Grillo
Arthur Vanaudenhove
Aarush Verma
Joshua Visser
Dev Vohra
Isabella Walker
Isla Wallace
Onna Wong
Rayyan Zafar
Raad Zalatimo
