Graduation 2025 - Programme

2025 class of

GRADUATION CEREMONY

24

MAY 2025, SATURDAY 10:00 AM AUDITORIUM

Welcome to the Jumeirah English Speaking School

2025 Graduation Ceremony

Mr. Stephen Green Secondary Head Teacher

Mr. Kosta Lekanides Deputy Head Teacher, Years 12-13

Mr. Steven Vickers Assistant 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

MAKING A DIFFERENCE

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, 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.

Cato Roeterdink Head Girl

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.

Armaan Al Hussain Head Boy

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.

Farishya Masalawala BTEC Sport

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.

Raad Zalatimo IB Student

MAKING A DIFFERENCE

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

Niamh Brennan-Batory

Rayan Farha

Yasmine Agha

Calum Britchford

Aly Fayed

Aishah Ahmad

Josephine Brock

Eva Freire

Lamar Ahmed

Jack Brough

Ginevra Gambini

Sara Ahmed

Darcy Brown

Maddox Gonzalez

Layla Aitken

Kurt Brunwin

Cullen Gray

Azra Aker

Prerit Bucha

Fay Gressier

Armaan Al Hussain

Cormac Byrnes

Luna Guevara Roy

Rami Alfahad

Ayaan Cassim

Ethan Hadfield

Juan Alhalboni

Luca Castello Mariozi Dos Santos

Lydia Hammond

Hessa Alsayegh

Isabella Clark

Fatema Hamza

Neel Anand

Chloe Clune

Erin Harris

Joshua Anderson

Grace Connor

Abeer Hassan

Eabha Barry

Kieran Cruickshank

Rose Henderson

Tia Basi

Ziad Daouk

Hannah Homberger

Jahnavi Baweja

Maya de Jong

James Ingram

Ella Beech

Larissa De Vilhena Cavalcanti

Raashi Jain

Oliver Bell

Adam Dempsey

Claire Janssen

Ibrahim Benchekchou

Noah Dewitte

Sky Javaherian

Thomas Bett

Alessandra Di Paola

Jake Jenkins

Nandini Bhatia

James Doyle

Malak Kamal

Nupur Bhatia

Mackenzie Duncan

Simar Kaur

Isabel Bindels

Sarah Edmunds

Henry Keown

Maggie Blackwell

Kristopher El Khoury

Ishita Khiani

Taine Botros

Iyad Elgibali

Steven Kilian

Thea Kinirons

Emily Morris

Jana Saleh

Shana Kirchhoff

Wilfred Mundell

Danielle Salter

Victoria Kirkwood

Sany Nahhas

Oliver Savage

Ella-Rose Korte

Sepehr Nassertork

Sahara Schoyen

Melissa Kosma

Killian O'Hanlon

Juan Schwenger Berenc

Yannick Kraus

Alexandra Papacharalambous

Madison Scott

Udhay Kurrimboccus

Alexander Parris

Samy Seksaoui

Thea Lalkaka

Anna Aurora Pasquino

Maria Sergeeva

Lourdes Landaboure

Rishabh Patel

Samar Shah

Harrison Leale

Aaisha Patelia

Isha Sheikh

Ji Li

Harry Paterson

Danny Shields

Tang Li

Lucas Perrono

Ted Stewart-Johnson

Lena Lugowska

Alex Philmore

Lukas Stoesz

Luke Madin

Ella Plank

Yasmin Taylor

Sai Sidhanth Manoharan Jayanthi

Vihaan Poddar

Thomas Treanor

Ella Marson

Vittoria Pola

Juan Urioste Grillo

Riccardo Martinico

Katja Polter

Arthur Vanaudenhove

Farishya Masalawala

Joshua Rennie

Aarush Verma

Kevin Mathew

Cato Roeterdink

Joshua Visser

Umang Mathur

Aurelia Rolin

Dev Vohra

Harriet McIntyre

Luana Rosmaninho

Isabella Walker

Tara McNaught

Arman Rudar

Isla Wallace

Lucas Meert

Zayn Sabir

Onna Wong

Anouk Meuwsen

Haaris Sadiq

Rayyan Zafar

Medha Misra

Layla Salam

Raad Zalatimo

MAKING A DIFFERENCE

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