Jeddah Knowledge International School (JKS) is a leading innovative school in Jeddah, known for its quality of education, well-rounded environment, and its commitment to academic excellence.
As a school, we believe in the importance of a well-rounded education that integrates a rigorous academic curriculum with the development of life-long skills, values and attitudes. Our staff strives to prepare all our students to succeed in a demanding and ever-evolving global society.
Our academic program strives towards “Academic Excellence” and it covers the American and International Baccalaureate standards of learning, supervised by our Heads of Departments, PYP, MYP, DP, and Subject Coordinators.
JKS’ buildings were built according to international specifications on a 40,000 square meter plot of land. It is fully air-conditioned, and equipped with security cameras, a fire alarm system, intercoms and a paging system.
All students at JKS have access to a strong support system. Individual teachers, dedicated support staff help and guide them.
Required Novels for Summer Reading
Going into Grade 6 ***Required Summer Reading
Fiction: Classic and Contemporary
David Copperfield Charles Dickens http://www.classicreader.com/booktoc.php/sid.1/bookid.51/
Banner In The Sky James Ramsey Ullma
Suggested Summer Reading List Parents should always carefully review any title on the list for content suitability as well as readability and interest level before sharing the book with their child.
The Railroad Children Edith Nesbit http://www.classicreader.com/booktoc.php/sid.3/bookrid.424/
Anne of Green Gables Lucy Maud Montogomery http://www.classicreader.com/booktoc.php/sid.1/bookrid.78/
Rebacca of Sunnybook Farm Kate Douglas Wiggin http://www.classicreader.com/booktoc.php/sid.3/bookrid.140/
Mystery Adventure
Land That Time Forgot Edgar Rice Borroughs http://www.classicreader.com/booktoc.php/sid.1/bookrid.42/
Poetry
Sing a Song of Popcorn: Every Child’s Book of Poems M. White and others
Nonfiction/Science
The Story of Sacajawa: Guide To Lewis and Clark Della Rowland
Hellen Keller: Courage In The Dark Johanna Hurwitz
The Way Things Work David Macaulay
Going into Grade 7 ***Required Summer Reading
Oliver Twist Charles Dickens http://www.classicreader.com/booktoc.php/sid.1/bookid.53/
Island of the Blue Dolphins Scott O’Deal
Suggested Summer Reading List ***Parents should always carefully review any title on the list for content suitability as well as readability and interest level before sharing the book with their child.
My Side of the Mountain Jean Craighead George
The Time Machine H.G. Wells http://www.classicreader.com/booktoc.php/sid.1/bookrid.100/
Fables
Aesop’s Fables (Choose 4) Aesop http://www.classicreader.com/booktoc.php/sid.3/bookid.310/
Mystery/Adventure
Treasure Island Robert Louis Stevenson http://www.classicreader.com/booktoc.php/sid.1/bookid.86
Selections from You Come Too – Robert Frost
Nonfiction: Science, Social Studies
My Life with the Chimpanzees Jane Goodall
Going into Grade 8 ***Required Summer Reading
Wuthering Heights Emily Bronte http://www.classicreader.com/booktoc.php/sid.1/bookid.32/
The Good Earth Pearl S. Buck
Little Women Louisa May Alcott http://www.classicreader.com/booktoc.php/sid.1/bookid.23/
The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle Avi
Short Stories
The Monkey’s Paw W.W. Jacobs http://www.classicreader.com/read.php/bookid.206/sec./
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Arthur Conan Doyle http://www.classicreader.com/booktoc.php/sid.1/bookid.56
Morning At The Window T.S. Eliot http://www.classicreader.com/read.php/bookid.8/sec.17/
The Grass Emily Dickenson http://www.classicreader.com/read.php/bookid.1087/sec.67/
Nonfiction: Science, Social Studies, Mathematics
Leonardo da Vinci: Artist, Inventor, and Scientist of the Renaissance Francesca Romei
Going into Grade 9 ***Required Summer Reading
Great Expectations Charles Dickens http://www.classicreader.com/booktoc.php/sid.1/bookid.52/
The Lion And The Jewel Wole Soyinka
The Pearl John Steinbeck
Chinese Cinderella: the True Story of an Unwanted Daughter Adeline Mah
20,000 Leagues Under The Sea Jules Verne
And Then There Were None Agatha Christie
19 Varieties of Gazelle: Poems of the Middle East Naomi Shihab Nye
Chicago Poems Carl Sandburg
Fog http://www.bartleby.com/165/56.html
Docks http://www.bartleby.com/165/125.html
Dreams in the Dusk http://www.bartleby.com/165/124.html
Clark Street Bridge http://www.bartleby.com/165/9.html
Nonfiction:
Dove Robin Lee Graham
Into Thin Air Jon Krakauer
Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul Series of Books
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