Lebanon, Beirut
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Wellspring provides social-emotional-behavioral/special educational needs counselors to support students' social and emotional development. The school pursues an inclusive approach that recognizes each student's cognitive, social, emotional and physical needs, with inclusion viewed as an ongoing process. Counseling and student supports are designed to optimize social, emotional and academic capacities within the IB continuum. Counselors guide students through difficult or stressful periods to support wellbeing and collaborate with teachers, parents and learning support staff while keeping confidentiality as appropriate.
Wellspring offers learning support for all years for students with diverse learning needs and follows an inclusion approach, with case-by-case planning for the best learning outcome. The school provides professional staff across learning support, including social-emotional-behavioral/special educational needs counselors, academic support teachers, and college and career counselors, with a commitment to confidentiality and a safe learning environment.
The school teaches English, Arabic, French and Spanish.
The counselors guide students through difficult or stressful periods to support wellbeing, with counseling available as individual or group sessions in a safe counseling space where students can share thoughts and feelings.
The school maintains a Child Protection Policy and safeguarding practices, including confidential counseling and collaboration with significant adults in a student's life to develop appropriate intervention plans; welfare and safety policies include emergency preparedness and regular safeguarding measures.
Wellspring Learning Community is an IB Continuum World School in Lebanon serving students aged 3 to 18. The school operates two Beirut campuses: Mathaf Campus houses the Primary Years Programme, while City Centre Campus delivers the Middle Years Programme and the Diploma Programme. It offers the IB Continuum with a Diploma Programme Core of Theory of Knowledge, Creativity, Activity and Service, and the Extended Essay. Arabic B is available for students with an Arabic background, and French and Spanish are offered at Ab Initio level. Authorized to offer all three IB programmes in May 2014, Wellspring graduated its first senior class in 2016 and earned CIS/NEASC/IB reaccreditation in 2024. Facilities include Smart Classrooms, science labs, libraries, and arts, music and drama spaces, plus a cafeteria and indoor/outdoor sport areas across both campuses. After-school activities and clubs span both campuses, including Model United Nations, drama and student leadership opportunities for students.