Our school’s mission is to prepare our students to be good human beings, equipped with the 21st century skills of creativity, collaboration, critical thinking and communication. I strongly believe in the importance of teachers, parents, and administrators collaborating and communicating openly and frequently.

For me personally, we are at a crucial time where we need to ride the wave of change, build momentum, spring board on our past success and embrace new ambitions for the future we want.

We have our ‘3 in 3’ vision as our guiding light, where we are progressing forward following our strategic development plan to make HPS one of the top three schools of Pakistan in three years.

Habib Public High School aims to interact with and counsel bright young minds regarding their educational futures.

On Thursday, October 24,2019 an orientation session of Habib University was organized to enlighten the young minds for their future about the university admissions, groups and subjects offered, facilities at the campus, HU TOPS and eligibility criteria.

To ensure that students can avail a world-class education regardless of their ability to pay and to further clarify their queries on Friday, October 25, 2019 a formal visit of the Habib University was organized for students of Grade 12 AKUEB and 11th Cambridge at 10:00 hrs.

Volunteers of the University welcomed the students affectionately and divided them in four groups and took them for a campus tour. They showed the campus features including a library, lecture halls, an auditorium and amphitheater, the student lounge, gardens, several well-placed classrooms and laboratories.

“Your career is your business. It’s time for you to manage it as a CEO.” Dorit Sher

Career counselling sessions helps the students in making and implementing informed educational and occupational choices and get a career assessment that helps avoid the risk of change in career path later in life.

Habib Public School is playing its part by showcasing various educational paths of different fields so the Habibians can make decisions for their future educational, developmental paths to choose and excel with fulfillment in their careers. For this purpose students of Habib Public School- College Section visited Barrett Hodgson University on Thursday October 31, 2019.

A recent study from the U.K. shows that the design of education infrastructure effects learning through three interrelated factors: naturalness (e.g. light, air quality), stimulation (e.g. complexity, color), and individualization (e.g. flexibility of the learning space).The planned infrastructure of Barrett Hodgson University meets the requirements to improve the students productivity in all the areas of learning.

On Tuesday November 19, 2019, Habib Public School organized the orientation sessions in collaboration with LUMS NOP Outreach Programme and Admissions for Class XI and XII of college section students. The Orientation sessions were held in 2 different phases for the grade XI and XII. At 8:30am the representatives from LUMS, Mr. Ammar bin Saleem and Dr. Zehra had a brief information session with Grade XII students. Through their presentation , they highlighted the salient features and detailed information regarding the admission policies and life at LUMS. The session was ended with a question / answer session by students’ body to the representatives. The students were also provided with the admission brochures and information pamphlets by LUMS representatives.

Another session for Grade XI was held at 9:30 am by another representative Mr. Mubasher from LUMS NOP Outreach Programme. He introduced the LUMS National Outreach Programme (NOP) which is a scholarship programme designed by LUMS for bright and intelligent students who do not have the wherewithal to continue their education after college. Through his presentation he further briefed about the programme which helps the students pursue their educational goals through financial support which not only covers a 100% of their tuition and admission fee but may also be extended to cover for books, boarding and living at LUMS.

In the end the LUMS representatives were given the souvenirs and thank you letter on behalf of Habib Public School from Mr. Moosir as a token of Thanks.

Briefing given by: Dr. Wasif Jamil Shaikh - MBBS, MPH (UK) PEO-WHO

The Habib Public School has enrolled over 2400 students.

* The session started with recitation of verses from Holy Quran

* Students were briefed about the disease burden and complications of typhoid.

* Preventive measures were briefly described.

* Vaccine safety and beneficial effects of TCV were shared with the students

* Teachers and students were encouraged to fully support this campaign. Also, talk to the parents of students who are presently not allowing their children to be vaccinated.

* The school administration was satisfied with the commitment and ensured their full support.

* Especial thanks to Dr Ayesha and her team for their wholehearted support throughout this process.

* UCPO Aijaz was also highly enthusiastic and showed his timely presence.

23rd November 2019 began with the School Ceremonial Guard and the school brass band playing in symphony with “Pomp and Circumstance” a March written by a famous musician Edward Elgar. As the ceremony started, the graduands entered the gymnasium followed by the academic procession and the official party which entered the hall with the School Mace.

Habib Public School graduation ceremony symbolizes the move of the former students called graduand into a new place in education as a graduate where they use their skills and talents developed during their studies to contribute to the future advancement of society. Each graduand was presented to the chief guest to symbolize their transition to their new role and they were applauded for their success so far and in anticipation of their contribution to society in the future.

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Habib Public School celebrated Eid Milad un Nabawi on the 14th November 2019 with great fervor and enthusiasm.

The honorable occasion started with the recitation of the Holy Quran. Students recited different naats along with Ahadith and speeches which explicitly demonstrated their deep love and extreme devotion towards Prophet Muhammad (Peace and Blessings of ALLAH be upon Him).

In the end all the students recited salam together which was so breathtaking that it touched the depth of the hearts.

“You can speak well if your tongue can deliver the message of your heart .” -John Ford

To deliver the message of students’ heart, Habib Public School has been promoting the opportunities and this year once again on November 15, 2019 , Habib Public High School organized its 4th All Karachi Inter-School Bilingual Declamation 2019. In this competition fifteen schools and colleges participated from all over Karachi in which participants mesmerized the audience with their vibrant oratory skills and delivered impressive and thought-provoking speeches both in English and Urdu on different contemporary topics.

The Habib Public School and Habib Public High School students enjoyed an afternoon of friendly Basketball match at the School Gymnasium. There students were able to engage with others socially as well as develop their physical attributes through sport.

On December 2nd 2019, Habib Public School organized a special session on Digital Citizenship for students from Middle to High School.

As Digital Learning is an integral skill of the vision and mission of HPS, as a school HPS is playing an important role in making their students understand not only the norms of technology for preparing them for a future world but also enabling them to know about the benefits and risks of the online world and how to keep them safe.

Team RLD- hub at HPS makes use of a variety of events to provide collaborative learning and work time for teachers. This CPPL Day was the time where our own teachers who attended out-source Professional Training Programs in the past academic year served as in-house facilitators to benefit their fellow teachers through this platform.

We are delighted to share the details of all 9 sessions for the CPPL day held on November 16, 2019. It was tailored for the professional needs of teachers and served the purpose of improving efficiency and productivity, as well as finding new ways towards personal development and success.

Mr. Younis Bashir (ICT Teacher) shared outstanding practices such as:

1. Working with the students through Google class room.

2. Sharing links related to the subject and general knowledge in Google suit.

3. Animated presentations to make student more interactive towards learning.

4. Collaborating and discussing numerous topics through kahoot and powtoon presentation.

5. Online practices in and out of the classes.

Later Mr. Alamdar (ICT Team Lead) elaborated about the HPS online result portals through presentation. The session was concluded by Ms. Rabia Saleem, Chief Technology Officer – HPS.

After the DLCB feedback session, tea was served at the Green area.

From 10:30am – 12: 30 pm the entire teaching faculty was engaged at 9 different Professional Development sessions of their choice facilitated by their peer teachers. 9 different rooms were allocated at the AKU section for the sessions.

The day passed through discovering all the learning sessions well in different ways such as;

1. Class room Management by Sadia Abbas Raza

2. Using Educational Games in Teaching and Learning Science by Sitwat Batool

3. Teaching strategies and Item writing by Khadija Hasan

4. Time Management by Waqar Hussain

5. Author’s Craft and Writer’s Craft by Aneela Qureshi

6. Uplifting of Students who are not performing well ‘as yet’ by Umme Kulsoom & Tayyba Malwar

7. Effective Behavioral Management in the Primary Classrooms by Samrana Tariq & Madeha Hassan

8. Teaching and Learning Maths through Problem Solving by Midhat Mustafain

9. Health & Saftey in Sports by Mohtashim Ali

These sessions were evaluated at the end by the participants through the evaluation forms.

In the 21st century, people explore, experience, and understand the world around them in many new and different ways. To fulfill the need and demand of the students, Habib Public School organized Career Fair, on Tuesday 17th December 2019. Forty-five leading experts in 18 different fields and ten colleges and universities were invited. The event took place at the HPS Gymnasium and senior section from 9:00 am to 12:30 pm, designed for class IX to final year class XII students.

The Habib Public School students enjoyed an afternoon of friendly Basketball and Hockey match with our Proud Alumni at the Toyota Gymnasium and Raza Suleman Hockey Field. The students were able to engage with the alumni socially as well as develop their physical attributes through sport. The main content of this activity was skills based where students got to try out passing, dribbling and shooting techniques. At the end of these matches the students were appreciated for their practice and hard work.