Al-Jamil Private School, Salmya
Al-Jamil Private School, Salmya was created in 1960 by a partnership including its first principal, Khawla Rizk, a Lebanese woman who was residing in Kuwait at the time. Al-Jamil started out as a private school in a hangar belonging to the Caterpillar, Inc. dealership in Surra, now a suburb of Kuwait City. In the late 70's the school had nearly 1200 students in 1st through 12th grade. It produced some of the top students at the national level. In 1980 three of the top 10 national secondary school certificate list came from  Al Jamil. After the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait in 1991, the Surra school campus became deserted and was later relocated to Maydan Hawalli. The old campus still remains deserted a reminder and a standing testimony to the damage caused by the tyrant of Iraq. Curricula. It was coeducational from K to 4th grade, and had male-only students in grades 5 to 12. Its curricula and administration gradually came under the full control of Kuwait's Ministry of Education. Facility. The school was housed at a custom-built facility in Surra around 1970, and remained there until the Gulf War  of 1991. It was regarded as an elite Private School that taught the curriculum of the Kuwaiti ministry of education. Science laboratories were poorly equipped as it compared to top public schools due to budget constraints. It had a single outdoor, asphalt paved volleyball court and a similar single basketball court. Alumni. Groups of Al-Jamil Alumni had formed over the years. Iyad Aweidah attended the school at the age of 3 from the day it opened until graduating high school in 1976