1942

Charles Saad takes over management and initiates major enhancements

1950-1960

A team led by Ralph A. Bistany and Leila C. Saad is assembled and begins the development of a customized, proprietary program

1976

International expansion begins and SABIS^® moves into the U.A.E.

1985

SABIS^® reaches the U.S. – the first SABIS^® Network school opens in Minnesota

1992

SABIS^® expands to Asia – the first school opens in Lahore, Pakistan

1995

SABIS^® selected among global operators to manage a school in Frankfurt, Germany

First SABIS^® school in North Africa opens in Cairo, Egypt

SABIS^® is awarded its first public school in the U.S., a charter school in Springfield, Massachusetts

1996-2003

The SABIS^® Board is assembled

SABIS^® expands into more countries – Jordan, KSA, Syria, Oman

SABIS^® expands in the Gulf with the opening of a new school in Doha, Qatar

2005

SABIS^® opens a third school in Lebanon, a state-of-the-art flagship campus, SIS-Adma

2006-2010

SABIS^® is awarded the management of public schools in the U.A.E. in 2006, and Kurdistan in 2007

By 2010, SABIS^® manages 36 schools in the U.A.E. and 3 schools in Kurdistan

2012

Leila C. Saad SABIS^® School El-Metn operation is launched, first, private, tuition-free school in Lebanon serving the children of financially disadvantaged families

“From Village School to Global Brand" published about SABIS^®

2015

SABIS^® opens a school in Baku, Azerbaijan

2017

SABIS^® International School – Costa Verde opens its doors in Panama

SABIS^® partners with UNICEF to educate Syrian refugee children in Iraq

2018

SABIS^® ventures into East Africa and opens their first school in Nairobi, Kenya.

A new concept of schools is brought to life: CADMUS^® International Schools, located in Duhok and Baghdad, with new schools in the pipeline in Cairo and Erbil.

2020

SABIS^® marks 135 years of educating students for success.

SABIS^® schools seamlessly shift to full-fledged
E-learning solutions amidst the COVID-19 global pandemic.

2021

SABIS® partners with ULINK to open the first member school in Shangai, China.

SABIS® International school – Campinas opens its doors to the local and international community in Brazil.