Milestones of the SABIS® Network

1886

The first SABIS® school is founded by Tanios Saad and Louisa Procter in the village of Choueifat, Lebanon

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 further in Asia – the first school opens in Lahore, Pakistan

1995

SABIS® is 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

SABIS® expands into more countriesJordan, K.S.A., 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


In 2009, Harvard Business School writes case study about SABIS®


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

2012

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


A book titled: From Village School to Global Brand is published about SABIS®

2015

SABIS® opens 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 its first school in Nairobi, Kenya


SABIS® introduces a new brand of schools under the name CADMUS® International Schools

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® International School – Campinas opens its doors to the local and international community in Brazil


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

2022 - 2023

SABIS® launches the CADMUS® brand in Egypt

2024

SABIS® opens first CADMUS® school in Morocco


SABIS® expands in Abu Dhabi in the U.A.E.


New CADMUS® school opens in Iraq

2025

SABIS® celebrates 140-year legacy


SABIS® marks 50 Years in the U.A.E.


SABIS® expands in Saudi Arabia with a new school in Dammam