I recently found out that it’s the British School of Kuwait’s 40 year anniversary. What not everyone knows is the little fun fact the school used to be called Sunshine School when it first opened in the late 70s up until 1990. I was in Sunshine School from 1980 to 1990 and I was part of the last class to graduate from it before the Iraqi invasion, after that, things got a bit messy and I ended up bouncing a lot from school to school and country to country until I finally graduated high school.
Because of the 40th anniversary, the school is publishing a small book and asked me if I had any photos to contribute since I’ve previously shared photos on the blog. I did of course and so had my sister mail me all the Sunshine School photos we had stored in our family home in Lebanon so I could scan them.
What’s cool is I posted some of my karate club photos taken in the early 80s and one of my followers recognized the karate instructor and sent me a link to his Facebook account. Turns out up until recently, he was still teaching karate in Kuwait.
There are 58 pictures and you can check them out after the link below. If you want the hi-res scan they’re also available to download on Flickr.
If you recognize yourself in any of the photos let me know!
8 replies on “Sunshine School 1980 – 1990”
LOL I went to the Sunshine School too!
I loved singing “You Are My Sunsine” every day before school started.
I’m pretty sure that Karate instructor taught at BSK too in the 90s. If he did then he was my instructor too!!
Nice guy, very firm but had a big heart.
Holy shit! Is that Ms. Vera sitting next to you! I ran into her in the parking lot of 360 of all places just the other week. It was so nice to see her after 20 years. I was like “Hello Dame Vera!” – she got knighted by the Queen a few years ago.
i love the pics
Mark… I think you look like Mark Zuckerberg during your early years.. 🙂
That’s better than Screech or Blossom 😅
You so look like a Saved By The Bell cast member.
Everyone except Mario Lopez. He’s just a bit cooler than you.
Loved the Sunshine School pictures Mark thank you!
I have posted on this site several years ago and so have people across different years.
Does anyone have any pictures from Mr James’s class by any chance?
I was a first grader in 1987 and he was teaching our classroom teacher.
On one photos is my son Maciek, the very blond hair boy, kindergarten
Where are David and Janet Austin? What happened to them? Did they develop the Sunshine School? Are they still alive?