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IJA 3703

Essay Contests, Award Ceremonies, Examination Results, Baghdadi Jewish Schools

Description

These are documents from the Jewish Schools in Baghdad. Included are grading rubrics for Arabic, English, and French short story and essay contests. The item also contains programs from awards ceremonies for students of Baghdadi Jewish Schools between 1961 and 1966 and transcripts for the speeches delivered at some of the awards ceremonies. The item also includes records with students' examination results and the prompts for some of the essay contests.

Metadata

Archive Reference: IJA 3703
Item Number: 6612
Date: Approx. January 1, 1961 to December 31, 1970
Languages: Multiple Languages
Keywords: Menahem S. Daniel's School, School Material, Annotation, Frank Iny School, Shamash Secondary School, French, Students, Handwritten, Ink Stamp, English Language, Typed, Letterhead

AI en Translation, Pages 426-450

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7- Sami Kurji Sheena - graduated summer 1961 from Shamash Preparatory School.
1) Won the Honor Award for receiving three prizes in this year's distribution. Due to his absence,
the student Alfred Kurji Sheena comes forward to receive the award on his behalf.
2) He also won the Commendation Award for receiving prizes in five consecutive years.
3) He also won another Commendation Award for studying pure mathematics on his own
and passing the G.C.E. Advanced Level exam in January 1961.
8- Ronnie Victor Elia Shaul graduated summer 1961 from Shamash Preparatory School.
1) Won the Honor Award for receiving three prizes in this year's distribution.
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Due to his absence, the student Rachel Victor comes forward to receive the award on his behalf.
2) Won the Commendation Award for studying pure mathematics on his own and passing
the G.C.E. Advanced Level exam in January 1961.
3) He also won another Commendation Award for receiving prizes in three consecutive
years.
9- Elias Kurji Zilkha from the fourth grade in Shamash Preparatory School.
1) Won the Honor Award for receiving four prizes in this year's distribution.
2) He also won the Commendation Award for receiving prizes in six consecutive years.
10- Ghanem Sassoon Shohet graduated summer 1961 from Shamash Preparatory School.
1) Won the Commendation Award for studying pure mathematics on his own and passing
the G.C.E. Advanced Level exam in January 1961. Due to
his absence, the student Lydia Sassoon Shohet comes forward to receive the award on his behalf.
11- Salim Daoud Al-Ani from the fifth grade in Shamash Preparatory School.
1) Won the Commendation Award for studying the art of drawing on his own and passing the
G.C.E. Ordinary Level exam in the summer of 1961.
12- Edward Yehuda Ghazal from the third grade in Frank Iny Intermediate School.
1) Won the Commendation Award for receiving prizes in three consecutive years.
13- Salman Ihsan Sabra from the fourth grade in Frank Iny Elementary School.
1) Won the Commendation Award for receiving prizes in three consecutive years.
(To be continued)
⟦Cambridge Lower⟧

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Second - The rest of the school prizes for this year 1961 - 1962
1 - Daoud Salim Kabbay from the fifth grade in Shamash Preparatory School.
1) Won the First Place Prize for successfully passing the equivalent of five subjects at the Ordinary Level
in the (G.C.E) exam for the summer of 1961.
2 - 4) Edouard Youssef Ezra Daoud from the fourth grade in Shamash Preparatory School.
1) Won the First Place Prize for achieving first place in his class (Third Intermediate) in the
Brevet exam for the summer of 1961, in the French language.
3 - Hilda Salem Shamoun from the second grade (B) in Frank Iny Intermediate School.
1) Won the First Place Prize for achieving first place in the second grade (B) in the
University of Cambridge exam in the English language for the summer of 1961 Cambridge Lower Certificate.
4 - <del>5</del> Moshe Salman Dallal from the second grade (B) in Frank Iny Intermediate School.
1) Won the First Place Prize for achieving first place in his class, First Intermediate (B), in the
Certificat exam for the summer of 1961 in the French language.
2) He also won the Ideal Student Prize for being the ideal student in the Second Intermediate grade (B)
for the academic year 1961 - 1962.
5 - Sami Gurji Sheena graduated in the summer of 1961 from Shamash Preparatory School.
1) Won the First Place Prize for achieving first place (tie) in his class in the General Examination
(Baccalaureate) for preparatory studies in the summer of 1961.
Due to his absence, the student Alfred Gurji Sheena comes forward to receive the prize on his behalf.
6 - Ronnie Victor Elia Shaul graduated in the summer of 1961 from Shamash Preparatory School.
1) Won the First Place Prize for achieving first place (tie) in his class in the General Examination
(Baccalaureate) for preparatory studies in the summer of 1961. Due to his absence, the student
Rachel Victor comes forward to receive the prize on his behalf.
7 - Walid Amin Jaddou Hilmi from the fourth grade in Shamash Preparatory School.
1) Won the First Place Prize for achieving first place in his class in the General Examination (Baccalaureate)
for intermediate studies in the summer of 1961.
8 - Kamal Ezra Meir Shakkouri from the first grade (B) in Frank Iny Intermediate School.
1) Won the First Place Prize for achieving first place among the students of Frank Iny Primary School in the General
Examinations (Baccalaureate) for primary studies in the summer of 1961.
9 - Elias Ibrahim Dallal from the first grade (B) in Frank Iny Intermediate School.
1) Won the First Place Prize for achieving first place (tie) among the students of Menachem Daniel Primary School in the General
Examinations (Baccalaureate) for primary studies for the summer of 1961.
(To be continued)

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10 - Maurice Naji Bayous from the first grade (B) in Frank Iny Intermediate School.
1) Won the Excellence Award for achieving first place (tie) among the students of Menahem Daniel Primary School in
the general examinations (Baccalaureate) for primary studies for the summer of 1961.
11 - Sami Abdul Rahman Salimoun from the fifth grade in Shamash Preparatory School.
1) Won the Excellence Award for achieving first place in the school examinations for the fourth
preparatory grade for the summer of 1961.
2) He also won the Excellence Award for writing the best essay in the Arabic language among the students of
the preparatory grades for the academic year 1961 - 1962.
12 - Edouard Yehuda Ghazal from the third grade in Frank Iny Intermediate School.
1) Won the Excellence Award for achieving first place in the school examinations for the second
intermediate grade (A) for the summer of 1961.
13 - Emile Ezra Somekh from the third grade in Frank Iny Intermediate School.
1) Won the Excellence Award for achieving first place in the school examinations for the second
intermediate grade (B) for the summer of 1961.
14 - Daoud Abdul Latif Erbeeli from the second grade (A) in Frank Iny Intermediate School.
1) Won the Excellence Award for achieving first place in the school examinations for the first intermediate grade
(A) for the summer of 1961.
15 - Rachel Victor Elia Shaoul from the second grade (B) in Frank Iny Intermediate School.
1) Won the Excellence Award for achieving first place in the school examinations for the first
intermediate grade (B) for the summer of 1961.
16 - Daoud Farid Samra from the sixth grade in Frank Iny Primary School.
1) Won the Excellence Award for achieving first place in the school examinations for the fifth grade (B)
for the summer of 1961.
17 - Daoud Ihsan Samra from the fifth grade (B) in Frank Iny Primary School.
1) Won the Excellence Award for achieving first place in the school examinations for the fourth grade
for the summer of 1961.
18 - Salman Ihsan Samra from the fourth grade in Frank Iny Primary School.
1) Won the Excellence Award for achieving first place in the school examinations for the third grade
for the summer of 1961.
( To be continued )

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19 - Rita Salman Qattan from the third grade at Frank Iny Primary School.
a) Won the First Place Prize for achieving first place in the school exams for the second grade
for the summer of 1961.
20 - Diya ⟦I⟧shaq Cohen from the second grade at Frank Iny Primary School.
a) Won the First Place Prize for achieving first place (tie) in the school exams for the first grade
for the summer of 1961.
21 - Saliha (Sally) Farid Samra from the second grade at Frank Iny Primary School.
a) Won the First Place Prize for achieving first place (tie) in the school exams for the
first grade for the summer of 1961.
22 - Ezra Ashir Atrakchi from the sixth grade at Menahem Daniel Primary School.
a) Won the First Place Prize for achieving first place in the school exams for the fifth grade
for the summer of 1961.
23 - Rita Yaqub Kharmoush from the fifth grade at Menahem Daniel Primary School.
a) Won the First Place Prize for achieving first place (tie) in the school exams for the
fourth grade for the summer of 1961.
24 - Vera Naji Said from the fifth grade at Menahem Daniel Primary School.
a) Won the First Place Prize for achieving first place (tie) in the school exams for the
fourth grade for the summer of 1961.
b) She also won the Ideal Student Prize for being the ideal student in the fifth grade for the
academic year 1961 - 1962.
25 - Emil Eliyahu Saleh from the fourth grade at Menahem Daniel Primary School.
a) Won the First Place Prize for achieving first place (tie) in the school exams for the
third grade for the summer of 1961.
26 - Tuffaha Ezra Moallem from the fourth grade at Menahem Daniel Primary School.
a) Won the First Place Prize for achieving first place (tie) in the school exams
for the third grade for the summer of 1961.
27 - Freddy Faraj Tajirian from the third grade at Menahem Daniel Primary School.
a) Won the First Place Prize for achieving first place in the school exams for the second grade
for the summer of 1961.
( To be continued )

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28 - Vera Saleh Alfasi from the second grade in Menahem Daniel Primary School.
1) She won the first-place prize for achieving first place (repeated) in the school exams
for the first grade for the summer of 1961.
29 - Ronnie Yaqoub Kharmoush from the second grade in Menahem Daniel Primary School.
1) He won the first-place prize for achieving first place (repeated) in the school exams for the
first grade for the summer of 1961.
30 - Elias Korgi Zilkha from the fourth grade in Shamash Preparatory School.
1) He won the Ideal Student prize for being the ideal student in the fourth grade for the academic year
1961 - 1962.
2) He also won the first-place prize for writing the best essay in the French language
among the students of the preparatory classes for the academic year 1961 - 1962.
3) He also won the first-place prize for writing the best essay in the English language
among the students of the preparatory classes for the academic year 1961 - 1962.
31 - Kamal Azouri Shamash from the fifth grade in Shamash Preparatory School.
1) He won the Ideal Student prize for being the ideal student in the fifth grade for the academic year
1961 - 1962.
32 - Partovi Raj Talwar from the third grade in Frank Iny Intermediate School.
1) He received the Ideal Student prize for winning the election of the ideal student in the third
intermediate grade for the academic year 1961 - 1962.
33 - Meir Haron Lawi from the first grade (A) in Frank Iny Intermediate School.
1) He received the Ideal Student prize for winning the election of the ideal student in the first grade (A)
for the academic year 1961 - 1962.
34 - Khader Salim Bassoon from the first grade (B) in Frank Iny Intermediate School.
1) He received the Ideal Student prize for winning the election of the ideal student in the first grade (B)
for the academic year 1961 - 1962.
35 - Farid Moshi Al-Hakim from the sixth grade in Frank Iny Primary School.
1) He received the Ideal Student prize for winning the election of the ideal student in the sixth grade
for the academic year 1961 - 1962.
36 - Samira Ibrahim Yehuda from the fifth grade (B) in Frank Iny Primary School.
1) She received the Ideal Student prize for winning the election of the ideal student in the fifth grade (B)
for the academic year 1961 - 1962.
( To be continued )

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37 - Devendra Talwar from Grade 5 (A) at Frank Iny Primary School.
a) Won the Idealism Award for being the ideal student in Grade 5 (A) for the
academic year 1961 - 1962.
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38 - Kelwin Karji Bikhor from Grade 6 at Menahem Daniel Primary School.
a) Received the Idealism Award for winning the election of the ideal student in Grade 6
for the academic year 1961 - 1962.
39 - Vivian Karji Sheena from Grade 9 at Frank Iny Intermediate School.
a) Won the First Place Award for writing the best essay in the Arabic language among students
of the intermediate grades for the academic year 1961 - 1962.
40 - Maureen Youssef Twayq from Grade 9 at Frank Iny Intermediate School.
a) Won the First Place Award for writing the best essay in the English language among students
of the intermediate grades for the academic year 1961 - 1962.
41 - George Salman Dallal from Grade 9 at Frank Iny Intermediate School.
a) Won the First Place Award for writing the best essay in the French language among students
of the intermediate grades for the academic year 1961 - 1962.
42 - Rachel Saleh Twayq from Grade 6 at Frank Iny Primary School.
a) Won the First Place Award for writing the best essay in the Arabic language among
primary grade students for the academic year 1961 - 1962.
43 - Heskel Sion Kaflawi from Grade 6 at Menahem Daniel Primary School.
a) Won the First Place Award for being first in the drawing competition among students of the fifth
and sixth primary grades.
44 - Khader Victor Shaker from Grade 4 at Frank Iny Primary School.
a) Won the First Place Award for being first in the Arabic calligraphy competition among students of the
third and fourth primary grades.
45 - Yvonne Eliyahu Habousha from Grade 4 at Menahem Daniel Primary School.
a) Won the First Place Award for being first in the Latin calligraphy competition among students of the
third and fourth primary grades.
46 - <del>Samie</del> Munshi Daoud Shamoun from Grade 7 (B) at Frank Iny Intermediate School.
a) Won the Encouragement Award for obtaining a total score in his Baccalaureate exam
for the summer of 1961 that was less than the total of the first student in his sixth grade by one degree
out of one hundred degrees.
(To be continued)

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47 - Gladys Youssef Ezra Daoud from the sixth grade at Menahem Daniel Primary School.
1) She won the encouragement prize for obtaining a total in her final grades for the summer of
1961 that was less than the total of the first student in her fifth grade by one degree
out of one hundred degrees.
48 - Ida Munir Basri from the third grade at Menahem Daniel Primary School.
1) She won the encouragement prize for obtaining a total in her final grades for the summer of 1961
less than the total of the first student in her second grade by half a degree out of ten only.
49 - Nouri Mansour Nourallah from the second grade at Menahem Daniel Primary School.
1) He won the encouragement prize for obtaining a total in his final grades for the summer of 1961
less than the total of the first student in his first grade by half a degree out of ten only.
50 - Solomon Akoub from the second grade at Menahem Daniel Primary School.
1) He won the encouragement prize for obtaining a total in his final grades for the summer of 1961 less
than the total of the first student in his first grade by half a degree out of ten only.
51 - Wassim Saleh Twayq from the second grade at Frank Iny Primary School.
1) He won the encouragement prize for obtaining the same total in his final grades for the summer of 1961
as that obtained by the first two students in his first primary grade.
52 - Ezra Naim Shahrabani from the second grade at Frank Iny Primary School.
1) He won the encouragement prize for obtaining the same total in his final grades for the summer of 1961
as that obtained by the first two students in his first primary grade.
53 - Rafi Bakhos Asadour from the second grade at Menahem Daniel Primary School.
1) He won the encouragement prize for obtaining a total in his final grades for the summer of 1961 less
than the total of the first student in his first grade by half a degree out of ten only.
11 - And now that the distribution of prizes has ended, we, on behalf of the school administration and students, thank the head of the community,
His Eminence Rabbi Sassoon Khadhuri, for his kindness in distributing these prizes to those who deserve them.
12 - Student Freddy Eliyahu Rubin Al-Ani from the fifth grade of Shamash Secondary School now comes forward
to deliver his speech.
13 - And now, on behalf of the school administration and students, we thank the honorable visitors who graced this ceremony with their presence,
and we wish all students, especially the prize winners among them, continued success and prosperity.

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Table ← (Table) ← Table
Carmela Table
Table
The Announcer
Layla
Jassir Naji | Sylvia | Lina Qazhi
| Muntaha |
| Victor |
| Lisa Bahour |
| Halwa |
Dawood Friend | Ibtisam | Jamila
| Halwa | Lawi
Jamila | Suad | Akram
Farid Shamoun | Fouad Aini - Curricula
Adwit Najash | <del>⟦illegible⟧</del> | Najm Khadhuri
Banaj Khadhuri
Afraidin Al-Ani | Slon Ministers
Dawood Abdul Nabi | Kirkia

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Names of students who won the Naqqar, Stafford, and other prizes for the year 1961 - 1962
2 - Excellence Awards
Emile Ezra Somekh | Third Grade | Frank Iny Intermediate School | For achieving first place in school and ministerial exams for six consecutive years in the primary and intermediate stages of study.
Rachel Victor Elia Shaul | Second Grade (B) | Frank Iny Intermediate School | For achieving first place in school and ministerial exams for five consecutive years in the primary and intermediate stages of study.
Sami Abdul Rahman Selimoun | Fifth Grade | Shamash Preparatory School | For achieving first place in school and ministerial exams for four consecutive years in the intermediate and preparatory stages of study.
Daoud Farid Samra | Sixth Grade | Frank Iny Primary School | For achieving first place in school exams for four consecutive years in the primary stage of study.
Daoud Ihsan Samra | Fifth Grade (B) | Frank Iny Primary School | For achieving first place in school exams for four consecutive years in the primary stage of study.
Ezra Ashir Atrakchi | Fifth Grade | Menachem Daniel Primary School | For achieving first place in school exams for four consecutive years in the primary stage of study.
3 - Honor Awards
Sami Gurji Sheena | Graduated Summer 1961 | Shamash Preparatory School | For winning three awards in this year's distribution.
Ronnie Victor Elia Shaul | Graduated Summer 1961 | Shamash Preparatory School | For winning three awards in this year's distribution.
Sami Abdul Rahman Selimoun | Fifth Grade | Shamash Preparatory School | For winning three awards in this year's distribution.
Elias Gurji Ezra Zilkha | Fourth Grade | Shamash Preparatory School | For winning four awards in this year's distribution.
4 - Commendation Awards
Sami Gurji Sheena | Graduated Summer 1961 | Shamash Preparatory School | For receiving awards in five consecutive years.
Sami Gurji Sheena | Graduated Summer 1961 | Shamash Preparatory School | For studying theoretical mathematics on his own and passing the (G.C.E.) exam at the Advanced Level in January 1961.
Ronnie Victor Elia Shaul | Graduated Summer 1961 | Shamash Preparatory School | For receiving awards in three consecutive years.
Ronnie Victor Elia Shaul | Graduated Summer 1961 | Shamash Preparatory School | For studying theoretical mathematics on his own and passing the (G.C.E.) exam at the Advanced Level in January 1961.
Ghanem Sassoon Shweihat | Graduated Summer 1961 | Shamash Preparatory School | For studying theoretical mathematics on his own and passing the (G.C.E.) exam at the Advanced Level in January 1961.
Sami Abdul Rahman Selimoun | Fifth Grade | Shamash Preparatory School | For receiving awards in four consecutive years.
Salim Daoud Ishaq Al-Ani | Fifth Grade | Shamash Preparatory School | For studying the art of drawing on his own and passing the (G.C.E.) exam at the Ordinary Level in the summer of 1961.
Elias Gurji Ezra Zilkha | Fourth Grade | Shamash Preparatory School | For receiving awards in six consecutive years.
(Edward Isaac) Yehuda Ghazal | Third Grade | Frank Iny Intermediate School | For receiving awards in three consecutive years.
Emile Ezra Somekh | Third Grade | Frank Iny Intermediate School | For receiving awards in six consecutive years.
Rachel Victor Elia Shaul | Second Grade (B) | Frank Iny Intermediate School | For receiving awards in six consecutive years.
Daoud Farid Samra | Sixth Grade | Frank Iny Primary School | For receiving awards in four consecutive years.
Daoud Ihsan Samra | Fifth Grade (B) | Frank Iny Primary School | For receiving awards in four consecutive years.
Ezra Ashir Atrakchi | Fifth Grade | Menachem Daniel Primary School | For receiving awards in four consecutive years.
Salman Ihsan Samra | Fourth Grade | Frank Iny Primary School | For receiving awards in three consecutive years.
5 - Top Achievers in their schools in General Exams for special studies
(A) G.C.E. EXAMS. June 1961
Daoud Salim Munshi Kabbay	Fourth Grade	Shamash Preparatory School	For successfully passing the equivalent of five subjects at the Ordinary Level in the G.C.E. exams for the summer of 1961.
(B) Brevet Exam (BREVET - E T E 1961)
Edward Joseph Ezra Daoud	Third Grade	Frank Iny Intermediate School	First.
(C) Certificate Exam (CERTIFICAT E T E 1961)
Moshe Salman Dallal	First Grade [B]	Frank Iny Intermediate School	First.
(D) Cambridge University Exam (CAMBRIDGE LOWER CERTIFICATE. Nov. 1960 AND JUNE 1961)
Hilda Salem Shamoun Kabbay	First Grade [B]	Frank Iny Intermediate School	First [Summer 1961]
6 - Top Achievers in their schools in General Exams (Baccalaureate) for Summer 1961
Sami Gurji Sheena | For Preparatory Studies | Shamash School | First (tied)
Ronnie Victor Elia Shaul | For Preparatory Studies | Shamash School | First (tied)
Walid Amin Jaddou Hilmi | For Intermediate Studies | Frank Iny School
Kamal Ezra Mutheer Shakouri | For Primary Studies | Frank Iny School
Elias Ibrahim Eliahu Dallal | For Primary Studies | Menachem Daniel School | First (tied)
Maurice Naji Reuben Beyrs | For Primary Studies | Menachem Daniel School | First (tied)
7 - Top Achievers in their classes in school exams for Summer 1961
Shamash Preparatory School	Frank Iny Intermediate School
Sami Abdul Rahman Selimoun	Fourth Grade	(Edward Isaac) Yehuda Ghazal	Second Grade [A]
Daoud Ihsan Samra	Fourth Grade	Emile Ezra Somekh	Second Grade [B]
Daoud Farid Samra	Fifth Grade [B]	Daoud Abdul Latif Oraibi	First Grade [A]
Salman Ihsan Samra	Third Grade	Rachel Victor Elia Shaul	First Grade [B]
Zita Salman Qattan	Second Grade
Diya Isaac Moshe Cohen - First (tied) - First Grade	Menachem Daniel Primary School
Saliha [Sally] Farid Samra - First (tied) - First Grade	Ezra Ashir Atrakchi	Fifth Grade
Rita Yaqub Kharmoush - First (tied) -	Fourth Grade
Vera Naji Said - First (tied) -	Fourth Grade
Emile Eliahu Saleh - First (tied) -	Third Grade
Taftah Ezra Moallem - First (tied) -	Third Grade
Freddy Faraj Tajirian	Second Grade
Vera Saleh Agassi - First (tied) -	First Grade
Ronnie Yaqub Kharmoush - First (tied) -	First Grade
8 - Exemplary students for their classes starting from Fifth Primary and above for the year 1961 - 1962
Shamash Preparatory School	Frank Iny Primary School
Kamal Azouzi Munshi Shamash	Fifth Preparatory Grade	Farid Moshe Ibrahim Al-Hakim	Sixth Grade
Elias Gurji Ezra Zilkha	Fourth Preparatory Grade	Samira Ibrahim Yehuda	Fifth Grade [B]
Devindra Talwar	Fifth Grade [A]

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Under the patronage of
His Excellency the President of the Mosaic Community in Baghdad
Award Ceremony for the Elisha Niggar and Stafford Sassoon Endowments
and other awards for the year 1961 — 1962
Organized by the administration of Frank Iny and Shamash Schools in Baghdad
at
The Hall of Frank Iny School
at eleven o'clock on the morning of Tuesday, May 22, 1962
Ceremony Program
1 — The Republican Anthem.
2 — A speech by Mr. Abdullah Obadia.
3 — Distribution of awards.
4 — A speech by the student Freddy Eliyahu Rubin Al-Ani.
Names of students receiving the Niggar, Stafford, and other awards for the year 1961 — 1962
1 — Excellence Awards
Emile Ezra Somekh | Third Grade | Frank Iny Intermediate | For receiving honor or excellence awards in four consecutive years.
Rachel Victor Elia Shaul | Second Grade (B) | Frank Iny Intermediate | For receiving honor or excellence awards in three consecutive years.

Frank Iny Intermediate School | Menahem Daniel Primary School (A)
Prithvi Raj Talwari, Third Grade | Carmen Gurji Shua Bekhor, Sixth Grade
Moshe Salman Sassoon Dallal, Second Grade -B- | Vera Naji Said, Fifth Grade
Mayer Haron Nassim Lawi, First Grade - A - |
Khader Salim Khadouri Basson, First Grade -B- |
9 - Competition Prizes for the year 1961 - 1962
Sami Abdul Rahman Suleiman | Fifth Grade | Shamash Preparatory | For writing the best essay in Arabic among preparatory class students
Elias Gurji Ezra Zilkha | Fourth Grade | Shamash Preparatory | For writing the best essay in English among preparatory class students
Elias Gurji Ezra Zilkha | Fourth Grade (Al-Bal) | Shamash Preparatory | For writing the best essay in French among preparatory class students
Vivian Gurji Sion Sheina | Third Grade | Frank Iny Intermediate | For writing the best essay in Arabic among intermediate class students
Maureen Youssef Ishaq Tweig | Third Grade | Frank Iny Intermediate | For writing the best essay in English among intermediate class students
George Salman Sassoon Dallal | Third Grade | Frank Iny Intermediate | For writing the best essay in French among intermediate class students
Rachel Saleh Munshi Tweig | Sixth Grade | Menahem Daniel Primary | For writing the best essay in Arabic among primary class students
Heskel Sion Kaflawi | Sixth Grade | Menahem Daniel Primary | First in the drawing competition among fifth and sixth grade primary students
Khader Victor Khadouri Shaker | Fourth Grade | Frank Iny Primary | First in the Arabic calligraphy competition among third and fourth grade primary students
Yvonne Eliyahu Daoud Habousha | Fourth Grade | Menahem Daniel Primary | First in the Latin calligraphy competition among third and fourth grade primary students
10 - Encouragement Prizes for the year 1961 - 1962 ( CONSOLATION PRIZES )
Munshi Daoud Shamoun | Sixth Grade | Frank Iny Primary | For obtaining a total in his final grades in the Baccalaureate exam for the summer of 1961 less than the total of the first student in his class by one degree out of a hundred
Gladys Youssef Ezra Daoud | Fifth Grade | Menahem Daniel Primary | For obtaining a total in her final grades for the summer of 1961 less than the total of the first student in her class by one degree out of a hundred .
Ida Meir Basri | Second Grade | Menahem Daniel Primary | For obtaining a total in her final grades for the summer of 1961 less than the total of the first student in her class by half a degree out of ten only .
Nouri Mansour Nour Allah | First Grade | Menahem Daniel Primary | For obtaining the same total in his final grades for the summer of 1961 as the first two students in his class .
Solomon Akob | First Grade | Menahem Daniel Primary | For obtaining the same total in his final grades for the summer of 1961 as the first two students in his class .
Wassim Saleh Munshi Tweig | First Grade | Frank Iny Primary | For obtaining the same total in his final grades for the summer of 1961 as the first two students in his class .
Ezra Naim Ezra Shahrabani | First Grade | Frank Iny Primary | For obtaining the same total in his final grades for the summer of 1961 as the first two students in his class .
Rafi Boghos Asador | First Grade | Menahem Daniel Primary | For obtaining a total in his final grades for the summer of 1961 less than the total of the first student in his class by half a degree out of ten only .

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Names of students who won the Naqqar, Stafford, and other prizes for the year 1961 - 1962
2 - Excellence Awards
Emile Ezra Somekh | Third Grade | Frank Iny Intermediate School | For achieving first place in school and ministerial exams for six consecutive years in the primary and intermediate stages of study.
Rachel Victor Elia Shaul | Second Grade (B) | Frank Iny Intermediate School | For achieving first place in school and ministerial exams for five consecutive years in the primary and intermediate stages of study.
Sami Abdul Rahman Slimon | Fifth Grade | Shamash Secondary School | For achieving first place in school and ministerial exams for four consecutive years in the intermediate and secondary stages of study.
Daoud Farid Samra | Sixth Grade | Frank Iny Primary School | For achieving first place in school exams for four consecutive years in the primary stage of study.
Daoud Ihsan Samra | Fifth Grade (B) | Frank Iny Primary School | For achieving first place in school exams for four consecutive years in the primary stage of study.
Ezra Ashir Atraqchi | Fifth Grade | Menahem Daniel Primary School | For achieving first place in school exams for four consecutive years in the primary stage of study.
3 - Honor Awards
Sami Korgi Sheena | Graduated Summer 1961 | Shamash Secondary School | For winning three awards in this year's distribution.
Rony Victor Elia Shaul | Graduated Summer 1961 | Shamash Secondary School | For winning three awards in this year's distribution.
Sami Abdul Rahman Slimon | Fifth Grade | Shamash Secondary School | For winning three awards in this year's distribution.
Elias Korgi Ezra Zilkha | Fourth Grade | Shamash Secondary School | For winning four awards in this year's distribution.
4 - Commendation Awards
Sami Korgi Sheena | Graduated Summer 1961 | Shamash Secondary School | For obtaining awards in five consecutive years.
Sami Korgi Sheena | Graduated Summer 1961 | Shamash Secondary School | For studying theoretical mathematics on his own and passing the (G.C.E.) exam at the Advanced Level in January 1961
Rony Victor Elia Shaul | Graduated Summer 1961 | Shamash Secondary School | For obtaining awards in three consecutive years.
Rony Victor Elia Shaul | Graduated Summer 1961 | Shamash Secondary School | For studying theoretical mathematics on his own and passing the (G.C.E.) exam at the Advanced Level in January 1961.
Ghanem Sassoon Shwaihat | Graduated Summer 1961 | Shamash Secondary School | For studying theoretical mathematics on his own and passing the (G.C.E.) exam at the Advanced Level in January 1961.
Sami Abdul Rahman Slimon | Fifth Grade | Shamash Secondary School | For obtaining awards in four consecutive years.
Salim Daoud Ishaq Al-Ani | Fifth Grade | Shamash Secondary School | For studying the art of drawing on his own and passing the (G.C.E.) exam at the Ordinary Level in Summer 1961.
Elias Korgi Ezra Zilkha | Fourth Grade | Shamash Secondary School | For obtaining awards in six consecutive years.
(Edward Ishaq) Yehuda Ghazal | Third Grade | Frank Iny Intermediate School | For obtaining awards in three consecutive years.
Emile Ezra Somekh | Third Grade | Frank Iny Intermediate School | For obtaining awards in six consecutive years.
Rachel Victor Elia Shaul | Second Grade (B) | Frank Iny Intermediate School | For obtaining awards in six consecutive years.
Daoud Farid Samra | Sixth Grade | Frank Iny Primary School | For obtaining awards in four consecutive years.
Daoud Ihsan Samra | Fifth Grade (B) | Frank Iny Primary School | For obtaining awards in four consecutive years.
Ezra Ashir Atraqchi | Fifth Grade | Menahem Daniel Primary School | For obtaining awards in four consecutive years.
Salman Ihsan Samra | Fourth Grade | Frank Iny Primary School | For obtaining awards in three consecutive years.
5 - Those who excelled in their schools in general examinations for special studies
(A) G.C.E. Exam (G.C.E. EXAMS. June 1961)
Daoud Salim Munshi Kabbay | Fourth Grade | Shamash Secondary School | For successfully passing the equivalent of five subjects at the Ordinary Level in the (G.C.E.) exams for Summer 1961.
(B) Brevet Exam (1961 BREVET - E T E)
Edward Joseph Ezra Daoud | Third Grade | Frank Iny Intermediate School | First
(C) Certificat Exam (1961 CERTIFICAT E T E)
Moshe Salman Dallal | First Grade [B] | Frank Iny Intermediate School | First
(D) Cambridge University Exam (1961 CAMBRIDGE LOWER CERTIFICATE. Nov. 1960 AND JUNE)
Hilda Salim Shamoun Kabbay | First Grade [B] | Frank Iny Intermediate School | First [Summer 1961]
6 - First in their schools in the general examinations (Baccalaureate) for Summer 1961
Sami Korgi Sheena | For Secondary Study | Shamash School | First (tied)
Rony Victor Elia Shaul | For Secondary Study | Shamash School | First (tied)
Walid Amin Jaddou Hilmi | For Intermediate Study | Frank Iny School | First
Kamal Ezra Munir Shakkouri | For Primary Study | Frank Iny School | First (tied)
Elias Ibrahim Eliahu Dallal | For Primary Study | Menahem Daniel School | First (tied)
Maurice Naji Reuben Peress | For Primary Study | Menahem Daniel School | First (tied)
7 - First in their classes in school examinations for Summer 1961
Shamash Secondary School
Sami Abdul Rahman Slimon | Fourth Grade
Frank Iny Primary School
Daoud Farid Samra | Sixth Grade [B]
Daoud Ihsan Samra | Fifth Grade [B]
Salman Ihsan Samra | Third Grade
Zita Salman Qattan | Second Grade
Diya Ishaq Moshe Cohen - First (tied) - First Grade
Saliha [Sally] Farid Samra - First (tied) - First Grade
Frank Iny Intermediate School
(Edward Ishaq) Yehuda Ghazal | Second Grade [A]
Emile Ezra Somekh | Second Grade [B]
Daoud Abdul Latif Arin | First Grade [A]
Rachel Victor Elia Shaul | First Grade [B]
Menahem Daniel Primary School
Ezra Ashir Atraqchi | Fifth Grade
Rosetta Yaqub Kharmoush - First (tied) - | Fourth Grade
Emile Eliahu Saleh - First (tied) - | Fourth Grade
Tuffaha Ezra Moallem - First (tied) - | Third Grade
Freddy Faraj Najarian | Second Grade
Rony Yaqub Kharmoush - First (tied) - | First Grade
Vera Naji Said - First (tied) - | First Grade
8 - Exemplary students for their classes starting from the fifth primary and above for the year 1961 - 1962
Shamash Secondary School
Kamal Azouzi Munshi Shamash | Fifth Secondary Grade
Elias Korgi Ezra Zilkha | Fourth Secondary Grade
Frank Iny Primary School
Farid Moshe Ibrahim Al-Hakim | Sixth Grade
Samira Ibrahim Yehuda | Fifth Grade [B]
Devindra Nawar | Fifth Grade [A]

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Under the patronage of
His Excellency the President of the Mosaic Community in Baghdad
Award Ceremony for the Elisha Niggar and Stafford Sassoon Endowments
and other awards for the year 1961 - 1962
Organized by the administration of Frank Iny and Shamash Schools in Baghdad
at
The Frank Iny School Hall
at eleven o'clock on the morning of Tuesday, May 22, 1962
Ceremony Program
1 - The Republican Anthem.
2 - A speech by Mr. Abdullah Obadia.
3 - Distribution of awards.
4 - A speech by the student Freddy Eliyahu Rubin Al-Ani.
Names of students receiving the Niggar, Stafford, and other awards for the year 1961 - 1962
1 - Excellence Awards
Emile Ezra Somekh | Third Grade | Frank Iny Intermediate | For receiving honors or excellence awards in four consecutive years.
Rachel Victor Elia Shaul | Second Grade (B) | Frank Iny Intermediate | For receiving honors or excellence awards in three consecutive years.

Frank Iny Intermediate School | Menahem Daniel Primary School
Prithvi Raj Talwari, Third Grade | Carmen Gurji Shua Yakhor, Sixth Grade
Moshe Salman Sassoon Dallal, Second Grade -B- | Vera Naji Said, Fifth Grade
Mayer Haron Nassim Lawi, First Grade - A - |
Khader Salim Khadouri Bassoon, First Grade -B- |
9 - Competition Prizes for the year 1961 - 1962
Sami Abdul Rahman Slimon | Fifth Grade | Shamash Preparatory | For writing the best essay in Arabic among preparatory class students
Elias Gurji Ezra Zilkha | Fourth Grade | Shamash Preparatory | For writing the best essay in English among preparatory class students
Elias Gurji Ezra Zilkha | Fourth Grade | Shamash Preparatory | For writing the best essay in French among preparatory class students
Vivian Gurji Sion Sheina | Third Grade | Frank Iny Intermediate | For writing the best essay in Arabic among intermediate class students
Maureen Youssef Isaac Tweig | Third Grade | Frank Iny Intermediate | For writing the best essay in English among intermediate class students
George Salman Sassoon Dallal | Third Grade | Frank Iny Intermediate | For writing the best essay in French among intermediate class students
Rachel Saleh Munshi Tweig | Sixth Grade | Frank Iny Primary | For writing the best essay in Arabic among primary class students
Heskiel Sion Kaflawi | Sixth Grade | Menahem Daniel Primary | First in the drawing competition among fifth and sixth grade primary students
Khader Victor Khadouri Shukur | Fourth Grade | Frank Iny Primary | First in the Arabic calligraphy competition among third and fourth grade primary students
Yvonne Eliyahu Daoud Habousha | Fourth Grade | Menahem Daniel Primary | First in the Latin calligraphy competition among third and fourth grade primary students
10 - Consolation Prizes for the year 1961 - 1962 ( CONSOLATION PRIZES )
Munshi Daoud Shamoun | Sixth Grade | Frank Iny Primary | For obtaining a total in his final Baccalaureate exam grades for the summer of 1961 that was less than the first student in his class by one point out of a hundred
Gladys Youssef Ezra Daoud | Fifth Grade | Menahem Daniel Primary | For obtaining a total in her final grades for the summer of 1961 that was less than the first student in her class by one point out of a hundred .
Ida Meir Basri | Second Grade | Menahem Daniel Primary | For obtaining a total in her final grades for the summer of 1961 that was less than the first student in her class by half a point out of ten only ..
Nouri Mansour Nourallah | First Grade | Menahem Daniel Primary | For obtaining the same total in his final grades for the summer of 1961 as the two top students in his class .
Solomon Akoub Allah | First Grade | Menahem Daniel Primary | For obtaining the same total in his final grades for the summer of 1961 as the two top students in his class .
Wassim Saleh Munshi Tweig | First Grade | Frank Iny Primary | For obtaining the same total in his final grades for the summer of 1961 as the two top students in his class .
Ezra Naim Ezra Shahrabani | First Grade | Frank Iny Primary | For obtaining the same total in his final grades for the summer of 1961 as the two top students in his class .
Raffi Boghos Asadour | First Grade | Menahem Daniel Primary | For obtaining a total in his final grades for the summer of 1961 that was less than the first student in his class by half a point out of ten only .

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Names of students who won the Naqqar, Stafford, and other prizes for the year 1961 - 1962
2 - Excellence Awards
Emile Ezra Somekh | Third Grade | Frank Iny Intermediate School | For achieving first place in school and ministerial exams for six consecutive years in the primary and intermediate stages of study.
Rachel Victor Elia Shaul | Second Grade (B) | Frank Iny Intermediate School | For achieving first place in school and ministerial exams for five consecutive years in the primary and intermediate stages of study.
Sami Abdul Rahman Selimoun | Fifth Grade | Shamash Preparatory School | For achieving first place in school and ministerial exams for four consecutive years in the intermediate and preparatory stages of study.
Daoud Farid Samra | Sixth Grade | Frank Iny Primary School | For achieving first place in school exams for four consecutive years in the primary stage of study.
Daoud Ihsan Samra | Fifth Grade (B) | Frank Iny Primary School | For achieving first place in school exams for four consecutive years in the primary stage of study.
Ezra Ashir Atrakchi | Fifth Grade | Menahem Daniel Primary School | For achieving first place in school exams for four consecutive years in the primary stage of study.
3 - Honor Awards
Sami Korgi Sheena | Graduated Summer 1961 | Shamash Preparatory School | For winning three prizes in this year's distribution.
Ronnie Victor Elia Shaul | Graduated Summer 1961 | Shamash Preparatory School | For winning three prizes in this year's distribution.
Sami Abdul Rahman Selimoun | Fifth Grade | Shamash Preparatory School | For winning three prizes in this year's distribution.
Elias Korgi Ezra Zilkha | Fourth Grade | Shamash Preparatory School | For winning four prizes in this year's distribution.
4 - Commendation Awards
Sami Korgi Sheena | Graduated Summer 1961 | Shamash Preparatory School | For receiving prizes in five consecutive years.
Sami Korgi Sheena | Graduated Summer 1961 | Shamash Preparatory School | For studying theoretical mathematics on his own and passing the G.C.E. exam at the Advanced Level in January 1961.
Ronnie Victor Elia Shaul | Graduated Summer 1961 | Shamash Preparatory School | For receiving prizes in three consecutive years.
Ronnie Victor Elia Shaul | Graduated Summer 1961 | Shamash Preparatory School | For studying theoretical mathematics on his own and passing the G.C.E. exam at the Advanced Level in January 1961.
Ghanem Sassoon Shwaihat | Graduated Summer 1961 | Shamash Preparatory School | For studying theoretical mathematics on his own and passing the G.C.E. exam at the Advanced Level in January 1961.
Sami Abdul Rahman Selimoun | Fifth Grade | Shamash Preparatory School | For receiving prizes in four consecutive years.
Selim Daoud Ishaq Al-Ani | Fifth Grade | Shamash Preparatory School | For studying the art of drawing on his own and passing the G.C.E. exam at the Ordinary Level in the summer of 1961.
Elias Korgi Ezra Zilkha | Fourth Grade | Shamash Preparatory School | For receiving prizes in six consecutive years.
(Edward Ishaq) Yehuda Ghazal | Third Grade | Frank Iny Intermediate School | For receiving prizes in three consecutive years.
Emile Ezra Somekh | Third Grade | Frank Iny Intermediate School | For receiving prizes in six consecutive years.
Rachel Victor Elia Shaul | Second Grade (B) | Frank Iny Intermediate School | For receiving prizes in six consecutive years.
Daoud Farid Samra | Sixth Grade | Frank Iny Primary School | For receiving prizes in four consecutive years.
Daoud Ihsan Samra | Fifth Grade (B) | Frank Iny Primary School | For receiving prizes in four consecutive years.
Ezra Ashir Atrakchi | Fifth Grade | Menahem Daniel Primary School | For receiving prizes in four consecutive years.
Salman Ihsan Samra | Fourth Grade | Frank Iny Primary School | For receiving prizes in three consecutive years.
5 - Top achievers in their schools in general examinations for special studies
(A) G.C.E. Exam 1961 (G.C.E. EXAMS. June)
Daoud Selim Munshi Gabbay	Fourth Grade	Shamash Preparatory School	For successfully passing the equivalent of five subjects at the Ordinary Level in the G.C.E. exams for the summer of 1961.
(B) Brevet Exam (BREVET - E T E 1961)
Edward Joseph Ezra Daoud	Third Grade	Frank Iny Intermediate School	First
(C) Certificat Exam (CERTIFICAT E T E 1961)
Moshe Salman Dallal	First Grade [B]	Frank Iny Intermediate School	First
(D) Cambridge University Exam (CAMBRIDGE LOWER CERTIFICATE. Nov. 1960 AND JUNE 1961)
Hilda Salem Shamoun Gabbay	First Grade [B]	Frank Iny Intermediate School	First [Summer 1961]
6 - Top achievers in their schools in general examinations (Baccalaureate) for the summer of 1961
Sami Korgi Sheena | For Preparatory Study | Shamash School | First (tied)
Ronnie Victor Elia Shaul | For Preparatory Study | Shamash School | First (tied)
Walid Amin Jaddou Hilmi | For Intermediate Study | Frank Iny School |
Kamal Ezra Mutheer Shakouri | For Primary Study | Frank Iny School |
Elias Ibrahim Eliyahu Dallal | For Primary Study | Menahem Daniel School | First (tied)
Maurice Naji Reuben Peress | For Primary Study | Menahem Daniel School | First (tied)
7 - Top achievers in their classes in school examinations for the summer of 1961
Shamash Preparatory School:
Sami Abdul Rahman Selimoun	Fourth Grade
Frank Iny Primary School:
Daoud Farid Samra	Fifth Grade [B]
Daoud Ihsan Samra	Fourth Grade
Salman Ihsan Samra	Third Grade
Rita Salman Qattan	Second Grade
Diya Ishaq Moshe Cohen - First (tied) - First Grade
Saliha [Sally] Farid Samra - First (tied) - First Grade
Shamash Preparatory School:
Kamal Azouzi Munshi Shamash	Fifth Preparatory Grade
Elias Korgi Ezra Zilkha	Fourth Preparatory Grade
Frank Iny Intermediate School:
(Edward Ishaq) Yehuda Ghazal	Second Grade [A]
Emile Ezra Somekh	Second Grade [B]
Daoud Abdul Latif Arin	First Grade [A]
Rachel Victor Elia Shaul	First Grade [B]
Menahem Daniel Primary School:
Ezra Ashir Atrakchi	Fifth Grade
Rita Yaqub Kharmoush - First (tied) -	Fourth Grade
Vera Naji Said - First (tied) -	Fourth Grade
Emile Eliyahu Saleh - First (tied) -	Third Grade
Tuffaha Ezra Moallem - First (tied) -	Third Grade
Freddy Faraj Tajerian	Second Grade
Vera Saleh Agassi - First (tied) -	First Grade
Ronnie Yaqub Kharmoush - First (tied) -	First Grade
8 - Exemplary students for their classes starting from the fifth primary grade and above for the year 1961 - 1962
Frank Iny Primary School:
Farid Moshe Ibrahim Al-Hakim	Sixth Grade
Samira Ibrahim Yehuda	Fifth Grade [B]
Devendra Talwar	Fifth Grade [A]

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Frank Iny Intermediate School |  | Menahem Daniel Primary School (A)
Prithvi Raj Talwar | Third Grade | Carmen Gurji Shough Bikhor | Sixth Grade
Moshe Salman Sassoon Dallal | Second Grade - B - | Vera Naji Said | Fifth Grade
Meyer Haron Nessim Lawi | First Grade - A - |  |
Khader Selim Khadouri Bassoon | First Grade - B - |  |
9 - Competition Prizes for the year 1961 - 1962
Sami Abdul Rahman Slimon | Fifth Grade | Shamash Secondary School | For writing the best essay in Arabic among secondary school students
Elias Gurji Ezra Zilkha | Fourth Grade | Shamash Secondary School | For writing the best essay in English among secondary school students
Elias Gurji Ezra Zilkha | Fourth Grade | Shamash Secondary School | For writing the best essay in French among secondary school students
Vivian Gurji Sion Sheina | Third Grade | Frank Iny Intermediate | For writing the best essay in Arabic among intermediate school students
Maureen Youssef Isaac Tweig | Third Grade | Frank Iny Intermediate | For writing the best essay in English among intermediate school students
George Salman Sassoon Dallal | Third Grade | Frank Iny Intermediate | For writing the best essay in French among intermediate school students
Rachel Saleh Menashi Tweig | Sixth Grade | Frank Iny Primary | For writing the best essay in Arabic among primary school students
Heskiel Sion Kaflawi | Sixth Grade | Menahem Daniel Primary | First in the drawing competition among fifth and sixth grade primary students
Khader Victor Khadouri Shaker | Fourth Grade | Frank Iny Primary | First in the Arabic calligraphy competition among third and fourth grade primary students
Yvonne Eliyahu Daoud Habousha | Fourth Grade | Menahem Daniel Primary | First in the Latin calligraphy competition among third and fourth grade primary students
10 - Encouragement Prizes for the year 1961 - 1962 ( CONSOLATION PRIZES )
Menashi Daoud Shamoun | Sixth Grade | Frank Iny Primary | For obtaining a total in his final Baccalaureate exam grades for the summer of 961 less than the total of the first student in his class by one degree out of a hundred
Gladys Youssef Ezra Daoud | Fifth Grade | Menahem Daniel Primary | For obtaining a total in her final grades for the summer of 1961 less than the total of the first student in her class by one degree out of a hundred .
Ida Meir Basri | Second Grade | Menahem Daniel Primary | For obtaining a total in her final grades for the summer of 1961 less than the total of the first student in her class by half a degree out of ten only .
Nouri Mansour Nourallah | First Grade | Menahem Daniel Primary | For obtaining the same total in his final grades for the summer of 1961 as the first two students in his class .
Solomon Akob | First Grade | Menahem Daniel Primary | For obtaining the same total in his final grades for the summer of 1961 as the first two students in his class .
Wassim Saleh Menashi Tweig | First Grade | Frank Iny Primary | For obtaining the same total in his final grades for the summer of 1961 as the first two students in his class .
Ezra Naim Ezra Shahrabani | First Grade | Frank Iny Primary | For obtaining the same total in his final grades for the summer of 1961 as the first two students in his class .
Rafi Boghos Asadour | First Grade | Menahem Daniel Primary | For obtaining a total in his final grades for the summer of 1961 less than the total of the first student in his class by half a degree out of ten only .

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Names of students who won the Naqqar, Stanford, and other prizes for the year 1961 - 1962
2 - Excellence Awards
Emile Ezra Somekh | Third Grade | Frank Iny Intermediate School | For achieving first place in school and ministerial exams for six consecutive years in the primary and intermediate stages of study.
Rachel Victor Elia Shaul | Second Grade (B) | Frank Iny Intermediate School | For achieving first place in school and ministerial exams for five consecutive years in the primary and intermediate stages of study.
Sami Abdul Rahman Selimoun | Fifth Grade | Shamash Preparatory School | For achieving first place in school and ministerial exams for four consecutive years in the intermediate and preparatory stages of study.
Daoud Farid Samra | Sixth Grade | Frank Iny Primary School | For achieving first place in school exams for four consecutive years in the primary stage of study.
Daoud Ihsan Samra | Fifth Grade (B) | Frank Iny Primary School | For achieving first place in school exams for four consecutive years in the primary stage of study.
Ezra Ashir Atrakchi | Fifth Grade | Menahem Daniel Primary School | For achieving first place in school exams for four consecutive years in the primary stage of study.
3 - Honor Awards
Sami Korgi Sheena | Graduated Summer 1961 | Shamash Preparatory School | For winning three awards in this year's distribution.
Ronnie Victor Elia Shaul | Graduated Summer 1961 | Shamash Preparatory School | For winning three awards in this year's distribution.
Sami Abdul Rahman Selimoun | Fifth Grade | Shamash Preparatory School | For winning three awards in this year's distribution.
Elias Korgi Ezra Zilkha | Fourth Grade | Shamash Preparatory School | For winning four awards in this year's distribution.
4 - Commendation Awards
Sami Korgi Sheena | Graduated Summer 1961 | Shamash Preparatory School | For receiving awards in five consecutive years.
Sami Korgi Sheena | Graduated Summer 1961 | Shamash Preparatory School | For self-studying theoretical mathematics and passing the (G. C. E.) exam at the Advanced Level in January 1961.
Ronnie Victor Elia Shaul | Graduated Summer 1961 | Shamash Preparatory School | For receiving awards in three consecutive years.
Ronnie Victor Elia Shaul | Graduated Summer 1961 | Shamash Preparatory School | For self-studying theoretical mathematics and passing the (G. C. E.) exam at the Advanced Level in January 1961.
Ghanem Sassoon Shweihat | Graduated Summer 1961 | Shamash Preparatory School | For self-studying theoretical mathematics and passing the (G. C. E.) exam at the Advanced Level in January 1961.
Sami Abdul Rahman Selimoun | Fifth Grade | Shamash Preparatory School | For receiving awards in four consecutive years.
Selim Daoud Ishaq Al-Hani | Fifth Grade | Shamash Preparatory School | For self-studying drawing and passing the (G. C. E.) exam at the Ordinary Level in Summer 1961.
Elias Korgi Ezra Zilkha | Fourth Grade | Shamash Preparatory School | For receiving awards in six consecutive years.
(Edward Ishaq) Yehuda Ghazal | Third Grade | Frank Iny Intermediate School | For receiving awards in three consecutive years.
Emile Ezra Somekh | Third Grade | Frank Iny Intermediate School | For receiving awards in six consecutive years.
Rachel Victor Elia Shaul | Second Grade (B) | Frank Iny Intermediate School | For receiving awards in four consecutive years.
Daoud Farid Samra | Sixth Grade | Frank Iny Primary School | For receiving awards in four consecutive years.
Daoud Ihsan Samra | Fifth Grade (B) | Frank Iny Primary School | For receiving awards in four consecutive years.
Ezra Ashir Atrakchi | Fifth Grade | Menahem Daniel Primary School | For receiving awards in four consecutive years.
Salman Ihsan Samra | Fourth Grade | Frank Iny Primary School | For receiving awards in three consecutive years.
5 - Top Achievers in their Schools in General Exams for Special Studies
(A) (G. C. E. EXAMS. June 1961)
Daoud Selim Munshi Gabbay | Fourth Grade | Shamash Preparatory School | For successfully passing the equivalent of five subjects at the Ordinary Level in the (G. C. E.) exams for Summer 1961.
(B) Brevet Exam (BREVET - E T E 1961)
Edward Joseph Ezra Daoud | Third Grade | Frank Iny Intermediate School | First
(C) Certificat Exam (CERTIFICAT E T E 1961)
Moshe Salman Dallal | First Grade [B] | Frank Iny Intermediate School | First
(D) Cambridge University Exam (CAMBRIDGE LOWER CERTIFICATE. Nov. 1960 AND JUNE 1961)
Hilda Salem Shamoun Gabbay | First Grade [B] | Frank Iny Intermediate School | First [Summer 1961]
6 - First in their Schools in General Exams (Baccalaureate) for Summer 1961
Sami Korgi Sheena | For Preparatory Study | Shamash School | First (tied)
Ronnie Victor Elia Shaul | For Preparatory Study | Shamash School | First (tied)
Walid Amin Jaddou Hilmi | For Intermediate Study | Frank Iny School |
Kamal Ezra Mutheer Shakouri | For Primary Study | Frank Iny School |
Elias Ibrahim Eliahu Dallal | For Primary Study | Menahem Daniel School | First (tied)
Maurice Naji Reuben Peress | For Primary Study | Menahem Daniel School | First (tied)
7 - First in their Classes in School Exams for Summer 1961
Shamash Preparatory School |  | Frank Iny Intermediate School
Sami Abdul Rahman Selimoun | Fourth Grade | (Edward Ishaq) Yehuda Ghazal | Second Grade [A]
|  | Emile Ezra Somekh | Second Grade [B]
|  | Daoud Abdul Latif Oraibi | First Grade [A]
|  | Rachel Victor Elia Shaul | First Grade [B]
Frank Iny Primary School |  | Menahem Daniel Primary School
Daoud Farid Samra | Fifth Grade [B] | Ezra Ashir Atrakchi | Fifth Grade
Daoud Ihsan Samra | Fourth Grade | Rita Yaqub Kharmoush - First (tied) - | Fourth Grade
Salman Ihsan Samra | Third Grade | Vera Naji Said - First (tied) - | Fourth Grade
Rita Salman Qattan | Second Grade | Emile Eliahu Saleh - First (tied) - | Third Grade
Diya Ishaq Moshe Cohen - First (tied) - | First Grade | Tuffaha Ezra Moallem - First (tied) - | Third Grade
Saliha [Sally] Farid Samra - First (tied) - | First Grade | Freddy Faraj Tajirian | Second Grade
|  | Vera Saleh Agassi - First (tied) - | First Grade
|  | Ronnie Yaqub Kharmoush - First (tied) - | First Grade
8 - Exemplary Students for their Classes starting from Fifth Primary and above for the year 1961 - 1962
Shamash Preparatory School |  | Frank Iny Primary School
Kamal Azouzi Munshi Shamash | Fifth Preparatory Grade | Farid Moshe Ibrahim Al-Hakim | Sixth Grade
Elias Korgi Ezra Zilkha | Fourth Preparatory Grade | Samira Ibrahim Yehuda | Fifth Grade [B]
|  | Devindra Talwar | Fifth Grade [A]

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Under the patronage of
His Excellency the President of the Mosaic Community in Baghdad
Award Ceremony for the Elisha Naqqar and Stafford Sassoon Endowments
and other awards for the year 1961 - 1962
Organized by the administration of Frank Iny and Shamash Schools in Baghdad
at
Frank Iny School Hall
at eleven o'clock on the morning of Tuesday, May 22, 1962
Ceremony Program
1 - Republican Anthem.
2 - Speech by Mr. Abdullah Obadia.
3 - Distribution of awards.
4 - Speech by the student Freddy Eliyahu Reuben Al-Ani.
Names of students receiving the Naqqar, Stafford, and other awards for the year 1961 - 1962
1 - Excellence Awards
Emile Ezra Somekh | Third Grade | Frank Iny Intermediate | For receiving honors or distinction awards in four consecutive years.
Rachel Victor Elia Shaul | Second Grade (B) | Frank Iny Intermediate | For receiving honors or distinction awards in three consecutive years.

Frank Iny Intermediate School          Menahem Daniel Primary School
Prithvi Raj Talwari | Third Grade | Carmen Gurji Shua Bekhor | Sixth Grade
Moshe Salman Sassoon Dallal | Second Grade - B - | Vera Naji Said | Fifth Grade
Meyer Haron Nessim Lawi | First Grade - A - |  |
Khader Selim Khadouri Bassoon | First Grade - B - |  |
9 - Competition Prizes for the year 1961 - 1962
Sami Abdul Rahman Selimoun | Fifth Grade | Shamash Secondary School | For writing the best essay in Arabic among secondary grade students
Elias Gurji Ezra Zilkha | Fourth Grade | Shamash Secondary School | For writing the best essay in English among secondary grade students
Elias Gurji Ezra Zilkha | Fourth Grade (A) | Shamash Secondary School | For writing the best essay in French among secondary grade students
Vivian Gurji Sion Sheina | Third Grade | Frank Iny Intermediate | For writing the best essay in Arabic among intermediate grade students
Maureen Youssef Ishaq Tweig | Third Grade | Frank Iny Intermediate | For writing the best essay in English among intermediate grade students
George Salman Sassoon Dallal | Third Grade | Frank Iny Intermediate | For writing the best essay in French among intermediate grade students
Rachel Saleh Menashi Tweig | Sixth Grade | Frank Iny Primary | For writing the best essay in Arabic among primary grade students
Heskel Sion Kaflawi | Sixth Grade | Menahem Daniel Primary | First in the drawing competition among fifth and sixth grade primary students
Khader Victor Khadouri Shaker | Fourth Grade | Frank Iny Primary | First in the Arabic calligraphy competition among third and fourth grade primary students
Yvonne Eliyahu Daoud Habousha | Fourth Grade | Menahem Daniel Primary | First in the foreign calligraphy competition among third and fourth grade primary students
10 - Encouragement Prizes for the year 1961 - 1962 ( CONSOLATION PRIZES )
Menashi Daoud Shamoun | Sixth Grade | Frank Iny Primary | For obtaining a total in his final grades in the Baccalaureate exam for the summer of 961 less than the total of the first student in his class by one degree out of a hundred
Gladys Youssef Ezra Daoud | Fifth Grade | Menahem Daniel Primary | For obtaining a total in her final grades for the summer of 1961 less than the total of the first student in her class by one degree out of a hundred .
Ida Meir Basri | Second Grade | Menahem Daniel Primary | For obtaining a total in her final grades for the summer of 1961 less than the total of the first student in her class by half a degree out of ten only .
Nouri Mansour Nourallah | First Grade | Menahem Daniel Primary | For obtaining the same total in his final grades for the summer of 1961 as the first two students in his class .
Solomon Akob | First Grade | Menahem Daniel Primary | For obtaining the same total in his final grades for the summer of 1961 as the first two students in his class .
Wassim Saleh Menashi Tweig | First Grade | Frank Iny Primary | For obtaining the same total in his final grades for the summer of 1961 as the first two students in his class .
Ezra Naim Ezra Shahrabani | First Grade | Frank Iny Primary | For obtaining the same total in his final grades for the summer of 1961 as the first two students in his class .
Rafi Boghos Asadour | First Grade | Menahem Daniel Primary | For obtaining a total in his final grades for the summer of 1961 less than the total of the first student in his class by half a degree out of ten only .

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Names of students who won Naqqar, Stanford, and other prizes for the year 1961 - 1962
2 - Excellence Awards
Emile Ezra Somekh, Third Intermediate Grade, Frank Iny Intermediate School, for achieving first place in school and ministerial exams for six consecutive years in the primary and intermediate stages of study.
Rachel Victor Elia Shaul, Second Grade (B), Frank Iny Intermediate School, for achieving first place in school and ministerial exams for five consecutive years in the primary and intermediate stages of study.
Sami Abdul Rahman Slimon, Fifth Grade, Shamash Secondary School, for achieving first place in school and ministerial exams for four consecutive years in the intermediate and secondary stages of study.
Daoud Farid Samra, Sixth Grade, Frank Iny Primary School, for achieving first place in school exams for four consecutive years in the primary stage of study.
Daoud Ihsan Samra, Fifth Grade (B), Frank Iny Primary School, for achieving first place in school exams for four consecutive years in the primary stage of study.
Ezra Ashir Atraqchi, Fifth Grade, Menahem Daniel Primary School, for achieving first place in school exams for four consecutive years in the primary stage of study.
3 - Honor Awards
Sami Gurji Sheena, graduated Summer 1961, Shamash Secondary School, for winning three awards in this year's distribution.
Ronnie Victor Elia Shaul, graduated Summer 1961, Shamash Secondary School, for winning three awards in this year's distribution.
Sami Abdul Rahman Slimon, Fifth Grade, Shamash Secondary School, for winning three awards in this year's distribution.
Elias Gurji Ezra Zilkha, Fourth Grade, Shamash Secondary School, for winning four awards in this year's distribution.
4 - Commendation Awards
Sami Gurji Sheena, graduated Summer 1961, Shamash Secondary School, for obtaining awards in five consecutive years.
Sami Gurji Sheena, graduated Summer 1961, Shamash Secondary School, for studying theoretical mathematics on his own and passing the (G.C.E.) exam at the Advanced Level in January 1961.
Ronnie Victor Elia Shaul, graduated Summer 1961, Shamash Secondary School, for obtaining awards in three consecutive years.
Ronnie Victor Elia Shaul, graduated Summer 1961, Shamash Secondary School, for studying theoretical mathematics on his own and passing the (G.C.E.) exam at the Advanced Level in January 1961.
Ghanim Sassoon Shwayhat, graduated Summer 1961, Shamash Secondary School, for studying theoretical mathematics on his own and passing the (G.C.E.) exam at the Advanced Level in January 1961.
Sami Abdul Rahman Slimon, Fifth Grade, Shamash Secondary School, for obtaining awards in four consecutive years.
Salim Daoud Ishaq Al-Ani, Fifth Grade, Shamash Secondary School, for studying art on his own and passing the (G.C.E.) exam at the Ordinary Level in the summer of 1961.
Elias Gurji Ezra Zilkha, Fourth Grade, Shamash Secondary School, for obtaining awards in six consecutive years.
(Edward Ishaq) Yehuda Ghazal, Third Intermediate Grade, Frank Iny Intermediate School, for obtaining awards in three consecutive years.
Emile Ezra Somekh, Third Intermediate Grade, Frank Iny Intermediate School, for obtaining awards in six consecutive years.
Rachel Victor Elia Shaul, Second Grade (B), Frank Iny Intermediate School, for obtaining awards in five consecutive years.
Daoud Farid Samra, Sixth Grade, Frank Iny Primary School, for obtaining awards in four consecutive years.
Daoud Ihsan Samra, Fifth Grade (B), Frank Iny Primary School, for obtaining awards in four consecutive years.
Ezra Ashir Atraqchi, Fifth Grade, Menahem Daniel Primary School, for obtaining awards in four consecutive years.
Salman Ihsan Samra, Fourth Grade, Frank Iny Primary School, for obtaining awards in three consecutive years.
5 - Top achievers in their schools in general examinations for special studies
(A) G.C.E. Exam (G.C.E. EXAMS. June 1961)
Daoud Salim Munshi Kabbay, Fourth Grade, Shamash Secondary School, for successfully passing the equivalent of five subjects at the Ordinary Level in the (G.C.E.) exams for the summer of 1961.
(B) Brevet Exam (1961 BREVET - E T E)
Edward Joseph Ezra Daoud, Third Intermediate Grade, Frank Iny Intermediate School, First
(C) Certificat Exam (1961 CERTIFICAT E T E)
Moshe Salman Dallal, First Grade [B], Frank Iny Intermediate School, First
(D) Cambridge University Exam (1961 CAMBRIDGE LOWER CERTIFICATE. Nov. 1960 AND JUNE)
Hilda Salem Shamoun Kabbay, First Grade [B], Frank Iny Intermediate School, First [Summer 961]
6 - First in their schools in general examinations (Baccalaureate) for the summer of 1961
Sami Gurji Sheena | for secondary study | Shamash School | First (tied)
Ronnie Victor Elia Shaul | for secondary study | Shamash School | First (tied)
Walid Amin Jaddou Hilmi | for intermediate study | Frank Iny School |
Kamal Ezra Munir Shakkouri | for primary study | Frank Iny School |
Elias Ibrahim Eliyahu Dallal | for primary study | Menahem Daniel School | First (tied)
Maurice Naji Reuben Beyrs | for primary study | Menahem Daniel School | First (tied)
7 - First in their classes in school examinations for the summer of 1961
Shamash Secondary School
Sami Abdul Rahman Slimon - Fourth Grade
Frank Iny Primary School
Daoud Farid Samra - Sixth Grade [B]
Daoud Ihsan Samra - Fifth Grade
Salman Ihsan Samra - Third Grade
Rebeeta Salman Qattan - Second Grade
Diya Ishaq Moshe Cohen - First (tied) - First Grade
Saliha [Sally] Farid Samra - First (tied) - First Grade
Shamash Secondary School
Kamal Azouzi Munshi Shamash, Fifth Secondary Grade
Elias Gurji Ezra Zilkha, Fourth Secondary Grade
Frank Iny Intermediate School
(Edward Ishaq) Yehuda Ghazal - Second Grade [A]
Emile Ezra Somekh - Second Grade [B]
Daoud Abdul Latif Ariye - First Grade [A]
Rachel Victor Elia Shaul - First Grade [B]
Menahem Daniel Primary School
Ezra Ashir Atraqchi - Fifth Grade
Rebeeta Yaqub Kharmoush - First (tied) - Fourth Grade
Vera Naji Said - First (tied) - Fourth Grade
Emile Eliyahu Saleh - First (tied) - Third Grade
Tiftah Ezra Moallem - First (tied) - Third Grade
Freddy Faraj Tajerian - Second Grade
Vera Saleh Agassi - First (tied) - First Grade
Ronnie Yaqub Kharmoush - First (tied) - First Grade
8 - Exemplary students for their classes starting from the fifth primary and above for the year 1961 - 1962
Frank Iny Primary School
Farid Moshe Ibrahim Al-Hakim, Sixth Grade
Samira Ibrahim Yehuda, Fifth Grade [B]
Devendra Nawar, Fifth Grade [A]

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Under the patronage of
His Excellency the President of the Jewish Community in Baghdad
Award Ceremony for the Elisha Niggar and Stafford Sassoon Endowments
and other awards for the year 1961 — 1962
Organized by the administration of Frank Iny and Shamash Schools in Baghdad
at
The Hall of Frank Iny School
at eleven o'clock on the morning of Tuesday, May 22, 1962
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Ceremony Program
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1 — The Republican Anthem.
2 — A speech by Mr. Abdullah Obadia.
3 — Distribution of awards.
4 — A speech by the student Freddy Eliyahu Rubin Al-Ani.
Names of students receiving the Niggar, Stafford, and other awards for the year 1961 — 1962
1 — Excellence Awards
Emile Ezra Somikh | Third Grade | Frank Iny Intermediate | For receiving honor or distinction awards in four | consecutive years.
Rachel Victor Elia Shaul | Second Grade (B) | Frank Iny Intermediate | For receiving honor or distinction awards in three | consecutive years.
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Frank Iny Intermediate School |  | Menahem Daniel Primary School
Prithvi Raj Talwari | Third Grade - A - | Carmen Gurji Shuaa Bikhor | Sixth Grade
Moshe Salman Sassoon Dallal | Second Grade - B - | Vera Naji Said | Fifth Grade
Meyer Haron Nessim Lawi | First Grade - A - |  |
Khader Selim Khadouri Bassoon | First Grade - B - |  |
9 - Competition Prizes for the year 1961 - 1962
Sami Abdul Rahman Slimon | Fifth Grade | Shamash Secondary School | For writing the best essay in Arabic among secondary grade students
Elias Gurji Ezra Zilkha | Fourth Grade | Shamash Secondary School | For writing the best essay in English among secondary grade students
Elias Gurji Ezra Zilkha | Fourth Grade | Shamash Secondary School | For writing the best essay in French among secondary grade students
Vivian Gurji Sabon Sheina | Third Grade | Frank Iny Intermediate | For writing the best essay in Arabic among intermediate grade students
Maureen Youssef Ishaq Tweig | Third Grade | Frank Iny Intermediate | For writing the best essay in English among intermediate grade students
George Salman Sassoon Dallal | Third Grade | Frank Iny Intermediate | For writing the best essay in French among intermediate grade students
Rachel Saleh Munshi Tweig | Sixth Grade | Frank Iny Primary | For writing the best essay in Arabic among primary grade students
Heskel Sion Kaflawi | Sixth Grade | Menahem Daniel Primary | First in the drawing competition among fifth and sixth primary grade students
Khader Victor Khadouri Shaker | Fourth Grade | Frank Iny Primary | First in the Arabic calligraphy competition among third and fourth primary grade students
Yvonne Eliyahu Daoud Habousha | Fourth Grade | Menahem Daniel Primary | First in the Latin calligraphy competition among third and fourth primary grade students
10 - Consolation Prizes for the year 1961 - 1962 ( CONSOLATION PRIZES )
Munshi Daoud Shamoun | Sixth Grade | Frank Iny Primary | For obtaining a total final grade in the Baccalaureate exam for the summer of 1961 that was less than the first student in his class by one point out of a hundred.
Gladys Youssef Ezra Daoud | Fifth Grade | Menahem Daniel Primary | For obtaining a total final grade for the summer of 1961 that was less than the first student in her class by one point out of a hundred.
Ida Meir Basri | Second Grade | Menahem Daniel Primary | For obtaining a total final grade for the summer of 1961 that was less than the first student in her class by half a point out of ten only.
Nouri Mansour Nourallah | First Grade | Menahem Daniel Primary | For obtaining the same total final grade for the summer of 1961 as the first two students in his class.
Solomon Akob | First Grade | Menahem Daniel Primary | For obtaining the same total final grade for the summer of 1961 as the first two students in his class.
Wassim Saleh Munshi Tweig | First Grade | Frank Iny Primary | For obtaining the same total final grade for the summer of 1961 as the first two students in his class.
Ezra Naim Ezra Shahrabani | First Grade | Frank Iny Primary | For obtaining the same total final grade for the summer of 1961 as the first two students in his class.
Rafi Boghos Asador | First Grade | Menahem Daniel Primary | For obtaining a total final grade for the summer of 1961 that was less than the first student in his class by half a point out of ten only.

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Names of students who won the Naqqar, Stafford, and other prizes for the year 1961 - 1962
2 - Excellence Awards
Emile Ezra Somekh | Third Grade | Frank Iny Intermediate School | For achieving first place in school and ministerial exams for six consecutive years in the primary and intermediate stages of study.
Rachel Victor Elia Shaul | Second Grade (B) | Frank Iny Intermediate School | For achieving first place in school and ministerial exams for five consecutive years in the primary and intermediate stages of study.
Sami Abdul Rahman Selimoun | Fifth Grade | Shamash Secondary School | For achieving first place in school and ministerial exams for four consecutive years in the intermediate and secondary stages of study.
Daoud Farid Samra | Sixth Grade | Frank Iny Primary School | For achieving first place in school exams for four consecutive years in the primary stage of study.
Daoud Ihsan Samra | Fifth Grade (B) | Frank Iny Primary School | For achieving first place in school exams for four consecutive years in the primary stage of study.
Ezra Ashir Atraqchi | Fifth Grade | Menahem Daniel Primary School | For achieving first place in school exams for four consecutive years in the primary stage of study.
3 - Honor Awards
Sami Korgi Sheena | Graduated Summer 1961 | Shamash Secondary School | For winning three awards in this year's distribution.
Ronnie Victor Elia Shaul | Graduated Summer 1961 | Shamash Secondary School | For winning three awards in this year's distribution.
Sami Abdul Rahman Selimoun | Fifth Grade | Shamash Secondary School | For winning three awards in this year's distribution.
Elias Korgi Ezra Zilkha | Fourth Grade | Shamash Secondary School | For winning four awards in this year's distribution.
4 - Commendation Awards
Sami Korgi Sheena | Graduated Summer 1961 | Shamash Secondary School | For receiving awards in five consecutive years.
Sami Korgi Sheena | Graduated Summer 1961 | Shamash Secondary School | For self-studying theoretical mathematics and passing the (G.C.E.) exam at the Advanced Level in January 1961.
Ronnie Victor Elia Shaul | Graduated Summer 1961 | Shamash Secondary School | For receiving awards in six consecutive years.
Ronnie Victor Elia Shaul | Graduated Summer 1961 | Shamash Secondary School | For self-studying theoretical mathematics and passing the (G.C.E.) exam at the Advanced Level in January 1961.
Ghanem Sassoon Shwaihat | Graduated Summer 1961 | Shamash Secondary School | For self-studying theoretical mathematics and passing the (G.C.E.) exam at the Advanced Level in January 1961.
Sami Abdul Rahman Selimoun | Fifth Grade | Shamash Secondary School | For receiving awards in four consecutive years.
Salim Daoud Ishaq Al-Ani | Fifth Grade | Shamash Secondary School | For self-studying the art of drawing and passing the (G.C.E.) exam at the Ordinary Level in Summer 1961.
Elias Korgi Ezra Zilkha | Fourth Grade | Shamash Secondary School | For receiving awards in six consecutive years.
(Edward Ishaq) Yehuda Ghazal | Third Grade | Frank Iny Intermediate School | For receiving awards in three consecutive years.
Emile Ezra Somekh | Third Grade | Frank Iny Intermediate School | For receiving awards in six consecutive years.
Rachel Victor Elia Shaul | Second Grade (B) | Frank Iny Intermediate School | For receiving awards in five consecutive years.
Daoud Farid Samra | Sixth Grade | Frank Iny Primary School | For receiving awards in four consecutive years.
Daoud Ihsan Samra | Fifth Grade (B) | Frank Iny Primary School | For receiving awards in four consecutive years.
Ezra Ashir Atraqchi | Fifth Grade | Menahem Daniel Primary School | For receiving awards in four consecutive years.
Salman Ihsan Samra | Fourth Grade | Frank Iny Primary School | For receiving awards in three consecutive years.
5 - Top Achievers in their Schools in General Exams for Special Studies
(A) G.C.E. EXAMS. June 1961
Daoud Salim Munshi Gabbay, Fourth Grade, Shamash Secondary School, for successfully passing the equivalent of five subjects at the Ordinary Level in the (G.C.E.) exams of Summer 1961.
(B) Brevet Exam (BREVET - E T E 1961)
Edward Joseph Ezra Daoud, Third Grade, Frank Iny Intermediate School, First
(C) Certificate Exam (CERTIFICAT E T E 1961)
Moshe Salman Dallal, First Grade [B], Frank Iny Intermediate School, First
(D) Cambridge University Exam (CAMBRIDGE LOWER CERTIFICATE. Nov. 1960 AND JUNE 1961)
Hilda Salem Shamaon Gabbay, First Grade [B], Frank Iny Intermediate School, First [Summer 1961]
6 - First in their Schools in General Exams (Baccalaureate) for Summer 1961
Sami Korgi Sheena | For Secondary Study | Shamash School | First (tied)
Ronnie Victor Elia Shaul | For Secondary Study | Shamash School | First (tied)
Walid Amin Jaddou Hilmi | For Intermediate Study | Frank Iny School |
Kamal Ezra Munir Shakouri | For Primary Study | Frank Iny School |
Elias Ibrahim Eliahu Dallal | For Primary Study | Menahem Daniel School | First (tied)
Maurice Naji Reuben Peress | For Primary Study | Menahem Daniel School | First (tied)
7 - First in their Classes in School Exams for Summer 1961
Shamash Secondary School |  | Frank Iny Intermediate School |
Sami Abdul Rahman Selimoun | Fourth Grade | ⟦(Edward Ishaq) Yehuda Ghazal⟧ | First Grade [A]
|  | Emile Ezra Somekh | First Grade [B]
Frank Iny Primary School |  | Daoud Abdul Latif Oraibi | First Grade [A]
Daoud Farid Samra | Sixth Grade [B] | Rachel Victor Elia Shaul | First Grade [B]
Daoud Ihsan Samra | Fifth Grade |  |
Salman Ihsan Samra | Third Grade | Menahem Daniel Primary School |
Areta Salman Qattan | Second Grade | Ezra Ashir Atraqchi | Fifth Grade
Diya Ishaq Moshe Cohen - First (tied) - | First Grade | Rita Yaqub Kharmoush - First (tied) - | Fourth Grade
Saliha [Sally] Farid Samra - First (tied) - | First Grade | Vera Naji Said - First (tied) - | Fourth Grade
|  | Emile Eliahu Saleh - First (tied) - | Third Grade
|  | Tuffaha Ezra Moallem - First (tied) - | Third Grade
|  | Freddy Faraj Tajirian | Second Grade
|  | Vera Saleh Agassi - First (tied) - | First Grade
|  | Ronnie Yaqub Kharmoush - First (tied) - | First Grade
8 - Exemplary Students for their Classes starting from Fifth Primary and above for the year 1961 - 1962
Shamash Secondary School |  | Frank Iny Primary School |
Kamal Azouzi Munshi Shamash | Fifth Secondary Grade | Farid Moshe Ibrahim Al-Hakim | Sixth Grade
Elias Korgi Ezra Zilkha | Fourth Secondary Grade | Samira Ibrahim Yehuda | Fifth Grade [B]
|  | Devindra Nawar | Fifth Grade [A]

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Frank Iny Intermediate School
Menahem Daniel Primary School
Prithvi Raj Talwari | Third Grade - A - | Carmen Gurji Shough Yekhour | Sixth Grade
Moshe Salman Sassoon Dallal | Second Grade - B - | Vera Naji Said | Fifth Grade
Meyer Haron Nessim Lawi | First Grade - A - |  |
Khader Selim Khadouri Bassoon | First Grade - B - |  |
9 - Competition Prizes for the year 1961 - 1962
Sami Abdul Rahman Suleiman | Fifth Grade | Shamash Preparatory | For writing the best essay in Arabic among preparatory class students
Elias Gurji Ezra Zilkha | Fourth Grade | Shamash Preparatory | For writing the best essay in English among preparatory class students
Elias Gurji Ezra Zilkha | Fourth Grade (Al-Bal) | Shamash Preparatory | For writing the best essay in French among preparatory class students
Vivian Gurji Sion Sheina | Third Grade | Frank Iny Intermediate | For writing the best essay in Arabic among intermediate class students
Maureen Youssef Ishaq Tweg | Third Grade | Frank Iny Intermediate | For writing the best essay in English among intermediate class students
George Salman Sassoon Dallal | Third Grade | Frank Iny Intermediate | For writing the best essay in French among intermediate class students
Rachel Saleh Menashi Tweg | Sixth Grade | Frank Iny Primary | For writing the best essay in Arabic among primary class students
Heskel Sion Kaflawi | Sixth Grade | Menahem Daniel Primary | First in the drawing competition among fifth and sixth grade primary students
Khader Victor Khadouri Shaker | Fourth Grade | Frank Iny Primary | First in the Arabic calligraphy competition among third and fourth grade primary students
Yvonne Eliyahu Daoud Habousha | Fourth Grade | Menahem Daniel Primary | First in the Latin calligraphy competition among third and fourth grade primary students
10 - Encouragement Prizes for the year 1961 - 1962 ( CONSOLATION PRIZES )
Menashi Daoud Shamoun | Sixth Grade | Frank Iny Primary | For obtaining a total in his final grades in the Baccalaureate exam for the summer of 961 less than the total of the first student in his class by one degree out of a hundred
Gladys Youssef Ezra Daoud | Fifth Grade | Menahem Daniel Primary | For obtaining a total in her final grades for the summer of 1961 less than the total of the first student in her class by one degree out of a hundred .
Ida Meir Basri | Second Grade | Menahem Daniel Primary | For obtaining a total in her final grades for the summer of 1961 less than the total of the first student in her class by half a degree out of ten only .
Nouri Mansour Nourallah | First Grade | Menahem Daniel Primary | For obtaining the same total in his final grades for the summer of 1961 as the first two students in his class .
Solomon Akob | First Grade | Menahem Daniel Primary | For obtaining the same total in his final grades for the summer of 1961 as the first two students in his class .
Wassim Saleh Menashi Tweg | First Grade | Frank Iny Primary | For obtaining the same total in his final grades for the summer of 1961 as the first two students in his class .
Ezra Naim Ezra Shahrabani | First Grade | Frank Iny Primary | For obtaining the same total in his final grades for the summer of 1961 as the first two students in his class .
Rafi Boghos Asadour | First Grade | Menahem Daniel Primary | For obtaining a total in his final grades for the summer of 1961 less than the total of the first student in his class by half a degree out of ten only .

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Protocol Committee for the Naqar Awards Party for Summer 1962
1 | Akram Sayoun Yaqoub Bahr
2 | (Daoud Munir) Frank Yamin
3 | Salwa Frank Yamin
4 | Samir Abdullah Hurra
5 | (Farid Shaul) Shamoun Ezra
6 | (Jamila Amal) Naji Lawi
7 | Daisy Cohen Henna
8 | Suad Baruch Aqib
9 | (Lydia Nouna) Naeem Qazhi
10 | Marcelle Naji Youssef Slon
11 | Afreidi Al-Balu Al-Ani
12 | Daoud Aziz Abdul Nabi
13 | Ibtisam Hazqeel Eliahu
14 | Odette Najash Ezra
15 | Irene Daoud Matana
16 | Vivien Naeem Qazhi
17 | Lydia Victor Bekhor

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Ceremony Program for the Elisha
Nessar and Stafford Sassoon Awards Ceremony for Summer 1962
Tuesday morning 22 / 5 / 062
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1- Ladies, misses, gentlemen, good morning.
2- Our school takes pride today in this honorable ceremony to distribute school awards to outstanding students
in their lessons for this academic year. As we welcome our honorable visitors, we are proud to present
to them our award-winning students as they make their way to the podium.
3- Our dear students, the award recipients, are requested to greet their honorable audience.
4- Honorable guests, our school takes pride in this elite group of students, who are the object of its pride
and the good fruit of its efforts. Their chests are adorned with medals; among them is the first, the exemplary,
and those who have won the Medal of Commendation, and medals of Honor, Distinction, and Excellence.
5- We begin our ceremony with the Republican Anthem .... the Republican Anthem ....
6- Award-winning students are requested to take the seats prepared for them.
7- Mr. Abdullah Oudia will now kindly deliver his speech.
8- Ladies, misses, gentlemen ...
We have previously referred to the various awards and medals worn by those who deserve them. There is the
Commendation award, which is granted to the student who wins awards in three consecutive years or more. And there is
the Honor award, which is granted to the student who wins three or more awards in one year. And the
Distinction award, which is granted to those who excel over their classmates in the results of the general ministerial exams
(Baccalaureate) such that they are among the top three students in Iraq ... or for those who achieve first place
among their classmates in school exams, general exams, or special exams in
three consecutive exams during the intermediate and preparatory study stages ... and there is also
the Excellence award, which is granted to the student who wins Honor or Distinction awards in three consecutive years.
Fifteen of our students have earned the Commendation award this year. Four students have earned the
Honor award. Six students have also earned the Distinction award. And two students have earned the
Excellence award.
9- And now, the head of the community, His Eminence Rabbi Sassoon Khedouri, is requested to kindly come to the stage to distribute
the awards to the recipients. Mr. Abdullah Oudia is also requested to kindly come to the stage
as well to congratulate the students on that.
10- School awards for the year 1961 - 1962.
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First — Awards for Excellence, Distinction, Honor, and Commendation
1 — Emil Ezra Somekh from the third grade in Frank Iny Intermediate School.
1) He won the Excellence Award for receiving Honor or Distinction awards in four consecutive years.
2) He also won the Distinction Award for achieving first place in school and
ministerial examinations for six consecutive years in the primary and intermediate stages of study.
3) He also won the Commendation Award for receiving awards in six consecutive years.
2 — Rachel Victor Elia Shaoul from the second grade (B) in Frank Iny Intermediate School.
1) She won the Excellence Award for receiving Honor or Distinction awards in three consecutive years.
2) She also won the Distinction Award for achieving first place in school and
ministerial examinations for five consecutive years in the primary and intermediate stages of study.
3) She also won the Commendation Award for receiving awards in six consecutive years.
3 — Sami Abdul Rahman <del>Slimon</del> from the fifth grade in Shamash Secondary School.
1) He won the Distinction Award for achieving first place in school and ministerial ⟦line⟧
examinations for four consecutive years in the intermediate and secondary stages of study.
2) He also won the Honor Award for receiving three awards in this year's ⟦line⟧ distribution.
3) He also won the Commendation Award for receiving awards in four consecutive years.
4 — Daoud Farid Samra from the sixth grade in Frank Iny Primary School.
1) He won the Distinction Award for achieving first place in school examinations for four
consecutive years in the primary stage of study.
2) He also won the Commendation Award for receiving awards in four consecutive years.
5 — Daoud Ihsan Samra from the fifth grade (B) in Frank Iny Primary School.
1) He won the Distinction Award for achieving first place in school examinations for four
consecutive years in the primary stage of study.
2) He also won the Commendation Award for receiving awards in four consecutive years.
6 — Ezra Ashir Atraqchi from the sixth grade in Menahem Daniel Primary School.
1) He won the Distinction Award for achieving first place in school examinations for four
consecutive years in the primary stage of study.
2) He also won the Commendation Award for receiving awards in four consecutive years.
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7- Sami Korji Shina - graduated summer 1961 from Shamash Preparatory School.
1) Won the Honor Award for receiving three prizes in this year's distribution. Due to his absence,
student Alfred Korji Shina comes forward to receive the award on his behalf.
2) He also won the Commendation Award for receiving prizes in five consecutive years.
3) He also won another Commendation Award for studying Pure Mathematics on his own
and passing the G.C.E. Advanced Level exam in January 1961.
8- Ronnie Victor Elia Shaul graduated summer 1961 from Shamash Preparatory School.
1) Won the Honor Award for receiving three prizes in this year's distribution.
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Due to his absence, student Rachel Victor comes forward to receive the award on his behalf.
2) Won the Commendation Award for studying Pure Mathematics on his own and passing
the G.C.E. Advanced Level exam in January 1961.
3) He also won another Commendation Award for receiving prizes in three consecutive
years.
9- Elias Korji Zilkha from the fourth grade in Shamash Preparatory School.
1) Won the Honor Award for receiving four prizes in this year's distribution.
2) He also won the Commendation Award for receiving prizes in six consecutive years.
10- Ghanem Sassoon Shohet graduated summer 1961 from Shamash Preparatory School.
1) Won the Commendation Award for studying Pure Mathematics on his own and passing
the G.C.E. Advanced Level exam in January 1961. Due to
his absence, student Lydia Sassoon Shohet comes forward to receive the award on his behalf.
11- Salim Dawood Al-Ani from the fifth grade in Shamash Preparatory School.
1) Won the Commendation Award for studying the art of drawing on his own and passing
the G.C.E. Ordinary Level exam in the summer of 1961.
12- Edward Yehuda Ghazal from the third grade in Frank Iny Intermediate School.
1) Won the Commendation Award for receiving prizes in three consecutive years.
13- Salman Ihsan Samra from the fourth grade in Frank Iny Primary School.
1) Won the Commendation Award for receiving prizes in three consecutive years.
( To be continued )