MAY 2016 SPECIAL ISSUE

The International School of Monaco

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******* SPECIAL EDITION : ISM GIVES BACK! *******

BOLIVIA PHILANTHROPY GROUP

Led by Tessa Cournoyer (12A), the ISM Bolivia group raised

over €1,419 through numerous bake sales which was

matched by an anonymous donor and resulted in €2,850

being sent in support of student scholarships in Bolivia.

Well done Tessa and colleagues in independently running

this fund-raising effort!

The Early Years Student Council together with Mrs Ragi led

the students in running a Christmas programme for all the

children to do a weekly chore chart, earning money which

they then donated to

buy solar lamps for a

Primary school in

Tanzania where

electricity is very

limited. Thank you

Student Council for

taking the lead in helping students with this great programme!

Tessa Cournoyer, 12A

Student Council presenting the programme to PTA

EARLY YEARS TANZANIA SUPPORT FOR SOLAR LAMPS GROUP

In collaboration with the ISM Giving Committee, the

Primary School Student Council organised an

educational toy and game collection to help less

fortunate children in Nice at Christmas-time.

Primary School students were invited to donate a

toy or a game (in excellent condition). These were

subsequently taken to the Centre Maternel in Nice

where the staff carefully selected which toy or game

would be most suitable for each child. The Student

Council representatives presented their project in

Assembly, produced some beautiful posters to

advertise the event and worked very hard to make

this project a great success!

Helen Duncan, Class 6 Teacher

PRIMARY SCHOOL TOY AND GAME COLLECTION

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PHILANTHROPY CLUBS

Over 40 students in Middle and Secondary school

are currently participating in Philanthropy Clubs.

The groups offer support to ‘Namaste’, ‘Mission

Enfance’, ‘Red Cross’ and ‘Nice Centre Maternel’.

We celebrate the students who have taken a lead

in volunteering with these organizations.

RED CROSS GROUP

Before Christmas break, the Red Cross Group, Tessa Cournoyer, Catherine Khatsenkova, Ayesha Le Breton,

Ekaterina Heim, and Helen Whelan as the teacher coordinator, organised an

extremely successful collection of clothes and other items for the Ventimiglia

refugees, ranging from winter blankets to tinned food. These items were then

taken to the Red Cross in Ventimiglia, who were very grateful.

The Group also works with a Monaco Retirement Home, Résidence A

Qietüdine. In April, the whole team went there and joined in a game called

“Stimule T’oie”, invented by volunteers of the French Red Cross. They played

with a group of residents and some Monegasque Red Cross volunteers; it was a

great success! At the end, every resident was a winner and received a Red

Cross gift. This was a very rewarding experience for all involved. Tessa Cournoyer, Year 12 student and Red Cross volunteer

Rosabelle Baysan and Julia Strouk volunteered to

support Namaste, a philanthropy project

building schools in Nepal and providing

earthquake disaster relief. These students also

assisted the organization in its event at the

Yacht Club of Monaco. They earned praise for

their enthusiasm and professionalism.

NICE CENTRE MATERNEL Julia Strouk and Rosabelle Baysan

During one of the lunchtime monthly

meetings of the Philanthropy Club, Mr

Oxley inspired the students with his

stories of the 5 years he spent as a

teacher in Botswana. He noted among

his many stories and experiences how

much of a sense of community

impressed him while he was there. His

original 3 years, he extended to 5 in

order to continue following his group of

motivated students into their high school

years. All the students found his stories

and pictures compelling and very

moving.

The student group was key in

helping the organization get their

annual mail sent off in time and the leaders of

Mission Enfance were impressed by the

speed and quality of the work of our students!

Last November, our Philanthropy Club

Group went for a first visit to the Centre

Maternel in Mont Boron, in Nice.

We met the directrice and her team

who showed us the house and the

facilities, and how they work to help

these young women and their babies

live a better life. We brought them high

chairs and toys (thanks to Emilie

Evans), but our long term target is to raise money to help them buy a

cover from the sun for the playground, as it is the only secured outdoors

area for the children. Everything is very well-organised but it is quite clear

that they need a lot of financial support.

How did we feel? It was very emotional and we all realised how lucky we

are and we are now even more motivated to carry on with our

philanthropy project and we really

hope to reach our goal.

Thank you Laura, Lisa and Tiziana

for giving us the possibility of having

a better understanding of the life

difficulties some young people

encounter.

Isabel, Yara and the girls of the Centre

Maternel

MR OXLEY : A TEACHING EXPERIENCE IN BOTSWANA

OCEAN GROUP: FIGHT AGAINST SEA AND OCEAN POLLUTION

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Our recycling project in the Early Years has involved collecting bottle tops for the

« Bouchon d’Amour » association. We hope to collect

enough bottle tops to help buy a wheelchair for a disabled child. For

every ton of plastic tops we raise we will earn €210. The bottle tops,

once collected will be sent to the depot in Nice. This project will involve

all our boys and girls in the Early Years and we are asking them to

collect plastic bottle tops and bring them into school, depositing them in

the recycling classroom box. Our Class 3 Student Council have made

the recycling boxes and are in charge of emptying the bottle tops each

week. They made a wonderful presentation in our assembly on March

25th. We will keep you posted on how we get on. Thanking you for your

support! Caroline Ragi, Head of Early Years

Fed up with all those small, loose coins lying at the bottom of your purse or weighing down your pockets?

Want to make sure they get put to good use? The Primary School students are able to help you out! Each

year, in January and February, the Student Council representatives organise a collection of copper coins,

in collaboration with the ISM Giving Committee and the children’s

charity La Fondation Hôpitaux de Paris

-Hôpitaux de France. This year, the

Primary School raised over €640! It

took us rather a while to count it all,

and quite a few trips to the Post Office

with some rather heavy bags! We hope

to raise even more next year – watch

this space!

Helen Duncan, Class 6 Teacher

EY RECYCLING PROJECT

PRIMARY SCHOOL COPPER COIN COLLECTION

With the help and support of Charlotte Cowley, Science and Earth Science

Teacher, The Ocean Group produced and sold home-made ocean-themed

Christmas cards. The funds raised were given to the SOS Grande Bleue

association in Saint Jean Cap-Ferrat They also attended the Blue Ocean film

festival at the Oceanographic museum, and took part in the Monaco March for

Climate which was supported by His Serene Highness Prince Albert II.

This trimester, their aim has been to raise awareness of the dangers of plastic in

the seas and oceans and they have produced information posters which everyone

can see all around the Middle School. The students will also be presenting this

worthy cause at assemblies in the hope of recruiting more members among the

Secondary School students.

For the final trimester, they are aiming at organising a beach clean-up as soon as

spring arrives and the weather is better. Hopefully this challenging project will see

very quickly the light of day and will contribute to sea and ocean protection and awareness!

Congratulations to Maxim Alexeev who was elected student leader.

MAY 2016

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LES ENFANTS DE FRANKIE

The Primary School Student Council organised a Bake Sale on Wednesday 11th May to help raise money

for the Monaco children’s charity, AMADE: l’Association Mondiale des Amis De l’Enfance, again with the

support of the ISM Giving Committee. The Student Council representatives, who had been looking

forward to this event since the beginning of the school year, designed some attractive, eye-catching

posters to display around the Primary School.

On Wednesday morning, Mrs Duncan’s

classroom was filled with the aroma of freshly

baked cookies and muffins. At break time, the

primary classes, a few Middle School students

and some teachers eagerly filed into the

classroom, ready with their 1€ and 2€ coins,

and carefully chose a tasty treat or a glass of

healthy fruit juice. The amount raised

surpassed the estimates of most students in

the Primary School – an amazing €354, thanks

to the efforts of the teachers, students and

parents of the Primary School.

Helen Duncan, Class 6 Teacher

PRIMARY SCHOOL BAKE SALE

On Wednesday 2nd March 2016, the

Middle School Student Council hosted

over 35 children from the local area, in

collaboration with Les Enfants de

Frankie. The association supports

disadvantaged and sick children in the

region, and ISM hosts an annual

event whereby our visitors and ISM

students can unite as one, for an

afternoon of fun, games and much

laughter.

We set up a ‘game-show’ style afternoon and all children were

divided into their 4 communities – Amiko, Rafiki, Nakama and

Takoda. This showed inclusion, team-spirit and open-

mindedness, all important qualities within ISM and the wider

community.

Les Enfants du Frankie and ISM enjoyed a goûter together at

the end of the afternoon, with students swapping contact details

and making new friendships.

Lindsay Mackenzie-Wright, Head of Middle School