They also raise awareness on some important matters such as environmental issues and student wellbeing.
More and more, they are becoming an opportunity for students who volunteer to run them to develop their public-speaking skills and promote themselves as role models. We very much want the students to own these forums as theirs.
FIS Assembly Minutes by Audrey Year 10
Recently, the International Stream have been holding frequent assemblies with all classes to update the students and teachers on the current or upcoming events at the school, celebrate students’ latest achievements or inform everyone of new rules/policies. The last assembly took place on the 5th of December – many things were discussed.
The Year 12 ESS (Environmental systems and societies) students were first to deliver a presentation about Engaging with Global Issues in HK. They each briefly spoke about their individual IA’s (Internal Assessments), which covered a variety of topics ranging from marine conservation to pollution. By the end of it, the Year 12s had successfully raised awareness in the students and informed them of ways they can help to solve these environmental issues.
Mao Lin and Marie from Year 13 followed up with an introduction to Couture, a show they will organise inspired by Maestria which takes place in March 2017. Their goal is to promote sustainability in the fashion industry; “It combines fashion, music and entertainment under one roof, all for a charitable cause. It will surely be a night that you wouldn’t want to miss!” All profits will be donated to ReDress (www.redress.com.hk), a non-profit organisation. For more information, visit www.couture.fis.edu.hk or contact couturelfis@gmail.com.
These past few years, bake sales have become increasingly popular yet there haven’t been any strict rules concerning them. Mr. Williams announced a procedure and some rules that any student who wishes to host one must follow:
- Work with the French Stream
- Spread out the dates of bake sales for consistency
- Nominate charities that the profits will go towards
- Track the amount made (accounts)
- Get approval from the Student Representative Council
Gabriella and Tommy from Year 8 came up afterwards to talk about the World Scholars Cup (www.scholarscup.org), a competition that “tests your academic limits”. They related their past experiences at the event and encouraged their peers to join them this year and participate, insisting that presence at the contest looks great on university applications.
Finally, Emilie and Joana in Year 7 finished the assembly off with a presentation about the Junior MUN club (Model United Nations) which takes place at 11:30am on Tuesdays for Years 7 and 8. They persuaded the younger students to come and join the club, as the club might close down if there aren’t enough members. This club is a simulation of the real United Nations and every week, students represent a country and debate a current global issue (such as the refugee crisis).
The next assembly will take place on 23 January 2017.