Conférence sur le bilinguisme

Voici des commentaires d’élèves qui ont participé à la conférence sur le bilinguisme dans les écoles du QAIS, le 29 avril, 2010.

J’ai aimé la conférence sur le bilinguisme car c’était intéressant d’entendre les histoires des anciens étudiants. Ils ont dit que c’est très important de continuer le français après l’école secondaire car les langues aident [...]

Leaving Kenya with a Heavy Heart

These last two weeks have been unforgettable. After a tough weekend climbing the Machakos hills, I only spent three days at school. Once school finished on Wednesday, mid-term break began.

I spent 10 hours on the road to Mombasa on a bus with 30 other students. Our final destination was Turtle Bay Beach Club in [...]

Mackay Center & LCC: Bonding @ Camp

The journey began bright and early on Monday, November 9, 2009. Giving up our ped. day sleep in, our team—comprised of Greg Sigler, Noah Schouela, Elsa Schlemm, Chloe Collier, Tiffany Chamandy, Lauren Piccoli, Alysha Fedele and Blair Hardiman—arrived at the Mackay Center to pack up the bus and get the ball rolling. Once organized, [...]

Inspired to Make a Difference

When I first heard about the Youth Philanthropy Initiative, I must admit that I thought it would just be some more work that I simply would not have enough time for. I was not really looking forward to it. However, I soon realized that this was an extremely rewarding experience in which I [...]