Prom committee is a club that consists of only 11th grade students at ISK. As the name implies, this club aims to raise $10,000 by March of 2012 so that the Junior class can host the prom for the Seniors. I am the head of the fundraising committee for this club, so my job is to think up of possible fundraisers that can raise a lot of money! We mainly raise money by selling drinks at almost every school event, and so far, this had proved to be successful. Since August, we have raised about $3,000 so our aim is to raise at least $7,000 more.
On the 11th of November, International Day was held at ISK, which is an event where every student dresses up in something that represents their country and parades around the campus. This event is always attended by many parents, and all the students and teachers. Therefore, it was a great opportunity for our grade to sell drinks, and this is exactly what we did. Although it was very hectic and we had no time to take a break for more than 3 hours, it was all worth it in the end as we managed to raise 104,000 Kenyan shillings!
We are already planning various events in the coming weeks and we will hopefully have met our goal of raising $10,000 by March!
Monday, 14 November 2011
MUN: Mock Debate
On the 12th of November, the Model United Nations mock debate was held at the International School of Kenya. In this event, all the schools that will participate in the actual EAMUN conferences in February came to ISK and it was a chance for us to debate various resolutions that participants had written and get a sense of what the conference in February will be like.
The country I represented at the debate was Ukraine, and I was a delegate for the ecology committee. This committee focuses on environmental issues and human interactions with the environment. Seeing as the entire event only ran for about 2 hours, we did not have time to debate too many resolutions and sadly, the only resolution that an ISK student had written was not debated. We managed to get through four or five resolutions and this was a chance for us all to see what components make a resolution stand out to delegates and what should not be included.
Soon, I will be given the country that I will represent at the conference in February and I will begin to write a resolution with the rest of the delegates from that country. Hopefully, by using what we learned at the mock debates, we will be able to write a powerful resolution that people will find hard to vote against!
The country I represented at the debate was Ukraine, and I was a delegate for the ecology committee. This committee focuses on environmental issues and human interactions with the environment. Seeing as the entire event only ran for about 2 hours, we did not have time to debate too many resolutions and sadly, the only resolution that an ISK student had written was not debated. We managed to get through four or five resolutions and this was a chance for us all to see what components make a resolution stand out to delegates and what should not be included.
Soon, I will be given the country that I will represent at the conference in February and I will begin to write a resolution with the rest of the delegates from that country. Hopefully, by using what we learned at the mock debates, we will be able to write a powerful resolution that people will find hard to vote against!
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