The Global Education Club

The Global Club continued with Kitty Cochrane and Dolly Callas facilitating. It continued to be drop-in, twice monthly, during lunch recess. 

Accomplishments:

• International Potluck for Meet the Teacher night in September

• Made Italian pasta with a pasta maker

• Made Irish potato cakes for St. Patrick's Day

• Made fried bananas from Costa Rica

• Played a co-operative game and talked about competition versus co-operation

• Had an anti-racism door decorating contest for Anti-Racial Discrimination Day, March 21

• Made calendars with student art and observations about Global issues. Donated the $90 proceeds to Pueblito

• Held a "Name the Elephant" contest, and raised $20 for our "adopted" elephant

• Purchased a big box of multicultural books, crayons, and co-operative games for the library for $200 from proceeds from school wide bottle recycling (thanks to Nancy Ball for recycling!)

• Held a bake sale $40 for Popsicles for students for POP (Protect Our Planet) Day

• POP Day  - with school yard clean-up and garbage-less lunch

• Distributed information on water issues to teachers for World Oceans Day

          
Doors decorated for Anti-Racism Day, March 21

  Other school projects:

• School collected pennies for the Food Bank, aiming to outweigh our principal, Bob Smith. We suceeded, in a dramatic event in an assembly.

• Chantal Collin organized Jump Rope for Heart, with $2,500 raised for the Heart and Stroke Foundation

• Kitty Cochrane's grade 2 class had a Used Toy Sale and raised $90 for Unicef

• Charlie Schrama organized our school's annual Terry Fox walk. $200 raised.

• The school donated books to Unity House (women's shelter)

• Nancy Ball's class raised money to Adopt a Whale

• Kitty Cochrane's grade 2 class had an African Market and raised $70 to have trees planted in Africa, through Canadian Physicians for Aid and Relief

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