CDL Newsletter - Winter 2008

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news

Février 2008

Casting Shadows

February 2008

inside this issue

National Identity National and cultural celebrations

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Arts Week

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Events dedicated to the visual and performing arts

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Touchpoints Exhanging data and ideas on the environment.

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meritas news

Visiting ATLAS

Meritas Music Workshop

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Learn English In Florida

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By Amanda Maher IB Year 2 Student Shadowing programme at CERN, the European Laboratory for Nuclear Research Eleven eager junior and senior female students mounted the bus in the early hours of November the 6th, apprehensive about meeting their ‘shadowers’. The ‘shadowing’ programme, launched by the European Commission, offers today’s young women the unique opportunity to accompany a female role model in the Information and Telecommunication Technologies (ICT) career field, encouraging their creative potential in these areas of science and technology.

Un mélange d’enthousiasme et d’appréhension était palpable dans le groupe de onze jeunes filles qui s’est rendu au CERN le 6 novembre dernier dans le cadre d’un « shadowing day ». Cette journée, organisée par la Commission Européenne, consiste à faire découvrir aux jeunes filles les activités liées aux technologies de l’information et de la communication (TIC). Tout au long de la journée, les jeunes filles accompagnent une chercheuse qu’elles suivent comme leur ombre (« shadow », d’où le terme de « shadowing day »). L’objectif de la

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contents CDL News.................................1-12 Director’s Letter..............................2 Casting Shadows (continued)......2-3 Adding it All Up..........................2-3 Sports...........................................8-9 Global Issues.................................10 Making a Difference.....................11 Student Government.....................12 Meritas News...........................14-15 Calendar......................... Back Cover


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