MYP Service Programs

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MYP

Service Programs As the year wore on, and more and more Covid restrictions were

relaxed, our MYP students found more opportunities to get involved in meaningful service activities, helping to make the lives of various communities that little bit better. From G6, who experienced MYP service for the first time, to G10, who will be busy completing their DP CAS requirements next year, the following is a snapshot of a few of each MYP year level’s service projects from the second semester.

Mr. Ben Weil MYP Service Coordinator

Grade 6 Service Program

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For our service project, we gave a detailed presentation to the G5 students and teachers about how MYP works since they will be transitioning soon. It was a group effort to make the slides and research mental health. In addition, Airi contacted Dr. Teresa and emailed the G5 teachers. Furthermore, IngIng and Ping Ping interviewed Dr. Teresa for expert advice. Moreover, the ATL skills our group used were social skills, as everyone had to be assigned a task they were to take full responsibility for, be able to make decisions, and equally cooperate in the roles assigned to them. Secondly, we used communication skills as our team had to be able to communicate our ideas and be respectful toward others’ ideas. Overall, our experience with G6 Service went well this year, we had a lot of questions from the 5th graders which was very unexpected for us. We hope that this presentation will inform G5 about the MYP program and help them smoothly transition into it.

Kimmie, Airi, IngIng, PingPing, Annabel and Khaowan (G6D)

For our service project, we helped the BangSaen community by cleaning up one of their most polluted beaches. We also helped kids in an orphanage by donating used clothes, toys, books, and essential needs. Throughout our projects, we used all the ATL skills but some of the main skills we used were communication and time management. Communication was important because we had to discuss where we wanted to help and how we wanted to help. Another way we used communication skills is when we had to communicate with the community and the people at the orphanage center. Time management was also really important because everything is packed into a tight schedule. In our first project, we picked up trash in the ocean. This project is connected to the Life Below Water Sustainable Development Goals. The experience was tiring because we were picking up trash for a long time but we also felt good because we knew that we were helping the environment. In our second project, we donated to the orphanage - this project connected to the Zero Hunger, Good Health and Well Being, and Quality Education Sustainable Development Goals. On top of that, we even donated 10,000 baht to the orphanage, so we felt great because we knew we helped the Grade 7 Service Program orphans. Overall, we learned that we are very fortunate to have a family that loves us.

Hello! We are a service group that targets helping children in Nia, Putney, Copter, Proton, and Khunpol (G6S) orphanages. We target the SDGs No Poverty and Zero Hunger.

The reason is that we want to help poor children who are in orphanages. We decided to do this because we realized all the privileged things that we have and how we no longer use them.

We want these children to be able to enjoy toys and belongings that we used to own because if it stays with us then it will be left unused. This impacts us significantly because we get to do good deeds and find places for toys that we can't find places to store.

Overall, we think this service project went very well and we got to see the happy faces of the children which makes us very grateful for everything we have.

Peach, Niji, imboon and Candy

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Hello! We are the tree planting group and our targeted community are the visitors of Bangphu tree planting center. We decided to go there to plant mangrove trees because trees are decreasing, therefore resulting in the air quality getting worse and worse.

The CSA (Concordian Service) we targeted was Environmental Service, since we were helping the environment and wildlife by planting trees. Everything went well and we had fun, though we didn't have enough time and power to plant more trees. Plus, not everyone was able to go. Overall, it was a great experience that we will indeed do again. We hope to plant more trees next time!

Angie, Joanne, Pim, Harmonie and Gimmy

Grade 8 Community Project Our year-long Community project was created to advocate for and assist people with mental problems. Despite the limitations imposed by Covid-19, our group members collaborated on the publication and compilation of a website 'Mental Art’. We believe that by presenting our work through a website, we can: 1. Provide a solution to mental problems (through our research); 2. Present our artwork and posters effectively; and 3. Give the viewer a variety of alternative options to choose from. There are still things yet to be accomplished - an example of that is the direct service we planned originally. Throughout the duration of the year, we have gained multiple ATL skills but the few most relevant skills that we have gained during this process include organization, collaboration and research skills. As a result, these skills help us develop as team workers, create more efficient procedures, gain more success, and communicate better. As we now have reached the final stages of this project, we would like to share our website with information regarding mental health. Please have a look! www. mentalartcp.art Ken, Pote, Pepe and Grace

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This year's community project was met with numerous obstacles, but the three of us were able to conquer them all. Our project is named W.O.H.E.O, an abbreviation for We Only Have Each Other, and our aim is to identify (mostly Covid) concerns in our local community and promote awareness through a social media campaign on Instagram, as well as distribute a donation box in school to donate items to Covid victims. Over the lengthy weeks and months of this school year, we were able to develop an Instagram account with posts on vaccines and Covid. We now have only three postings, but we have many more stored in our shared Google Drive folder. In addition, we painted and decorated a donation box, which we will most likely place somewhere in school by the end of the school year. However, we have had to postpone this idea in order to comply with the Covid requirements that have been imposed on us. This includes our donation box plan, which we've had since December but could only get started on now. An additional obstacle was Covid causing us to miss meetings that could have been used to further our cause and work towards our goal. Nonetheless, from this experience we have learned many valuable lessons and skills.

Otto, Praew, and Clare

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Grade 9 Independent Service Projects Our service project focuses on the SDG goal of Quality Education.

We believe that we should give back to our community by improving the education of people in need, specifically, kids with special needs who are in the age range of 8-12 years old. Therefore, we decided to donate handmade basic Math and English workbooks, in addition to mask straps and bead supplies to a foundation, ศูนย์พัฒนาศักยภาพบุคคลออทิสติกจังหวัดนนทบุรี or Center for the Development of Autistic Persons in Nonthaburi Province.

We purchased beads to make mask straps whilst utilizing our knowledge to provide educational workbooks. We have formatted our workbooks so they would aid the children in concentration as well as improve their language and mathematical abilities. Since we cannot get into physical contact with the foundation, we had to send the materials through the post office. Afterward, we were very appreciative to receive a “thank you” letter back from the foundation.

Proud, Prom and Prin For our community project this year, we decided to focus on the 3rd SDG goal, which is Good Health and Well-being. We were interested in helping children who are in need of tangible objects such as medical supplies. Over the course of the school year, we organized a 60-lap walkathon where parents, teachers, staff and students in the Concordian community were able to sponsor us to raise money. We used this money to purchase the supplies which we then planned to donate. By the end of the fundraiser, we were able to collect a total of 34,160 THB, allowing us to purchase diapers, liquid soap, and milk bottles for the Queen Sirikit Children’s Hospital Foundation, that we decided to work with.

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There were some challenges we faced, such as managing school activities and service projects, contacting staff from both the school and the foundation, and even some miscommunication, but we finally managed to end this project on a positive note.

Although it might be tiring, and sometimes, things don’t go as planned, in the end, we all felt proud of the dedication we had placed into this service project to help children in need. While we weren’t able to talk to the kids due to them being in a different area for their check-ups, the hospital staff that we met expressed their appreciation. The foundation continues to be in need of similar medical supplies, for all those who are interested in helping out and supporting the cause.

Im, Nanaka and Rinny

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Grade 10 Service Program Our project was a success as the initial goal was to collect and donate a total of 40 books, which we managed to accomplish.

This project (despite being extremely small) would definitely have impact on the children we donated to, because being able to freely have access to books is a privilege we were born with and lucky to have since we were little, so to be able to give to the young, less fortunate rural children is simply giving back, and is necessary. The project had a significant impact on us as we learned information about underprivileged areas and how to gather materials which can help the underprivileged. We discovered that we could finish things faster when we worked together and the biggest problem we faced was communication as the Covid-19 issue made it difficult to meet each other when working, and our project was delayed due to Covid regulations. If it weren’t for these strict rules, we could have gotten a lot more books to donate.

Kyla, Prinn, M, Risa, Ming K, Lodrel

For our project, we decided to base everything around SDG 7 which is Affordable and Clean Energy. This was because we all believe that clean energy is where, on a global scale, we are heading in the near future. In the beginning of this project, we were planning to build a large vertical farm which features a water supply system that mists out water, however, due to the time constraints we decided to downsize the dimensions. In the end, we would consider that we accomplished our initial goal as we are able to create what we wanted to do since the beginning.

We decided to do this vertical farm as we believed that plants capture harmful carbon dioxide and release it as oxygen which is a good solution for us as we produce too much carbon dioxide on Earth. On the other hand, the water system that mists water not only waters the plant efficiently, but it also cools the area down by 9 degrees from our testing. In addition, the majority of us are interested in building physical objects that are useful to solve problems, therefore, we not only chose to do this structure just for the project, but it is also our passion to complete this project.

Chur, Beam, Dean, Best, Puri

MSSG:

Back with a Bang

After a disrupted first term, the latter portion of the 2021-22

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school year has provided the MSSG with the opportunity to organize in-person events, namely a house competition for each grade, three assemblies, and the final day festivities (which are about to kick off as the Impact Magazine is being delivered). Im- Given the restrictions, we agreed to do a combination of Kahoot portantly, we also were able to make crucial strides in the realm and Jeopardy for the house competition. It was our first "real" of policy. house competition in over a year, thus we wanted to come back with a bang. For the prizes we had small snack baskets. We presented the snacks in creative ways – the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place prizes being distinctly different. This added to their allure by making the prizes more appealing to win. Some baskets were very "unique" to say the least, but later versions had a more aesthetic and "professional" look.