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Students Council Elections

By Luigi Portelli

What will you bring to the school?

Adam Fischer: Bringing sweets and improve the canteen, making the Col lege nicer Aidan Delia: Improving facilities at college and umbrellas in summer due to heat

Jacob Christiansen: Bringing new ideas to college, lowering prices at canteen and facilities.

Zak Bianco: Fixing the basketball and tennis pitches and toilets Luigi Smith La Rosa: Fixing bathrooms and pitches, and after school activities Miguel Aquilina: Bringing a voice to students who are shy to speak up Lawrence Saliba: Help students who are bullied Richard Wang: Improve activities lost due to the pan demic

What do you do after school?

Adam Fischer: Fencing and drawing Aidan Delia: Archery and Athletics Jacob Christiansen: Basketball and hiking Zak Bianco: Waterpolo with Neptunes Luigi Smith La Rosa: Swimming and Basketball Miguel Aquilina: working with nature and learning new skills Lawrence Saliba: Jiu Jitsu

Richard Wang: Learning new languages and computing

“Leaders not followers” - The IB Sixth Form experience

By Julian Coppini At SEC’s IB sixth form, we have many aspiring young leaders. Already, three students began to leave their marks by running in the SEC presidential election, Ines Montes, Hanna Darabos and Theo Webb. When interviewed, all candidates showed an equal amount of enthusiasm and competitive spirit in running.

When asked what the candidates would bring to SEC, Ms Darabos stated that she is a “motivated student willing to improve student life, helping new students integrate well others.” as well as bringing “improvements in communicated throughout the school, especially in IB.” Mr Webb also remarked that “there are plenty of things that I want to advance, such as better facilities, including bathrooms for our male and female students.” Ms Montes focussed on her international background which, she said “...gave her a lot of leadership skills”.

As foreign students, Ms Darabos and Mr Webb have both come from previous education outside SEC, and when asked why they had chosen the IB sixth form program for their post-secondary education, Ms Darabos remarked that “I always wanted to study IB as it will help me later on. When I moved to Malta a year and a half ago, St Edwards seemed like a welcoming school and also its high academic reputation on the island.” Ms Montes too, was keen to follow an IB program and SEC was the school of choice. Mr Webb, having already received education within Malta had said that “St Edwards IB was always in the vision of some of my old friends, but I decided to go for it as the IB course intrigued me.”

The candidates are also in their final year of the IB diploma, and when asked what they plan to do after their final IB exams, Ms Montes was quick on the mark: “I am still deciding between US and Europe but most probably a degree oriented to working in politics and or law”. Ms Darabos responded with “I am planning to move to the Netherlands to study a Bachelor in Pharmaceutical Sciences.” and Mr Webb replying that “I want to go out and see the world, perhaps somewhere in central Europe or maybe even the US.”

As an IB student myself, I have the opportunity to watch the young leaders at work, already pushing through the crowd and showcasing our Headmaster’s guiding words, to be “leaders, not followers”.