Luna programme

Peru is a country rich in cultural heritage. Having the second largest indigenous population in North and South America, Peru has inconsistencies in the poverty divide between urban and rural communities (World Health Organization). According to the CIA World Factbook, forty-five percent of the total population, nearly 14 million people, are indigenous to Peru (World Factbook). The considerable divide between affluent and poverty-stricken people is largely due to the isolation of the rural villages

I had shadowed there and many of my friends knew they were going too. I figured that this was the best choice for me and I was most comfortable there. I knew I wanted to be in advanced classes, but then the Mccullah twins introduced me to the IB programme. Around six p.m., on the SJJ football field before practice, The Mccullah twins asked me and a few other teammates, “Did you guys hear about that new IB program at St. Ed's?” We responded with, “No, what’s that?” “It’s this new advanced program

children in torn clothes ran helplessly towards packages dropped from military planes towards the hot sand of their tiny village. This action was one of many attempts to help underdeveloped nations receive food by the United Nations' World Food Programme. Within his article titled "Lifeboat Ethics: the Case Against Helping the Poor", Garret Hardin, a well-known philosopher of ecology, analyzes the difficulty

Jacqueline March Dupont Challenge Agriscience January 26, 2015 Fighting Hunger As Penelope Cruz stated, “We need to stop the dying and start the living; stop the hunger and start the hoping.” At this moment there are approximately 842 million people worldwide that are hungry. This is about 1 of every 8th person you see. That’s over 2.5 times the population of the United States. In 2012, more than 18,000 children younger than 5 died every day; most from preventable causes. It’s estimated that nearly

The choices we make today affect more than just our lives tomorrow. They also effect the world, and slowly these choices end up becoming major problems. Life as we know it, will not continue to be the same if we do not work to fix the occurring global crises. However, we tend to focus more on our own existence, and survival that we forget there are people suffering from our choices around the world. This causes us to take things for granted, but not realize it because there is someone else somewhere

On January 12th, 2010, the small Caribbean nation of Haiti was struck by a 7.0 magnitude earthquake. This was the worst earthquake to hit the region in over two centuries (BBC News). More than fifty aftershocks measuring over 4.5 followed within the next two weeks. The earthquakes left Haiti in shambles and exacerbated their conditions. There were 3.5 million people affected and over 220 thousand killed (Disasters Emergency Committee). Major damage was caused at the Haitian capital, Port-au-Prince

1.0 Introduction This report is based on my role as a teacher assistant and how I in my duty support the ethos, vision and mission statement of my school with particular regards to a specific whole-school policy area. KPI 1 stresses on managing a child’s behaviour and relates it with the Behaviour Management Policy which I will further discuss in my essay. 1.1 Professional Background I developed the interest to be a teacher in the early age of 12 when I observed my much-loved

As an IB student, it is very important to recognize that the study program is indeed an international program that involves schools all around the world. Therefore, IB is present in a variety of different cultures and countries. As a student in the IB program, I’ve noticed that a lot of study is focused centrally on literature. Whether it’s in an English class setting or in a history class, there are multiple occasions where books, popular novels, and poetry are studied. Also, many of these can be

A CLASSICAL EDUCATION FOR THE MODERN WORLD NOBLESSE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL WEEKLY NEWSLETTER FROM THE HEADMASTER Special thanks to our parents, students, and staff for the many activities enjoyed before Christmas, including the Christmas Concert, EYElementary Christmas Party, and Middle-High School Christmas Party. In addition, our Student Council and Community Service Club organized a Christmas Party for the students of the Sitio-Monicayo School (where our students have been volunteering since

Why do people die of hunger? What are some solutions to this problem? The world is very small stage in a vast cosmic arena, yet it can easily accommodate the needs of 7 billion; regardless of this fact, one 9 people still go to bed hungry. According to the World Food Program there are six major causes of hunger in the world. The poverty trap, lack of investment in agriculture, climate as well as weather, war displacement, unstable markets, and food wastage. Due to the increasingly interconnectivity