Green Apple Workshop with Dar Al-Handasah

SIS - Adma

On Saturday, September 28, 2013, four engineers from “Dar al-Handasah” visited the SABIS^® International School - Adma as part of the Green Apple Day of Service.

“Dar al-Handasah” has worked hand-in-hand with various countries in developing their industrial infrastructure, roads, airports, seaports, hospitals, schools, water and sewerage systems, housing, and telecom facilities. The Dar Group is an international network of professional service firms, comprised of over 13,000 staff members assisting clients in over 100 countries around the world. They are dedicated to planning, designing, engineering, and project managing facilities, installations and structures that contribute to the sustainable advance of communities worldwide. A meaningful project of Dar was the rebuilding of Beirut's Central Business District that was destroyed during the Lebanese Civil War.  They have a deep-rooted commitment to the development of Lebanon from which the firm's beginnings grew.

Twenty-eight high school students attended a presentation given by the engineers on water conservation and sustainability. The engineers were keen to answer all of the students’ questions. The presentation was followed by breakfast and a group photo.

On the day, students were divided into two groups for the following activities:

Signage Audit. With the help of two of the visiting engineers, prefects designed and constructed signs to encourage recycling, conservation, and sustainable practices. These signs were hung throughout Block C in the school.

Below is a sample of some of the signs that were designed by the prefects:

Water Audit. Prefects studied water fixtures throughout the school and measured water waste with the help of two engineers and the school’s Maintenance Department. In this survey, students estimated that replacing valves and flushes with tighter, more efficient versions might save over 100,000 liters of water yearly in one typical school bathroom alone.

"Attending the SLO Green Apple Workshop was a great opportunity which created an eco-friendly environment throughout the building. It gave me an in depth outlook on how supportive some strategies can be. Creating posters that included facts and pictures about the environment and learning how to develop a green healthy lifestyle were some of the approaches to create more awareness.” Samantha Youssef – Gr. 10

Students for Students School Project

ISC - Cairo and ISC - City of 6 October

Sir Francis Bacon once said, “In charity there is no excess” and that is the literal aim of the SLO^® Social Responsibility Departments at ISC – City of 6 October and ISC - Cairo.  They set no boundaries to possible achievements and they believe that anything is possible.  This year both schools in Egypt decided to bridge the gap between the ISC students and students from local public schools in their neighborhoods.

ISC – City of 6 October decided to assist a government school in the city of 6 Of October called “Om El Momeneen”.  The goal is to fund the renovation of the classrooms and eventually the entire school.  The funds are raised through various bakes sales, selling of candy grams, and other SLO^® driven fundraisers.  The ISC – City of 6 October SLO^® team has raised enough money to furnish and fix 9 classrooms with desks, teachers’ desks, chairs, blackboards, windows, doors, and they also managed to repaint the classrooms and adjoining hallway.  In addition, they have renovated 3 bathrooms in the main building, before this there were no functioning bathrooms.

ISC – Cairo helped furnish 8 classrooms with desks, chairs, blackboards, and teacher’s desks at the Khadega Experimental Public School in their neighborhood. They have now also started with renovations on a an all girls public school.  Students from the SLO^® team have gone to paint classrooms and help out.  Hopefully by the end of this academic year they will have completed the entire school using the generous contributions from the parents, students, and staff members.

This initiative lies under the “Students For Students” banner, where students instigate positive changes in other students’ lives and are making tangible differences due to their hard work and determination.

One positive action can make a HUGE difference and at both ISC - Egypt schools we strive to constantly make a difference and we will keep striving towards bettering our communities and our country.

Flood Relief Campaign

ISC - Lahore

In order to ease the pain due to the disaster floods ravaging Pakistan, the SLO^® at ISC Lahore hosted a flood relief campaign to gather donations for the afflicted. The campaign was divided in two parts, phase one and phase two.

Phase one included general donations by students, fundraising events, and a raffle ticket prize for 2 nano iPods which were donated by one of our students. The raffle tickets idea was extremely appealing to students and helped raise a lot of money for donations.

Phase two was a clothes and supplies drive. A letter was sent to parents listing the necessary supplies needed to help displaced people by the floods.

Over the course of one week 200,000 Ruppees (around $2,000/-) was raised and a large amount of dry foods and clothes was collected. The funds were transferred to the flood victims through the Eidhi foundation, the representatives of which came to collect the funds from school.

The campaign was a huge success and the school is proud to have made a difference in the lives of those who need it most.

Green Apple Day of Service

ISC - Choueifat

The Social Responsibility Department prefects, along with the deputy heads of all the departments, participated in the Global Community Service: Green Apple Day On Saturday, September 27^th

 Green Apple Day of Service is a global movement that brings together thousands of students and leaders from around the globe to transform the schools into healthy and productive learning places.

This year’s project was a trip to IBS, a household solid waste treatment center located in Saida. The plant works on recycling and transforming waste into electricity.

The first event of the day was a great presentation by the team about the importance of waste treatment centers in Lebanon. The students was introduced to the different sections of the plant; each section carrying out a certain function and were educated on many ways of making the school a greener place (Recycling, saving water, saving energy, etc.). Intrigued by what they were learning, the prefects couldn’t stop asking questions!

The next event of the day was planting a tree as a symbol of ISC-Choueifat going green.

This was followed by the last event which included a discussion about making the school a greener place and concluded by the distribution of prizes and certificates from the sponsors.

1. Green Apple Workshop @ Adma
2. Adopt a School - ISC Egypt
3. Flood Relief Campaign - Lahore
4. Day of Service @ Choueifat