ISKL CAS Projects

Eco Schools Conference (April 2019; Green Council) 

Farmer's Market/ Eco Market (Earth Club and Green Council): This was a special event that took place independently and also in conjunction with the Eco Schools Conference above. Some students in Earth Club contacted some local farmers and vendors selling organic vegetables and fruit, and set up stalls with other items that featured local food, crafts and mini maker spaces. This was able to actualise the concept of 'think globally, act locally'.

Lumaki: A sustainability club that emerged from a GAP trip to the Philippines. They did tree planting and sold some locally made products to raise awareness for deforestation problems and efforts for reforestation.

Upcycling of textile, e.g. converting used uniform and clothes into shopping bags, pencil cases, etc. (Service Council)

Converting glass bottles to vases and planters (Earth Club)

Introducing Bye-Bye Plastic Bags to ISKL: A campaign to reduce the use of plastic bags.

Creating dog kennels out of reusuable materials. (SPCA)

Creating an English Language and Literature learning website for a refugee learning centre.

Hair for Hope: Donating hair to cancer patients who lost their hair through chemotherapy.

'Behind the Scenes' (BTS): Teaching English to Bus Monitors. This is a new initiative to help our bus monitors learn more English, so that they can feel more confident in speaking English on the job. A group of ISKL students surveyed the communication needs between bus monitors and students, and developed lesson plans to cater to these.

RDA Riding Therapy: Some sessions took place at the Polo Club next to the Ampang Hilir Campus.

Teaching English to MKO (Malaysian Karen Organization) students

Organising visits to Ronald McDonald House of Charity (RMHC): This McDonalds-sponsored corporate social responsibility (CSR) shelter is for those living in remote areas who needed a place to stay in cities for treatment of cancer and other serious illnesses. Our students organised a club to visit the patients to offer some emotional support.

'One Percent Happier'. A website for students by students for physical and mental well-being.

'Boy Talk'. A club for boys to have a safe space to discuss some gender-related topics and advocacy activities.

'Girl Talk'. A club for girls to have a safe space to discuss some gender-related topics and advocacy activities.

Positivity Art Mural and art-related projects for mental well-being.

A picture story book for children to learn about the importance of caring for pets.

'Team Tenaga': Fitness for young women. This project provided a venue for female students to learn how to work out in a sustainable and holistic manner.

'The Care Bears': Some students organised a series of mini events to show some caring in fun ways, e.g. 'Dance for Donuts', positivity videos, etc.

'Pink Panthers' Anti-Bullying Campaign: Bullying unfortunately happens in life, so some students organised infographics and videos to raise awareness for obvious and not-so-obvious actions and speeches that hurt people's feelings.

Middle School Student Mentoring/ Tutoring: Contact the Middle School Counsellors if interested.

'Girl Talk' Mentors for Middle School Students: Focus on 'Women for STEM', etc. Contact the Middle School Counsellors if interested.

Coaching in Middle League and Recreational Sports: Badminton, football, rugby, touch rugby, etc. Contact Mr. Brian Foudy, MS Activities and Athletics Director.

Coaching Middle School MUN Delegates/ Debaters: Contact Mr. Brian Foudy, MS Activities and Athletics Director.

Helping with the Elementary School Band: Contact Ms. Kim Endel, ES Music Teacher or Gail Smith, ES Activities and Athletics Director.

Coaching Elementary School Saturday Morning Soccer: Contact Ms. Gail Smith, ES Activities and Athletics Director.

Jazz and Pops Night: A musical evening at a venue in town featuring ISKL Singers and Jazz Combo.

Jazz Combo/Band: A student initiative to promote appreciation for jazz. 

Elements Talent Show: An annual event featuring individuals and groups in the performing arts.

TED Ed Club & Events: Discussing global issues and organising student-led talk events.

IASAS MUN Conferences: Organising the event as the host school.

Amnesty International: This is an international organisation advocating for justice for political prisoners. Some students worked hard to have our school join it.

Pride Club for LGBT and other identity and lifestyle issues.

Feminist Club: A group of students took it upon themselves to discuss issues relating to gender equality and feminism by raising awareness at school. In addition to regular meetings and discussions, they organized one evening session with an open-panel discussion and musical performances. This was attended by students, parents, and others connected to the school community, with a balance in both genders (Class of 2017 students).

Green Council and Earth Club need YOU! Help with our school's sustainability projects and help us become 'greener'. See the latest needs here. Contact Mr. Laurence Myers (lmyers@iskl.edu.my) if interested.

Earth Week activities to promote awareness

Managing ♻♲recycling♲♻ 

Planting trees and other useful plants around campus

Planting citronella around the deck area to repel mosquitoes (Victoria Keogh, Class of 2014)

Setting up a hydroponic garden for sustainability (Deanna Anuar & Tunku Alysha, Class of 2014)

'Behind the Scenes at ISKL: Teaching English to the Cleaning Staff': This was a new opportunity to facilitate interactive English lessons for the cleaning staff. It also had a small-scale language exchange in English and Bahasa Malaysia. Some international schools are doing a similar activity, and this was a wonderful opportunity to get to know the people who do 'behind the scenes' work (e.g. the staff who clean the canteen, bathrooms, classrooms, and hallways) to make our everyday life routines go smoothly at school (Class of 2015 students).

The Baby Wrap Project: This was realized by a student who learned about Impact Foundation in India whilst watching television. This organization is supported by doctors who treat patients without much money. This student collaborated with others to make blankets for babies to keep them warm in order to minimize infant deaths in rural India (Class of 2015 students). This work is mentioned in the 'Creativity, Activity, Service (CAS) for the IB Diploma: An Essential Guide for Students' by Cambridge University Press here.

'Mer-C': This community service club was set up to interact and support refugee students from different Asian and Middle Eastern countries who came to Malaysia, through different activities such as sports and some academic support (Class of 2015 students).

'Within Malaysia':  This community service club emerged from a club that could no longer continue to operate due to reasons beyond their control. Instead of simply folding the club, the student executive officers sought other service needs and found a refugee school near our school that needed some support in English lessons (Class of 2015 students).

Yoga/ Running Stops Traffick: These projects collaborated with organizations that advocate to end human trafficking world-wide. Students contacted these organizations and their local representatives here and organized events that drew many participants (Class of 2015 - 2017 students).

Muzik4Humanity: This was set up by a group of enthusiastic singers who thought about using their interests, skills and talents to make others happy. Christmas caroling and singing for disadvantaged people were some of the activities undertaken (Class of 2015 and 2016 students).

Kids4Kids service and General Hospital annual party

Terry Fox Run

Creating and leading lesson activities at Chin Centre, Key Club Zotung Refugee Catholic Centre (ZRCC), Special Children's School of Ampang (SCSOA), and Tasputra (home for mentally and physically challenged children)

Organizing a climbing trip to raise money for cancer research (Sabrina Simpson, Class of 2014)

Leading lessons at a refugee school in KL to help with refugee children's upward social mobility (Fugee School; Paola Handel Marquez, Sonia Rao, and Anouk Schaedler, Class of 2014)

Stop Hunger Food Packaging Committee (Jessica Verghese, Class of 2014)

Inviting Refuge for the Refugees to school and raising awareness for the plight of the refugees in Malaysia (Sang Yoon Byun, Nicky Choon, Justin Chong, Duma Mseleku, and Chae Ra Ryu, Class of 2014)

Middle League Coaching

Morning Fitness Class (Jordan Shahrazi, Class of 2014)

Organizing a fundraising football tournament to make a child's wish come true through the Make-a-Wish Foundation in KL (William Costly and Mark Khurana, Class of 2014)

TEDx@ISKL: A student transferring from another school that organized TEDx put her vision of having one here at our school into action. This event was successfully organized in October 2014, attended by inspiring speakers and enthusiastic audience from different divisions and departments of the ISKL school community (Class of 2015 - 2017 students). This work is mentioned in the 'Creativity, Activity, Service (CAS) for the IB Diploma: An Essential Guide for Students' by Cambridge University Press here.

Book Club: This was led in collaboration with the librarian to promote the love of reading. Interesting discussions were conducted over slices of pizza at lunch time (Class of 2015 students).

Comic Book Club: Similar to the book club above, an avid comic book reader decided to promote different types of comic books and graphic novels to fellow students (Class of 2015 students).

Out of the Box: Enthusiastic students of art decided to offer an opportunity for fellow students to get together and try their hand at drawing or painting in a context that is not a taught course at school (Class of 2016 students).

Take a Bow: Some students keen to perform on stage realized their vision of giving theater workshop to Middle School students to develop their interest in acting, to be continued in High School (Class of 2016 students).

Leading the MY Club 24-Season Drum Troupe

Teaching the Traditional Malaysian/ Chinese Lion Dance (Sean Ng, Class of 2014)

Teaching Fiddle at summer camp and at school (Theodores Stylianides, Class of 2014)

Organizing an inter-cultural event called East Asian (Chinese, Korean, and Japanese) Cultural Day (Jae Won Kim, Class of 2013)

Investment Club (Kar Jin Ong, Class of 2013): This paved the way for our Young Investor's Society (YIS) today.

It Gets Better Club/ Anti-Bullying Campaign: Life is not always easy at school, with many issues such as peer pressure, social dynamics, bullying, etc. in addition to all the school work. A group of students decided to take the matter into their own hands by posting positive and inspiring messages around the school, especially on bathroom doors where individual attention may be commanded, and getting together to discuss those 'awkward' social issues that need some courage and support (Class of 2014 students and ongoing).

Establishing contact with and participating in Incitement events at Mindvalley in KL (Damian Bouwmeester, Alexander Chatron-Michaud, and Victor Xin, Class of 2014).

Birthday Club: A group of students decided that it is important to celebrate people's birthdays at school. They put a whiteboard in the hallway to celebrate student birthdays and sent cards to them or sang 'Happy Birthday' for them (Class of 2015 and 2016 students).