In-school

If you are someone who feels very passionate about inclusivity, equality and making everyone's voices heard within in the school, then the Nations Anti-Discrimination Committee is a perfect place to take action!

The Nations Anti-Discrimination Committee is a student-led club that discusses discrimination and other social issues at Campus des Nations. It is a safe space for people to discuss personal problems that affect themselves and others and come together to find solutions for it.

They also have an Instagram account @antidiscriminations.

This club meets every Tuesday from 15:30-16:30 in room 408.

To join the club, email: clara.brooks@learning.ecolint.ch

Nations is a school gifted with a very diverse community due to the variety of backgrounds of our students. This creates opportunities for the school to host lots of exciting and unique cultural events which all students can take part in. There are no ethnic, language or knowledge requirements to volunteer for those events, just good will and some free time. Personally, I have taken part in the Diwali dance celebrations despite not being Indian. I found it very interesting because not only do you learn about the event, but you can be directly involved in it.

Some cultural events celebrated at Nations are Dia de los Muertos, Diwali, Christmas, Hanukkah, Lunar New Year, Nowruz, Eid and World Africa Day. The jobs differ depending on the event but they usually need people to cook for the food stand, as well as people running it during breaks and lunches, speakers at the assembly and sometimes performers as well. You can always come up with another job if there is another activity which can be included. For example, you could create a Chinese Lantern craft stand during Lunar New Year.

Do you want to improve your public speaking while learning more about relevant issues? Then join the Nations Debate Team!

This beginner-friendly team meets every Thursday during late lunch in room 503 (Mr Reid's classroom) to practice debating simple arguments. Members volunteer to form groups of 3 and take part in competitions, usually against La Chat and Florimont.

These competitions are not too formal, they discuss current issues, whether social or intellectual, as well as long standing issues from a more moral standpoint. According to members of the team, the topics tend to be simple arguments, which explains why they won first place at the last competition!

Our team uses Mixed Parliamentary Style and World Scholar Style, taught by Amara Schreiber (Y12) and Elliot Turner (Y12).

Show up to a meeting or email amara.schreiber@learning.ecolint.ch to join!

As we all know, climate change is real and we all need to find ways to help our planet. But, what can you do about it? At Nations, you can join the EcoCrew, a club whose main purpose is to make the school more sustainable.

Available for students in Year 10 and up, the EcoCrew meets every Tuesday in the CoLab during lunch to discuss environmental issues within the school and find solutions. This crew volunteers during community events such as the Kermesse to bring awareness and reduce waste. But it is not only active during celebrations, it is a place for students to develop any SA project about sustainability with the help of the EcoCrew leader and the school's sustainability leader, Jan Dijkstra.

To join the club, email: jan.dijkstra@ecolint.ch

Do you like journalism? Then write for the school newspaper!

Nations Voice is open to the whole MYP, although editing roles are only for Year 11 and up. Don't worry because writing is open to everyone and it's a perfect way to showcase your talent as there is no limit to the amount of articles you can write, although there is a minimum of one per term. This means that the workload is pretty much up to you and how much you are willing to put in.

If writing is not an interest of yours but you still want to take part, you can also be an editor, website or social media manager, photographer, graphic designer or whatever you might feel like adding.

Nations Voice writes about relevant and relatable topics for students. This newspaper is constantly evolving as they've added resources like the Advice Column and Tutoring System.

Joining a soup kitchen is a perfect way to help the out of school community, the difficult part is actually finding one. Luckily, Nations has a soup kitchen club where everything is already prepared for students, all you need to do is join!

Soup kitchen is direct volunteering, so you can connect with members of the community! Good communication skills are needed for this task. If dealing with people is not a skill of yours, don't worry, Soup Kitchen does more than cook.

Are you creative and want to create a product you can be proud of and many people will own and love? Then you should join the Yearbook Club!

The Yearbook Club is open for all students in Nations and is run by Mr Moerland and Mr Raineau. As stated by the name, this club designs the yearbook we can chose to purchase at the end of the year. But, it is not as easy as simply drawing a front cover, creating this book requires lots of work and organization skills.

Some of the roles in this club include:

• Photographers: they take the pictures of students and teachers which are in the yearbook.

• Graphic designers: using the ideas given by the whole group, they put together the outside and inside of the yearbook, carefully designing every page.

• Interviewers: teacher and student interviews are often found in the yearbook, these students are in charge of running those, as in coming up with questions and talking to faculty and staff.

• Communicators: although we all need to communicate as a club, some students need to be in charge with asking StuCo for pictures of Spirit Week or informing themselves on where we can find the school trip photo archive.

The Zambezi Environmental Education Centre is a club offered at Nations for students Years 10 to 13.

The club is split up into smaller groups of 4 to 10 students, each containing a chair, secretary, treasurer and publicist. The aim of each group is to organize fundraising events in Nations where all profit goes towards a school in the Western Province of Zambia.

At Nations, there is a strong support system for students. Not only is there psychologists and counselors, we also have 4U, a committee run by students for students.

Currently, this group is open to students Years 10 and above although it is trying to open to the younger MYP years, which is difficult due to the meetings being during lunch breaks. They work closely with the PYP organizing projects such as circle time and quiet time, as well as with Years 7 and 8 discussing relevant issues such as cyberbullying and friendship. A couple students representing 4U also need to speak at assemblies to make students aware of this club, whether it is to join or to go to them for help. But the work does not consist of only talking to students, they also organize the T-Shirts for leaving students and the new student orientation before school starts.

4U might be for you if you are a patient, caring and confident person who knows how to take control in situations regarding students of all ages.

Remember that it is a committee where members volunteer to take part in projects, which is mandatory if you want to count it as SA.