ISM Community Service 2006-2009

November Fundraising...

Wardahs choco cake

The fundraisers

November has been a big fundraising month for the MS Community Service Club. First, there's the ongoing 2nd annual "November Bake Sale". Special mention needs to be made about the one lady who has made this event so successful for us this year and last. Ms. Hla is one of the CSC members Aunties, who has provided (at cost) most of the baked goods we've been selling every Wednesday of November two years in a row! A BIG THANK YOU to Ms. Hla for all she has done to help our Bake Sale be so successful. Her generosity is helping so many, as everything we earn goes to people who are so much in need of our support.

Drink sellers

The community service club has also had some special donations from Wardah's (6B) family who gave us three chocolate cakes with peanut M&Ms on top. Also, Yuri, Sumie's (6S) & John Paul and Khant's (6B) fruit flavored drinks were a hit. Nadi's (6B) brownies were quick to go and Mr. Todd's A+ Banana Muffins were a winner as

Yuri

well:) I wonder what surprises may be coming at next Wednesday's Bake Sale. Hope to see you there!

Aye Aye and Yuri

On to another important fundraiser, International Day, which is a major school wide event. In this event, hundreds of people from all walks of life come to celebrate the many nationalities that join the ISM community together making us truly an international school. This was our third year selling drinks and sharing with people what we do in Community Service through a slide show presentation. Usually we have no trouble selling hundreds of drinks with ice and lime to our thirsty customers. It's a non-stop fast paced job being behind the counter at this event. And, thanks to Mary and Crystal's (6B) families for donating the drinks, we were able to make this the most successful

Working the booth

International Day fundraiser yet.

With the earnings from these two events, we plan to soon go to Thatanar Rakhita Orphanage to deliver much needed wished for items to them. Updates coming soon about that visit.

Thanks for reading and supporting the MS Community Service Club!

TOGETHER WE'RE MAKING A DIFFERENCE!!

Growing Community

Neighboring School Visit

A three minute walk away from ISM Middle School lies a little local Myanmar School made up of about 120 elementary students ranging from about 5 to 11 years old. This year ISM 6th Graders embarked on a service learning project which invited ten girls and ten boys from this little school to visit our classroom.

In the beginning to help us overcome some shyness in meeting for the first time, we played some games together and formed "buddies". Throughout each of the five visits they've made so far, ISM students took care of their buddies in the activities we planned for them. Some activities we did included: "Blind Walking" (taking turns guiding each other while blindfolded); "Charades" (to teach and practice new English vocabulary words); "Reading Buddies" (again learning English together); "Lantern Making" (thanks to Ms. Pauline!); Origami; a Piñata; Soccer; Math Games and more.

Piñata Anyone?

Many of the students from the neighborhood school live in the village just next to ISM. It's been interesting to see the difference in size of ISM students to the neighborhood kids. It's obvious what the results of poverty and malnutrition can do to a young person's body over many years. And yet, even though our kids and the Myanmar school kids have some differences, they are both finding that there are plenty of similarities. They both love their families, like to play soccer, learn English, do math, play games, do art, etc. They're learning from each other and it's been nice to watch them make friendships together, forming a larger community outside the walls of ISM.

Playing Charades

Reading Buddies