Volunteering

      I am going to volunteer in a few non government organizations. I have wrote to :

• AMUR - Endangered Leopards
  Phone: (495) 925-43-82 or 768-80-65
  Email: ekaterina_newman@hotmail.com
  Web: http://www.amur.org.uk/home.shtml
  Amur is an Anglo-Russian charity that works in partnership with the Russian authorities, scientists and other conservation organizations to ensure that the Amur tiger and the Amur leopards are saved from extinction. Contact: Katya Newman
• Moscow Animals
  Phone: (495) 916 4556
  Email: info@moscowanimals.org
  Web: www.moscowanimals.org
  Assists local animal shelters. Needs volunteers to make donations or volunteering time such as by photographing animals, caring for them, documenting them, etc. Contact: Katya

    And as well I am going to contact   http://www.bitsevskipark.ru/ which is an organization that helps to clean the park which is located next to our school. 

International Day

    Not so long ago we had an International day. It's a day where all the students from the school have a chance to show off their country by dressing in their countries' colours and aswell bring their traditional food. As an IB student, it's not as easy for me because I am in charge of running the activities and helping set up the rooms required. The activity that I organized was International anthem quiz - basically we played ~15 different anthems and the other students had to guess what country it is, and the winning team receives house points. This was definitely a new challenge that I undertook. For this activity to happen I had to plan and initiate activities, work collaboratively and show perseverance and commitment. We still managed to engage with issues of global importance (this being and international day/quiz) and also consider the ethical implications of my actions and in the end I developed new skills as well.
    After the activities were done the International buffet started. IB students had to serve younger students, parents and teachers and sadly got to eat the last, but the food was delicious.
At the end of the day there was a talent show in the gymnasium were we could see talents from dancing to beat-box.