Service Learning Updates

Service Learning

Service Learning Updates W

ith the 2nd wave of Covid-19 unfortunately hitting us around December/January, many service groups from G6-10 were unable to get out into the community to undertake service when they had planned. However, our resilient students persevered, and many groups were eventually able to help out communities in need, and the following is a sample of these projects.

- Mr. Ben, Student Life and Service Coordinator

Grade 6 For our first service project, we went to plant Mangrove trees. The organization we worked with is called “โรงเรียนธรรมชาติป่าชายเลน”. This organization lets us help volunteer to plant mangrove trees to prevent any erosion caused by the water from the ocean. When we helped plant the Mangrove Trees, it didn’t just feel like planting trees but it felt like helping the community around the Mangrove Forest and kick-starting a new life. After planting about 330 Mangrove Trees with the help of others, we want to keep doing these kinds of service projects because it all starts out with hard work and dedication but when it ends, it feels really rewarding.

Mya, Maya, Rika, Imboon, Pao Pao

As a team, we sold limited edition dragon masks that were all designed from the Concordian logos and mascots to students, teachers, staff, and parents. After selling masks we donated money to Somboon Legacy (Elephant foundation) and also were able to buy toys, snacks, and playground equipment for Baan Glon Do school students. Our CSA target was Animal Wellbeing for the Elephant Foundation, and Socio-Economic for Baan Glon Doe school.

The way we worked at the beginning was an amazing experience for us to help the environment and the urban students who were in need.

Matoom, Cheeno, Choné, Puri & Harry

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Grade 8 Hello, We are Jinnie, Im and Ty, the G8 Life Below Water Sea Turtle community group! During the 1st semester, we did a presentation for the 1st graders for advocacy, we then started our 2nd action which is doing fundraising water bottles with the Concordian logo and animal stickers.

Since the changes brought upon by the COVID-19 situation, we decided to do it in a pre-order form and will send out the orders after the Songkran break. We are facing the challenge where there are not many customers as we thought, that's why we are trying to advertise our products in other different ways such as using social media and persuading person-to-person.

Junnie, Im and Ty

Grade 7 Hi, I’m Pei Pei from G7C. Me and my friends, Mei, Zoe and Homdaeng helped donate/ provide lunch to the kids and adults at the Thai Autistic Foundation. When my group and I donated lunch, the people at the center were very happy, their faces were plastered with smiles and they loved the food. By accomplishing this project, it has made me, and my group mates feel proud. The project has helped me become aware of my surroundings, about the people who struggle to fit into the community. This project has made me realize that there are still many kids, teens and adults who need help. This has made me more eager to reach out a hand and help people who are in need.

Pei Pei

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My service group--which consists of me, Sophia, Burger and Khao Mai--went to a blind person's community/school to help them read their homework. The blind people's age varied, however when we volunteered we helped high school students complete their homework by reading the prompts and helping translate from English to Thai. We learned a lot from volunteering at the school including understanding people with disabilities more.

Miki

Our Community Project is called “Plant Life'' consisting of Mily, Grace, Pailin, and Wei-en from 8th grade. Our main objective is to increase the air quality in MYP and DP classrooms. We hope to accomplish this by collecting sponsorships from students, teachers, and parents along with handing out rewards such as a self-written storybook (by Grace) and posting names on a recognition bulletin board for those who contributed. By placing plants, which we researched to be the best at cleaning the air in a room, in classrooms we hope to contribute to making the environment happier, cleaner, and fresher by decreasing the amount of PM 2.5 particles. Even though we have multiple Dyson machines at school, having air purifying plants is a more sustainable and eco-friendly option to increase the air quality here at Concordian International School!

Mily, Grace, Pailin, and Wei-en

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Grade 9 For this year’s Independent Service Learning, we decided to focus our time on helping impoverished children in Bangkok, aligning with the UN’s first Sustainable Development Goal, No Poverty. We completed our service by going to one of the Mercy Center schools, where we spent a morning with the kids playing educational games and giving out cookies as a reward. The service was a success as kids were able to have fun while learning to work together. We faced a challenge last minute with a change of age group, as this meant we had to rethink our activities, but we were able to successfully adapt to overcome this issue and successfully complete our action.

Grade 9: BB, Beam, JJ, and M

Focusing on SDG 4 Quality Education, we are designing different online virtual calendars, which will encourage students to organize their work and keep track of their school activities more efficiently. Our group interviewed many students about their work schedule and organization. This provided important information for our group, so that we can create a product encouraging education that corresponds to the student’s liking. We created a total of 2 designs, which have the themes of Concordian Dragons and Demon Slayer characters. We drew our own dragons with different actions according to the learner profiles.

Grade 9: Kanoon, Lina, and Man

Grade 10

Grin Green (Ice, Khim, and Jenny) has been working on SDG # 12, 13, 14, and 15. We have been working on a recycling competition, creating a recycling poster, using plastic bottles to make plant pots for the Seed of Hope club, collaborating with UN global impact, and now we are in the process of sorting plastic to make plastic asphalt roads.

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Canducare (Jean, Great, Earn, Mimi, and HuiHui) has been working on SDG #3: Good Health and Well-being by selling handmade flower bouquets for Father’s Day (Dec 5) to fundraise money. Our goal is to donate approximately 30,000 baht to a local hospital in Chachoengsao to buy an x-ray machine. We are also planning to hold a concert in April to raise more money. Support us by buying our tickets for our performance, Thai Tunes!