STUDENT’S CORNER In this issue, we will be featuring students who have attended the SPARK Leadership Camp!
What is SPARK Leadership Camp? SPARK Leadership Camp is organised by ECM Libra Foundation in partnership with Leaderonomics, Epsom College in Malaysia and Airasia. Every year they gather youths from all around Malaysia for a 7-day leadership programme at the prestigious EPSOM college in Malaysia. The purpose of this camp is to inspire youths from all sorts of backgrounds to harness their leadership potential and Make A Difference in communities. In addition, it’s totally FREE! To earn a spot, students aged 13-16 can sign up for the SPARK Auditions where they would be required to give a 5-minute pitch on a given topic.
OUR STUDENTS’ EXPERIENCE AT SPARK Since 2018, through our Leaderonomics Program in school, a few of our students have attended the SPARK Leadership Camp after successfully passing the SPARK auditions. Let us hear about their experience there. Camper 1:
Camper 2:
Camper 3:
Jerrence Suresh
Ching Zi Yang
Dinesh Rajandran
Year 9
Year 9
GC Year
2018 SPARK camper
2019 SPARK camper
2019 SPARK camper
ACTIVITIES AT SPARK Many activities were conducted at SPARK. Every evening, there were sport activities such as Captain’s ball, football, catch the flag, etc. These were all group activities. There were also the M.A.D. (Make A Difference) Projects where campers went to Old Folks Homes and orphanages to help them and play with them.
“One of my favourite activities was the Treasure Hunt. This activity taught me determination and not to give up no matter how hard the challenge is.” –
Jerrence
“My favourites were Public Speaking and the Detective activity!” – Zi Yang “We did some work at an Old Folks Home and Orphanage. We also conducted some ice-breakers with them.” – Dinesh
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