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A Commitment To Community Service And Service Learning

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RefugArt 2022

The school-wide event that combines art & philanthropy to raise awareness about the refugee cause had the participation of all students of ASB. We were able to raise more than 7000 euros. This year’s slogan was Different Trees, Shared Roots. We had live refugee talks, a documentary film, silent auction, merch stands and a refugee fact museum.

SOS Galgo adoption program

Rotary Interact did a campaign in ASB looking for owners for 4 dogs of the association. They were also able to collect some material like blankets and pet food

Furnishing the Future

“Furnishing the Future” is a program where students coordinate pickups of furniture from ASB families as well as the drop offs for the families institutions in need.

Spanish Grammar and Carpentry program for adults with special needs

Year long grammar and carpentry class for adults with special needs lead by students from ASB and with the support of teachers from ASPROSEAT.

Food drive to Caritas

With “Furnishing the Future project this year we have been able to:

Donate chairs and a study table and a bed to a family from Caritas Esplugues.

Donate a fridge, and a sofa to the After School center in Nou Barris for the youth that participate in the educational program of Marti Codolar.

We have been able to furnish a whole apartment for a vulnerable group of mistreated women from Foundation Magone (beds mattresses table chairs, closets, utilities).

We have an important stock of furniture that will be distributed starting this coming September as part of the CAS project of two senior students. We are fortunate that we were able to establish a partnership with ASPROSEAT our neighbors in Esplugues who kindly lent us a room to stock all the furniture.

Several ASB families donated clothes, kitchen utilities that we have also been able to donate to “Fundacion Magone” for the more than 100 families that are in the poverty liner.

Rotary Polio Race

More than 70 students from MS and HS participated in the solidarity race. Rotary has been instrumental in eradicating polio globally. The Interact club were the organizers.

Sharing to Learn

Over 20 9th and 10th grade students acted as Language Assistants in the Baix Llobregat public schools. Students experience firsthand what it feels like to be a teacher and how a classroom is organized. They develop important skills such as patience, leadership and creativity.

Students from all divisions participated in the annual drive. We were able to collect more than 500 kg of dry food.

Winter Jacket Appeal Fundación Magone

Rotakids and Interact were able to collect more than 250 jackets to support underprivileged families in the Marti Codolar Center. Focusing primarily on children who do not have adequate winter clothing.

Healing Humanity

Student lead organization that organized a STEM day for unprivileged children from Fundación Magone.

Braval Association delivery program

A monthly program in collaboration with the Braval association in the Raval where our HS students go every Saturday and assist in food delivery identified by social services from the neighborhood.

Solidarity Soccer tournament

Led by HS students, the soccer tournament was organized for adults with special needs from the neighboring occupational center Asproseat. The adults and the students played together and had a lot of fun.

ASB Angels

A student lead workshop created in response to the rise in urban mobile accidents. The HS students presented in the HS assembly “Security with Scooter” workshop. The “Angels” also created a brochure about safety norms.

ASB Waste Warriors

A program created together with ASPROSEAT about the importance of recycling. Students worked together with the adult learners in designing an informative power-point that was later used to teach the younger classes in ES.

La Marato de TV3 fundraising

Led by the Catalan department, the team sold hand-made Tió’s done by the ASB students. The project raised over 1000 euros that went directly to the Marato.

Solidarity Concerts in Winter Holidays

ECC students together with 11th grade class and some Adults with special needs gathered together to sing to the elders from Orpea, the local nursing home next to ASB.

ASB and UNHCR fundraising for Ukraine

In partnership with UNHCR, ASB started a fundraiser involving all the community. We were able to raise 6730 euros.

ASB Blood Drive

Student lead blood drive was ASB partnered with the Banc dels Teixits i Sang.

Professional Learning Program

A program led by HS students Pablo and Mikhail where they started an internship program for students in HS.

Beach clean up

A beach clean up organized by a 9th and 10th grade service class in Castelldefels in partnership with ASPROSEAT.

Stem SPARK

Led by the Jenkins brothers Andrew and William, this organization founded in 2019 has been instrumental in teaching through hands-on projects, electricity and circuits. The students presented in several ES classrooms.

Collserola placed-based education

Students in elementary school participated in the annual environmental program in Collserola, creating a big impact in the landscape.

Peru Medical Mission

Annual Service trip where students act as translators from doctors from Michigan state University. We had 17 students participating. The students worked with more than 1000 patients. They also helped to do training in sexual education.

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