Update March 2009

Down Syndrome Theater

We now have a full script for the play as well as a title for the production: "Aggungi un posto in... Barca!"

MUN

In preparation for the Milan and Istanbul Conferences, we have been meeting every Friday during activities period and now on Tuesdays after school in periods H & I. 

BENGT

With the culmination of peace month, we will now focus once again on our agenda of raising awareness through our informative bulletin board. 

Link to The Big Idea

http://www.ststephens-rome.com/thebigidea/index.html

THIMUN 2009

2009 Activities

BENGT

The end of 2008 end marked the conclusion of our efforts with the organization Studi Senza Frontieri. After having held multiple bake sale, ticket sales, and one or two documentaries, our profits were pretty sizable and hopefully were able to help students around the world. 

With the war on Gaza, BENGT with the aid of an avid student leader [Brando Finiti] hosted a documentary showing with the purpose of providing, what we hope was, indifferent information and background knowledge of the conflict in the Gaza Strip. 

The documentary on Gaza proved to be so successful that the whole month of February was devoted to raising peace awareness throughout the school. With bake sales, t-shirts, peace ribbons, and a final concert, we hope to raise funds for Emergency and help those that are truly in need. 

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MUN

After months of selection and team building, January came around and resolutions began to be drafted. Weekly workshops were held to aid in the process, and to exchange important information on the subject matter. Representing a UNO was of great importance and required extra attention to detail during the research phase. Making sure that we were able to represent our delegation fully, we headed to The Hague on January 24th to come back on the 1st of February. Starting on January 25 we had a series of meetings and finally on the 26th debate officially started. Up to January 30th, we enjoyed very fruitful debate and resolution-making. This as my last of 8 MUN conferences truly holds a special place in my heart.

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Down Syndrome Theater (DST)

In DST, we have finally decided which play we will enact. It will be based on an Italian film that takes a particular pessimistic outlook on the world as it stands today. Looking at the humanitarian crises around the world, the film-maker cant be blamed. The play encompasses us building an ark, like that of Noah in the Bible, to try to save an apocalyptic world. In this arc, we are free to take with us whatever we need to start off from scratch again. It then begins to take a comedic aspect as no all the characters are skeptical about building the arc and quizzical on what to take on the arc. We hope to perform it right after IB examinations in May.

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The Big Idea September 2008

The Big Idea has suffered due to some technical difficulties due to budgeting issues, but with our new decision to post it on the web and to strategically place color versions around the school we believe that the school will be exposed to the new type of news coverage that we have aimed to accomplish. October thus marks our launching date and step towards our second edition. We can only hope that this is an effort that will last and have a great impact on the school's community!

Bengt September 2008

Bengt has been full of great successes, and i can only hope that for the rest of the year we will be able to keep having the same fate. We started off the year with an attendance of 15 members, mostly all new, and some returning members. We have engaged heads on the fundraising activities for Studi Senza Frontiere through ticket sales to an art history seminar whose proceeds all go to SSF and a series of bake sale for the same purpose. Now, with some money under our name, Bengt will be able to fund greater events to collect higher revenue. A film festival in collaboration with the school's cultural center is yet to be held, but hopes of it coming through are still very high. Our next event will probably a session of tie dying bengt t-shirts open to the school community. It will be fun and for a great cause!

MUN SEPTEMBER 2008

MUN has been somewhat of a challenge this year, but a good one at that. There is such an interest from the student population, that coordinating the admissions process has been a little tedious. With the help from our supervisor, Mrs. Reeder, the students have signed up have all gotten a questionnaire that was made to screen through the applicants before the real interview. The questionnaires have now been reviewed and two groups have been made. There is no preference between the groups. It just means that there are still quite a few people and the interviews will be held in two sessions. Getting to this point was not easy. Mrs. Reeder and I have had to meet every G period on Fridays, our now official meeting date, to go over all the details and to review our strategy. Interviews are scheduled for the 3rd week of October and we can only expect the best!