From: "Esther Lucas" lucas@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: The UNICEF Project
New trends in the UNICEF Project.
We have just had two celebrations. The first involved
two schools, an Arab junior high in Taibeh and its
partner a junior high in Petach Tikva. Seventy students
and their principals gathered at the latter school. Some
students had already met before. All had prepared UNICEF
portfolios and were handed out their Diplomas. During the
welcome ceremony the Jewish students sang in Arabic the
Arabs in English. In a large room decorated with greetings,
the students sat at "mixed" tables where each group
decorated a poster bearing one of the letters UNICEF
ISRAEL. which were late displayed. It was hard to break
up the gathering when it was time to go. Anyone who
didn't know, would have thought these Arab and Jewish
students had been friends for years. The Taibeh students
surprised us by wearing t-shirts with their school name
and UNICEF printed on them. This is an ongoing project and
the students will meet next year to discuss their portfolios
and plan further activities. The co-existence project was
directed by Elana Cheshin.
The second celebration took place at Kaye College in
Beersheva. Six student teachers and representatives of
their classes received their Diplomas in a classroom
decorated with student's posters and a display of their
portfolios. The six student teachers who taught at four
Arab and two Jewish schools in the area had planned all
activities together.
They also made power point presentations about their
academic work to an audience of student teachers, teacher
trainers, the principal of Rahat High School and schools
students. Carla Nochomovitz directed the project which
will continue next year, probably in a different format.
I was very impressed by the celebrations and the work
done by all the participants.
We invite English classes to join the project. For more
information, please contact me during the holidays at
lucas@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Esther Lucas
Education for Development
Israel Committee for UNICEF
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