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Caring
for others is high on the agenda at Alice Smith. Listed below are
some of the ways in which students, teachers and parents have given
freely of their time and effort during the past year.
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aim is to: |
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raise
awareness in the school community as a whole |
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provide
opportunities for individuals to get involved |
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provide
support for local and international charities, including fund-raising
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If you want to get involved with any of the school's service or
charity activities, or if you have ideas for new initiatives, please let us know.
We would be delighted to hear from you.
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- Student visits,
musical and dramatic entertainment
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- collection
and donation of soft toys
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- back-up for
UKM's volunteer group
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- donation,
installation and maintenance of PC's and other educational equipment
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- regular visits
by Alice Smith students to play with the children and particularly
to give IT lessons
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- hosting children
at EP and JB for various performances
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- an annual
fund-raising event with a Fun theme - fancy dress, weird make-up
and hair-dos...
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- in support
of our friends at Rumah Bethany Home for the Handicapped
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- this year
the total raised exceeded a staggering RM 40 000 - well done to
everyone involved
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- orphan elephants,
trained to help in the Wildlife Department's program for capture
and re-location of rogue elephant
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- 3 Family
Days-out during the last year (around 500 people) has raised over
RM 25000 for the sanctuary
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- feed the
elephants, ride the elephants, play with the elephants, bathe
with the elephants, scrub the elephants - even tug-of-war with
the elephants (we always seem to lose!)
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- collection
and delivery of clothes and kindergarten materials
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- supply and
administration of essential medicines
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- in return,
the Orang Asli taught us how to use blow-pipes!
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- concentrating
on paper and aluminium cans at the moment
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- heightening
awareness within our community
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- as an added
bonus, profits go to charity
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Year 9 outward-bound trip to Pulau Pangkor
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Includes visit
to Rumah Bethany, where Alice Smith students entertain the handicapped
children with various activities -clay modeling (messy!), hand-painting
(also messy!), computer games, Spice girls routine, party games
(can also be messy!)
Shared camping trip with 10 kids from Rumah Bethany - singing
together round the camp fire, swimming, trekking, camp-craft and
sweating a lot!
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- each house
supports a child in a developing country
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- students
organize fund-raisers e.g. cake sales, Valentine orchids, games,
entertainment, book sales, raffles and competitions
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- awareness
is raised through consideration of the problems faced by the communities
in which our Action Aid children live
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- student-led
assembly item, resulting in a very successful appeal
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- proceeds
(approx. US $5000) enough to provide a pre-fabricated house for
a family in the devastated area
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- contains
a significant service element
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- students
have involved themselves in many of the above activities. Other
contributions include helping out in Junior classes, working as
an assistant in a local hospital, acting as a Scout Leader and
caring for abandoned animals with the SPCA
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- collection
of books and other educational resources
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- organised
by Alice Smith mum, Janet Symmons
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- delivered
to Pasoro, Ghana
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- the village,
which previously had only 36 books between 300 students, now has
3000!
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- Drama performances
for deaf audience
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- our students
were taught sign language, and in return 'signing' is currently
an after school activity.
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