Dear students, 

we're so proud of you! 🤗

Your comments and opinions are

very valuable and show how much 

you are worried with

such important issues.

 

Click here and spend a little of 

your time reading your and 

your classmates' wishes.

Congrats! 👏

 27th January

Do you know 

that …

on this date the 

International Holocaust Remembrance Day 

is celebrated?

"Every year around 27 January, UNESCO pays tribute to the memory of the victims of the Holocaust and reaffirms its unwavering commitment to counter antisemitism, racism, and other forms of intolerance that may lead to group-targeted violence. 

The date marks the anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi Concentration and Extermination Camp of Auschwitz-Birkenau by Soviet troops on 27 January 1945. 

It was officially proclaimed, in November 2005, International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust by the United Nations General Assembly. 

The Holocaust profoundly affected countries in which Nazi crimes were perpetrated, but also had universal implications and consequences in many other parts of the world. 

Member States share a collective responsibility for addressing the residual trauma, maintaining effective remembrance policies, caring for historic sites, and promoting education, documentation and research, seven decades after the genocide. 

This responsibility entails educating about the causes, consequences and dynamics of such crimes so as to strengthen the resilience of young people against ideologies of hatred. 

As genocide and atrocity crimes keep occurring across several regions, and as we are witnessing a global rise of anti-Semitism and hateful discourses, this has never been so relevant.

MESSAGE FROM THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL

'The International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust is a time to mourn those who disappeared and to reflect upon the choice of the individuals and governments that allowed this genocide to unfold. 

It is also a call for vigilance and for action, to address the root causes of hatred and prevent future atrocities from happening.'

Audrey Azoulay, Director-General of UNESCO, on the occasion of International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust." 

(in https://en.unesco.org/commemorations/holocaustremembranceday)

To read more click here.

 25th January

Thought of the week

"Success is liking yourself, 

liking what you do,

and liking how you do it."

Maya Angelou

Critical Thinking

(October and December 2020)

Classes  8th A, 8th C, 

9th A, 9th B  &  9th C 

Reading texts …, 

    sharing ... ideas, 

        giving ... opinions, ... 

Dear students,

do you remember your opinions/comments of the "Critical Thinking tasks" written in October and also in December 2020?

Well, you can read some of them here.  

You all did very well. Congrats!

 Special dates

18th January

                Do you know that …

-Martin Luther King, Jr.

"Each year on the third Monday of January we observe Martin Luther King, Jr. Day and reflect on the work that still needs to be done for racial equality. This January 18, make the holiday more than just a day off and take time to reflect and take action on civil rights issues across the globe. (…)"

in https://nationaltoday.com/martin-luther-king-jr-day/

-World Laughter Day

“Laughter is timeless. Imagination has no age. 

And dreams are forever.”

Walt Disney

 

 18th January

Thought  of  the week

"The secret of change is 

to focus all your energy, 

not on fighting the old, 

but on building the new."

Socrates

 11th January

Thought 

of the week

“Our greatest weakness 

lies in giving up. 

The most certain way to succeed 

is always to try just one more time.” Thomas A. Edison

 4th January

Thought of 

the week

"Most of the 

important things 

of the world 

have been accomplished 

by people who have kept

on trying when there seemed 

to be no hope at all."

Dale Carnegie