Last day of the week - what a great feeling! For those who're not in the Middle East, Wednesday is the West's Friday as our weekends are Thursday and Friday.
Today was unusually peaceful for a Wednesday. I'm not sure why but unlike in England when Friday would be the 'wind-down' day, meaning everyone was already thinking 'weekend' and would even leave work a little early at times, here Wednesday seems to be the day when it all comes to a head! As though issues brew for the entire week and blow on the last day before the weekend. And although I say that today was rather peaceful, something did actually happen as all the teachers were gathered in the school theatre and Ms Abeer made an announcement. It turned out that the Police of Islamic Affairs had been keeping an eye on our school for a few days this week and they took pictures of girls 'inappropriately' dressed and mixing with boys. Again, for those who don't know, in Saudi Arabia, the law states that women should wear an abaya when outdoors and free-mixing is forbidden. So clearly, some teenagers were breaking the law and this has now been recorded by the police with photographs. Now, what this means is that the school is in danger of being reprimanded as well as the teenagers involved in this. Some may disapprove of this legislation, but the point is that this is the law of the land so as residents here, we must abide by it.
Otherwise, nothing else was quite as dramatic! Good things happened too. 11th graders had their first Bake Sale to fundraise for the improvement of their Common Room. Ms Noha promised to double the figure so that was a great incentive for the girls.
9A have completed the design of their leaflet for their Campaign and spent some time in the G-Club doing this and that - hopefully we'll read about their activities in their own blogs...soon!
Lara and Sana have completed the questionnaires for the Anti-Bullying Campaign which should be launched next week. Leaflets are also on the way.
I think the Council girls are due an outing as they really deserve it after all their hard work. Their efforst are making such a difference around the school. Speaking of outing, I heard that grades 7-12 were going to Atallah (amusement park) next Monday - I think I migh just join them! It's been a while since I last went on a rollercoaster - that should be fun.
Well that's it for today - as promised let me tell you about the link of the day - Earthships. Earthships are a type of home which are 100% environmentally friendly and one of my dreams in life is to own one. I'd like you to browse through the site and watch videos showing you the different types that've been built so far. The material used to build them, the way they use and recycle energy and everything else about them is just amazing. Enjoy the journey... http://earthship.com/
Until next time, have a great weekend.
Today was unusually peaceful for a Wednesday. I'm not sure why but unlike in England when Friday would be the 'wind-down' day, meaning everyone was already thinking 'weekend' and would even leave work a little early at times, here Wednesday seems to be the day when it all comes to a head! As though issues brew for the entire week and blow on the last day before the weekend. And although I say that today was rather peaceful, something did actually happen as all the teachers were gathered in the school theatre and Ms Abeer made an announcement. It turned out that the Police of Islamic Affairs had been keeping an eye on our school for a few days this week and they took pictures of girls 'inappropriately' dressed and mixing with boys. Again, for those who don't know, in Saudi Arabia, the law states that women should wear an abaya when outdoors and free-mixing is forbidden. So clearly, some teenagers were breaking the law and this has now been recorded by the police with photographs. Now, what this means is that the school is in danger of being reprimanded as well as the teenagers involved in this. Some may disapprove of this legislation, but the point is that this is the law of the land so as residents here, we must abide by it.
Otherwise, nothing else was quite as dramatic! Good things happened too. 11th graders had their first Bake Sale to fundraise for the improvement of their Common Room. Ms Noha promised to double the figure so that was a great incentive for the girls.
9A have completed the design of their leaflet for their Campaign and spent some time in the G-Club doing this and that - hopefully we'll read about their activities in their own blogs...soon!
Lara and Sana have completed the questionnaires for the Anti-Bullying Campaign which should be launched next week. Leaflets are also on the way.
I think the Council girls are due an outing as they really deserve it after all their hard work. Their efforst are making such a difference around the school. Speaking of outing, I heard that grades 7-12 were going to Atallah (amusement park) next Monday - I think I migh just join them! It's been a while since I last went on a rollercoaster - that should be fun.
Well that's it for today - as promised let me tell you about the link of the day - Earthships. Earthships are a type of home which are 100% environmentally friendly and one of my dreams in life is to own one. I'd like you to browse through the site and watch videos showing you the different types that've been built so far. The material used to build them, the way they use and recycle energy and everything else about them is just amazing. Enjoy the journey... http://earthship.com/
Until next time, have a great weekend.
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