Sep 16
Catherine ConleyMillennium Development Goals, Student Workshop Global Concerns Classroom, Millennium Development Goals, St. Jean Baptiste, Workshop
Students at St Jean Baptiste working on improving women's rights in Pakistan
St. Jean’s hosted its second biennial Social Justice Day on March 29, 2011, a day aimed at educating our sophomores and juniors about issues of education, poverty, hunger, and water that our world faces daily and how they can begin to help affect change. This year the event was coordinated by our friends at Concern Worldwide, an international non-government organization that aims to end world hunger.
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Jun 30
Sylvia WongGlobal Concerns Clubs, Student Action Club, Global Concerns Classroom, Leadership Core, St. Jean Baptiste, St. Vincent Ferrer High School, Trevor Day School, Trinity School
GCC Student Leadership Core wearing the American Eagle/Concern Help Haiti Heal t-shirts
For many years, GCC has partnered with NYC high schools to start Global Concerns clubs and to help students find creative ways to spread awareness of global issues and to take action. In 2010, the Global Concerns Student Leadership Core was piloted to bring together GCC club leaders from various high schools in NYC to connect and collaborate with one another and with Concern.
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May 18
Kristiana DushajGlobal Concerns Clubs, Student Action Club, Fundraiser, Leadership Core, Skype, St. Jean Baptiste
Club members from St Jean Skype with Concern fundraising students in Ireland
Saint Jean Baptiste High School has recently began supporting Concern through many different fundraisers. For the past two years, Saint Jean has been a part of the Concern Fun Run. Every April, Concern hosts a run in Central Park. This walk is not only to fundraise but also to raise awareness of many issues in undeveloped nations. We had great success in raising money and more awareness in the school community.
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Apr 28
Sylvia WongPoverty, Student Action Concern, Fundraiser, Run, St. Jean Baptiste, St. Vincent Ferrer High School, Trevor Day School, Trinity School
Students from Trevor Day School at Concern's Spring Run
On Saturday, April 9th, over 1,500 runners gathered together in Central Park to participate in Concern’s most highly-attended Spring Run. The annual event rallies individuals and teams to fundraise towards Concern’s programs through a fun 4-mile race. This year, six GCC schools participated, each school rallying club members and students to join the run and fundraise.
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Mar 20
Kaylene MilanoEducation, Student Workshop Annual Workshop, Education, Global Concerns Classroom, St. Jean Baptiste
Students from NYC and Chicago gather for the 2011 Annual Student Workshop on Education
On February 12, eleven students from Team SJB, the Concern Club, had the opportunity to participate in the Global Concerns Annual Workshop. Students were separated into groups, and each group was assigned a country and an issue to solve with a $3 million budget. We were given the opportunity to work with students from other schools, make an awareness video, and use multiple resources for our presentation.
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Oct 13
Dan LinehanGlobal Concerns Clubs, Student Action Concern, Fundraiser, Haiti, St. Jean Baptiste
Team SJB participating in Concern's April Fun Run/Walk for Haiti
When news spread of the devastating earthquake in Haiti in early January of this year, many members of St. Jean Baptiste were moved to act. As the moderator of Student Council, I arrived at school the next day with many asking, “What are we going to do now? ” The students immediately sprung into action and began brainstorming on how best to raise awareness or collect donations.
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Apr 12
Sylvia WongEmergency, Student Action Concern, Fundraiser, Haiti, St. Jean Baptiste, Trevor Day School
Students from St. Jean Baptiste came out during their spring break to participate in the Run
On Saturday, April 10th, 2010 students and teachers from Trevor Day School and St. Jean Baptiste joined 1200 other runners in Central Park for Concern’s Run for Haiti. The Run for Haiti is Concern’s 13th annual run and this year, it raised over $125,000 towards emergency and long-term development work in Haiti.
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