Past Events
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Upstander Day at Scarsdale High School - View Video More Information on Upstander Day... |
Workshops at High School Inspires Student Action View Video
On October 21 the entire High School community took part in a day-long series of presentations and workshops that focused on the importance of being an "upstander" - someone who stands up and speaks out, or takes action when encountering injustice. The focus of the day reflects the Scarsdale Schools' motto, "non sibi" - not for one's self.
Students and teachers gathered as a group to view a film about child labor around the world, heard about previous and upcoming visits by Scarsdale students to assist with the Katrina recovery in Bay St. Louis on the Mississippi Gulf Coast as part of the SOS for Education project, and learned about a proposed trip to Ghana to work on a malaria prevention program.
During the day, students took part in 13 workshops on other opportunities to make a difference. Students also presented workshops on four projects that are the focus of student clubs - Free the Children, Partnership for Youth, Pine Ridge Reservation and Habitat for Humanity. Following Upstander Day, students created another club, Vitamin Angel Alliance, to support an effort described in one of the workshops. This club is dedicated to the prevention of childhood blindness.
Be the Difference Benefit
Videos, Photo Album, Journal
19th Annual Community Interfaith Holocaust and Human Rights Commemoration - April 22
2010 Garden of Remembrance Yom Hashoah Commemoration - April 11
Human Rights Institute for High School Student Leaders - March 17, 2010
Distinguished Lecture: The Experience of an American Pediatrician In Darfur: a hands-on eyewitness account. Speaker Dr. Jerry Ehrlich, Doctors Without Borders - December 3, 2009
Annual Benefit featuring Tovah Feldshuh - October 19, 2009