Bengaluru: As part of World Environment Day celebrations, students of Canadian International School (CIS) organized “The Garbage Challenge” to encourage their fellow mates to take measures for environmental conservation and help them understand the importance of going green and showing respect to our planet. As part of the activity, the students cleaned-up an entire lane leading up to their school, and removed mounds of garbage, along with their teachers. Students collected several loads of garbage bags along with their parents, friends, and teachers.
Commenting on the noble initiative taken by his students, Martin Thomas, Elementary School Principal, CIS, said, “As part of the Core Values Show ‘respect’, a group of students headed out with teachers to participate in ‘The Garbage Challenge’. In one hour, we collected several bags of garbage and the transformation was amazing!”
Expressing her excitement on the interest shown by her teachers, Pratibha Sharma, teacher at CIS, said, “It was such a transformational idea. I foresee a cleaner Bengaluru already. A small initiative for CIS, a giant movement for Bengaluru!”
“Such a wonderful initiative. Well done CIS students and teachers!”, Flore Louart, CIS parent, said, expressing joy.
Ari Lulla, a Grade 5 student at CIS, felt ‘respect’ was a very important value to uphold. The student said, “It was great to help clean the garbage from near the school. We need to do this as it is important to respect our planet.”
Canadian International School is a culturally-rich mosaic serving each student by providing world-class international education, nurturing potential, developing life-long skills, and preparing students for an ever-changing global community. As India’s first Apple Distinguished School, Canadian International School has continued to deliver a very high standard of education with an array of subject choices and activities tailored to students’ interests. Aligned with state of the art boarding facilities and a very high level of care in a warm, friendly and non-threatening environment, Canadian International School employs a majority of foreign-trained, experienced teachers. It follows internationally recognized curricula – IB (Grades 11 – 12), IGCSE (Grades 9 – 10), Cambridge Secondary 1 (Grades 6 – 8) Cambridge Primary, and Montessori (Pre K to Grade 5).
