EIS Benin

Happy Thanksgiving!

In our celebration of holidays and festivals around the world, we had during this month of November, Diwali: the Hindu ''Festival of Light" and Thanksgiving, celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November in the United States.
 
Sarah, Marjory and Ketsia of Year 2 wrote a lovely Thanksgiving poem to share, and talked about the many things for which they were grateful in class.
A lovely poem
 
Years 2 and 3 put forth the message in assembly that: Although the world is not perfect, we should all stop, look, listen and think about all that we have for which we can give thanks.

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News

Children with heart problems will benefit from the E.I.S. donation made to Mécénat Chirurgie Cardiaque on 7th May 2018.

Uriel Gansou has been chosen to represent Benin at the Oxford Royale Academy in the United Kingdom this summer.

Ivan Simo-Dzumgang, Audrey Asu and Preeti Ramchandani (Year 6) eagerly shared the instructions of how to make drones.

On 8th March, declarations of historic achievements of women, discussions of gender parity issues and appreciation of the essential roles women play in all aspects of life filled classrooms at all levels.  Year 3 celebrated International Women's Day with poetry.

Years 4 and 5 enjoyed an educational visit to the Drabo Restored Forest, which includes about 600 species of plants and constitutes a sanctuary for the endangered red-bellied monkey.