THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX

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THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX
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CREATING LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS FOR NEPALESE
YOUNG CHILDREN IN SCHOOL SETTINGS

• BY
• Dr. Diana L. Suskind, Associate Professor
• Education Department
• Fitchburg State College
• Fitchburg, Massachusetts, USA
• Technical Assistance, Bisnu Prawa Sapkota
• (Vice-Principal, HEMS SCHOOL)
• Presentation with
• Representatives from HEMS SCHOOL, Kathmandu.

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HEMS PARLIAMENT2008
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What is HEMS Parliament ?

• It is a body formed in school among the students
  as a legislative body for HEMS school. Students
  determine the rules and duties through the
  parliament and become aware of developing school
  management policies about the real challenges
  of HEMS School.
• It is formed to teach the students about the
  three main bodies of government that are the
  legislative, executive, and judiciary branches.

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HEMS welcomes Diana Suskind as an international
volunteer to witness HEMS Parliament 2065
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Students received information about parliament
from seniors at first.
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Each student as a parliament member cast their
vote to elect the speaker of the parliament
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Amit Sharma, a Student from yellow party is
shown here presenting the statute of HEMS- Eco
club
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Krishna Kant Joshi, a student from green party
raising challenges such as recommending
separate facilities for the boys and girls in
zero hour of the parliament
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Vote tabulation is going on with the observers
and the representatives of each parties to
ensure accuracy.
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Mr. Saworup Koirala Elected Speaker
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Sworup Koirala receives congratulations from
Diana after winning the election
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HEMS First Parent-Infant Toddler Class
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Based on work of the late Magda Gerber,
International Infant Specialist founder of RIE
(Resources for Infant Educarers)
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Snack Time
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Parents observing how competent their children
are. .
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Teacher Training With Dr. Diana Suskind
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A group competition of creating a tower with
newspapers that turns into our Olympic village.
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A visit to Tashi Waldroff school in course of
Teacher training(An inspirational experience for
all)
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HEMS OLYMPICS 2008
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Introduction

• HEMS Olympics has been organized for the 15th
  August to achieve the goal of cooperative,
  competitive and demonstrations through
  implementation of Learning Centers. It proves
  very important for our Nepalese children to
  become aware of our athletics involvement in the
  Summer Olympics and learn from their perseverance
  and hard work, as well as their participation in
  a world competition that is peaceful in nature.

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Objective of The Program

• To create an awareness for the children of this
  international event.
• To teach the students about the history and
  development of Olympics.
• To share cooperativeness, competitiveness and
  demonstrate through the implementation of
  teacher/student created learning centers
• To inform the children about the Nepalese
  involvement in past /present Olympics.
• To teach the students about the official games
  involved in the Olympics and others that are
  included in HEMS Olympics.
• To demonstrate hard work is essential to be
  successful.
• To develop knowledge that our small country Nepal
  and HEMS school are doing their part to achieve
  the goals of the Olympics.

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Preparation of HEMS Olympics
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Inauguration by lighting the Olympic Lamp
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Diana taking the lamp on her hand
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Students are ready for the march pass
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200 meter Race
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Winners of the 200 meter race
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100 meter Race Event
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Duck Race
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Aikido Performance
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Honoring the Former Olympians
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I must win.
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Students are learning in preparing and during
the race learning centers.
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Shot-put Learning Center
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Long-Jump Learning Center
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Olympic History Learning Center
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HEMS Olympic Library Learning Center
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Long Jump Event
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Interaction among former Olympians and Hems
students
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Medal winners with Diana and Former Olympians.
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Congratulations to all!!

• WE REACHED OUR GOLD! (GOALS)

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Special Thanks To

• Mr. Puspa Raj Khanal
• ( Principal )
• Mr. Suresh Bhatta
• (Academic Director)
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• All staff and Students from HEMS School .

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