UN ASPIRE
East Stroudsburg HS South
UN ASPIRE SOUTH BRANCH
UN ASPIRE South is an invitation-only social justice and global citizenship student group. It is the first high school group in the world recognized by the United Nations Academic Impact with ASPIRE status. ASPIRE stands for Action by Students to Promote Innovation and Reform through Education. UN ASPIRE South unites around the diversity of its members to develop creative ways to make an impact upon its community, locally and globally. Initiatives have included community roundtables around HIV/AIDS awareness, collaborating with Roslyn Holliday-Moore, US Department of Health and Human Services on community initiatives, attending Malala Yousafzai's historic speech and appearance at the United Nations Headquarters, developing a youth driven roundtable discussion and hosting U.S. Congressman Matt Cartwright, and being the only high school group invited to participate in the 3rd Anniversary of the United Nations Academic Impact Youth Conference at United Nations Headquarters. UN ASPIRE South was invited to the Committee for Teaching about the United Nations Conference at United Nations Headquarters on January 31st for an intensive conference on social justice.
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East Stroudsburg High School South, Pennsylvannia
September 26, 2016
The second time was the charm for Claire Collins.
The East Stroudsburg South High School junior visited the United Nations in New York as part of a group, led by social studies teacher and UN ASPIRE South adviser Michael Healey, and was chosen to bear member state flags at the Peace Bell Ringing Ceremony in the Peace Bell Garden on Sept. 16...
UN ASPIRE South Raises over $600 for the Malala Fund
May 31, 2016
UN ASPIRE South partnered with East Stroudsburg South High School's AP US Government class to raise $602.38 for the Malala Fund! Advisor and student, Mr. Michael Healey and Leila Bouchekouk created and lead the drive. Both were inspired by Malala long before this drive. Mr. Healey and Leila both participated in Malala Day back in 2012, which was Malala's first public appearance since being shot. Thankful to be able to pay forward what they learned from that day, the donation was made to help fund the education of girls worldwide through the projects conducted by the Malala Fund.
May 3, 2016
U.S. Rep. Tom Marino, R-10, didn’t shy away from the questions asked by East Stroudsburg Area High School South students Monday afternoon.
For more than an hour, the congressman talked about his beliefs, in how education should change, balancing his work and personal life, and how the federal government can help veterans.
Marino was one of several political speakers the school’s Advanced Placement Government class has brought to the school to speak over the last school year. The class has heard from State Reps. Rosemary Brown and David Parker, as well as Joe Sestak, who ran for the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate...
May 2, 2016
(Stroudsburg, Monroe County WBRE/WYOU) - Dozens of students at a local high school got a firsthand lesson on U.S. government and politics this Monday when Congressmen Tom Marino stopped by East Stroudsburg High School South for a youth discussion.
"One of my degrees is in secondary education, so education to me is the key to the success of our country,” Marino said.
One by one the students stood up and asked the congressman a wide range of questions: education, homeless veterans, energy, and his own personal battle with cancer...
April 29, 2016
THUMBS UP to all those who took part in last Sunday's JDRF One Walk to support diabetes research. The event, at the Stroudsburg High School stadium, raised awareness and funds for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. A special thumbs up to East Stroudsburg High School South senior Leila Bouchekouk, a well spoken, well educated student, for helping organize the event for the sixth year...
April 22, 2016
More than 500 people are getting ready to walk for a good cause on Sunday.
Started locally in 2012, the JDRF One Walk raises awareness and funds for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. In its fifth year, Poconos-area OneWalk participants have a collective goal of raising nearly $75,000.
The three-mile walk kicks off 1 p.m. Sunday from Stroudsburg High School stadium, extends along Main Street and wraps back around to the Stroudsburg track. Registration/check-in begins at noon.
The annual JDRF One Walk’s goal is a world without Type 1 diabetes (T1D), an autoimmune...
April 14, 2016
The National Park Service employees at Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area are planning to commemorate the park’s 50th anniversary — which occurred last year — and the NPS Centennial this year by burying a time capsule at Park Headquarters at 10:30 a.m. Earth Day, April 22. The time capsule will be opened by employees in 2065. The NPS mission is to protect America’s special places for future generations to enjoy. The time capsule includes over 200 letters to the future from local students, park ranger uniform items, postcards and newspapers, photos, park publications, souvenirs, and mementos from several surrounding communities and partner organizations...
March-April 2016
From the launch of the United Nations Academic Impact on 18 November 2010, UNAI continues to influence and inspire students all around the world to take action in their communities. In September students from the ASPIRE chapter of East Stroudsburg South High School in Pennsylvania visited the UN to celebrate and help raise awareness on the International Day of Peace. Michael Healey, UNAI Aspire advisor and AP US Government and Politics teacher at East Stroudsburg South, has continued to promote and work towards the goals of UNAI with his students over the last 5 years...
March 17, 2016
EAST STROUDSBURG, MONROE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) - Prom is a few months away and for many high school students, it's an exciting time. But for special needs students, attending prom isn't always an option. East Stroudsburg High School South found a way to make it a memorable night for everyone.
Prom season is in full swing. Students are busy finding dates and dresses for the big night. Special needs students want that experience too.
"A lot of them, as you will see, would not really be able to go to the real senior prom", says Administrative Assistant Linda Males...
March 13, 2016
Leila Bouchakouk, a senior at East Stroudsburg High School South and graduate of Rotary Youth Leadership Awards, returned to the club to give a presentation she has given many times to other groups on her Muslim religion, Islam.
She also had spoken to the club previously on another subject of which she is well versed – diabetes. She is a Type 1 Diabetic who wears an insulin pump.
Bouchakouk also has been a lead delegate for the past three years of East Stroudsburg South’s United Nations Academic Inpact ASPIRE (Action by Students to Promote Innovation and Reform through Education) , a social justice and global citizenship student group...
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