Ambassadors are working hard!

.... they took part in two Saturday trainings, one of them led by the one and only Mr. Michael Fryer (!). We talked about what leadership means, what hopes and concerns they have for the coming year as Ambassadors, they planned their first projects and we also played a lot of fun games to get to know each other and build dorm teams - GREAT JOB AND COMMITMENT, AMBASSADORS! :-)

Ambassadors also wrote their Code of Conduct that you can read below - this is their road map for their work and behavior standards this coming year. 

Below you can also find pictures from the trainings. 

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LAS Leadership Program 2014-15

AMBASSADORS CODE OF CONDUCT

As an LAS Ambassador I promise to be a responsible, innovative and compassionate citizen of the world and serve as a role model in our school community and beyond and in particular I will:

·      ** be helpful and kind

·      **be responsible

·      ** be patient and respectful

·      ** listen to people

·      ** be hardworking and ambitious

·      ** make people feel at home

·      ** be confident

·      ** contribute as much as I can in my role

·      ** be a good influence

·      ** be truthful and honest

     ** be positive

·      ** be creative

·      ** follow my goals

·      ** be tolerant and open minded

·      ** keep promises

·      ** be fair

·      ** be good advisor

·      ** follow principles

·      ** be moralistic

·      ** be myself

·      ** be realistic

·      ** communicate appropriately with the students

·      ** be encouraging.

If members of faculty feel that I am not fulfilling this commitment then I agree to sit down and explore ways in which improvements can be made.

If I feel that my efforts are not being acknowledged or valued, I also commit to speak with Ms. Krause, Ms. Coward, Ms. Meyskens or Mr. Fryer about my frustrations.

As an LAS Ambassador I also accept that if situations mentioned below occur I will suspend or give up my ambassadorship (varying case by case):

·      -- upon getting an on campus suspension and above (if the case is not straightforward it needs to be taken to the Honor Council)

·      -- when consistently not following principles above

·      -- when consistently getting infractions even small ones

·      -- when failing to come through with my projects

·      -- when failing to fulfill my responsibility

·      -- if not participating in meetings

·      -- when avoiding duties

·      -- if lacking effort, not trying hard enough

·      -- if my average GPA is constantly below 2.8 (unless there is a valid reason like difficult subject, family problems, etc.).

Leysin , March-April 2014

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Meet the New Ambassadors!

..... here they are: positive, energised and excited to contribute greatly to our community..;-)

In BEAU SITE - Maya, Betty, Liza, Atoosa and Meagan. 

In VERMONT - Liza, Masha, Alina and Frankie.

 

In SAVOY - Ilya, Max, Abdul, Joaquin, Oleks and Andrew. 

 

In BEC BOYS - Ruchi, Besart, Arman, Vova and Konstantin.

 

In BEC GIRLS - Dasha, Veronika, Nimasu, Bea and Lai Yan. 

 

In EDEN - Max, Steve, Alex and Danil.

Good luck and have a lot of fun while fulfilling your role of LAS Ambassadors!! :-)

Good bye;-)

... before we say HELLO to the New Ambassadors here is a thank you and good bye note to those of you who step down...

…. and their projects from April 2013 to March 2014!

B-day teams in Vermont and BEC GIRLS

Life Skills sessions for new students

Dorm stores in BS, BEC BOYS and GIRLS dorms

Daily food orders service in SAVOY

Scary movie night for all school by BEC GIRLS Ambassadors

Soccer tournament for SAVOY dorm

Dodge ball tournament for EDEN and VERMONT dorms

Open House in SAVOY

Cooking competition in BEAU SITE

Ice cream party in BEAU SITE for girls on sport teams

Evening snacks for EDEN boys

Writing and implementing kitchen use policy in BEC GIRLS

Floor wars in BEC GIRLS

End of the year party in VERMONT

…… AND……

countless and invaluable help with night duties

in SAVOY CAMPUS DORMS

…… AND last but not least …….

……..fantastic welcome during Orientations

(August ’13 and January ‘14).

GREAT JOB and huge BRAVO to all Ambassadors who led and were involved in these projects – they made dorms and LAS

a better place for everyone!

But before we said GOOD BYE to Ambassadors.....

.... who have stepped down from their position after a year of service, we asked four of them to tell us few things about their Ambassadorship experience - thank you Danilo, Brenna, Clara and Carlos for sharing your thoughts!

And we talked about........

.... why did you choose to get involved as a student leader in LAS? 

One of the answers was... "because I wanted to compete with my sister..." :-) [who also was an Ambassador in LAS]. And here are other replies:

Then we talked about lessons learned.....

.... so what have you learned about leadership through your service as an LAS Ambassador?

.... that to get respect you need to respect others first.... that you cannot make everyone happy and ..... open the file and listen what else is there!




We continued and so you can listen what Danilo, Brenna, Clara and Carlos think was the greatest thing during their Ambassadorship....

 .... what has been your most memorable experience as an Ambassador?




Last but not the least I asked them what would be your advice to students who are not sure if they should become a school leader, who are not sure if they would be able to pursue a leadership role in our school?

..... be committed.... you may be surprised with your ability....

Woohoo! First projects done....!!

Congratulations on first projects and initiatives done by the new Ambassadors!

And so, B-day Bandits in Beau Site (Nimasu and Dana on the photo) and BEC Girls (Katrine and Josephine) offered surprise B-day gifts to the girls in their dorms:

Maddie with Jil's help organized ice cream party for BS girls who were on sport teams this year.
 

Yu and Alex from Eden dorm organized a FIFA game night and Carlos surprised all the boys with snacks during study hall break.


Erinn (helped yesterday by Amara) took over from last year's Ambassadors and runs BEC Girls dorm store:

 
Savoy boys organized a soccer tournament - bravo Saudi team for winning it!


Ania from BEC Girls created and organized new kitchen use policy - no more dirty & unwanted dishes ;-)

And who takes care of hungry bellies of our Savoy and BEC B boys?  

Joaqim and Danilo run food orders in Savoy....

... and Eric with Artem continue dorm store in BEC Boys.

And there is more to come! Stay tuned! This post will be expanded next week!

Good Bye!

Last Friday we met - two Ambassadors groups together - and said "Good bye" to the group that steps down and in most part finishes their time with LAS.

Thank you for your service!

It was a pleasure to work with you!

We wish you good luck in all projects and adventures you will undertake in the future!

Ms. Krause & Ms. Meyskens & Mr. Fryer & New Ambassadors

Ambassadors Code of Conduct

The new LAS Ambassadors have been working hard the last three weeks on projects for this Spring and also the upcoming school year. 

They also took part in three workshop sessions where we discussed ambassadorship, traits of a leader and self-evaluation.

During one of the sessions they came up with a Code of Conduct for LAS Ambassadors. Each of them received a copy of this Code and signed it.

It is a road sign for them, an ideal which they all will strive to uphold during their Ambassadorship.

Keep you fingers crossed and support them with keeping up to the standards they proposed!

Code of Conduct