W h o e v e r

s a i d

s c h o o l

wasn’t fun has clearly

never seen 1ere ES’

mannequin chal-

lenge! In order to

deal with the con-

stant stress, 1ere ES

class decided to do a

fun activity: the man-

nequin challenge. As

we can all see, the

internet is going ber-

serk over this insane

new trend. Basically,

it consists of people

remaining frozen in

action like manne-

quins while a moving

camera films them.

A lot of sports figures

like the Spanish na-

tional football team

have done this chal-

lenge. Ours was very

random but it was

super amusing: in our

5 minute break in our

SES class on Novem-

ber 20th

, we went out

to the volleyball

court , randomly

stood or crouched in

various positions until

someone shouted

DROP and we all fell

to the ground!

Guler VANLI & Marine HAR-

MOUCHE

Volume 1, Issue 1

3/01/2017

SACRE-COEUR GHAMRA

Special points of interest:

3, 2, 1...Freeze

Interview

School’s Laboratory

Decoration

Our School Trip

School Canteen

CDI, The School’s Gem

Egyptian economic crisis

and its effects on society

W e know that you lived in many

countries, can you name these

countries and which one was your fa-

vorite? I have lived in Indonesia, Scot-

land, Japan, France, and The United

States. I loved living in each and every

one of those countries. Each country

has its positives and negatives, and it’s

up to you to enjoy and learn the cul-

ture where you live.

W hen did you return to Egypt? I

returned to Egypt in 2014.

W here do you live and what do

you think about your neighbor-

hood (because you've been in USA for

a long time)? Currently, I live in Heliop-

olis where I grew up and spent my

childhood. I absolutely love my neigh-

borhood. Each corner of it brings

bright memories to me. However,

when I compare it to America, I feel it’s

time for us to be proactive and be re-

sponsible for our community instead

of waiting for the government to take

care of things, like cleaning the streets

P A G E 2

or planting trees, for example.

W hat shocked you when you arrived to Egypt?

The way the people drive and the traffic

W hat did you think about Egypt that changed af-

ter you lived here? I am so impressed of how

more and more people are active and look after their

health. Groups like Cairo Runners for example, did not

exist before I left Egypt.

D id you like Sacré-Cœur? why? I liked it a lot, first of

all I am so impressed by the historical building.

Second, I love the atmosphere of the school that is full

of love, care, and kindness.

W hat surprised you in our school? After all those

years of traveling, and seeing the world, I

thought the traditional way that my parents and my

school used to bring me up changed, yet in the Sacré-

Cœur, I found it still exists which surprised me, but also

brought happiness to my soul.

W hat do you think is so special about Sacré-

Cœur? I love the Sacré-Cœur because it’s a very

respectful educational organization. Should I

have a young girl, I would have definitely chosen the

Sacré-Cœur for her. Unfortunately, I have no plans to

have more children. As you know, I have two sons who

are graduating from Houston University soon.

Chadw LASHEEN & Haidy HAMMOUDA & Nathalie MITRY

P R E M I E R E E S

and learning at science in-

volves seeing, handling, and

manipulating real objects and

materials. The knowledge

that kids attain in classrooms

would be useless, unless they

actually observe the process

and understand the relation-

ship between action and re-

action.

I t’s important for schools

to have the latest and

high quality science lab sup-

plies. Science is different from

any other subject. In order to

understand it’s concepts ,one

has to look beyond the book

and the traditional classroom

teaching. Effective teaching

ing in serious losses .Due to

all these factors, a supervising

teacher must

be always

p r e s e n t

during lab

sessions.

S ome of these risks in-

clude: flammability and

that’s why our school forbid

any usage of gazes by stu-

dents , toxicity that could be

fatal and reactivity that could

cause major explosions result-

P A G E 3

Furthermore , all materials expose

the users to very big risks and

dangers

gles, gloves and a lab coat. It’s

also important to know that

all gloves are not created

equal ,and that gloves made

of different materials might or

might not provide a resistant

barrier to certain chemi-

cals .You also need to be

aware of the potential haz-

ards of the chemicals you will

use .Since every chemical ele-

ment has its own proprieties ,

it might seem impossible to

anticipate all of the potentials

hazards . Therefore the most

important precaution is to al-

ways read the label before

u s i n g

a n y

chemi-

cal.

I t requires the proper

safety and equipment

knowledge at the chemicals

you are working with and

proper lab procedures and

techniques. When working

with chemicals , three basic

safety measures must be tak-

en into considerations and

should be the first pieces of

equipment on your list : gog-

V O L U M E 1 , I S S U E 1

Safety in the lab i s everyone ’s responsibility

T o conclude having a la-

boratory at school is es-

sential because not only does

it offer a great opportunity for

students to learn and to dis-

cover scientific phenomena

through experiences, but it

also encourages them to

make contributions in the

fields of physics, biology,

chemistry if they chose to spe-

cialize in these careers later

on.

C urrently, Egypt is fac-

ing a huge floatation

of its pound as the Central

Bank in Egypt has no choice

but to leave The Egyptian

pound’s value to be deter-

mined by the market because

it reserves no longer gold to

meet the increasing demand

of US dollar. That’s why Egyp-

tians lost over 65 percent of

the value of their money as

the Egyptian pound had fall-

For example, we as students

in the international section,

the tuition fees had highly

increased that our parents are

not able to pay besides their

other spending considering

the primary needs such as

food, garment, and fuel...etc.

Also, there is the Suez Canal

investment seen as a swindle

as the people who invested

are facing the loss of their

capital and profits at the same

time and even if they wanted

to regain their original invest-

ment, they have to wait five

years.

So in general, we can say

that Egyptians are now suffer-

ing due to this currency float-

ation and their conditions are

deteriorating more and more.

And to conclude, the floata-

tion of the Egyptian pound

doesn’t seem to be a solution

as it causes a lot of problems

instead of solving the Egyp-

tian economic crisis.

Mariam ISMAIL & Mirna AYMAN

P A G E 4

en to 17.54 to the dollar,

down from 8.78 just before

the float.

As we can see, this currency

floatation has caused prob-

lems to the society showed by

the big gap between rich and

poor as a result that the

wealthy people and the busi-

ness men who keep their

money in foreign currency

will have their financial in-

crease, while the poor will be-

come poorer and the middle

class will fall below the pov-

erty line as with the increas-

ing of the inflation in Egypt,

the price of basic products

and imported goods have in-

creased by 200 to 300 per-

cent and families can’t now

afford all their needs.

P R E M I E R E E S

tween color and positive en-

ergy. While often ignored in

the classroom, color remains

an important element to con-

sider in any environment. The

use of color can be broad,

such as a room’s wall color, or

a select accent, such as chairs

or tables, or even decora-

tion depending on the in-

tended effect. With a few ex-

ceptions, the use of color

within schools has been lim-

ited to functionality. But as

decoration depending on its

color, we decided to decorate

every single place in the

school. For example in the

class we put some funny pic-

tures and quotes (picture), in

Christmas we decorate our

class by putting Christmas

tree and some red and green

decorations (picture of sapin).

As we said before , colors af-

fect people in many ways

that's why , the Last day in

the last year our math teacher

thought that it's necessary

to Decorate the corridor of

the bac session because the

students are always stressed

and depressed so we came

on that day to paint some

paintings to make the corri-

dor more beautiful and cheer-

ful for the students. The pow-

er of color that it can com-

pletely alter your experience

C olor affects people in

many ways, depend-

ing on age, gender,

ethnic background and cli-

mate. Certain colors (or

groups of colors) tend to get

a similar reaction from most

people; the variations come

from the shades or tones

used. This is why it’s so im-

portant to choose colors wise-

ly when it comes to decorat-

ing. Of course, there are other

variables, including gender,

culture, age, personality and

mental state, but color affects

us more than most of us real-

ize. Tests have even shown

that certain colors (red and

blue, respectively) can in-

crease memory retention and

creativity.

While the impact of color is

often overlooked, color is an

inseparable part of our every-

day lives. It’s inherent in eve-

rything we see and do and

studies indicate that it plays a

role in emotion, productivity,

communication and learning.

While the research is varied it

is conclusive; the use of color

can have a significant impact

on emotion, which can ulti-

mately influence an individu-

al’s working and studying. In

fact, studies on emotion and

color show a direct link be-

and it helps to relief tension

and stress

As we know decorations in

school affects us in different

ways . In our school we have

different events that we cele-

brate such as the "Immaculé"

and an other huge event the

"Kermess" and we decorate

those events . The "Immaculé"

is decorated by a crib in the

church where there is Jesus

when he was a baby in a

farm then we sing songs for

the day Jesus was born so

these decorations and songs

makes us in the spirt of Christ-

mas and make us feel the joy

of the birth of Jesus . The

"Kermess" is every year deco-

rated in a different way ac-

cording to the theme chosen

by the students in the school ,

we choose it ,and we put it ,

so it makes us very happy ,

excited and creatives.

Caroline KARIM & Marina RAGHEB &

Nathalie ASSER

P A G E 5 V O L U M E 1 , I S S U E 1

O ur trip to Luxor

and Aswan was

a much needed

one we were

practically waiting for it since

day one at school for more

reasons than one. First there

is the fact that we got to be

with the national which was

a delight for us since we don't

get to spend that much time

with them, then there is the

fact that we were so worked

up at school with Homework

and exams and everything

that we not only wanted but

needed a break from work

and it was just the perfect es-

cape. The trip itself wasn't

long, it was only for short

days but I guarantee you we

enjoyed every single second

of these for magnificent

nights and not only did we

get to know each other better

haven't even visited Luxor yet

which was saying a lot about

our knowledge of our great

ancestors. And here came the

role of Madame Iman and

Marina who were fortunately

amazing tour guides, and

they rounded up our

knowledge of the pharaohs.

Now to be honest the trip

wasn't that long but it was as

awesome as it could get and

to show you how cool it was

here are some of these amaz-

ing moments that we the pro-

motion of 2018 lived together

and shall always remember as

it formed a great and im-

portant part in our personality

and to which we are eternally

thankful.

Carine SAMEH & Farah SAMEH & Mariam

OSSAMA

P A G E 6

but our teachers who accom-

panied us were totally awe-

some and we got to hang out

with them more or less in a

more friendly than profession-

al environment. Added to the

idea fun and break from

school it was that many of us

P R E M I E R E E S

the food’s quality.

At the head of this Canteen is

Mr. Ashraf (presented in the

picture on the side) who is

responsible of everything in

this Canteen and is very pop-

ular and loved by the stu-

dents….

Even though the school takes

very good care of the food

quality, some students have

been complaining about the

prices demanding the

school's board to lower the

price. This subject is debata-

ble since a lot of the things

that are being sold there like

the KitKat chocolate or even

the Dairy Milk's chocolate

bars are beginning to be ex-

pensive with prices that varies

from 4 to 6 EGP. Such

amount of money can seem

very little for some but for a

lot of students it's a large

amount, specially when a stu-

dent buys a lot of stuff or

L ong time ago, the ad-

ministration was total-

ly against the idea of

having a Canteen in

our school, because in their

opinion students will stop

bringing homemade food

and they didn’t want to sell

any kind of unhealthy food

that might put their students

in danger. But after certain

complains of parents and stu-

dents especially in the” bac

section” as they stay at School

until 5:00 PM, at last the

school agreed on having a

small Canteen This Canteen

might be little with not much

of varieties but it provides stu-

dents and teachers with basic

needs and the school takes

very good care concerning

when she’s a 12-year-old or

even an 18-year-old who has

to live on her pocket money

and manage to get through

the month. Lowering the pric-

es of the food would mean

getting a cheaper quality of

food and that’s not accepta-

ble for our school. However,

changing those expensive

chocolate bars for Egyptian

chocolate products like Coro-

na's Bimbo or like Todo is

something that can be done

and that will profit both the

students since the prices will

be lower and the Egyptian

economy and food industry.

Loving our country enough

to compromise using and

consuming foreign things

and consuming Egyptian lo-

cal things instead should be

something that the students

learn in school.

Elise PIRINIS & Sara HALIM & Salma FIKRY

P A G E 7 V O L U M E 1 , I S S U E 1

not forget the classics, novels by Victor Hugo,

Alexandre Dumas, or Emile Zola that adds to

the CDI's wealth.

Books are primarily in French, either as the

original language or a translated edition. The

translated novels include adaptations from the

famous Young Adults novels like Divergent,

The Hunger Games, and even Harry Potter

made the cut! Students can also find The Life

of Pi, The Kite Runner or Stephen King's Cellu-

lar. There are however a few English books,

like some from the Harry Potter series, or some

c lass ics by the Brontë s i s te rs .

Mme Amandine always tries to get more

books. New arrivals feature Les Confessions by

Jean-Jacques Rousseaux, Notre Dame de Par-

is, La Princesse de Clèves and L'Avare by Mo-

liere, that's been turned into a comic book in-

stead of a play. There is even a special section

full of French teen magazines, like Phosphore,

or magazines for the older students who are

trying to choose between S and ES, or what

career to pursue after graduating.

Evidently, the CDI is a very rich place, open to

all students. We strongly advice everyone to

start going there and to borrow books, be-

cause knowledge is truly infinite!

Laila RABIE & Lojaine AHMED & Maria KARAM

O ur school library, despite being

small, is known for harboring the

school's most precious books.

Known under the name of C.D.I "Centre de

documents et d'informations", this place wel-

comes all those who wish to read, learn, or do

researches. It's divided into two rooms: one

where there are novels, comic books and

magazines, and another for the dictionaries,

historical or scientific books, and computers

for those who want to work.

Anyone can take books from the first room,

provided they bring them back after two

weeks. They keep track of who has which

book thanks to the scanner connected to the

computer, which reads the book's barcode,

and then they file it under the girl's name.

Mme Amandine, the teacher in charge of the

CDI, makes sure to keep the place interesting,

and to attract students.

The books are suitable for all ages, even if

there are some specially for the younger stu-

dents like the fairytales, and others specifically

for the older ones like the litterature. There is a

large collection of crime novels, written by the

likes of Agatha Christie, and a lot of science

fiction novels that give off the Jules Verne

vibe. Comic books are also very interesting:

readers can choose between Tintin, Lucky

Luke, Astérix et Obélix and many more! Let's

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