January - April

Our first formers (graders) also worked on "Ethical Issues". They were interested in following topics:

Cloning-doc.- No 1 -- No 2 -- No 3 -- No 4
- ppt.- No 5 -- No 6

Doping - ppt. - No 1-- No 2-- No 3-- No 4

Euthanasia- doc.-No 1--ppt. -No 2

Genetic engineering -doc.- No 1--No 2--ppt.- No 3-- No 4

Gambling-doc.-No 1--ppt. -No 2

Pornography-doc.-No 1-- No 2--ppt.-No 3

Racism-ppt.- No 1-- No 2-- No 3-- No 4

Testing on animals- doc.- No 1--ppt.- No 2-- No 3

Insemination-doc.-No 1

Homelessness-doc.- No 1-- No 2--ppt.- No 3

Xenophobia-ppt.-No 1

Domestic violence- doc.-No 1--ppt.- No 2

The winning teams of the Play Fair Basketball Tournament (boys and girls) were awarded at the assembly in the school gymnasium.

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On 15 February we once more visited the Auschwitz Memorial in Poland. This time with first and second formers.

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About forty students (first and second grades) prepared essays and presentations about half forgotten heroes of our recent history. These brave people who played fair for conscience´s sake, risking and sometimes sacrificing their careers, freedom or even lives are unfortunately less known than today´s celebrities and they definitely deserve to be reminded and honoured. In January there was a small exhibition at school. Soon we plan to translate these profiles into English for our foreign partners.

In this connection we visited the former prisoner camp "Memorial Vojna" where opponents of the communist regime were imprisoned in the 1950´s.
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In the midst of the forest, 5 km south-east from Příbram, on the place which was famous for occurrence of iron, silver and uranium ores, there used to be a labour camp built by German war prisoners between 1947 and 1949. It was named after the Vojna Mountain (666 m) dominated near-by. Analogous camps were also in the Jáchymov and Slavkov Districts close to the deposits of strategic uranium ore.
In consequence of the Communist coup-d'état in February 1948 and the change of the social and juridical situation in the country the new government decided to fill the Vojna Prison Camp with so called 'charges' of the hard labour camp. They were people who were interned without any trial, contrary to the law, because of their political opinion. Stage by stage the biggest hard labour camp originated in the area of the uranium mining in Czechoslovakia.

In March thirty adult "school people" (not only teachers) voted four photos which will be through to the finals at the Šala meeting.

And finally our "Modern Citizen´s Commandments" project:

1) A good citizen is ready to give more than he or she expects to get.
2) A good citizen respects the principles of democracy and follows a universal moral code.
3) A good citizen keeps in mind the future of the generations to come.
4) A good citizen defends his rights and the rights of others against those who would abuse them.
5) A good citizen knows the laws and obeys them. In cases of disagreement he tries to change them using legal and peaceful ways.
6) A good citizen cares about the environment, protects the natural resources and minimizes waste and pollution.
7) A good citizen participates in a community life by voting,engaging in voluntary and charity work etc.
8) A good citizen pays taxes.
9) A good citizen shall not abuse the social framework and public health care system. He should work if he can and look after his health.
10) A good citizen should be a patriot in the positive sense of the word. He is loyal to and proud of his country, at the same time respectful and tolerant of the citizens of other countries.

8 April 85 second-formers visited Terezín Memorial.
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video

On the initiative of the newly created Czechoslovak government, in 1947 the National Suffering Memorial was opened on the site of the suffering of tens of thousands; it was later on renamed the Terezin Memorial.
The key mission of the Terezin Memorial, the only institution of its kind in the Czech Republic, is to commemorate the victims of the Nazi political and racial persecution during the occupation of the Czech lands in World War II, to promote museum, research and educational activities, and look after the memorial sites connected with the suffering and death of dozens of thousands of victims of violence.

Mgr. Zuzana Jušková
20. 08. 2008, 15:30:37
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