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SDGs dominate the English language in first student-led Fortnight By Matthew Cabiles and Kim Min Young
Aiming to promote more than just skill acquisition, The SISC English Club (SEC) and the school's English Department spearheaded its second online English Fortnight with a focus on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) from January 24 to February 22, 2022.
Grades 6-12 Monarchs competed in virtual intra-level competitions centering around the theme, “Promoting the SDGs through the English language with Grit, Growth Mindset, and Academic Rigor.” Each event centered around an assigned set of goals from the 17 established by the United Nations. The English Department planned this year’s Fortnight to be a way of spreading advocacy in addition to teaching different English language skills.
“We want
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to be explicitly integrated. We want it to be explicitly taught to the students in a way that we still have the activities [and] we still have the competitions, but the students are able to learn [the SDGs] as well,” SEC Moderator and SISC English Department Subject Area Head Sir Alvin Rey Caña said.
An entirely student-led organization, SEC planned Fortnight 2022’s promotion as well as its opening and closing ceremonies. The English Department on the other hand plotted out the competitions aligned with each level’s curriculum and their corresponding SDGs.