Adelaide High School

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Adelaide High School
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• Defending Human Rights, Promoting
  Multiculturalism and Intercultural Understanding

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Student Leadership AtAHS

• The Prefects
• The SRC
• Interact
• Peer Support

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The Inspiration

• The Tree of Human Rights Professor Smolicz
• Developing student voice and citizenship
• Unity and direction on student issues at Adelaide
  High School

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Our Manifesto

• The Manifesto 2000 was a project commenced by
  the SRC which affirmed a commitment to human
  rights.
• Our current project is symbolized in two ways
• - by our painting
• - by Professor Smoliczs Tree of Human
  Rights

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Who does what?

• Prefects2003 Reconciliation Issues
• 2004Rights of Indigenous children
• SRC 2003Multiculturalism
• 2004 Third Culture Kids and homeless children
• Interact2003Amnesty International and Global
  Rights
• 2004 continues with a focus on children
• Peer Support 2003The Rights of the Child
• 2004 continues this focus

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The Prefects and Reconciliation

• Reconciliation Statement
• Statement has been drafted and has been ratified
  by Staff and Students
• We are working to make the words meaningful to
  our own community
• Celebrating with our own community and
  establishing networks of like-minded schools.
• A new focus on the rights of indigenous children

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Prefects 2004

• Indigenous Children's RightsSome ideas
• -         visiting/ organising an exchange with a
  remote aboriginal school
• -         letter writing or emailing schools in
  remote areas
• -         the introduction of indigenous language
  into the curriculum
• -         the organisation of guest speakers on
  the issue of the health of the indigenous child
• -         fund raising for the promotion of child
  health

• -     organising pastoral care activities to
  promote understanding of the health issues of
  indigenous children
• -     Supporting other leadership groups in
  conducting workshops for MEC
• - Assisting in the promotion of
  internationalism and in particular the CIASA
  review

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Reconciliation Posters and Mural
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The Student Representative Council
- Access Asia Fortnight events built around the
existing boundless cultures at our school.
Calligraphy, Chinese dancers, visits to the
Central Market and Asian food sold in the Canteen
to promote multiculturalism

• International Understandings assembly.
• purchased a painting as a symbol of our project
• supported a peace Rally
• helped to create a Human Rights website
• created a tapestry of the Tree of Human Rights
• Organized spots in the Pastoral Care Program to
  promote and exchange information.
• Organised a Theatre Sports Fundraising Event
  based on the ideas of Human Rights and
  Multiculturalism
• Planned a range of activities to raise money for
  children who have had rights denied.
• Promoted human rights by conducting workshops for
  other schools.

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SRC 2004

• The celebration of third culture kids and
  supporting homeless children
• -         Hearing the stories of third culture
  kids in appropriate forums and supporting and
  encouraging the telling of these stories.
• -         Celebrating the cultural diversity of
  Adelaide High School
• -         Supporting World Vision
• -         Supporting Asia in schools week
• -         Awareness raising on issues of
  multiculturalism in pastoral care sessions
• -         Organising guest speakers and lecturers

• - Establishing net works of support for
  third culture kids by contacting parent
  organisations, seeking help in the form of
  tutoring and mentoring.
• -         Fundraising for the support of homeless
  children
• -         Supporting other leadership groups in
  conducting workshops for MEC
• -         Assisting in the promotion of
  internationalism and in particular the CIASA
  review
• -         Organising with other students and
  leadership groups a community convention

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Interact Club

• International Action
• Rotary Club
• Leadership (Executive)
• Fundraising events
• ? Karaoke Competition (raised 450 to animal
  welfare rights)
• ? Valentine Day Roses
• Amnesty International
• ? Global Human Rights Activist
• Annual sponsorship of a World Vision Child

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Interact 2004

•     Interact the rights of Third World children
• -         Fundraising for issues connected with
  the rights of children
• -         Continuing support of Amnesty
  international
• -         Assisting in the promotion of
  internationalism and in particular the CIASA
  review

• -         Supporting other leadership groups in
  conducting workshops for MEC
• Assisting in the promotion of internationalism
  and in particular the CIASA review

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Peer Support

• Roughly 45 Students involved
• Some Year 11 and a few year 10 students
• No leaders, Teacher Coordinator
• Work with year 8s, HC teachers to help settle in
• Have badges so kids can recognise us in the yard
• Visit class once a week
• Conduct workshops in some of our study lessons
• Mainly cover anti-harassment and any other
  problems students have in the school. Were also
  planning to add a childrens rights programme for
  next year

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Peer Supporters Working with Year Eights
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Peer support in 2004

• Peer support the rights of the Adelaide High
  School students
• -         Conduction Anti-Harassment training
  with the Year 8 students around the issues of
  racism and sexual harassment
• -         Continue to develop and understanding
  of the United Nations Rights of the Child within
  the Adelaide High School context

•    Supporting other leadership groups in
  conducting workshops for MEC
• -         Assisting in the promotion of
  internationalism and in particular the CIASA
  review

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The Work Completed

• Purchase of a painting as symbolic of our mission
  and a competition which has named the painting,
  Amnesty
• Creation of a new planning forum The Student
  Leadership Forum
• Organisation of Student March in 2003 -198
  participants
• Presentation of a series of workshops 2003 -2004
• World Vision fundraising events Tapestry of
  Prof. Smolizc Tree of Human Rights
• Opening of the Human Rights Hallway
• Creation of the well of Hope fundraising for
  homeless children

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Workshop Presentations

• Senior Students attended several Multicultural
  Conferences to present the schools project to a
  diverse audience, ranging from students, teachers
  and adults
• We have also conducted workshops with local
  schools

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World Vision Fundraising

• Organised by the Student Representative Council
• Gold coin donation to enter

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What else has occurred?

• Society and Environment Classes have incorporated
  a Reconciliation and Multiculturalism component
  to the curriculum
• A class has written letters to children in Baxter
  and organised a sleepover
• A sleepover organised for Baxter children and
  friends from their local school at AHS
• Invited guest speakers to the school

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Opening of the Human Rights Hallway
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Developing a school culture founded on human
rights

• With a voice we can make a difference

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Some ways of supporting a human rights culture in
your school

• 1. At AHS we have a human rights hallway where
  the things that we do can be displayed
• 2. Create a logo to go on newsletters, announcing
  your ideas to the whole school community
• 3.Have Human Rights Awards for people who have
  contributed to human rights in your school or
  community.
• 4.Create/use part of a notice board for human
  rights activities, news and issues
• 5.Create a mural showing some aspects of human
  rights over more than 50 years
• 6. Plant a peace garden with plants to symbolise
  the various countries of origin of students in
  your school
• 7 Develop a multicultural charter setting out
  some key principles which apply in your school
  and community
• 8.Collect music or compose a song which reflects
  human rights messages
• 9. Develop a human rights pledge which all
  students and staff can be asked to recite on the
  day
• 10. Work with the history teacher on an Oral
  History Project, recording some of the
  experiences of people in your community who have
  had human rights abused, or who have successfully
  won human rights issues

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Some ways of supporting a human rights culture in
your school

• 11.  Develop a biography of Human Rights Heroes,
  people who have shown a commitment to human
  rights, and present this to your library. These
  need not be the 'heavies' of history, but could
  be ordinary people in your local community. Make
  a Primary School Version of it, and present it to
  the primary school library
• 12.  Invite Human Rights Speakers to your school
• 13.  Work with appropriate teachers to set up
  Art, Craft, Drama and Writing Awards
• 14.  Prepare a 'what to see' list for forthcoming
  Film or Television Programs which have a human
  rights interest
• 15.  Use a daily bulletin to announce events and
  activities
• 16.  Support a Human Rights Project
• 17.  Create a list of Human Rights Web sites
  (start with the HREOC one at www.human
  rights.gov.au), and use these to develop a 'did
  you know ... ' or a trivia quiz on human rights
  for your school
• 18.  Twin with another school in another country
  and compare your ideas about human rights
• 19.  Contact a Group such as Amnesty
  International and consider setting up a school
  chapter.
• 20.  Have an assembly with a Human Rights/
  International Understandings focus

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Plans for 2005

• Student Leaders at Adelaide High School will work
  shop members of staff through a range of human
  rights resources.
• Students will generate curriculum materials
  through the webquest activity which are age
  appropriate and geared to the interests of
  students

• In early 2006, we will celebrate and share what
  we have achieved through a community convention,
  where once again students will act as leaders of
  discussion, introduce guest speakers and be part
  of special special events.