Projects

Projects
WE HAVE PARTICIPATED IN THE HASMUN 2015 CONFERENCE
9th,10th and 11th graders participated in the HASMUN 2015[Model
United Nations] Conference between May 8-10 at Kadir Has
University. The main purpose of the organization was to have
our students participate in the committees, being a delegate
of the country which they were chosen for. The theme of the
organization was ‘’challenges facing the 21st century diplomacy
and encouraging diversity fellowship. ’’Our English teacher
Ayşe Yeşim Yaman accompanied 10 students during the conference
that provided our high school students with a better
understanding of the inner working of the United Nations to
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foster skills and compromise. Proudly, our 10 grade student,
Ece Nur Yıldız has had the right to have The Certificate of
Appreciation, being delineated as the outstanding delegate of
HASMUN.
6 TED Kayseri Students Participated in 17 t h EYP National
Selection Conference of Turkey!
Between April 26-30 2015, 17th National Selection Conference of
EYP (European Youth Parliament) Turkey has been hosted by TED
Ankara College under the theme “Rediscovering Liberty on the
800th Anniversary of Magna Carta”. Over 120 delegates from
different schools and cities came together to experience EYP
and take part in a five day packed programme. Our 10th and 11th
graders Kemal Somdaş, Baki Köse, Doğa Alemdar, Miray Yaray,
Selen Özcan, Sıla Argın and 1 of our English teacher
participated in this remarkable event which encourages
independent thinking and socio-political initiative in young
people and facilitates the learning of crucial social and
professional skills. Official language of the conference was
English.
WE ATTENDED EYP TURKEY’S 16TH NATIONAL SELECTION CONFERENCE
Between the 20th and 24th of November, Galatasaray High School
welcomed over a hundred delegates to the 16 t h National
Selection Conference of EYP Turkey. With a theme of “Defusing
Conflicts, Normalizing Relations,” recent events were
discussed among nine committees in order to create a
resolution. Having attended a selection conference, the
delegates spent three busy days working with their committees
under the supervision of the jury.
Six delegates—namely, Deniz Tunoğlu, Beyza Öner, Ece Yıldız,
Ekin Berkay Gün, Metehan Eşel, and Oğuzhan Karaman and our
English teacher Billur Özbay—were off to Istanbul in order to
represent not only themselves but also TED Kayseri College.
Sharing their opinions on various topics, such as women’s
right and foreign affairs, the delegation of TED Kayseri
College acquired invaluable experiences which they managed to
integrate into their lives outside of EYP. By learning to
compromise and respect one another in order to reach a
unanimous decision, the delegation not only created wonderful
resolutions with their committees, but also managed to defuse
conflicts within themselves after committee work hours.
At the end of these three action-packed days of team building
and committee work, a general assembly was held where our
students outdid themselves, reaching their highest potential.
We, as TED Kayseri College, are proud of them.
WE PARTICIPATED IN TEDMUN
Hosted by TED Ankara College Foundation High School, Second
Turkish Education Association Model United Nations ( TEDMUN )
Conference took place between the dates of October 30th and
November 2nd 2014. The theme of the conference was stated as
“Keys to Change”. The conference points out that we are all
taking part in the “ changing” world and it is time to stand
tall and speak up for the global issues. With participation of
nearly two hundred delegates and a UN Security Council, TEDMUN
gave students the opportunity to share their ideas on global
issues.
Accompanied by an advisor, nine students from TED Kayseri
College Foundation Private High school took part in the
conference. Two of our students, Mehmet Ercan Dirim and Osman
Uçan were officiated as ambassadors of Iran and Democratic
Republic of the Congo. After ambassadors delivered their
speeches on the first day of the conference, all of the
delegates kept working in their committees for 3 days, trying
to identify world problems and seek peace.
Among these
committees there were “Disarmament and International
Security”, “Economic and Financial”, “Social, Humanitarian and
Cultural”, “Legal” and “Special Political and Decolonization”.
On the last day of the conference, delegates put their
proposals to the vote.
As well as developing their debating and leadership skills,
Second TEDMUN Conference enabled students to socialize by
throwing a party on the third day of the event. As TED Kayseri
College Foundation High School, we are proud of our students
to represent our school in the best possible way throughout
the conference.
OUR STUDENTS PARTICIPATED IN KOCMUN 2014 CONFERENCE
During 09-11 June 2014, KOCMUN 2014 Conference was hosted by
Koç University. KoçMUN aspired to bring together participants
with diverse backgrounds for the unique simulation experience
that was tremendously rewarding for each and every
participant, and to help students extend their understanding
of global issues and seek potential and permanent solutions to
the problems the world is faced with today. Our students
Canberk Taze, Metehan Eşel, Hande Ersaydı, Vicdan Beyza Öner,
Ekin Berkay Gün, Selenay Ecem Kantarcı, Aslan Abbas, Miray
Yaray, Deniz Tunoğlu, Doğa Alemdar and English teacher Firenur
Koç participated in the conference. The official language of
KOCMUN was English.
ENVIRONMENTED 2014
Our students Aybüke UZUN, İlkin Sevcan YÜKSEL, Sena ÖZTÜRK,
Zekiye BAYGIN, Metehan EŞEL, Utku ESER, Doğuş TEMİZSOY,
Canberk TAZE, Kaan Büyükmıhçı, Elif ÖZELLER participated
EnvironmenTED 2014 CONFERENCE at TED İstanbul College.
EnvironmenTED is intended to encourage the secondary school
students to put their learning in practice, be aware of the
environmental issues, search for their reasons and produce
suggestions for solution as a result of their investigations.
The workshop is also intended to remind the students that the
education is not limited to the classroom learning but it can
be used in daily life to solve any problem.
The theme of EnvironmenTED Istanbul 2014 is the “Impacts of
consumption on the environment, economy and social life.” The
groups of participants are expected to observe the
overconsumption trends and investigate their impacts on the
environment by considering their connection with the economic
and social life and to suggest solutions.
Our group worked on the theme by focusing on automotive sector
(political establishment on production, consumption) and
environment by preparing a presentation. Our student, Doğuş
Temizsoy, was rewarded with the most creative and applicable
solution prize.As TED Kayseri College, we would like to thank
to our students for their efforts.
ACCESS 5 ENGLISH LANGUAGE PROGRAMME OPENING CEREMONY
Currently, Access courses in Turkey are conducted via a
partnership between the U.S. Embassy and the Turkish Education
Association. Access is a microscholarship language programme
that provides a foundation of English language skills to
talented 9th graders from disadvantaged sectors through afterschool classes. 30 students participate in this project which
is held for the third time in our school and supplies all the
students with education materials and transportation. Our
students will get 360 hours of English education until June,
2015. The opening ceremony of the Project which started in
December, 2013 was held at TED Kayseri College by U.S Embassy
Ankara English Language Attache Andrea Schinler, the principle
of the schools and the project teachers on April 16, 2014.
Our Ongoing Virtual Classroom Project
Our TED Association is running
a project from the US.
embassay for
the
VCP (Virtual Classroom Project).
Last
week, the guests involved in the project had interviews with
the contact teacher, Billur Özbay and our 9th grade students.
The board has indicated that the project is very creative
and well-excuted so we wish our students good- luck and a
great success .
OUR VIRTUAL CLASSROOM PROJECT
One of our
classroom
educational
of our 9th
Özbay.
English project groups had a training of virtual
(VC).
It is a collection of free, online
activities and resources to complement the effort
grade students and our English teacher Billur
The VC vision is to empower, enable and connect students
around the world using internet technology. We hope it will
help our students to improve their English by sharing the
projects with Mt. Abraham Union High School students in
America.
E-TWINNING PROJECT
Our 9th graders started an “eTwinning Project” which is a part of Lifelong
Learning Programme with the help of our English teacher, Firenur Koç. Our
students work with other students from Italy, Greece and Lithuania for this
project that is about fashion. They get to know other students from different
cultures, prepare presentations, demo lessons and learning tasks, they do
research about the topics determined by their teachers and share their findings
in an online forum.
ENVIRONMENTED
Our students have attended the workshop between TED İstanbul High School and
other high schools in İstanbul, themed “Our Resources and Environment Problems”
together
with
our
English
Language
teachers.
The
students
present
an
environmental problem from their cities and then each city tries to find
solutions for each other’s problems in English in the project.
EUROPEAN YOUTH PARLIAMENT
Our school takes part in European Youth Parliament (EYP) which takes place 2
times a year. Our English Language teachers Billur Özbay and Ayşe Kocaoğlu guide
the students that take part in EYP. EYP is held in İstanbul in English. The
students work as teams and they prepare resolutions on subjects related to
European community. The students who perform well are chosen by the jury and
they have the opportunity to attend conferences that are held in various
countries in Europe.
TED MUN
Last year our 9th graders participated in TED MUN conference as delegates and
ambassadors with our English teacher, Billur Özbay. MUN (Model United Nations)
Conferences are platforms where high school and university students have debates
about international diplomatic political affairs.
in the conference actively.
All of the students took part
14th EYP
Our 11th grade students participated in the 14th form of youth which took place
between November 8-11 in İstek Semiha Şakir Anatolian High School in İstanbul.
Students who had achieved success in committe work could have the right to speak
in the General Assembley.
Congratulations to them and
we are
expecting
news of success