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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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