poniedziałek, 13 marca 2017

Pompano Beach Summit 2017


The summit took place between 21st and 27th of January in Pompano Beach High School, Florida, USA. Over 80 guest administrators, teachers, and students from eight countries (Brazil, China, Egypt, France, Haiti, Ireland, Poland, Switzerland)  participated in the summit. The idea of it was to show the variety of different world's cultures. During this time period, we explored different approaches to education, experienced typical American school day, as well as, the Chinese awareness day. We did many exciting things such as a visit to the Everglades national Park, a visit to the Florida Atlantic University. We were shown American culture in a nutshell. Hockey game or American talent show are just examples. We stayed in traditional American families so we could experience a typical American day.
Personally, I think, it was a life-changing experience. We met many inspiring students from many countries. I enjoyed the intercultural meetings and getting to know other countries. I found Chinese day really interesting. We got to know traditional language, art and cuisine. I think that summits like this one are really important for young people because thanks to them they can learn how to cooperate and unite with others.

Szczyt, w którym reprezentacja z naszej szkoły wzięła udział, odbywał się od 21 to 27 stycznia w Pompano Beach High School na Florydzie. Ponad 80 gości specjalnych, a także wielu nauczycieli oraz uczniów z ośmiu krajów (Brazylia, Chiny, Egipt, Francja, Haiti, Irlandia, Polska, Szwajcaria) wzięło udział w konferencji. Celem spotkania było pokazanie uczestnikom różnorodności światowych kultur i ich odkrycie. Podczas trwania konferencji poznawaliśmy różne podejścia do spraw związanych m. in. z edukacją, poznaliśmy jak wygląda typowy amerykański dzień w szkole, a także dowiedzieliśmy się czegoś na temat kultury chińskiej podczas Dnia Kultury Chińskiej. W czasie trwania szczytu zaplanowano dla nas wiele ciekawych rzeczy. Zwiedziliśmy Park Narodowy Everglade oraz kampus na Florida Atlantic University. Zobaczyliśmy kulturę amerykańską w pigułce! Byliśmy także na meczu hokejowym i amerykańskim pokazie talentów. Dzięki temu, że gościły nas typowe amerykańskie rodziny, udało nam się poznać  jak wygląda tradycyjny amerykański dzień.
Osobiście uważam, że to było niesamowite przeżycie. Poznaliśmy wiele inspirujących uczniów z różnych krajów. Bardzo podobały mi się wszystkie spotkania i zajęcia, a także różne aspekty związane z kulturami każdego kraju. Szczególnie interesujący był Dzień Kultury Chińskiej. Umożliwił on nam zobaczenie czegoś odmiennego, czegoś czego nie obserwujemy na co dzień. Zobaczyliśmy jak wygląda tradycyjny chiński język, tradycyjna sztuka i kuchnia. Podsumowując, stwierdzam, że konferencje takie jak ta są bardzo ważne dla młodych ludzi, zwiększają zrozumienie otaczającego nas świata. By Mateusz Wojnar


poniedziałek, 30 stycznia 2017

THANK YOU

Dear Hosts and  Colleagues!

Thank you very much for a great summit. We reached homes filled with positive feelings, thoughts and being greatful for everyday activities at PBHS.

Thank you to Hosts for all effort and your hospitality!

We would like to be in touch with all of you and hope to see you in Kraków.

Regards,

Polish Delegation


Pompano Beach High School Website - PHOTO & VIDEO

For more information about the Summit and Picture and Video relations visit: http://pompanobeachhigh.com/summit2017/media.htm

piątek, 27 stycznia 2017

Closing ceremony

Thank you a partner school Pompano Beach High School for a great hospitality!






The day started as always at 6 o'clock but today we were really nervous. This was the day we had to give our performance as the greatest Polish people.  Each of us (except Matthew who played the piano) had prepared short speech about one person. Matylda chose Pola Negri, Juri -Robert Lewandowski, Wiktoria - Maria Skłodowaska Curie, Ola - Nicolaus Copernicus and I chose to perform as Lech Wałęsa. Everyone had also prepered some costumes, for example Juri worn Lewandowski's T-shirt and I had Wałęsa's moustache. When I went on a stage the audience mistook me for Hitler!!! Of course they relized their mistake after the first sentence of my speech. We gave our performances at the gym that could be filled with over 1,500 people and it was full!!! Luckily, we weren't alone. Students from each country had to prepare something too. I really liked Irish performance - girls were singing some traditional Irish songs. Fortunately, after our cultural shows we could spend the rest of the day with our host families. First we (me and Juri) went to the beach where we met Michael and his friends Camila and Nathan. We had a lot fun there! Then we had a swim in the ocean and decided to go to the Game Center for kart driving. It was an amaizing day. Przemyslaw Zarotynski 


Chinese :) cultural day






It was a hard day for of us. We needed to say goodby to all of our new friends that we have met during the week. The last day of our international meeting was the chineese cultural awareness day. During it we have seen many dance performances and even we could participate in some of the typical chineese activities. After all the last moment came. The closing ceremony of our summit. It was so sad that we had to say goodbye to all of our new friends. Hopefully the friendships that we have created will last forever. After the events in school I and my host family went to the boat ride. It was so much fun! We on the boat on the ocean!!! Amazing! After this we went to do some shopping in traditional American store. We did a lot of shopping. In the evening we had to pack our things. Then I realized that I exceeded the weight limit in both of my bags.  I am quite scared but we will see that the day is going to bring. Mateusz Wojnar












Thank you to Great Host Families

Dear Great Host Families from Pompano Beach, The Mollers Family, The Boudinet Family, The Rosser Family and The Raszka  Family!   thank  you for opening your hearts for us! It-s been a great time for us! Students could really feel like at home!  God bless you All! Hope to see you in Kraków!