Aspiration : a hope or ambition of achieving something

 Aspiration guides us to advance and achieve, every poet or nobel award winner starts as a child with a dream. In working hard and never giving up, we are constantly moving towards our goals. Never laugh at your dream because it seems bigger than you are, for you are the vessel, and something within you can never be larger. A path of a hundred miles always begins with that one step, and realizing your aspirations is that first step. So through this video I hope you realize that everyone has big dreams, but will it be you to realize it? 

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Student Council Executives for 2015 -216 

President – Luca Lit
Vice-President – David Vacek
Communications Officer – Audrey Corno
Deputy Comm. Officer – Caoimhe Cleary
Secretary – Estelle Tang
Dep. Secretary – Laetitia Tabar
Treasurer – Muriel Sirgi
Dep. Treasurer – James Scholar

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Form & Vice Captains 2015 -2016                    

 7A                                                              7B
Malhar Rajpal                                Tommy Avery
Tanisha Vashishtha                     Reem Thakur
8A                                                              8B
Dhruv Sodhi                                   Lucia de Basto
James Scholar                              Luke Mais
9A                                                             9B
Agnes Shu                                        Tarina Sharma
Audrey Corno                                 Adrian Yu
10A                                                           10B
Caoimhe Cleary                             Jasper Plowman 
Laetitia Tabar                                 Joseph Guillon ( & Inès )
11A                                                           11B
Lisa Sequeira                                    Camille Do
Alya Shaker Francis                        Khabir Sodhi
12A                                                           12B
David Vacek                                       Luca Lit
Estelle Tang                                       Muriel Sirgi
13A                                                           13B
Isabella Strapp                                 Miguel Santana
Daniella Wilson                                Sophie Yeung

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 Last Tuesday afternoon, the 5th of February, the elections for the Student Council took place. The air was abuzz as Form and Vice Captains filled the room – everyone was excited to get the vote going. After Mme Leonard and Mr MacLean reminded everyone about the various leadership positions available, the interested students wrote their names on the board next to the role. It was a fairly straightforward election except in three positions where more than one person was interested: President, Secretary and Vice-Treasurer. Therefore, a vote was needed to determine who of the two candidates would prevail. After speeches from the two Presidential candidates (Saanal Deshpande of L6A and Miguel Santana of L6B), the two Secretary candidates (Liza Sequiera of F4A and Joseph Guillon of F3B) and the two Vice-Treasurer  (Emilie Parlett and Hector Hubert of F2B), the vote finally began. The atmosphere was filled with anxiety as Mme Leonard counted the votes at the back of the classroom. In the end, Miguel was elected President, Liza elected Secretary and a tie occurred between Emilie and Hector, resulting in their join-election. It was a great and productive hour that will for sure kick-start a very prosperous year for the Council.

Click here to see the rest of the elections photos.

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Some of our class captains' resolutions for 2015

David
As the new year has arrived, I look forward to enjoying my time even further with my entire class.
I believe that only with classmates, friends, one can strive to achieve their full potential.
As captain, this is important as their trust, loyalty and support is irreplaceable, especially as it makes my job as representative so much more special.
Overall, as a class, we seem to all agree in 5A that in the new year, we will want to not only keep strengthening the relationships
between each other but also be determined to achieve the marks that we deserve during our important examinations in May/June.
As a class, we would like to wish all of you reading this page a very successful and most importantly happy new year 2015.

Joseph
In 3B, we would like to:
Improve our attitude towards studying.
Be more patient and help people when do not understand something.
Be respectful to the teachers and listen attentively to them while they are talking.
Be nice to our classmates and keep the class full of a happy atmosphere. 
  

Miguel
L6B’s New Year’s Resolutions
1.     Work hard… but not too hard.
2.     Take naps. OFTEN.
3.     Use our free time to do something fun, like playing a sport or doing something creative.
4.     Be more organized. IB isn’t getting any easier :).
5.     Meet new people. We can never have too many Facebook friends.
6.     Save, not spend. Who knows when we’ll need those $20.
7.     Be kind to our family. They are the only ones we’ll always have!
8.     Do something adventurous. We only live once.
9.     Sleep at least 8 hours. We’ll need it.
10. Actually follow these New Year’s Resolutions. 2015 will be a blast!

Sophia
These are our class resolutions in 4B for 2015:
Learn more vocabulary in all the languages we are currently learning.
Write up planned structures and organised notes for our IGCSE to make it easier for us next year.
Meet and socialise more with people from different grades and schools​.

Charlotte
In Form 1B, we want to be healthier and concentrate more in our work.

Rosemary
As a form, we have two main aims in U6B:
Stop procrastinating​,
Get more sleep!

Cedric
Here is my classes’ new year resolution:
For our class of F5B, we have decided to collate all our resolutions together. 
Some that were often said were to put in more effort to achieve overall better grades. 
Another common resolution was to be more organized and to have better time management by stopping procrastination. 
Some people wanted a healthier lifestyle and to sometimes do something else than study while some others wanted to study more and start revisions earlier. 
So basically a more balanced time.

Liza
This year Form 4A would like to do a wide range of things to improve in our education overall, such as:
Concentrating more in class.
Understanding the topics taught and ask questions if we don't.
Reading a wider range of books.
And finally, just putting in more effort.

Oisin
As a form, we are looking forward to a promising 2015.
Already we, U6B, have had a few resolutions come up from doing better at school to being kinder to people.
Personally, I aim to improve on my rugby and fitness, work harder on my school work and be more open to new experiences!

Madeleine
Our new years resolutions in 1A are:
To be more organised,
To help make the school a better place
and to try and be more helpful at home.

Chirag
My resolution for this year is to be more organised, especially between work and after school activities.
As a class in L6B, we want to work with one another more effectively and to help each other through the challenges of the IB.
We feel that by working together and with good communication, as a class we can do well and achieve more. 

Emilie
Writing New Year resolutions is one of my favourite things to do at the start of each year. It reminds of a new leaf. This year, following the duties of Form 2B Captain, I plan to help enforce the communication between the teachers and students. I also plan to listen to ideas and suggestions (I have already received many) and take action. I am hoping that I could possibly arrange school trips or fun activities for my Form.

Robyn
This year, F3A would like to work harder in classes and be more focused on their schoolwork and afterschool activities. My vice-captain and I would also like to be attentive in the Student Council and contribute as much as possible to help improve the school.

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Meet our class captains

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The CVL: what is it?

The School Life Council (Conseil de la Vie du Lycée) brings together 10 elected students as well as parents and staffs representatives. Together, they can draw up concrete proposals covering all aspect of everyday life at school. The Headmaster chairs the meetings.

Elections

All of its members are elected by direct universal suffrage. Candidates should present themselves with an alternate candidate (if the main incumbent is in U6, his or her alternate will have to be in a lower class).

Function and power of a member

The Council has a role of consultant and draws proposals. It can act on the form captain training and decides on how the yearly funds will be spent.

It ought to be consulted for:

- General organisation of studies

- The making of the school project

- The making of the school rules

- Organisation of school time

- General arrangements for homework and support classes

- Information about vocational orientation

- Health, hygiene and security

- Organisation of recreative spaces

- Organisation of sport and cultural activities as well as extra curricular activities

- Form captain training

- Use of the yearly funds

- Opinions, advices, proposals and minutes of the School Life Council must be transmitted to the "Victor Segalen" Council

Your CVL representatives for the International Stream are:


International Senior Secondary Student Members

1/ Amelia HUANG, U6A (Deputy: Rosemary HO, U6A)

2/ Collin MCCULLOUGH, U6B (Deputy: Aaron LIT, U6B)

3/ David VACEK, F5A (Deputy: Philip EVANS, F5A)

4/ Debasmita BHATTACHARYA, F5A (Deputy: Emma LAI, F5A)

 

Adult Members

Mr Soulard Head of School

Mr Clayton Head of International Stream 

Mrs Harel Deputy Head of French Stream

Mr Pham Van Head of Accounts

Mr Gazeau Head of Student Support

Mr Belhuerne Head of Student Support

Mrs Leonard Teacher representative for the International Stream 

Mr Gimenez Teacher representative for the French Stream

Mrs Ip Representative for the Executive Committee

Mrs Trodd Parent representative for the International Stream

Mrs Froissart Parent representative for the French Stream