Burmese School 
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President: Galeno @ Kyaw Swar Ye Myint
Vice President: Christine
Advisor: Ms. Bennett

​Who are we?
  We are a group that focuses primarily on teaching the students of a nearby local school English. All of the members in this group are responsible for constructing their own curriculum and lastly, teach the local school students every Wednesday.

Mission Statement  
We assist young aspiring engineers, doctors, scientists, lawyers and more of the Burmese community in their pursuit of the English language, a skill that would be vital in dealing with an increasing anglicized world.
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Members

​Alex (10)
Anna (11)
Charles (9)
Cherry (10)
Cruiz (9)
Far Far (9)
Gilmour (10)
Hein Htet Win (10)
Herbert (11)
Howard (10)
Julie (10)
Justin (9)
Kevin (10)
Liza (11)
Maria (12)

Michael (9)
Mollicaa (12)
Oliver (11)
Oscar (10)
Ryan @ Wai Yan Lam (10)
Ryan Htun (10)
Ryan Tun (10)
Sai Swan Pyae Aung (9)
Shane (10)
Shin Shin (10)
Soo Yone (11)
Stephanie (12)
Syn Syn (12)
Thuta (12)
William (10)
Win Moe (10)
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Description
    The Burmese-School Group from the Community Service of I.S.M mainly focuses on teaching students from the nearby Local Burmese School lessons in basic English - including techniques such as but not limited to: vocabulary, spelling, sentence structure, and reading. Our goal is to guide the students to speak English fluently, write eloquently and read comfortably. All members of the group are responsible for creating their own curriculum, approved by Ms. Kirsten Bennett, our Senior English teacher, to teach the students on every Wednesday from 3 to 4 PM. The local school has 5 primary grade levels, grades 1 to 5, with an approximate of 25 students in each class. Thereby, the members of this group are divided into 5 groups to teach each grade level, respectively. In addition to this, with the advent of the 2019-2020 school year, the Burmese School also has a branch of members dedicated solely to run fundraisers to raise funds to improve, refurbish, and expand upon the Burmese School library that was built in the previous school year.

Goals: 
To guide the students so that they will be able to speak English fluently, write eloquently and read comfortably; to think and construct any other programs or projects that would assist the students in their pursuit of the English language; further incorporate fun and interactive activities in our curriculum to keep the students interested.

What we have done so far for the 2019-2020 Academic Year:
- Built a curriculum for the first semester
- Visited the Burmese school every Wednesday (save for a few holidays in between)
-Collected 1,287 books from high school students to donate to the Burmese school.
- Built a library and filled it with the books graciously donated from the high School students.
- In the process of constructing a health clinic for the students. - Hold fundraisers every Monday and Thursday during breaks and lunch period.
​-Fundraised 40 million kyats (26,400$).