Student summer project in Tanzania
A group of Atlantic College Students went to Tanzania in Summer 2008 to help out with a local school. Fadhil, one of the 70 students attending the Hananasif Orphanage Academy in Dar-Es-Salaam was asked to write down the story of his life. Read more on the UWC student magazine website: United Words.
18 August 2008
Your life is in their hands: Western Mail
Atlantic College appears in a Western Mail feature on the RNLI for the role the College played in the creation of the B-class Atlantic 21 lifeboat. Read the article on WalesOnline including an interview with ex-student Willem de Vogel (AC 69).
16 August 2008
Relative Values: Sunday Times
Baroness Helena Kennedy QC, Chair of Atlantic College's Board of Governors, appeared in a Sunday Times interview with her daughter Clio, an Atlantic College alumna. Read the interview on the Times Online.
13 August 2008
Second year students return for service activites
Last week second year students returned to Atlantic College to begin their service activities. Service is a key element of the International Baccalaureate Diploma, and each year AC students give over 52,000 hours of service to South Wales communities through service activities including volunteering in homes and schools, and running rescue and lifeguard services along the coast. Several second year students were interviewed by S4C for the evening news and magazine programme Wedi 7, which was broadcast at 7pm on Tuesday 12 August.
Missed it? Watch again here.
11 August 2008
Student summer project in Peru & Brazil
A group of AC students spent several weeks during the summer on a project trip to South America helping at orphanages, trekking through the Amazon and working in a remote school. To read more about the students' experience click here.
11 August 2008
Reunion raises massive boost for AC's scholarship fund
The class of 1978 raised a total £39,000 from a syndicate of 23 people which will fund a full scholarship for a student from Tibet to attend Atlantic College in 2008 - 2010. In addition to the class scholarship, the class of 1978 is also giving £3,500 each year through annual giving. Well done 78ers!
The class of 1988 has also kick started its scholarship campaign with nearly £4,500 from a syndicate of eight people and a further sixteen ex-students will be giving £3,500 annually.
There was another fantastic effort from our youngest reunion gang, 33 ex-students from the class of 1998 have pledged to donate £3,600 annually to the scholarship campaign.
Over the weekend we raised a total of £43,000 in single gifts and a further £10,500 will be donated to the scholarship fund on an annual basis. A MASSIVE thanks from all of us here at Atlantic College. We hope you all had a fantastic weekend and enjoyed yourselves as much as we did!
5 August 2008