Keystone Magazine Learning the Keystone Way 2015-2016 EN | Page 70

Beyond The Classroom
Taking
Steps
to Being
Themselves:
Meet Some of Our Student Pioneers
E
ach and every parent would have ex-
perienced the great overwhelming joy
of that particular moment when their
child takes their first steps, or
when they learn to use
the spoon for the
first time, or when they say
their first words. These
are moments of un-
paralleled elation for
parents, a moment
of realization that
their child is a step
closer to becoming
who they are and
will be. It is quite
a similar sensation
when students step
up on their own, try
something new, start
something extraordi-
nary or unusual.
Keystone offers many oppor-
tunities for students to go above
and beyond the everyday. But it is when
the students go above and beyond even these
opportunities that we not only know that as
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a school we have taken a step closer to our
core mission of revealing our students’ utmost
potential, but also, and more importantly, that
our students have taken steps towards
becoming themselves all on their
own. “Teachers only supervise.
Student-initiated groups are
a way for them to bring
their own ideas to life
through leadership,
implementation,
organization and
taking ownership
and responsibility,”
says Derek Davies,
Director of Activi-
ties. Here we intro-
duce you to some
of these intrepid
students who have
created student groups
on their own initiative
focused on a passion, theme
or subject. They have taken an
interest or curiosity, and found peers
to collaborate and grow with. This could be
sports, science, or just their inner-selves. Meet six
such groups of students: