International Community School of Addis Ababa - Events

Events

Spirit Week Spirit Week takes place annually in February for the Middle and High Schools. Spirit Week gives the grades an opportunity to represent their class and work together as a team. Themes are assigned to the first four days of the week. Using these themes, each grade is expected to come up with a skit or performance based on the idea that each is provided with earlier that day. Grades get together and come up with a skit that involves as many people as possible in the class. After presenting their skit during lunch, their performance is evaluated and ranked by the elected judges. Results of the skit along with "best dressed boy and girl" are then publicized by Student council members.

The other two days of the week will have points awarded for "Best dressed boy and girl", however, there will be no skits presented during lunch. There is a dance off competition during lunch on one of the days. On the one theme day left, the school invites "Circus Ethiopia" to perform during lunch. The last day of Spirit Week is "Fools Olympics Day" which is a day of sport activities. Classes are dressed in their colors and participate in the activities lined up and run by the Student Council members.

Activities on this day include ttug of war, watermelon eating contest, teacher-student dance off, class improvisation, class cheer", "class circle siting, three-legged race, piggy back ride, water sliding, skipping and egg toss. Some examples of the themes used in the past year are Opposite Gender day, 60s day, Crazy day and Couples day. During the 2009-2010 school year the themes for the first four days were Blast from the Past", Celebrity Day, Crazy Twin Day, and Class Theme day.