Studies

ICE club will be at the “2009 International Educational Week”

The U.S. embassy in Madagascar will organize on November 18th and 19th, 2009, an educational event  named “International Educational Week”, at the National Library of Anosy (downtown of Antananarivo city, near Carlton Hotel), Madagascar. This event is actually an International event co-organized by the U.S. Department of State and the U.S. Department of Education every [...]

Public Schools Vs. Private Schools

Saturday, May 23, 2009, during the weekly meeting of Ice, we discussed: “Should education be free?” For that, the members were divided into two groups: Public School (which is free) Vs. Private school? Private School: Schools fees are expensive and depend on the quality of the educational tools and activities. Public School: The school fee [...]

 The Challenge of Spelling in English

The Challenge of Spelling in English

November 21st, 2008, there was an interesting Friday Talk session at American Cultural Center ( ACC) from 12:30 to 2 p.m. During that day ;the topic was ” The Challenge of Spelling in English”; presented by the Regional English language Officer Eran Williams. How well can we master the english language. Is it enough just [...]

EXCELL Camp

A dynamic team of US and local educators have developed the project EXCELL CAMP (EXCellence in English Language and Leadership). It is a “summer camp” that will be held on July 30 to August 10, 2007 at a beachfront tourist complex in Mahajanga. English will be the only language spoken at EXCELL camp. Below you [...]

Break Your Chains

For each of us, at certain points of our lives, opportunities come and rearrange our personal formulas and assumptions – I do not necessarily mean getting rid of the old stuff, but allowing ourselves to surf into the new wave that time and circumstances bring. According to anthropologists, we are indelibly marked, and then subject [...]