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QSI International School of Phuket

QSI Phuket Community
Service

QSI International School of Phuket has
dedicated the 2017–18 year to community service as
part of its MSA-accreditation environmental plan.
In September, we launched our beach-cleaning
initiative, and we have been honored to join Mr.
Norrapat Plordtorng, Governor of Phuket’s “Keep
Phuket Clean” initiative, along with the Phuket
Hotel Association and Phuket Surf House, to do
our part to make a difference on this beautiful
island we call home. Our initiative is linked to
several Success Orientations as well. Students
develop Aesthetic Appreciation by keeping the
beaches clean, and appreciating the beauty that our
tropical paradise offers every single day. Students
also learn Responsibility by showing beachgoers
the proper way to dispose of garbage. Finally,
students develop their skills of Group Interaction
by working in teams with their classmates and
with other community groups, such as Phuket Surf
House, to beautify their assigned area of the beach.

Our initiative allows students and staff to go to
the beach for an hour twice a month in an effort
to clean two beaches a month. So far QSI Phuket
has cleaned three beaches. Our first trip to Surin
beach with the elementary was a great success.
The students did a wonderful job demonstrating
the QSI Success Orientations of Responsibility,
Aesthetic Appreciation, and Group Interaction were not to be outdone, as they braved the rain to “Cleaning the beach regularly is vitally important
while cleaning up trash on the beach, promoting clean up Patong beach, collecting more than 200 for keeping the ocean clean and saving marine life.”
environmental stewardship, and sharing snacks. pounds of trash in just one hour. With each beach
After weighing the trash, students were surprised cleanup, members of the local community came out QSI International School of Phuket shows
to learn that they removed more than 200 pounds to help, and we received lots of smiles and thumbs- Concern for Others. One of our 11-year-old
of trash from the beach in a day. On their second up from people passing by. We are so thrilled to students, Dasha, suggested we host a fundraiser to
trip, elementary students tackled Kata beach with have this important tradition continue for students help those in need after the recent natural disasters
the staff from Phuket Surf House, cleaning up more at QSI Phuket, as they learn to take ownership for that affected significant parts of the United States
than 150 pounds of garbage. Secondary students their environment. As Zev from Secondary IV said, and the Caribbean. As a result, last month QSI
Phuket held two fundraisers to support those in
need following the hurricanes. Our first fundraiser
was an Art Sale, followed by a bake sale. Overall,
QSI Phuket Families raised almost $200, which was
donated to Operation Supply Drop. This month QSI
Phuket will have another Art Sale to help support
Panyaden International School in Chiang Mai,
Thailand, which was destroyed by floods during
this year’s typhoon season. All initiatives have
been student-led and are a true example of QSI
Phuket’s students and families displaying Concern
for Others.