When students engage in issues of global significance, they develop their competence in Global Citizenship. Each student will participate in at least one CAS experience that allows them to explore one of the Sustainable Development Goals.
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There are many opportunities to engage in service experiences within the WAB community. 
Goal 15: Life on land - The Global Goals
Fetch is a Service project that visits the animal shelter next to WAB to walk, train, play with, and take care of the dogs residing there. Several of these dogs were injured in an accident, abused, or abandoned by their owners. As a group, we strive to help the dogs become more comfortable around others, increasing their chances of being adopted into loving families. The group also supports Beijing Human and Animals and Environmental Education Center. This organization works to educate the public about animal welfare and the humane treatment of animals. Find out more about their work: 北京人与动物环保科普中心简介 (qq.com)
BIBL welcomes all students interested in charity/ fundraisers or badminton. The club will focus around hosting badminton oriented charity events, such as fundraisers or tournaments. Students will be able to help plan events throughout the year and raise awareness for the education of students in rural areas of China.
STEMx began as an initiative to showcase and the 'fun' side of science by orchestrating dramatic performances using chemistry and organizing interactive activities at large events such as Rock in the Park. We’ve later expanded our goal to “enriching the education experience of students with practical science”, which we achieved last year by designing laboratory modules for ES kids and mentoring them as they performed it within high school labs. This year, we also aim to further the reach of STEM subjects, spreading our influence as well as initiating new side projects to grow interest and inquiry beyond the classroom. Our club is open to any student interested in STEM or wanting to learn more about the fields!
Goal 11: Sustainable cities and communities - The Global Goals
Our goal as the Chinese Culture club is to promote traditional Chinese culture to both international and Chinese students in WAB, and to help strengthen students' Chinese learning experience with our efforts. Club members will get an opportunity to engage in traditional activities such as calligraphy and Chinese creative writing, play in Chinese traditional drama Journey to the West, and organize school-wide festive activities in WAB. In addition, more modern activities such as Chinese Rap Song contest, ancient costume exhibition, and Chinese movie sessions will be organized this year.
Goal 3: Good health and well-being - The Global Goals
The CARE club advocates for mental health awareness, representation and education. We aim to make WAB a friendlier environment for students to hold open discussions and learn more about how to identify and process these struggles in healthy ways. Furthermore, we are also in collaboration with charities and funds that address mental health struggles in young people, as well as facilities that nurture neurodiverse individuals, helping them reach a broader audience. We hope to spread a positive message of understanding, acceptance and kindness.
Goal 3: Good health and well-being - The Global Goals
Acts for Alzheimer's is a project aimed to support patients suffering from the effects of Alzheimer's and other forms of dementia. We use the money to donate supplies to the nursing home to enhance the elder's life. We also visit the nursing home and do activities with the elderly to make a better connection.
SAC is a selective group of students recommended (by counselors, faculty, and peer group), and they go through an interview process before permitting to join the group. We typically look for students who are well rounded, responsible, and open-minded. SAC students are the 'face' of WAB and are called upon to help out admins in IB conference, Open House Events. Back to School Night, student panels, etc. All SAC members participate in annual training on communication, leadership, and facilitation skills.
Goal 11: Sustainable cities and communities - The Global Goals
HANBOK is a Korean culture club open to all Korean students who are interested in learning more about Korean culture and traditions. By arranging numerous activities and events, our club aims to raise an understanding of Korean culture. We run for day nine of fun activities, cooperation with other clubs, participation in school events, and donating club earnings. Our club is dedicated to providing a pleasant and welcoming environment in which members can learn, share, and appreciate Korea's rich and diverse culture.
The HS Student Council (StuCo) is the group designed to represent the views of the student body as a whole. Through our regular meetings, we aim for the betterment of the experience of the student population through fostering a sense of community through in-school activities, both social and service-oriented. If you’re interested in being a part of the student leadership experience, this is the group for you!
TSEN is the live-streaming project at WAB. We focus on streaming student led events or sports activities. Through our service we hope to provide people that are not in China or parents that can’t attend an event with the footage, so that they can have a look at what’s happening at WAB or to see what their children/grandchildren etc. are participating in.
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This is a WAB Community Service and Creativity Club
Goal 12: Responsible consumption and production - The Global Goals
This organization wants to educate the WAB community about plastic recycling/upcycling opportunities. To design and implement a more realistic and efficient recycling program as a service to our community. To produce products made from 100% community plastic waste.
This is a Global Citizen Service and Creativity Club
Goal 15: Life on land - The Global Goals
Roots & Shoots is an eco-oriented club dedicated to promoting sustainability in our school community and caring for our environment.
Goal 10: Reduced inequalities - The Global Goals
Spectrum is a project that aims at striving to create a school community in which sexuality and gender identity is a comfortable topic of discussion, and the discovery of it is never made to be shameful. We seek to bring awareness to all degrees of maltreatment toward anyone identifying themselves as LGBTQIA+, so that these issues in the WAB community are not trivialized. In order to propel us towards this goal, we host various, large-scale events - such as Pride Week, Color Run, Candy Grams, Day of Silence, etc. - that are directed towards raising awareness towards specific issues, raising funds for a variety of charities, or overall celebrating and bringing pride to the LGBTQIA+ community and spreading that anti-discriminative positivity across all of WAB.
Goal 10: Reduced inequalities - The Global Goals
Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities - The Global Goals
The Latinx Culture Club brings to WAB the first Western culture club with the purpose of including all nationalities who want to learn more about Latin America. Our goals this year are to educate ourselves about current events and explore the diversity of each country's culture. We plan to do this by celebrating Latin American holidays/festivals and the end goal is to be able to share our experiences as a club to educate others at WAB.
Goal 3: Good health and well-being - The Global Goals
Nothing But Nets is a global United Nations campaign that aims to raise awareness and funding to fight malaria, a disease that is a leading cause of death among children in Africa but is often not talked about enough. In order to raise awareness of this issue in our community and support the campaign, I am now working with the UN to establish aWAB chapter of Nothing But Nets. We will work together to raise awareness, funds, and voices to protect vulnerable families from malaria through different activities and artistic methods. Come and join me in the global fight against malaria!
Goal 4: Quality education - The Global Goals
Light-Up is a student initiated service club that corporates with the RenYuYuan, a learning institution providing education and rehabilitation training for orphans and children with disabilities from 5-13 years old. We visit weekly to teach the kids English, aiming to help them to improve English communication skills and build confidence to have good adoptions with foreign families.
Goal 11: Sustainable cities and communities - The Global Goals
Goal 12: Responsible consumption and production - The Global Goals
Goal 13: Climate action - The Global Goals
Zer0 is a green-initiative based club that specifically aims to make WAB a more sustainable place. Our purpose is to bring environmental awareness to the WAB community, and at the same time step-by-step slowly changing the campus by reducing the carbon footprints at WAB. Through recycling all the way to solar panels, our club continuously creates new projects that hopefully can make WAB more environmental-friendly every day.
Goal 5: Gender equality - The Global Goals
The Feminism Club hosts discussion and conversations around gender-themed topics. We create a safe space for students to share ideas, stories, and research, allowing students to become more open-minded and well-rounded. Throughout the school year, we also aim to create fundraising opportunities for EGRC and plan panel talks with invitational speakers. Topics that we will cover are: the construction of gender, toxic masculinity, empowerment, and what the patriarchy looks like today.
Goal 2: Zero Hunger - The Global Goals
As one of the oldest and most storied clubs at WAB, Pro-farmer is a service group that specializes in serving the WAB community and the community of local farmers in Beijing, China, and the world as a whole. We believe in the sale of Fairtrade, organic and local produce, investing our profits to farmers local and global through KIVA while helping to curb corruption and unequal business practices by directly working with farmers in our community.
Goal 4: Quality education - The Global Goals
Migrant School Kids (MSK) is a local community-based service group that interacts with the children of the migrant school weekly. Our main objectives are to a) provide the kids further educational opportunities through academic (i.e. English) related activities, and financial support through fundraising and b) build authentic and meaningful relationships with children via creative and engaging activities such as baking and arts & crafts.
Korean Infobyte is a service club that provides help to the Korean community as a whole, all the way from the Elementary school parents to the High school parents. This club translates the WAB weekly into Korean, allowing the parents to have a better understanding of the student's school life, as well as reminding important announcements and dates.
Goal 8: Decent work and economic growth - The Global Goals
TBD is a community service club that aims to support various causes and initiatives in our local community. Our main goal is to aid the achievement of SDG 8 - decent work and economic growth. This year, we are partnering with Springsations, a local business that supports single mothers and their children in China. They sell well-crafted handmade bags, made by single mothers hired and supported by them. We will be working with them to create customized bags for the WAB community, with all proceeds going to them.