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Dirigo International Club
Dirigo High School
Amity Beane & John GlausModern Languages
September 2008
Why an International Club at Dirigo?
You just don't luck into things as much as you'd like to think you do. You build step by step, whether it's friendships or opportunities.
Barbara Bush
Why an International Club at Dirigo?
You just don't luck into things as much as you'd like to think you do. You build step by step, whether it's friendships or opportunities.
Barbara Bush
Provide opportunities to be ambassadors for the school, the
state, and the nation.
Peace is always beautiful.
Walt Whitman (1819-1892)
Without change there is no innovation, creativity, or incentive for improvement. Those who initiate change will have a better
opportunity to manage the change that is inevitable.
William Pollard
Support cross-curricular learning.
Create active citizens.
You make a living by what you get. You make a life by what you give.
Winston Churchill
Promote global literacy.
We must go beyond textbooks, go out into the bypaths and untrodden depths of the wilderness and travel and explore
and tell the world the glories of our journey.
John Hope Franklin
The International Club would:
The International Club would:
• Welcome all students to join
• Take trips to explore Maine and the world
• Raise funds for scholarships and charities
• Create presentations for school and community
• Provide a safe environment to learn about culture and the world, regardless of politics, race, or religion