Zumba classes

My mom takes zumba classes twice a week since last year, and last year she insisted on taking me with her. So last year I used to go every Friday to My Fair Hotel in Westland. I thought it was so much fun and entertaining which is why I decided to do it again every week with my mother. It’s an exhilarating, effective, easy-to-follow, Latin-inspired, calorie-burning dance fitness-party that’s moving millions of people toward joy and health.
It is the only Latin-inspired dance-fitness program that blends red-hot international music, created by Grammy Award-winning producers, and contagious steps to form a "fitness-party" that is downright addictive.
But although it is really tiring, I love it and I am going to try  to go every time i am free to do so.

Athletic council at ISK 2012-13

Athletic council is a club at ISK that meets every thursday at lunch, in this club we are attempting to raise money through sport for a boarding school for orphans called the "mercy school", all while promoting a sense of community and encouraging action.
I joined this club hoping to be able to help the students and community of mercy school and try to make a difference in their lives, plus athletic council involves sports which is very interesting and fun, we encourage activities and sport through our events for example dodgeball or dancing...

Friends of Marich at ISK 2012-13

Friends of Marich is a meaningful community service group at ISK, that I recently joined this year as a member in the fundraising committee, because of all the good things I heard about this club and how they help the Pokot people living in the Marich region. Plus I will be going to the InterCultural trip in January with the rest of the club members to Kitae in the Marich region in Northern Kenya .

As I said earlier, Friends of Marich works closely with the Pokot people living in the Marich region. Our goal is to raise money and awareness throughout the year to support the community living there and providing necessary aid. Last year and the years before, the group has built bridges across rivers which was a problem in that region before, they also built a playground for children.

I hope to achieve the same things this year, to help this community and make their lives better.

Operation smile club at ISK 2012-13

Operation smile is an international organization, they mobilize a world of generous hearts to heal children's smiles and transform lives across the globe; these children have cleft lips and that impacts their lives. We raise money to help this organization with their several surgeries (240 $ each surgery).

I  was member of Operation smile last year and it was, because there was this lady that came and talked to us during assembly about operation smile and children that have cleft-lip and how it is for them and how just a smile can change someone’s life and make their future completely different, then we watched this really touching movie about the organization and if affected me a lot, which is why I joined that club.  This club I had no idea about, I think is the best thing I did last year, which is why I decided to join this year as well hoping we will make many children smile and get rid of their cleft lip ! 

Varsity Blue Tennis Team : August 2012- December 2012

Last year for my sophomore year, my sister and I joined the ISK tennis team tryouts and made the junior varsity, we were 12 players in total and practiced 3 times a week. Luckily I made it to the Ethiopia Tennis Tournament IITT in November last year and ISK girls came first. Because I have been playing tennis for over 5 years now in and out of school and because it is my favorite sport, I decided to join the team tryouts this year.

This year, there was tryouts for about a week and a half every day. There were 30 players trying out and only 20 would make either one of the 2 varsity teams. In the middle of the tryouts they separated us into 2 groups and fortunately I was in the better group. And now, I am so happy that I made it  in the Blue varsity team which is the A team at IS. We practice 4 times a week either morning of after school: Mondays and Thursdays from 3:30 until 4:40, and Tuesday and Fridays from 6:50 until 8:00, which is really hard work because I am an IB student.

 There are 10 players in my team, half girls and half boys. We haven't played any games yet, but I am really looking forward to it. I hope to be a better and more fit player by the end of the season, which is unfortunately in December, and really have fun and enjoy every practice and game! And also one of my goals would be to be able to go to Ethiopia again this year for the tournament and play single or double matches against the other East African school teams.