Jaworzno, Poland: Young People's Voice

Recently young people from II LO in Jaworzno, Poland used their skills and rights directly connected with democracy and openly protested against closing their school down by the local authorities.

The whole thing has been broadly described by social and other media:

https://dziennikzachodni.pl/uczniowie-lo-2-w-jaworznie-protestowali-przeciw-reorganizacji-ich-szkoly-czy-uda-sie-im-wygrac/ar/c1-14595423

https://www.eska.pl/slaskie/uczniowie-z-jaworzna-bronia-swojej-szkoly-zorganizowali-protest-zdjecia-wideo-aa-EESR-XCrQ-hXGW.html

https://jaworzno.naszemiasto.pl/protest-przeciwko-przeniesieniu-i-likwidacji-szkol-w/ar/c1-7437919

https://www.rmf24.pl/fakty/polska/news-protest-w-obronie-liceum-przenosiny-oznaczaja-likwidacje,nId,3345338

https://www.radiopiekary.pl/2019/11/21/protest-uczniow-w-jaworznie-najglosniej-przed-ii-lo-w-miescie/

Jugendcamp Otzenhausen

Having won in the European competition six students from the participating schools took part in the seminar from 1 to 6 July. The participants were 18 pupils from Croatia, the Czech Republic, Poland, Greece and Germany. After getting to know each other students looked into current issues in the EU and suggested ways of improving the EU. Next they learned to make calligraphy and designed their own glass panels. The picture shows one of them showing the topic of migration with the message that everyone is welcome.

The group also went hiking and climbed a hill from which they could see Luxemburg. Alina, a German student taking part in the camp, was really curious before going and looking forward to meeting fellow students from around Europe. Being a native speaker of Russian she also understood a few words of Croatian and Polish. She would love to take part in such a seminar again and thinks it is a great experience to meet with such lovely people. She also improved her English skills as this was the only common language everyone had.
 

66. Europäischer Wettbewerb: YOUrope – es geht um dich!

Polish students said "goodbye" to school and started their holidays but on the last day of the schoolyear they received their diplomas and gifts funded by German European Movement. Those were given to prove their success (main prize) in the project  together with the German and Greek students.

Thank you very much for appreciation!

Results of Mock European Elections in the 3rd Geniko Lykeio of Ano Liosia

On the 8^th of May we presented our eTwinning project to another class of our school. Two of our students, Zoe Mania and Dorothea Papadopoulou, talked about our eTwinning experience and informed our classmates of the parties’ programs for Europe and of our intention to hold elections at our school.

On May 15 students cast their votes. On the whole, students found it interesting as an experience.

On May 30, 2019, the ballot box was opened. These were the results of our elections:

37 students (aged 16-17 voted)

Blank votes: 11

Invalid votes: 3

Ecological-green party: 11 (supports the European Greens)

KINAL : 7 (supports PES, Party of European Socialists)

ANEL: 2 (supports the ECR-European Conservatives and Reformists)

SYRIZA: 2 (supports Party of the European Left)

New Democracy: 1 (supports ESP, European People’s Party)

The students tried to interpret the results:

We  gave a blank or invalid vote as a way of expressing dissatisfaction with the political parties of today. We feel that their representatives have disappointed them. We feel that these political parties do not have their interests in mind.

A lot of them voted for the Greens which can be explained in the following ways:

a.       The students who had undertaken to present the Green party had done an excellent job! Their poster was great!

b.       Most of the students who read their goals and intentions agreed with their views.

c.       A growing concern for the environment and our sustainability was expressed by this vote.

We also agreed that we feel it is  too early for us to take a vote and we still feel heavily influenced by our parents and peers.

The results of our mock European election differs significantly from the result of the European elections in our country.

Mock elections in II LO in Jaworzno, Poland

 On 15th May Polish students held the mock elections. They followed the same procedures as the Polish electoral commission would. They created groups that had different tasks. First, they created descriptions of the election programs of each committee. Some of them had the job of informing their fellow students from each class about the rules of the elections. They showed them how to fill out the election cards. Two students formed an electoral commission. They were checking if everybody takes only one election card and also kept records of every person who voted. The election went on with no surprises. After making sure that every class took place in the election, the votes were counted. The results showed which committees had the biggest support among thestudents of II LO in Jaworzno.

And how the students voted:

Mock European Elections at the 3rd Geniko Lykeio of Ano Liosia

The Greek school mock European elections were held on May 15. After the students considered carefully the candidates, they cast their votes. The results of the mock elections will be announced soon! 

Mock elections at Kaufmannsschule II

More than 400 pupils have been called to vote in their own mock European elections at school. We took part in a project called Juniorwahl which provided us with polling booths, a ballot box and ballot papers. Before voting pupils looked at our European board where we had put up some information about the six most important parties of the 40 parties on the ballot paper.

After that they went to cast their votes. Pupils working on this project acted as the election board explaining students how to vote.

Now we are waiting for the results of the elections which we are not allowed to publish before Sunday, 26 May, 6 pm when the German election closes. So stay tuned.