Miriam Itzkowitz – Year 11

Hi everyone! This week we started the fourth month of the year, April. April signifies many different things for many different people. For some people, it’s their birthday month, for others, it is the month of practical jokes. But on a much greater level, April is Autism Awareness Month. This week is Autism Awareness Week and Tuesday, the 2 April 2019, was Autism Awareness Day.

I addressed the High School Assembly with a speech about Autism Awareness Day, commenced by a snippet of a TED Talk by a Swedish activist called Greta Thünberg. The dialogue from this snippet of her speech was as follows:

So when I was 11, I became ill. I fell into depression, I stopped talking, and I stopped eating. In 2 months, I lost about 2 kilos of weight.

Later on, I was diagnosed with Asperger Syndrome, OCD and selective mutism. That basically means I only speak when I think it’s necessary – now is one of those moments. There was laughter and huge applause from the TED audience.

That snippet led into my speech which you will find on page titled: Climate Change and Autism

The full TED Talk can be viewed from this link: www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAmmUIEsN9A&t=1s

Szenes students wearing the new kippot during the High School Assembly

Announcements

Well done to Szenesians, Hannah Lax and Miriam Itzkowitz, who performed Russian Rag with the Clarinet Ensemble at Assembly on Tuesday

Happy Birthday to the Szenesians who celebrated their birthdays this week!    

• Milly Ginzberg (Year 7)
• Jonathan Naiger (Year 11)
• Alexa Narunsky (Year 12)
• Kaia Ziman (Year 11)

New Kol Senes logo

Finally, a little challenge for all those artistic Szenesians out there: could you please design a new Kol Szenes logo? We will all vote and all the designs will be featured in Kol Szenes and the winner’s design will be the new header to Kol Szenes every week. To submit your designs, please e-mail them to me: itzkowitz.miriam@emanuelschool.nsw.edu.au

Quote of the Week

Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something.

Plato

Shabbat Shalom and have a fantastic weekend!