Leadership Opportunities

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Student Clubs

Ermitage students of all ages have fun participating in a plethora of clubs which enable them to be creative and practice leadership, teamwork, endurance, and other pertinent extracurricular skills.  Student clubs encourage students to use their imagination, express themselves, serve the community, and support their peers.  Students also have the opportunity to create new clubs that meet their interests.

*Participation in clubs may be dependent on age group and degree program.

Global Issues

There are also various groups and projects which focus on core global issues and encourage students to think bigger about their world.  Through many of these groups, students take the initiative to practice democracy, create change, and challenge themselves personally.

• Ermitage Student Government  This newly formed government is composed of Round Square delegates, student delegates from each class of the Upper School, from the IBDP and from the IGCSE students.  This group is entirely student run, and has proudly created the following mission: "The Student Government aims to spread a spirit of unity and community in the school, as well as bring awareness to the students about the values of the school. The Student Government hopes to become an intermediary between students and teachers."

• Model United Nations  Have an interest in discussing and debating world issues?  In MUN, students are encourage to take on the role of a UN delegate and must participate creatively and actively.  Through the MUN experience, students increase their awareness of their own strengths and areas for growth, representing different nations and cultures, and tackling many ethical questions.

• Duke of Edinburgh International Awards  If you like adventure, the DoE is for you!  Through this challenging activity, students showcase their ability to serve others, their capacity for physical recreation, and adventure learning.  Students participate in many exciting outings leading up to a final expedition.  Students prepare by hiking, camping, and gaining expertise in using a compass and a map.  As motivation, students push themselves to new limits in hopes to be awarded the elite Duke of Edinburgh International Award.  For more information visit The International Award website.

  

• Round Square International Conferences The Round Square international conference is held every year at a different school and brings together hundreds of students and staff from all RS schools. For a full week, students have the opportunity to bond with their peers and learn about many different cultures and global issues. The next RS International Conference will be held at the Regent School in Thailand.

•  Round Square Regional Conferences  Several Round Square Regional conferences are organized each year and are attended by most of the region's schools. The RS European region  is comprised of 17 schools and therefore allows students of various ages to travel for long weekends and discuss international issues with their European peers. The last regional conference was held at the Westfield School in Newcastle, Uk.

• Human Rights Group  Initiated by students, the Human Rights Club was created in order for them to better understand Human Rights issues throughout the world and in the hopes of promoting and supporting Human Rights in their community and abroad. Several fundraisers for the Haiti earthquake relief as well as the school's ICU2 project are successfully underway.

• E r m i t a g E c o  The focus of ErmitageEco is to build awareness among the school community and continuously improve Ermitage's environmental impact. This is a CAS group which is encouraged to think critically about sustainability and how it can be applied in the classroom, on campus and in the community.  Students focus on four key areas, including Awareness, Events, Recycling and Carbon Footprint to work aggressively to help green Ermitage!