Age: 16

What city are you from: Kyiv

City where you live: Kyiv

Started attending Svitlo School: September  2022

Responsibilities: ‍

• Mini-prefect for the lesson "Book Club": My responsibilities include keeping a register, monitoring activity in the classroom, managing the lessons' group chat  on Telegram, and communicating with the teacher in case of any issues, comments or changes.
• Mentor for Younger Mini-Prefects for the lesson “Geography”: I help mini-prefects understand their duties and teach them discipline and responsibility.
• Head of Mentors: I am responsible for recruiting senior and junior group students to become mentors and lesson leaders. I also monitor and create registers and registration forms, telegram groups for new lessons, and link them together. I facilitate communication between mentors and prefects and monitor the performance of their duties. In addition, I help to improve and develop the operation of the junior group and act as an additional mentor for classes.
• Newspaper Designer: I participate in the creation of Svitlo Newspaper in the role of a designer.
• Merchandise Manager: I keep track of new orders, communicate with the manufacturer and customers, and place orders.

Plans for the future: 

My biggest dream is to study abroad; more precisely, I would like to study in England or the USA. I am now actively looking for various opportunities for myself. I chose these two countries because I want to study in an English-speaking environment and am considering staying there. I also want to continue developing and travelling a lot.

One sentence to describe Anna: ‍

A kind person who values knowledge and independence, actively works for her bright future, and is always happy to help other people.

What Svitlo School means to Anna: 

I will never get tired of repeating it: my life has changed dramatically since joining Svitlo. The opportunities that this school has given me are just incredible. I am very grateful for what Svitlo provides us, because I think there is no other school like it anywhere else in the world. All I can say is that Svitlo is a big part of my life, and I can't imagine myself without this school.

Scholarship from Svitlo:

• Pearson Academy Online full time from December 2022, graduating in 2025, 
• 2 weeks in at St. Giles International UCL in summer 2023

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