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Mount Carmel Students Perform Macbeth at the Unicorn Theatre

Sixteen students from Mount Carmel Technology College Islington were star performers at the Unicorn Theatre in a performance of   “Macbeth”. The performance was part of the Shakespeare Schools Festival earlier this month which also featured three other London schools.

The festival organisers praised the quality of the students’ performance whose excellence was summed up by a member of the audience who commented “I have never been so scared of the witches in the opening scene of this play before!”

Mount Carmel students’ artwork displayed in the Thames Festival

Students at Mount Carmel Technology College Islington had their artwork displayed on the south bank of the River Thames as part of the Mayor’s Thames Festival.

With support from the British Council and Thames Festival Trust, students from 32 London secondary schools were linked with schools in cities in France, Hungary, India, Thailand, Turkey and the USA.  They spent the last year studying the history, culture and environment of their local river – in London, the Thames – or a river in their partner country and with the help of professional artists, have produced huge art works inspired by what they have learnt. 

As well as being displayed along the River Thames, the works of art have been reproduced for an exhibition in the gallery@oxo and for other riverside venues in the participating countries.

Mrs. Heath, Head of Art at Mount Carmel Technology College with the artists from the college and their artwork at the gallery@oxo.

Sahar Meets Michelle Obama

In October 2009 I entered the Black History Month essay writing competition where the prize was a trip to Washington DC; the trip revolved around black history which was the theme of the competition.

During February 2010, I spent the week in Washington with nine other secondary school students who had won the competition in their schools. Luckily, everything went according to plan despite the massive snow storm which had hit DC only two days before. On the first day of the trip we visited a Baptist Church where we met a group of American young people. We spent two days at two different high schools and met some really lovely people.  We shadowed a student in both schools and saw how different American schools are compared to British ones. We also visited historic monuments, universities and museums in the capital including the White House.

The highlight of the trip was meeting Michelle Obama. We spent an hour with the First Lady and asked her several questions about her life and how she grew up. She reiterated several times that to succeed you need to put the work in; she was extremely down to earth and stunning in person. The trip inspired me to work hard and was a once in a lifetime opportunity that I’ll never forget!

Mrs. Heath, Head of Art at Mount Carmel Technology College with the artists from the college and their artwork at the gallery@oxo.