Age: 18

What city are you from: Zaporizhzhya

City you live in: Eschweiler (Germany)

Started attending Svitlo: September 2022

Responsibilities: 

• Mini-prefect for the lesson "English Literature": My responsibilities include keeping a register and monitoring activity in the classroom.
• Head of Reading Buddies: I controll how Reading Buddy System works, help with organisation of the lessons, give teaching advices and maintain active work among Reading Buddies.
• Reading Buddy: Each week I arrange reading lessons for younger group students, where I read stories with them, correct spelling, discuss book's plot, translate and explain unknown words.
• GSL - Books in Bombshells project member: I am a part of Svitlo’s team in this project, where we work on providing Ukrainian bombshells with books to read for free.

Future plans:‍

I plan to successfully enter the university and find my purpose. I also dream of travelling a lot.

One sentence to describe Maryam:‍

Order and peace around me = order and peace in my head.

What Svitlo School means to Maryam:‍

For me, Svitlo is more than just a school, it's more than just education - it's a fantastic opportunity to improve myself, find new family and friends, discover a whole world full of magical wonders, and broaden my horizons as much as possible. Therefore, I can confidently say that my stay at Svitlo School has had an exceptionally positive and beneficial impact on my life.

Scholarship from Svitlo:

• 2 weeks in International House, London, UK in Summer 2024

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