Project Z.E.B.R.A.S. is a club at Smithtown East HS which focuses on global awareness in the Zulu region of South Africa. Project Z.E.B.R.A.S. stands for Zulu Education through Books, Resources, And Science. The club has held assemblies and carried on several fundraisers to provide support to two schools in impoverished rural areas. One of these is an elementary school, the Bhempliko Primary School, which teaches 350 students from grades 1-8. The other school is Ndabeziphezulu High School which has approximately 320 students from grades 9-12.
In summers 2006 and 2008, Ms. Elaine Maas, a Science teacher at Smithtown East, visited these schools and donated supplies and funds provided by Project Z.E.B.R.A.S. Among these supplies were 10 refurbished non-electric microscopes donated from discarded district supplies. These microscopes will be used in science classes at the high school. Previous to this donation, the science classes had none. The primary students received various supplies including laminated maps of Africa hand-drawn by students from Branch Brook Elementary School.
Photos seen here are from the Kwa Zulu Natal region of South Africa. This area, the most impoverished rural area of South Africa, has been devastated by conditions of adult HIV and malaria.
In summers 2006 and 2008, Ms. Elaine Maas, a Science teacher at Smithtown East, visited these schools and donated supplies and funds provided by Project Z.E.B.R.A.S. Among these supplies were 10 refurbished non-electric microscopes donated from discarded district supplies. These microscopes will be used in science classes at the high school. Previous to this donation, the science classes had none. The primary students received various supplies including laminated maps of Africa hand-drawn by students from Branch Brook Elementary School.
Photos seen here are from the Kwa Zulu Natal region of South Africa. This area, the most impoverished rural area of South Africa, has been devastated by conditions of adult HIV and malaria.
-By Smithtown Central School District
The Matador will have more on the numberous clubs here at East coming up in our next print issue...
