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2012-20132013ENVIROMENTAL CLUBPASCAL English School’s Environmental Club visited the facilities of Cans forKids, a registered charity formed in 1990 to organise the collection and recyclingof aluminium cans in Cyprus. The children, accompanied by their teachers,toured the facility and heard the people working there talking about thebenefits of recycling and the help they have provided to children in hospitalsduring the last 20 years. Specifically,Cans for Kids sells the recycled aluminiumand buys medical equipment for the children’s wards at Cypriothospitals. The children were very interested in hearing that morethan 25 millions cans have been collected so far and over €260,000worth of equipment has been donated to the Makarios Hospital inNicosia. The children’s interest in recycling was renewed, as theyrealised that their effort to help the environment could also helpchildren in need.F1 CLUBPASCAL English School Lefkosia has formed a team of six aspiring young people of ages 17 and 18, toparticipate in the international competition of “Formula One in schools: The Formula One technologychallenge”. The team has been named “Ultrasonic Hawks”.The students in the team are:Elena Hadjivasili 6DJohn Neofytou 6ATakis Kofteros 6BNikodemos Constantinou 6BNicolas Hadjipaschalis 5BKyprianos Demosthenous 5CThe above initiative is organized annually by Formula One in Schools Ltd, a non-profit company, to providean educational experience through the alluring appeal of Formula One. Each team prepares a businessplan, develops a budget and raises sponsorships. In addition, using computer aided design softwarethe team designs a Formula One car. After making a model car, teams race between them. Teams arejudged on their business plan, sponsorships acquired, car speed, car design and aerodynamics and verbalpresentation. Teams compete first nationally and then internationally, in Austin, Texas, for the Bernie EcclestoneF1 in Schools World Championship trophy.Our school’s team is well-organized, works perfectly together and has done a lot of research on this subject.Also, the team contacted specialists related to Formula One, car design and aerodynamics to enhancetheir knowledge and go to the competition with a powerful entry. Hence,our team won the nationals in Cyprus and hasprogressed to the world championship in Austin, Texas.35