Congratulations to Isabella Stokes in Year 10 who has been successful in her application to become an Anne Frank Ambassador. Each year the Anne Frank Trust offers a limited number of places to ambassadors as part of their Youth Empowerment Programme.
Chosen by the Youth Empowerment Panel, ambassadors enter a programme which empowers students to become a voice against prejudice and are tasked with engaging in a project of their own designing, which could be a school or community wide project aimed at tackling any form of prejudice. To support their work, ambassadors work closely with an Anne Frank Trust mentor and Highfields are thrilled that Isabella will be supported by Nicky Salt. Highfields were privileged to welcome Nick into the school in July to deliver the ‘Anne Frank History for Today’ programme to twenty Year 9 students who were trained to become peer educators, leading students from Years 7-9 through an Anne Frank exhibition erected in school for a duration of two weeks.
The ambassador programme is open to any student who has previously engaged with the Anne Frank Trust to become a peer educator. Isabella was selected for the peer education programme in July by Head of History, Miss Tappenden, after demonstrating outstanding commitment to other important Holocaust projects in school.
Miss Tappenden said “Isabella has been a committed member of History Book Club since Year 8. In November 2022 we launched an immersive enrichment project called ‘The Holocaust, their family me and us’ established by Nicola Wetherall MBE with book club students, and it was clear that Isabella took a deep interest in the project and the important messages that arose from it. She has been an inspiration to her peers, and we were thrilled when she was offered the opportunity to speak with Robert Rinder MBE about his family experiences of the Holocaust. She thoroughly deserved the opportunity to work with the Anne Frank Trust in July and I was extremely proud when she emailed me over summer to say that she had been successful in her application to join their ambassador programme. She will be an excellent ambassador for them and for our school”.
Ambassadors have the chance to work with the Anne Frank Trust until the age of 16, at which point it is hoped they will be inspired to continue their good work throughout whichever path they choose next. With ambitions to one day become a history teacher herself, Highfields are sure that Isabella will continue to spread positivity and tackle prejudice long after the programme is complete. Isabella attended their Open Morning on Saturday 23rd September, where she engaged prospective students and parents in discussion about her work so far on the programme and how this supports our status as UCL Beacon School for Holocaust Education.
