We met at 14:00 in front of the commemorative plaque in the corridor under the Chapel.
The première euro recited the poem "Dulce et Decorum Est" by Wilfred Owen, then seconde allemand pupils read out a number of extracts from books about war in German, then a terminale italien pupil read a poem by Giuseppe Ungaretti entitled "Veglia".
We then observed a minute's silence; we read to ourselves the names of those who died during the war. Finally, led by the seconde euro pupils, we all sang "Imagine" by Yoko Ono and John Lennon.
It was a moving ceremony to remember the young people of the ISP who died tragically during WW1.
By reciting anti-war poems and reading texts about war in several languages, we made the point that the soldiers from every country were victims of this terrible conflict...
Singing "Imagine" was our way of showing we reject war and that we want to contribute to building a more peaceful world.
Thank you to the seconde Arts plastiques pupils, the teachers and Headmaster for attending the ceremony.
To read the article in La Montagne (11/11/18), click HERE!
To read the poems and texts of our commemoration ceremony, see below!
