Year 9 pupil selected as Anne Frank Trust ambassador

Year 9 Jessica overcame a tough process to become an Anne Frank Trust Ambassador as she promotes a society safe from prejudice and discrimination. 

Anne Frank was one of 1.5 million Jewish children murdered by the Nazis during the Holocaust. She was just 15 and wrote a diary during her time in hiding and her life is used by the Trust to empower young people with the knowledge, skills and confidence to challenge all forms of discrimination and prejudice. 

Jessica said: “History is my favourite subject and I love World War I and II. I took part in the Anne Frank exhibition when it came to Priory in March and I wanted to find out more and become an ambassador.

“You had to write a creative piece, I wrote a poem, and say why you wanted to be an ambassador. 

“I want to make the world a better place and it’s important to understand different religions and different ways of living and live peacefully together. 

“I have an Anne Frank Trust mentor and I hope to go into primary schools to talk about Anne Frank and her life and what it meant then and what it means today. It’s a huge achievement for me to become an ambassador.” 

Lead Teacher of History teacher Mr Eccles said: “Jessica has been a fantastic pupil in the three years I have taught her. She wanted to be put forward for the process and I was so delighted when I saw she had been accepted. 

“Jessica is dedicated and she will have to commit her own time to doing this so it shows how much it means to her. She is passionate about history and about this project and we would like to get more pupils involved in it in the next few years. 

“We need Jessica’s generation to get this important message across about diversity and stamping out prejudice. Teachers can speak about it but it is up to pupils like Jessica who can have more influence on her peers.” 

To find out more about what was involved in becoming an Anne Frank Ambassador through the Youth Empowerment programme, visit the Trust's website at>>  
www.annefrank.org.uk/youthempowerment