Even though it’s been only three years, my THINK Global School (TGS) graduation feels like a lifetime ago. I had never cried as much as I cried the day I left TGS, and I haven’t cried as much since. I knew that my life was about to change drastically. I knew that I was about to face more independence than I had ever known before, that I’d be spending less...
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At THINK Global School, there is no such thing as typical. From our curriculum to our students and the roles of our staff members, we are always pushing past what might be considered normal in an ongoing effort to shape the next generation of changemakers and global citizens. We come from everywhere around the world and, at times, wear so many hats that we often forget what is underneath it...
Read MoreWhen you Google the health benefits of being in the outdoors, the results are almost endless. Article after article from the Guardian, Huffpost, the BBC and even the Daily Mail will fill your screen, informing you that the great outdoors is the answer to happiness, weight loss and even reduces days spent in hospital. It is of no surprise then that my favourite TGS memories, the times I felt the...
Read MoreWe all know what’s old school, but very people have the vision for a new school. But the future of education is already here, thanks to innovators around the world working to improve curriculum, technological integration, design, and...
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Last week, the TGS Class of 2017 graduates joined over 160,000 students worldwide in receiving their IB examination results, and for a fourth straight year, THINK Global School students outperformed the world average and exceeded international benchmarks. 100% of THINK Global School students who sat the exams received their IB Diploma, far surpassing the international pass rate in 2016 of 79%. 92% of THINK Global School students met or exceeded...
Read MoreFrom the Andes Mountains to the Pacific Northwest, TGS ended its year on a high note, graduating the Class of 2017 on a perfect night with the Canadian Rocky Mountains serving as a gorgeous backdrop. Today, I would like to thank all of the people that made the culmination of our students’ experience possible: Foremost, to our founder Joann McPike and the THINK Global School Board, whose vision and generosity...
Read MoreIt is clear that we live in a divided world, one riddled with bigotry, inequality, and ignorance. We live in a world where car bomb blasts force a routine ring upon Afghan ears, where American congressmen applaud President Trump’s decision to walk away from the Paris Climate Agreement, where a third of South Sudan’s population are starving to death through a famine that shows no signs of letting up. But...
Read More“You can’t arrest an idea,” tweets Jake Davis, the day before his arrest. Five years prior to sharing his story on the TEDxTeen London stage, Jake was locked up for posing a threat to national security as a criminal hacker. Jake started hacking government websites as a teen, because, at the time, “it felt like a game.” Notorious for hacking under the globally recognized Anonymous mask, Jake found himself gaining...
Read MoreI was incredibly lucky to spend the last two years on an artistic journey with four incredible students, Galek Yangzom, Ayesha Kazim, Lisa Grages, and Gillian Aftanas. Art is an intimate subject where each student's temperament reveals itself over time, and I learned a lot about these four incredible young women during the course of our creative journey. Their “exam” was held at the end of this school year’s second...
Read MoreIn many of the Inuit languages, including Inukitut, the word iglu typically means house, but it can refer to many types of buildings, constructed from a range of materials. This includes the dome-shaped, snow block huts that most of us know as igloos, which are often created by a team of two as temporary homes while hunting on open sea ice during the Arctic winter. Building a temporary home for...
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