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  GLOBAL STUDIES TEACHER Andrew McLean and World Literature teacher Irene Krugman coordinated a visit to the Wannsee Haus where the conference for the Final Solution took place. At the Wannsee conference, Hitler's top officers developed the document that led to the death of millions of Jews.

APPLYING TO COLLEGE is a difficult process, and it’s often impossible to understand what goes on inside the minds of admissions officers. Story to College—an organization whose mission is to aid students’ writing of college essays through the creative process of storytelling—visited us last weekend to help our students find unique stories that will guide them through the college process and beyond. TGS students already wrote personal memoirs in Thailand,...

This poem is about what I saw during the scavenger hunt in Berlin. There were padlocks with engraved names everywhere. Apparently, lovers put them there and throw the key in the river to represent their unbreakable and everlasting love.   An engraving, permanent and everlasting, will weather the storms, and prevail through the howling winds. A padlock, though is seemingly interminable.   Two beings step out of a fairytale, one...

  THE 25TH OF APRIL has been described by some as the birth of two nations: Australia and New Zealand. When the ANZACs were sent onto the beach at Gallipoli, no one foresaw the nationalism that would arise in the Antipodes. Those that had emigrated from Great Britain—whether forced or otherwise—saw that perhaps Britain wasn't so great after all. This established national identities of loyalty, self determination, egalitarianism and hard...

While enrolled at THINK Global School, students are encouraged to be introspective during the course of their studies and travels. When the students document these thoughts, we are often delighted with the results. Below you can find the reflections of our grade 10 student from Thailand, Yada, who provides a stirring poem detailing the consequences that result from war.   Silence Silence snakes its way through our words The courageous,...

Saskia Neuman, freelance curator and art critic, recently visited TGS to work with students on collage and media in Creative Arts class. What a great experience... Having never met the students before the day of the class, I was actually quite nervous. Cecile had told me a lot about them, how everyone is incredibly inquisitive, open minded, and determined. I started with a brief historical background about collage, then moved on...

It was a long process with much anticipation on our end, but THINK Global School is proud to announce that it has been approved as an IB World school, and will begin offering IB level classes during the 2012-2013 school year. Receiving this authorization is a huge validation of our educational efforts, as all currently enrolled students will have the chance to graduate with an IB diploma in their hand,...

  Global Studies teacher Andrew McLean sent the students on a scavenger hunt around Berlin, Germany this weekend. Though they were asked to visit points of interest like famous synagogues and the Pergamon museum, students were encouraged to discover new locations and have personal experiences with their new host city. Equipped with their iPhones, they documented each unique adventures to share with their peers and reflect afterward. The following are...

BERLIN MARKS the third city and third continent for the school year! It’s incredible to think that some students left their home countries for the first time in September and have since lived in three very different locations. A little over two months from now, the students will be finishing up the school year. Our goal is for them to return home more knowledgeable, more independent, and more aware. Core...

BERLIN, POSSIBLY THE GREEN CAPITAL OF EUROPE, is rife with stellar examples of sustainable design and 'green' architecture. TGS students enjoyed a brief tour of just some of these sites given by NICHE Berlin, a group that boasts to "show you Berlin's art and architecture off the beaten track". NICHE Berlin writes in their portfolio: Berlin’s architectural landscape is unique. Its distinctive character was shaped especially in the last decades...