Category: Faculty

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,...

  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...

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...

This month, THINK Global School and its traveling community of 36 have relocated 5,000 miles from Chiang Mai, Thailand to the third term location of Berlin, Germany. We landed into the open arms of Berlin Brandenburg International School, and students have already begun learning about European history and reflecting on literature about Berlin. As part of a new term, teachers are learning new technologies and practices to incorporate in their...

Director of Curriculum Sally Booth was invited to attend an inspiring conference at the United Nations with government officials, scholars, and activists this past week. The conference was a high-level meeting on the topic of well-being and happiness and was hosted by Bhutan's Prime Minister Jigmi Y. Thinley.   This meeting was a way to reach out to the international community to share alternative concepts of growth and development. The...

AT THE END OF TERM 2 in Chiang Mai, Thailand, students embarked on a barge trip that took them down the Chao Praya river. On this week-long journey, the 25 students were extended a challenge to compete against each other in a film competition. Asked to use their iPhones (or other cameras) and weXplore experiences, they created short films that covered a journey, whether in the style of the Odyssey,...