Category: Students

During the dates of May 16-18, twelve of our students (Maya, Yada, Paul, Megan, Hannah, Charis, A'ntonia, Fatima, Tiana, Joseph, YuanYuan, and Anat) participated in the annual Global Classrooms Model United Nations conference. This conference, held in NYC, was unlike the previous ones that TGS has attended as it allowed our students the opportunity to visit the General Assembly Hall of the United Nations Headquarters for both the opening and...

While enrolled at THINK Global School, students are encouraged to be creative during the course of their studies and travels. When the students document these thoughts, we are often delighted with the results. In his personal reflection, "Growing up ten minutes from nowhere," 11th grade student Cameron L. writes fondly of his childhood home in the Australian countryside. It was on this rural farm that he was able to take...

While enrolled at THINK Global School, students are encouraged to be creative during the course of their studies and travels. When the students document these thoughts, we are often delighted with the results. In her essay, "I will not hate," 11th grade student Anat A. draws upon her volatile childhood growing up in the occupied Palestinian territories as she asks the question, "I am Palestine's, but am I mine?"  ...

"Service to others is the rent you pay for your room here on earth." -Muhammad Ali HUNGER IS AN IMMENSE ISSUE affecting people in both the United States and the rest of the world. Every 3 seconds, a child dies from hunger-related causes. This past Friday, as a way to act locally on this global issue, the students and staff at THINK Global School participated in the A Day of...

(Note: The following post originally appeared on Hannah's blog and journal Pomelo Seed. It has been split into two parts on our website, and the first portion can be found here). CATASTROPHIC TRAGEDIES AT SPORTING EVENTS have long been cluttering our history. One in particular stands out to me, in comparison with Monday’s marathon explosion: the cancellation of the 2008 Dakar Rally, a race on precarious terrain, due to threats...

(Note: The following post originally appeared on Hannah's blog and journal Pomelo Seed. It has been split into two parts on our website, and a link can be found to the second portion at the bottom of this page). IN HIS ADDRESS TO THE NATION, particularly to the grief-stricken city of Boston, President Obama said, “On days like these, there are no Republicans or Democrats. We are Americans united in...

The following entry was written by 11th grade student Jawed in response to the bombings that occurred in Boston on April 16th, 2013. Jawed hails from Kabul, Afghanistan. You can read his original post on THINK Spot. Whenever I board a plane leaving Kabul, the first thought in my mind is that at least until I come back to this place, I won’t be as close to violence anymore. Yesterday...

While enrolled at THINK Global School, students are encouraged to be creative during the course of their studies and travels. When the students document these thoughts, we are often delighted with the results. In "A night on the Big Mamie," 11th grade student Mark S. compares an earlier experience aboard the Russian cruiser Aurora with THINK Global School's recent excursion aboard the retired battleship USS Massachusetts. I WAS FOUR YEARS...

While enrolled at THINK Global School, students are encouraged to be creative during the course of their studies and travels. When the students document these thoughts, we are often delighted with the results. In "0000-0400: A New Year's Poem", 11th grader Pema T. emulates the tradition established by the United States Navy of writing a ship's first deck log of the New Year in a poetic fashion. 0000-0400: a New...

WHILST IN WASHINGTON, D.C., we had the opportunity to see “According to What?”, a large survey of Ai Weiwei’s work at the Hirshhorn Museum where Kruger’s “Belief + Doubt” was also installed. Seeing the work they had been studying first hand was a great experience for many of our art students and helped deepen their understanding of the artwork, as well as the creative process. As a culmination of the...