As I write this, I'm waiting for our students to return from their weXplore, a five-day excursion that takes students beyond their host city for immersive cultural experiences. For the past two months, we as a school have called Maun, Botswana, our home. It's a small town on the edge of the Okavango Delta and, for many travelers, a doorway into Africa. But Maun is only one perspective, and it...
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Starting on day one of classes, the cross-curricular learning began. Global Studies teacher Andrew McLean challenged the grade 10 students to exhibit their understanding of Ecuador’s geography and ecosystems by creating clay models of the country. The end result were stunning.