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...
Read MoreON A RECENT SATURDAY AFTERNOON, Global Studies teacher Nick Martino took the student body to Plaza San Martín in Buenos Aires, Argentina. At the base of the monument for José de San Martín, Nick gave a quick lesson on this founding father’s guidelines for good citizenship.
This discussion was interwoven with a continued dialogue regarding the TGS Core Values and the IBO Learner Profile. Students deliberated on the similarities and differences between organizational values and noted how guidelines have the potential to keep a group united.