2019全球教育周
For the week of January 28 through February 1, 韦德娱乐app下载地址 hosted our annual 全球教育周!
We began by hanging up a world map in the Abbe Building for students and 教师 to post where they have lived and/or traveled. The photo shown here denotes Costa Rica, where Solebury hosted a 2017 春假旅行 and will return again this spring. The student's post captures the beauty of traveling and experiencing new cultures: "I went to Costa Rica two years ago, and I fell in love with everyone's laid back attitude. Growing up in New York, everyone's in such a rush. I don't think anyone enjoys anything because they're rushing."
Also, as a preview to 全球教育 Week, 9th grader Morgan Barnes hosted 韩国流行音乐之夜 in Holmquist Dorm on Saturday, January 26. Students chose the music videos to watch and snacked on special treats!
周一
Traditional Clothing + Flag Day
Students wore traditional outfits from their native countries, like these 韦德娱乐app下载地址 students from China...
Students taught friends and 教师 paper cutting: “Paper cutting is a traditional artwork in China. Chinese people cut red paper into different patterns, and glue them on windows as a lucky and happy symbol. Red paper is used because red is associated with festivities and happiness in Chinese culture.”
周二
During 艺术 Period, students watched the film, LIYANA. “LIYANA is a genre-defying documentary that tells the story of five children in the Kingdom of Eswatini who turn past trauma into an original fable about a girl named Liyana who embarks on a perilous quest to save her young twin brothers. The film weaves her animated journey together with poetic documentary scenes to create an inspiring tale of perseverance and hope.”
At lunch, students and 教师 participated in 中国书法. The students below taught us how to write our names in Chinese. They were wonderful teachers!
For TNP (周二 Night Programming) in the dorms, Julianna Tes ‘20 and Perry Udahemuka ‘19 hosted 全球教育. 电影晚上, screening short films including 欢迎来到加拿大, about "a young Syrian refugee who was granted asylum in Canada," and Pixar's Sanjay's Super Team, 一个年轻人的故事, first-generation Indian-American boy whose love for western pop culture comes into conflict with his father’s traditions."
周三
午餐时，我们 全球教育ucation Concentration 学生组织 世界语言表, where students could stop by and learn common words/phrases from other students, 教师, and 工作人员 who are fluent in langu年龄s from German to Arabic, 泰语到乌尔都语, 西班牙语到葡萄牙语, 从法语到韩语, 和双胞胎. Shown here: One of our students from the Czech Republic teaching phrases in Czech.
Also, at assembly, 韦德娱乐app下载地址 全球教育ucation Concentration students presented on their travel experiences throughout Colombia; Zurich, Switzerland; Vienna, Austria; Prague, Czech Republic; and Cambodia. They shared highlights of each location and what they learned during their travels. Julianna Tes '20 also blogged about her experiences in Cambodia, 你可以在这里读到.
周四
克里斯汀·沃克·帕恩米拉 is the Senior Vice President and Managing Director for the Policy Center for Environment and Peace at 保护国际, where she leads a 工作人员 of 40. She presented to our Honors Environmental 科学 students on the cause and effect of conservation issues, how philanthropy can support environmental issues, and how multiple disciplines can work together to solve problems.
She also covered three issues that CI is currently working on: supporting indigenous peoples, environmental peace building, 和WASH:水, 环境卫生和个人卫生. Students asked her questions on indigenous peoples, 性别问题, how a country's financial health can affect its conservation readiness, conservation efforts around endemic marine species, 和更多的.
Our exchange school in Switzerland, Haut-Lac Ecole Internationale Bilingue, video chatted with our 8th 社会研究 class about life and school in Europe. Two of their students had spent a month here 在韦德娱乐app下载地址 for our exchange — it was wonderful to catch up with them!
St. Paul's School of Barcelona, our Spanish exchange school, also shared photos from their recent field trip to Seville. Here's one of them learning about the tradition of flamenco dancing.
星期五
Molly Naughton P'19 '21, MBA, spoke to our Spanish 3 class about langu年龄 fluency and multilingual careers. Molly is fluent in five langu年龄s and is the Founder and CEO of aiaTranslations.
Keziah Groth-Tuft '13, who is currently a law student at The George Washington University Law School, spent the day 在Solebury speaking to several classes. She shared photos and stories about her undergraduate study abroad experiences in Denmark and Jordan and her graduate study abroad experience in England. She also talked to our World 历史 9 and World Religions classes about societal responses to migration and the role of 宗教 in both Jordan and Denmark.
For our Honors Environmental 科学, Keziah covered her involvement in five UN climate talks, including one in Poland last year. She compared the way different years of attending the climate talks have focused on different issues depending on the political climate, as well as the importance of giving all countries a voice at the table for climate talks. Keziah also shared her path to law school and how it began with 高级项目 在Solebury. "I hope that students' take-away was that so many doors were opened to Keziah because she asked questions and made connections," said teacher Cari Nelson. "Don't just sit back and wait for things to happen for you. Be an active participant in your schooling and life!"
查看去年的 全球教育周.