Post by Teacher Bot on Dec 7, 2012 12:46:17 GMT -5
Global Connections
The world has gotten a whole lot smaller. That’s why we’ve made it a priority to actively seek out ways to represent our school and our students to a global community—not just a local one.
We want Madison graduates to move on with more than just an awareness of global history, geography, and current events—we want them to enter the world knowing that they have the power to make the change that they want to see in it.
Listed below are some of the ways that we’ve been able to show our kids the world.
Curricular aspects of Global Education:
The curriculum and the opportunities afforded by technology allow Madison students to travel the world both physically and virtually. Developed by Jackson Holmes, Madison’s World Languages Director, The Madison Prep School’s Excellence Academy Program allows Madison students and students from partner schools in Europe, to share and communicate via web conference and email. And once a year on an alternating basis, students get the chance to attend each other’s schools, visit in each other’s homes and become fully immersed in each other’s language, cultures and life-styles.
Travel aspects of Global Education:
Travel to Europe: The biannual middle school trip to European nations is an experience that is an integral part of our Science, History and Language curriculums. We believe that travel helps students connect learning with life. The self-confidence and global awareness our students gain from this travel experience becomes the foundation for a lifetime of discovery.
Service aspects of Global Education:
Service Learning in the Middle School: Service Learning connects school-based curriculum with the inherent caring and concern young people have for their world, whether on their school campus, at a local food bank, or in a distant rainforest. The results are memorable, lifelong lessons for students to foster a stronger society for us all. Service Learning differs from other forms of community service or volunteer work because the education of students and young people is always at its core. Students are actively participating in the process of understanding, integrating, and applying knowledge from various subject areas as they work to improve the global community. We at Madison Preparatory School feel this is an important habit to cultivate. Madison encourages a spirit of service among its students through participation in Student Government, Civic Responsibility Projects, food drives, community service days and various other activities in conjunction with our diverse Service Learning themes. In a two year rotation, our students research and discover opportunities and issues centered around global and community issues School wide service projects: Through the Student Council, the Madison School Parents' Association and CRP, Madison has been able to reach out to the global community. Through donations to people in need such as the Haitian earthquake victims, troops in the Middle East, and school children in Afghanistan and Africa, Madison families are able to give not just material items but also give the time, care, effort and concern that make the donations true gifts from the heart.
The world has gotten a whole lot smaller. That’s why we’ve made it a priority to actively seek out ways to represent our school and our students to a global community—not just a local one.
We want Madison graduates to move on with more than just an awareness of global history, geography, and current events—we want them to enter the world knowing that they have the power to make the change that they want to see in it.
Listed below are some of the ways that we’ve been able to show our kids the world.
Curricular aspects of Global Education:
The curriculum and the opportunities afforded by technology allow Madison students to travel the world both physically and virtually. Developed by Jackson Holmes, Madison’s World Languages Director, The Madison Prep School’s Excellence Academy Program allows Madison students and students from partner schools in Europe, to share and communicate via web conference and email. And once a year on an alternating basis, students get the chance to attend each other’s schools, visit in each other’s homes and become fully immersed in each other’s language, cultures and life-styles.
Travel aspects of Global Education:
Travel to Europe: The biannual middle school trip to European nations is an experience that is an integral part of our Science, History and Language curriculums. We believe that travel helps students connect learning with life. The self-confidence and global awareness our students gain from this travel experience becomes the foundation for a lifetime of discovery.
Service aspects of Global Education:
Service Learning in the Middle School: Service Learning connects school-based curriculum with the inherent caring and concern young people have for their world, whether on their school campus, at a local food bank, or in a distant rainforest. The results are memorable, lifelong lessons for students to foster a stronger society for us all. Service Learning differs from other forms of community service or volunteer work because the education of students and young people is always at its core. Students are actively participating in the process of understanding, integrating, and applying knowledge from various subject areas as they work to improve the global community. We at Madison Preparatory School feel this is an important habit to cultivate. Madison encourages a spirit of service among its students through participation in Student Government, Civic Responsibility Projects, food drives, community service days and various other activities in conjunction with our diverse Service Learning themes. In a two year rotation, our students research and discover opportunities and issues centered around global and community issues School wide service projects: Through the Student Council, the Madison School Parents' Association and CRP, Madison has been able to reach out to the global community. Through donations to people in need such as the Haitian earthquake victims, troops in the Middle East, and school children in Afghanistan and Africa, Madison families are able to give not just material items but also give the time, care, effort and concern that make the donations true gifts from the heart.