Staff Spotlight: Jarret Voytilla
What is your role at TGS? We all wear many hats here at TGS, where we are lucky enough to grow and explore our own professional dimensions. My personal hat collection includes jack-of-all-trades...
View ArticleHOS Reflection: THINK Global School and HundrED
This past week I had the pleasure of attending the launch party at HundrED.org as a representative of THINK Global School (TGS). If you aren’t familiar with HundrED, their mission is to help schools...
View ArticleFrom Spinning Wheel to Fiber-Optic Cable: TGS Gives Goes to Bangalore
The economics and e-commerce module set out to understand the new age of Indian economics. Over the past five weeks students have learned and experienced the entire economic spectrum of India, from...
View ArticleTGS / Iraq Peacebuilding and Entrepreneurship Summit
To teach students to be Changemakers, they must be exposed to them, often. After overhearing a rare conversation in Arabic here in Hiroshima, I did what all good global citizens and travelers would:...
View ArticleA Message from Our Principal
As our term recently came to a close in Japan, I was reminded of the very first days of this academic year, way back when in Botswana. 40-something individuals from all over the world, meeting each...
View ArticlePBL Spotlight: Conscious Consumerism in Photos
Reason number 148,949 why it’s good to be Japanese: With an average life span of 83.7 years, people in Japan continue to outlive those in every other country, and Japan has now ranked #1 in life...
View ArticleCM1 Educator Spotlight: Shasta Gray
Hi Shasta, tell us a bit about yourself. Hi, my name is Shasta Gray, and this is my first year teaching at THINK Global School. I received my master’s in teaching from the University of Alaska and...
View ArticleCM1 Educator Spotlight: Amethyst King
Hi Amethyst, tell us a bit about yourself. I am a passionate educator with three years of experience, and I’ve just finished my first year with TGS. I specialize in the humanities, particularly...
View ArticleEducator Adam Kemp Aims To Raise Caregiver Awareness By Running The London...
In April of this year, I will be running the London Marathon in support of Charity Dementia UK. I selected this charity to honor and celebrate the life of my grandparents who both suffered from the...
View ArticleThe Sauna, the Vihta, and the School: Why Rituals Matter
In a world that seems to be moving at an ever-increasing pace, with technology and modernity shaping our daily lives, it becomes crucial to pause and reflect on the ties that bind us to our cultural...
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