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Art builds character at THINK Global School
I was incredibly lucky to spend the last two years on an artistic journey with four incredible students, Galek Yangzom, Ayesha Kazim, Lisa Grages, and Gillian Aftanas. Art is an intimate subject where...
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Bold moves: how TEDxTeen taught us it’s ok to fail
“You can’t arrest an idea,” tweets Jake Davis, the day before his arrest. Five years prior to sharing his story on the TEDxTeen London stage, Jake was locked up for posing a threat to national...
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Changemakers in a divided world
It is clear that we live in a divided world, one riddled with bigotry, inequality, and ignorance. We live in a world where car bomb blasts force a routine ring upon Afghan ears, where American...
View ArticleHOS Jamie Steckart reflects on the 2016-17 school year
From the Andes Mountains to the Pacific Northwest, TGS ended its year on a high note, graduating the Class of 2017 on a perfect night with the Canadian Rocky Mountains serving as a gorgeous backdrop....
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Staff Spotlight: In-Country Coordinator Elyce Tunbridge
At THINK Global School, there is no such thing as typical. From our curriculum to our students and the roles of our staff members, we are always pushing past what might be considered normal in an...
View ArticleStaff 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...
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HOS 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...
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From 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...
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TGS / 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...
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PBL 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...
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A War of Kindness
In her celebrated TED Talk, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie warns of The Danger of a Single Story. “To show a people as one thing, over and over again, that is a single story,” Adichie states. The truth is, I...
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Students showcase their talents at the 2016 IB Art Exhibition
This year we have four students completing the DP Visual Arts course: Rony Tene, John (Jake) Ols, Tiana Seger, and Cameron Shelter. The artistic journey they have taken over the past two years...
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Head of School Jamie Steckart reflects on our time in Bosnia
Jamie at the old Ključ fort, Bosnia and Herzegovina Educators rarely talk about the concept of cognitive dissonance, which occurs when a student is confronted with new ideas that run counter to their...
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Seven interesting facts about Bosnia and Herzegovina
With THINK Global School’s term in Bosnia and Herzegovina recently concluded, we thought we’d share a few interesting facts about the heart-shaped country with you. Whether you are working on a school...
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Seven interesting facts about Florence, Italy
This week, THINK Global School kicked off its term in Florence, Italy. To celebrate, we’ve put together a list of seven interesting facts about our new host city. So whether you’re working on a school...
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Grade 10 provide meals -and dignity- to Rome’s homeless
Recently, during our Rome weXplore, our grade 10 students had the opportunity to participate in a particularly fulfilling place-based learning lesson by teaming up with the non-profit organization...
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Anti-establishment politics and the rise of Italy’s Five Star Movement
MP Alfonso Bonafede discuss Italy’s anti-establishment politics This week, Nick Martino and his Grade 11 social and cultural anthropology students welcomed Alfonso Bonafede, a member of Italy’s...
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weXplore: Italy for the food-obsessed
This week, ten of our students (accompanied by supervisors and fellow culinary enthusiasts Jarret Voytilla and Lindsay Clark) departed Florence for Emilia-Romagna, the region north of Tuscany that is...
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weXplore: the gastronomic payoff
After honing their culinary skills during the Emilia-Romagna weXplore, our ten young chefs returned to Florence ready to mince, peel, and puree a spectacular six-course meal for their classmates and...
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