Our Wildwood, Summer 2018, Volume 43

Wildwood Goes to Harvard

WHAT STUDENTS SAY Each of these programs is a

prototype for future work. How do we know it’s having an impact on our kids? Hear it from the kids themselves: “Being a student of global citizenship means that you are not confined or limited by the boundaries of school,” says Lexey G. ’21. “You can have an impact on and learn from the larger global community. It also broadens your perspective.” Alex S. ’21 agrees. “Global citizens work to connect their initial ideas and thoughts to a broader context,” Alex says. “Through this lens, I am learning that not everything that we think we already know is true. The world is complex, and there is a lot to understand and learn about.” In the 2018-2019 school year, every Wildwood teacher will revise or enhance a unit of study to integrate specific global citizenship content and skills in keeping with the UNESCO Sustainable Development Goals. At Wildwood, we are creating a common language to dialogue, disagree, collaborate, create, and, most significantly, succeed together. We are building the world we want to live in. W

A team of eight Wildwood faculty and administrators from both the elementary and middle and upper campuses attended the Harvard Graduate School of Education’s Think Tank on Global Education: Empowering Global Citizens, thanks to a generous, targeted gift from a Wildwood family. They will incorporate what they learned into lessons and strategies for our K-12 Global Citizenship program.

In the 2018-2019 school year, every Wildwood teacher will revise or enhance a unit of study to integrate specific

global citizenship content and skills.

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