Post on 06-Jan-2016
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THE MADEIRA SCHOOL
An example of a school becoming global
Critical ThinkingCollaborationAdaptability InitiativeEffective CommunicationAccessing and Analyzing InformationCuriosity and ImaginationEmpathyCreativity
Exposure: Exposing students to assemblies, exhibits, and field trips.
Assimilation: Creating projects, assemblies and exhibits, learning culture and language in and out of the classroom, visiting different places and mingling with diverse populations.
Integration: Making the other culture part of your own, being able to live , work and think like another culture does. Empathize and be able to walk in someone else’s shoes.
SpanishFrenchMandarinLatin/Italian
Activities and Projects
Spanish II: Altar to Lucy
Madeira (School Founder)
SKILLS DEVELOPED
Critical Thinking- Can we adapt these altars in a new culture- How can we execute the project? Making sure all symbols are represented
Collaboration- class worked together to research and execute altar
Adaptability- adapting the altar to a figure they are familiar with
Initiative- finding the materials
Communication- presentation to the school visually and orally during an assembly
CONT.
Accessing and Analyzing-Internet searches/ Archival search
Curiosity and Imagination-
Looking for the right info and materializing it/ cutting/ painting and pasting.Empathy- getting to know an individual who has passed and seeing how family members might feel while creating these altars
Activities and Programs
Dress Up and Speak
Another Language
2008: Olympic Mascots2009: Pamplona-Running
of the Bulls
George Marshall High SchoolForeign Language TournamentSpring 2009
Governor School
National Competitions
Regional Competitions
Folger Lectures "Perspectives on China: The Perpetual Discovery (http://www.folger.edu/wosummary.cfm?woid=566)"Tue, Nov 10, 7:30pm; Tickets $12
Folger Lectures "Perspectives on China: The Perpetual Discovery (http://www.folger.edu/wosummary.cfm?woid=566)"Tue, Nov 10, 7:30pm; Tickets $12
Activities and Programs
Model OASChinese Calligraphy Demonstration
Club Activities: Peruvian Meal
LOCAL SCHOOLS WORKING TOGETHER
Foxcroft, Middleburg, VA
Madeira , Mclean. VA Holton-Arms,
Bethesda,MDE-mail and Exhange
Program
Agnes Irwin, PAE-mail Exchange Program
FOREIGN SCHOOL PARTNERSHIPS
Foxcroft Madeira Holton-Arms Centre Danielou,
Paris, France Colegio Jesus Maria
de Juan Bravo, Madrid, Spain
An Outline of Our Visit• Attend classes• Participate in cooperative projects • Excursions to
the Eiffel Tower Notre Dame Le Sacré-Cœur the Louvre VersaillesChantilly
During our visit to France, Madeira/Holton/Foxcroft students will reside with
Daniélou families.
An Outline of Their Visit• Attend classes• Participate in cooperative projects • Excursions to
Mount VernonWashington, DCBaltimore
On the weekend, Madeira and Holton will host joint activities for students and host families from all three communities.
During their stay in the Washington area, Daniélou
students will reside with Madeira, Foxcroft and Holton
families.
Purpose:• Ensuring a global
perspective • Introducing weekly global
issues• Celebrating diversity,
including international• Looking at topics of daily
life in a global context
SOME CURRENT TOPICS
•Role of women in the Arab Spring•Christine Lagarde and Dilma Rousseff in global finance•Plagiarism in a global context and how other cultures view and deal with it•The meaning of democracy from a global perspective•Snow days and revolution days
Co-Curriculum Goes Global Redesign our flagship program▪ Four year sequence in global leadership
Extend internships to include summer work▪ National and international▪ Global focus
New coursesNew designNew themes