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THINK Global School Opens September 2010 Becoming The World's First Global Mobile High School
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 8 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ --
12 Countries in 12 Trimesters
Students Learn about the World by Experiencing It Firsthand
THINK Global School (TGS) announced today that it will become the world's first global mobile high school
when it opens to welcome its first ninth grade class in September 2010. Based in a different international city
each of its twelve trimesters, TGS' revolutionary educational model integrates the best classroom practices
with immersive, experiential learning on a global scale, preparing a select number of international students not
just for university, but for leadership in an increasingly complex, inter-connected and multicultural world.
THINK Global School is a private, non-profit high school which adheres to the International Baccalaureate
(IB) Programme and US curriculum and accreditation, and will be taught in English. Fifteen students from
across the globe will be admitted into the first TGS class, with fifteen or more international students being
admitted each subsequent year as the proceeding class advances to the next grade.
The 2010-2011 school year will be based in Stockholm, Sydney and Beijing/Hong Kong, with all of the
students living and studying in Kuala Lumpur, Berlin and Santiago the following year. While THINK Global
School will employ its own dedicated teaching staff who will live and travel with the school, host schools in
each city will provide TGS with the use of their school library, science labs for biology, physics and chemistry
experimental work, and classroom space for certain academic courses and guest speakers. They will also
welcome TGS students to participate in exercise, sport, arts and music activities with their own students.
THINK Global School is proud to announce that their host schools for the first year will be Young Business
Creatives in Stockholm and MLC School in Sydney, with a school in Beijing/Hong Kong to be selected shortly.
"The vision for THINK Global School is to take the wonders of the world and make them our classroom,"
said executive chair and founder, Joann McPike, who is also a photographer, world traveler and mother. "We
will offer children an alternative to a customary deskbound education and the chance to experience the varied
cultures, beliefs, languages and histories of twelve remarkable countries in all their splendor and complexities.
Our world-class instructors and local guides and experts will pique students' curiosity and nurture their
ingenuity. THINK Global School will help our students develop the wisdom, tolerance, understanding and
respect needed to create, question and eventually lead as outstanding, globally committed citizens."
Aron Solomon, a top independent school administrator and teacher in the U.S. and Canada for more than
twenty years, is THINK Global School's CEO and Head of School. "The world is rapidly evolving, making
international dialogue and understanding more crucial than ever before," Solomon said. "THINK Global
School will prepare students for twenty-first century living and leading by taking global perspectives as the
foundation of its curriculum and recognizing that we all, particularly children, learn best through doing."
Integral to the TGS learning experience is the cycle of theory, action and reflection which is woven into all
curricular areas of study. Each country TGS travels to becomes a classroom, and 'experiential learning' takes
on a whole new meaning: students will tackle the physics of a sinking ship at the Viking Vasa Museum in
Stockholm, practice their Mandarin skills at MaLianDao Tea City in Beijing, and discuss contemporary
literature with Australian author Danielle Wood in Sydney. Learning at TGS means students working in teams
to shoot and upload photos of local art, blogging about their experience, and then sitting with their peers and
teachers to lead a Socratic discussion on how 'culture' defines what art is or is not. All in a day's learning at
TGS, where, in fact, no two days are ever alike.
The students of TGS will come from all over the globe and all walks of life, but will share a sincere desire to
experience and contribute to the larger world around them. Working with their host schools and local
charitable agencies, they will participate in a unique philanthropic project each trimester, performing
meaningful service work and giving back to the city in which they are living.
TGS students and teachers will also use cutting-edge technology to capture and share their journeys with
students at other schools - from their host countries to their hometowns and around the world. Students and
teachers will blog on the TGS website, lesson plans will be posted online and videos of field trips will stream
live on the Web. "An experience that in our first year will be limited to fifteen students will inspire innumerable
children to get up from their desks and learn about the world outside of their classrooms," said Solomon.
THINK Global School is committed to creating the most progressive, expansive and agile learning
environment possible. All students and staff will receive an Apple iPhone and MacBook along with other
technologies that will provide them a complete digital platform on which to learn, synthesize, collaborate and
share - key tenets of the TGS experience. "How we teach at THINK Global School is just as important as what
we teach," said McPike. "We are creating a mobile community of exceptional educators and students who
will connect with, engage and impact the world around us."
Applications for the ninth grade class of 2010-2011 are currently being accepted.
About THINK Global School:
THINK Global School (TGS) is a private, non-profit high school opening in fall 2010 which believes that the
future of education requires agility, mobility, and allowing students to cultivate an expansive world view. TGS
will be based in a different international city each trimester and over the course of four years each student will
have studied and lived in twelve countries. TGS adheres to the International Baccalaureate (IB) Programme
and US curriculum and accreditation and offers a challenging, university-preparatory curriculum taught in
English by an incomparable teaching staff to its international student body. For more information visit:
SOURCE: THINK Global School
CONTACT: Rachel Nagler,
Rubenstein Communications, New York, NY,
+1-212-843-8017,
rnagler@rubenstein.com
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