Global Education Overseas trips to expand young minds
“I wanted an experience that would change my perspective and help me learn outside of a traditional format,” says Anjelina ’22. “Before we got to the conference I was expecting something like a school with lectures. Luckily, I got what I wanted instead of what I expected.” Doireann had similar expectations of sitting in lectures and learning about diversity but was surprised at how interactivity at the conference led to new experiences and knowledge. “I did not expect to go as in-depth as we did,” she says. “As a first-time participant, I was thrilled to meet other people who are adopted, and through our conversations I got to see how we are all different, but the same.”
Ariadne expanded on this theme sharing one particularly moving experience: “For one of the exercises in our family groups we stared into someone else’s fixed eyes for 10 seconds. For me, it was something I will never forget. My partner and I saw the beauty in and behind each other’s eyes, and in that moment, we loved each other. She was family.” The three students say they hope to introduce affinity groups to BHS as a way of growing student and faculty trust and cooperation. These groups will focus on SDLC student–led discussions on “Family Structure” for Y7-9 and Y10-IB1 students.
Colonial Games, Atlanta, GA by Grace McFadden ‘24
On February 20, 2019 10 BHS students, in Y8 and Y9, together with two teachers, departed Bermuda for Atlanta, Georgia. We traveled to Holy Innocents’ Episcopal School to take part in the Colonial Games, and stay with host families. The Games, which were based around STEAM activities and the Suzanne Collin’s book “The Hunger Games”, consisted of setting up a colony made up of eight students, with the aim of making your colony the best. Specific activities teams undertook included building a parachute using tissue paper, making a harmonica out of popsicle sticks and balancing six nails on the top of just one nail.
Student Diversity Leadership
Conference, Nashville, TN From November 28th – December 1st, Director of Admissions and Inclusion, Kurte Loescher P’08, accompanied three Y10 students, Doireann O’Shaughnessy, Ariadne Ward and Anjelina Chandrasekaran to Nashville, Tennessee, for the 25th Student Diversity Leadership Conference (SDLC). Conference facilitators used dialogue, experiential learning and cross-cultural and interpersonal exchange to educate students on global citizenship and ethical leadership, with the aim of helping them design effective strategies for social justice and develop the practice of empathy in action. Over the course of the conference, the students were divided into “Family Groups” and “Home Groups” which allowed for open dialogue and sharing of experiences.
All first time attendees, the girls arrived with preconceived expectations but described their experience as “unique, colourful, vibrant and welcoming”, and left with a desire to bring what they learned back to BHS.
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My favorite part of the Games was going to the “market” where we had the opportunity to trade with other colonies, as well as buy items for our growing colony. You could also go to war with another colony or create alliances. Two students from BHS were
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