THE MADEIRA SCHOOL

An example of a school becoming global

 Critical Thinking  Collaboration  Adaptability  Initiative  Effective Communication  Accessing and Analyzing Information  Curiosity and Imagination  Empathy  Creativity

 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.

 Spanish  French  Mandarin  Latin/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 Mascots 2009: Pamplona-Running of the Bulls

George Marshall High School Foreign Language Tournament Spring 2009 Governor School National Competitions Regional Competitions

Folger Lectures "Perspectives on China: The Perpetual Discovery ( Tue, Nov 10, 7:30pm; Tickets $12 Folger Lectures "Perspectives on China: The Perpetual Discovery ( Tue, Nov 10, 7:30pm; Tickets $12

Activities and Programs

Model OAS Chinese Calligraphy Demonstration Club Activities: Peruvian Meal

LOCAL SCHOOLS WORKING TOGETHER  Foxcroft, Middleburg, VA  Madeira, Mclean. VA  Holton-Arms, Bethesda,MD and Exhange Program  Agnes Irwin, PA Exchange Program FOREIGN SCHOOL PARTNERSHIPS  Foxcroft  Madeira  Holton-Arms  Centre Danielou, Paris, France  Colegio Jesus Maria de Juan Bravo, Madrid, Spain

MADEIRA’S VISIT June 5 - June 16 (12 days) An Outline of Our Visit Attend classes Participate in cooperative projects Excursions to the Eiffel Tower Notre Dame Le Sacré-Cœur the Louvre Versailles Chantilly During our visit to France, Madeira/Holton/Foxcroft students will reside with Daniélou families.

DANIÉLOU’S VISIT February 27 - March 10 (12 days) An Outline of Their Visit Attend classes Participate in cooperative projects Excursions to Mount Vernon Washington, DC Baltimore 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.

All School Meetings (ASM)  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 courses  New design  New themes