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Monday, July 18, 2011
Three Global Service Program Trips Complete
With participants representing thirteen schools in seven states, George School’s Global Service Program launched its first trip to Ecuador and third trips to China and Cuba. Intended to train future service-project leaders from secondary schools and enhance the scope and quality of international service trips for secondary school students, the Global Service Program enrolled eleven teachers, one administrator, and thirty students this year. |
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Monday, August 23, 2010
New Foundation Supports GS Service in China
Inspired by George School’s tradition of global service, two George School parents in China have created a new foundation that will help support George School-sponsored service trips in their country. The foundation will promote mutual respect and understanding between those of different cultures and social backgrounds in the United States and China. |
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Thursday, June 24, 2010
GS Global Service Program Trips Depart for China and Cuba with First Student Participants
George School’s Global Service Program launched its second set of international service trips in China and Cuba on June 24 as participants representing fourteen schools in nine states departed for the two countries. |
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October 12, 2009
Making a Difference: Robb Jolly Plants the Seeds for Offshore Service Learning Projects
The New Garden Friends School website recently highlighted faculty member Robb Jolly's participation in George School's Global Service Program.
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October 1, 2009
The Road to Zhongba
The William Penn Charter School’s website recently highlighted Edwin Marks’s participation in George School's Global Service Program. |
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October 1, 2009
Cuba Excelente
The William Penn Charter School’s website highlights Sarah Sharp’s trip to Holguin, Cuba with George School’s Global Service Program. |
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September 11, 2009
Olney Friends Spanish Teacher Reflects on Service in Cuba
The Olney Friends School's website highlights Brianna Robinson’s trip to Holguin, Cuba with George School’s Global Service Program. |
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August 11, 2009
Teachers Think, Act Globally in School Service Program
After leading summer service projects in China and Cuba as part of the school’s recent Faculty Institute for Global Service, three George School teachers spoke with the Bucks County Courier Times about their experiences. |
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July 9, 2009
Teachers Help Expand Global Service
George School Spanish teacher Molly Stephenson spoke to the Bucks County Courier Times about the school’s new Global Service Program. “It’s a Quaker tradition to reach out and think about the needs of others,” said Molly, who is a co-leader of the Global Service Program’s trip to Cuba. |
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June 22, 2009
GS Prepares First Global Service Program Participants for Trips to Cuba and China
Twenty-two educators from seventeen schools in ten states will convene at George School on Monday, July 6, 2009, to launch the school’s Global Service Program—a new opportunity designed to enhance the scope and quality of international service trips for secondary school students. |
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March 2, 2009
GS Sponsors Trips to Cuba and China
George School launches its Faculty Institute for Global Service with trips to Cuba and China in July 2009. The faculty institute is part of the Global Service Program that was made possible in part through an Educational Leadership Grant from the Edward E. Ford Foundation in 2008. The Global Service Program is designed to enhance the scope and quality of international service trips for secondary students by providing training programs for adult leaders and by providing transformative experiences for students. The student component will begin in 2010. |
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December 9, 2008
GS Awarded Educational Leadership Grant for New Global Service Program
George School has been selected to receive a $250,000 matching Educational Leadership Grant from the Edward E. Ford Foundation for the purpose of creating a new Global Service Program. |