What happens in a school
where yearly travel opportunities—beginning in grade three--
expand worldviews and catalyze new thinking?
expand worldviews and catalyze new thinking?
And where world languages—beginning in kindergarten--
prove essential rather than supplemental?
No one waits to learn.
And your child’s perspective widens as he traverses the globe,
one year trekking through the Andes and alighting upon the majesty
of Macchu Picchu, conversing with a guide in Spanish along the way.
The next year he’s studying paintings of Gauguin at the Louvre,
and then imitating his brushstrokes back in our art studio.
At MIS, global citizenship emerges even before our students transcend the four walls of the traditional classroom and reach toward the vast possibilities of the world. As early as third grade, they conduct online research on where to stay, grappling with schedules and expenses along the way. And because all of our travel is course-embedded (rather than a “spring break” type of trip), students immerse themselves in the culture of their destination long before they leave.
Our travel—deliberate, purposeful, and embedded into our Social and Cultural Studies Curriculum—strengthens community stewardship, cultural understanding, empathy, and independence.
Meanwhile, the simultaneous study of global languages—Spanish, French, and Mandarin—begins in Kindergarten, when our students’ brains pick them up remarkably quickly. By middle school, don’t be surprised if your child isn’t just speaking in another language, but thinking in it as naturally as she does English.
Through our travel and global languages programs, MIS students transcend tourism and begin to explore the world as compassionate problem-solvers and responsive citizens.
Recent international travel destination: Panama, Germany, China, Costa Rica, France, Iceland, Peru, Spain, Japan and Morocco.
Recent domestic travel destination: Boston, Chicago, Washington, DC, Savannah and St. Louis.
prove essential rather than supplemental?
No one waits to learn.
And your child’s perspective widens as he traverses the globe,
one year trekking through the Andes and alighting upon the majesty
of Macchu Picchu, conversing with a guide in Spanish along the way.
The next year he’s studying paintings of Gauguin at the Louvre,
and then imitating his brushstrokes back in our art studio.
At MIS, global citizenship emerges even before our students transcend the four walls of the traditional classroom and reach toward the vast possibilities of the world. As early as third grade, they conduct online research on where to stay, grappling with schedules and expenses along the way. And because all of our travel is course-embedded (rather than a “spring break” type of trip), students immerse themselves in the culture of their destination long before they leave.
Our travel—deliberate, purposeful, and embedded into our Social and Cultural Studies Curriculum—strengthens community stewardship, cultural understanding, empathy, and independence.
Meanwhile, the simultaneous study of global languages—Spanish, French, and Mandarin—begins in Kindergarten, when our students’ brains pick them up remarkably quickly. By middle school, don’t be surprised if your child isn’t just speaking in another language, but thinking in it as naturally as she does English.
Through our travel and global languages programs, MIS students transcend tourism and begin to explore the world as compassionate problem-solvers and responsive citizens.
Recent international travel destination: Panama, Germany, China, Costa Rica, France, Iceland, Peru, Spain, Japan and Morocco.
Recent domestic travel destination: Boston, Chicago, Washington, DC, Savannah and St. Louis.
Middle School students in Iceland
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Middle School students in Peru
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