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  John Mychal Warren

  "The Global Studies program provides a range of unique opportunities to explore the world, beginning with world language, history, and literature courses that expose students to new cultures and communities within the classroom. With trips to a diverse set of countries, students can participate in new experiences, create relationships, while learning about service. Even if a student is unable to travel, opportunities to host exchange students exist, allowing some of the same cultural experiences in the comfort of a student’s own home. The Global Studies Program provides new ways to learn, opportunities to explore the world, while accomplishing our mission as a school."
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  Michelle Bramlett

  Michelle Bramlett

  St. Andrew's Exchange Student to Japan

  "My year-long experience in Japan was life-changing. I made friends with so many wonderful people that I still communicate with every day. I was able to be fully immersed in the culture and language, and I learned to be much more independent. I am so grateful that I had the opportunity to experience life from a new perspective, and I hope that I can visit Japan again."
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  Paul Buckley

  Paul Buckley

  Faculty Travel Grant Recipient

  "I feel extremely fortunate to have received a St. Andrew’s Global Studies grant. It allowed me to travel to Western Europe this summer to visit historic sites about which I teach. It’s not just the content knowledge one acquires from these visits; it is the emotional impact that leaves the most lasting imprint, though it is hard to convey the powerful emotions one feels when standing in one of the remaining trenches on the battlefield of the Somme, or of viewing Omaha Beach at Normandy from the perspective of a German artillery battery, or of standing in a gas chamber at Dachau concentration camp.  Furthermore, as travel guru Rick Steves says, “globetrotting destroys ethnocentricity.” It broadens our perspectives and helps us to appreciate different cultures, which is essential to teaching in a place with the value set of St. Andrew’s."

   
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  Shannon Watt

  Shannon Watt

  Parent

  ”My son John was fortunate enough to participate in the Italy trip in 2017 and the India trip in 2018. He has a newfound appreciation of the religious cultures of both Italy and India. He had always had an interest in mythology, and to be able to visit Rome and see the architecture of the temples from Ancient Rome was very fulfilling to him. Our family remains very grateful that he was able to visit countries in different parts of the world with his friends and teachers from St. Andrew’s. It was an immersive learning experience that has made him a more global-minded person.”