St. Andrew's is a Leading Partner in Global Dialogues

St. Andrew's Episcopal School is one of twenty-two schools that are Leading Partner Schools of the GEBG Global Student Dialogues program, and are helping to design and shape the curriculum. This program provides students the opportunity for intercultural dialogue and connects thousands of students with their peers from schools across North America and more than 25 countries around the world. These dialogues have addressed topics of global significance such as climate change and gender equality, topics related to global current events such as the ongoing war in Ukraine, and various UN Sustainable Development Goals in order to develop the student intercultural communication and perspective-taking. Students engage in conversations in small groups, sharing their experiences and thoughts on the topic and practicing essential
skills related to respectful civil discourse — students report that the two skills they most practice in this program are listening for understanding and listening with empathy.

 

St. Andrew's juniors Caroline Lowery and Tina Garg were selected to be members of the GEBG Global Student Dialogues program Student Advisory Council. Throughout the 2022-2023 school year, they will join student leaders from these select schools in monthly summits during which they collaborate to discuss how to further develop these major dialogue events through meaningfully selected topics and student-driven breakout sessions. Emily Philpott, Director of Global Studies, will participate in a similar adult forum, the Educator Advisory Council, during which leading educators in the field of global education develop curricular materials that will help thousands of students become more engaged global citizens.