CAMPUS NEWS
PTS Invites Global Leaders to Campus
By: Danny Reynolds, Director of Admission, College Counseling and Study Away
From November 8-10, 2012, Palmer Trinity School hosted the Global Education
Benchmarking Group (GEBG) Annual Meeting, where school leaders from
more than twenty leading institutions across the nation came together to discuss
ways to promote global education in schools throughout the United States.
During this event, Representative Ileana Ros-Lehtinen visited Palmer
Trinity School to speak with attendees about the importance of global
education in the world today, as seen from her role as chairperson of
the House Foreign Affairs Committee. Created to emphasize global
citizenship in schools across the United States, GEBG aims to identify
best practices in global education by collecting, analyzing, and sharing
data from GEBG members; to develop curriculums, experiences, and
institutional support that promote global education; to encourage
global citizenship; and to enhance the knowledge and skill sets
required to understand different viewpoints, in the world today, that
will help us thrive and engage in increasingly-interconnected world
systems. Most importantly, as a result of their efforts, they have created
a network of premier educational institutions—from all over the
world—that work together to give high school students a chance to
broaden their intellectual horizons through study abroad opportunities.
As a founding institution, Palmer Trinity School has been heavily
involved in the Global Benchmarking Group since its inception in
2008, and was even awarded the Global Education Award in 2012
for its commitment to global education. Furthermore, by hosting this
annual meeting, Palmer Trinity School had the opportunity to not
only let other school leaders see our beautiful campus, but even more
importantly, see what Palmer Trinity School is really all about.
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