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In this project, "A Global Perspective on Population and Health: An Anthropological and Geographical Study," two high school international students, one from Japan, and one from China, carried out a multiphase investigation designed to explore the intricate links between human populations, global health, and environmental factors. Students adopted the roles of both a geographer and an anthropologist to gain a holistic understanding.

Como trabajo de cierre en geografía mundial, estaba anunciado un quiz sobre capitales de los países más importantes de cada continente, pero al llegar a clase propuse a mis alumnos sustituir el examen por un concurso entre parejas para ver cuál de ellas mostraba más conocimientos. La tensión se disipó, sus caras se iluminaron y muy rápido todos se dispusieron a formar parejas y a preguntar por las reglas del juego.

At Cap Cana Heritage School, our second graders are building a strong foundation in literacy through intentional phonemic awareness and grammar instruction using the UFLI (University of Florida Literacy Institute) program. This structured, research-based approach supports students in becoming confident and capable readers, writers, and communicators.

What began as a class read-aloud of A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park soon transformed into a powerful service-learning initiative. As students followed the stories of Nya and Salva, they began asking meaningful questions: Why do some children have to walk for hours to find water? What can we do to help? Their curiosity led them to join the Iron Giraffe Challenge, a global effort led by Water for South Sudan that helps provide access to clean water for communities in need.
With an ambitious goal of raising $5,000 to build a well in South Sudan. Our students became advocates, designers, and young global citizens.

El año pasado viví una experiencia deliciosa con mis alumnos de Middle School. Decidimos organizar una cata de libros, una actividad que bautizamos con cariño como StarBooks. Sí, como Starbucks, pero en versión literaria. La idea era sencilla: así como probamos distintos cafés hasta encontrar nuestro favorito, también podíamos probar distintos libros hasta descubrir nuevos sabores lectores.

Recently, our Grade 1 team launched their Mystery Reader program in the Lower School Library with a very special guest- Ms. Candice Jones from the Middle School. What made this visit even more meaningful was that Ms. Jones shared her very own picture book, Where Are You From?, a story that beautifully celebrates diversity and belonging.

Whether we are sharing stories from home during Morning Meeting or exploring global perspectives through literature, our classroom becomes a place where every child’s voice matters and every experience is valued.One of our favorite projects this year has been Peaceful Playgrounds, where students learned about inclusion, cooperation, and kindness through play and project based learning.

As a continuation of our dedication to student well-being and creativity, Middle School students recently participated in Clay Your Way, a two-session workshop that used art to promote reflection, self-expression, and collaboration

Con el tiempo, he visto cómo nuestra comunidad ha crecido y evolucionado, no solo en tamaño, sino también en la forma en que todos —niños, maestros y familias— participamos activamente en el liderazgo y el aprendizaje.

Buddy Reading between older and younger students is a fun and engaging activity that promotes literacy, but scheduling it can be a challenge for busy teachers. To make it easier for all, our librarians have facilitated matches between older and younger classes for the past couple of years. 

Nos complace compartir la reciente publicación del libro Enseñanza de la escritura y la lectura: estrategias prácticas para docentes, editado por Editorial Trillas y escrito por la Dra. Myrna Laura García y la Mtra. Cristina Lozano, ambas orgullosas miembros del San Roberto International School.

In second grade science at Cap Cana Heritage School, students have been developing their scientific thinking through hands-on inquiry focused on how living things survive. To understand what plants need in order to grow, students designed and conducted their own controlled investigation centered on four different plant habitats.

At our school, we believe that preserving cultural traditions within the educational curriculum not only strengthens students’ sense of identity but also fosters emotional and social connection. This year, our Día de Muertos celebration became a vivid example of how emotionally designed activities can enrich academic learning and community life.

This month, Early Childhood Education students at Colegio Interamericano in Guatemala experienced a truly out of this world learning opportunity. We transformed the classroom into a dynamic and immersive space by inviting ¨Planetario Cosmos Eseducativo¨ for Grade 1 Science students. We explored constellations, planets and astronomy in an immersive learning environment that connects science, steam and educational technology.

The subject of trips can be a difficult and polarizing issue in international schools. There is likely to be a diversity of opinions and experiences regarding the value, preferred approach and perceived safety of trips at school. Of course we all remember from our own childhood days, how impactful the school trips that we went on were for us. Some of our best memories of school are often related to trips . It is also difficult to ignore the clear trend to incorporating more experiential learning into schools, as an important teaching methodology, and a way of developing skills and character traits that are hard to fit into regular lesson plans.

DelCampo School took a bold step to elevate our science education, environmental awareness, and improve community health by installing a solar-powered outdoor air quality monitoring station on campus. This state-of-the-art system is used daily to measure air quality and weather parameters such as temperature, humidity, and barometric pressure.

At CMS, we take pride in living our values every day — caring, connecting, contributing, and creating a community where everyone feels supported and encouraged. This October, we dedicated our efforts to health and well-being as we celebrated World Teachers’ Day, Mental Health Day, and Breast Cancer Awareness Month — three important occasions that remind us of the power of compassion and collective care.

En la celebración del Día de la Colombianidad, bajo el tema “Colombia, un país de regiones y culturas”, el Departamento de Español de Escuela Media llevó a cabo el taller “Cosmovisión indígena a través del tejido”.

At the International School of Sosúa, this quote becomes a guiding reminder every fall, especially as MAP Growth season approaches. I genuinely enjoy data and, quite honestly, only sometimes understand it, particularly on those rare days when every chart cooperates and I feel like a data wizard for a full ten seconds. I share this quote with teachers often, and by now they all know that whenever I say it, a MAP conversation is probably about to appear out of thin air.
 

MCS Learning Labs has become a vital part of our initial efforts in personalized learning. The learning labs provide opportunities for students to work on their math and reading skills targeted to their individual needs and abilities, regardless of their current grade level.

In today’s rapidly changing world, academic excellence must walk hand in hand with strong ethical foundations. At our school, we believe that values are not just taught—they are lived. This year, we are launching an innovative values program designed to engage every member of our school community: students, teachers, administrative staff, and families.

ll students and teachers read Before the Ever After by Jacqueline Woodson during school hours and came together to participate in a variety of discussions and activities inspired by the novel. Highlights included a video chat with Dr. Kate Frick about concussions and the importance of protecting the brain during physical activity, followed by a demonstration of return-to-sport concussion protocols.

Project-based learning, when done well, can be a powerful tool for teachers and schools to build knowledge in students as well as skills that will prepare them for the modern world. To do it well, teachers need an understanding of the PBL process, including the ways in which their instruction needs to align to the surface, deep, and transfer learning outcomes they’re looking to build. Without that, we run the risk of poor academic outcomes that hurts students in the long run.

In an effort to strengthen our STEM curriculum, the American School of Tegucigalpa (AST) has partnered with Project Lead The Way (PLTW), a nonprofit organization founded by educators to prepare students with the technical knowledge, transferable skills, and confidence to thrive in a rapidly changing world. The PLTW curriculum emphasizes hands-on, problem-based learning—an approach that aligns closely with AST’s commitment to providing authentic and meaningful learning experiences.

At Colegio Granadino, kindness isn’t just taught, it’s lived. Every smile, every helping hand, and every respectful word remind us that kindness has the power to transform our community. Inspired by our belief in “making the difference,” we created the CG Community Kindness Code.

Aligning with our school mission, we aim to empower students to lead exploratory courses that help them discover their passions. Seeking ways to practice sustainability concepts and embrace global citizenship, a group of students proposed and launched the Sustainability Exploratory course last year.

Teaching students academic content in the time of artificial intelligence becomes more challenging every year; however, one teacher at Colegio Nueva Granada is experimenting with ways to leverage AI to better support student learning while developing their empathetic skills.
 

Last school year I began noticing a pattern in how my second graders “read.” Many would quickly flip through pages, return the book, grab another one, and repeat the cycle. Even when a student spent time reading, they often couldn’t explain what happened in the story. They weren’t reading with purpose, they were simply moving through books.

In this activity, one international Japanese student used the differences between traditional Japanese sushi and Mexican-style fusion rolls as a sensory and relatable case study for understanding cultural perspective and bias in the Area of Knowledge. The core scenario placed the student, acting as an International Food Critic, in a restaurant aiming to serve both styles.

Desde hace tres años estoy desarrollando y perfeccionando la práctica del Bellwork o trabajo de inicio. A partir de un post para Instagram diseñado en Canva, inspiro a mis alumnos cada día al comenzar la clase, a adentrarse en la construcción del conocimiento a través del tema correspondiente. Usando Canva como herramienta digital principal y la plantilla de una publicación de Instagram, diseño para cada clase una actividad diferente, de manera singular y, a veces, hasta divertida e inesperada.

A recent study at Escuela Internacional Sampedrana in Honduras found that many second graders struggled with problems requiring algebraic thinking, reading bar graphs, and choosing the right operation to solve a word problem. These errors weren’t signs of failure, they were windows into how students think.

A través de talleres, sesiones activas y experiencias compartidas, los participantes exploran nuevas metodologías, fortalecen la comunidad docente global y reafirman nuestra convicción de que la educación física no es solo una materia, sino una forma de vida que fomenta el bienestar, el trabajo en equipo y habilidades esenciales para siempre.

La inspiración para este proyecto llegó mientras veía un corto de la película Cadena de favores (Pay It Forward). En la escena, el profesor asigna a sus alumnos una tarea tan simple como poderosa: “piensa en una idea para cambiar el mundo y ponla en práctica”. Desde ese momento supe que quería transmitir ese mismo mensaje a mis estudiantes. Así nació el proyecto “Una idea para salvar el mundo”, que inicia con el mismo hook que en la película: la tarea presentada por el profesor.

El sábado 18 de octubre de 2025 se vivió una tarde vibrante y multicultural en Cap Cana Heritage School, una jornada dedicada a celebrar la diversidad cultural y la exquisita gastronomía de numerosos países durante el Festival Internacional 2025-2026, una tradición anual que refleja la riqueza cultural y el espíritu colaborativo de nuestra comunidad escolar.

The Elementary school at ISC, has been working with yearly themes since 2019. It all started when a teacher shared that a student was speaking negatively about his academic abilities in class. We decided to focus as a division on developing a growth mindset. This simple shift started what has become an integral part of our school year.