In November 2011, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) officially designated April 30 as International Jazz Day in order to highlight jazz and its diplomatic role of uniting people in all corners of the globe. International Jazz Day is chaired and led by the UNESCO Director General, and legendary jazz pianist and composer, UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador Herbie Hancock.
St.John’s International School June 18th - June 25th
Education is the best instrument to build a better world. Living in peace is achieved by working together and celebrating our cultural diversity and similarity.
In, September of 2015 World Leaders announced their commitment to helping the Global Goals for Sustainable Development. 17 goals to achieve 3 extraordinary things in the next 15 years. End extreme poverty. Fight inequality and injustice. Fix climate change.
UNESCO’s first education seminar, in 1947, was on the theme of education for international understanding. In 1948, UNESCO published a radical pamphlet, written by Marie-Therese Maurette, the then Director of the International School of Geneva, who in promoting the need for “International-mindedness”, posited that this was a concept which needed to be “taught rather than caught”.
Building peace in the minds of men and women.
The Global Goals have been introduced to the world.
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ISA BOARD MEMBERS 2018
The governing board of ISA continues to be run by volunteers and the work of the organization is carried out by them. ISA is very much, even today, a grass roots organization and because of this it is an attraction to many educators and schools. But the Association is always in need of members who are interested and willing to contribute to the daily work of ISA. - Jim Mc Lellan
Growing our International Community
This year ISA can count on the support of 10 New School Members. We would like to give a strong WELCOME to our newest schools: SEK Guayaquil (Ecuador), International School of Western Australia (Australia), Santa Monica International School (Japan) and Gentry International School (Philippines). With these new members and our strong school network we can continue to publicize the aims and principles of international schools and promote international understanding among national schools.
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WORLDWIDE MIGRATION
St. John’s International School June 18th - June 25th
The Youth Leadership Encounter was organised by the ISA and StJohn’s School, Sidmouth, it provided an opportunity for youngpeople to meet and learn about each other’s cultures, whilstinvestigating a topic of huge global significance. This year’s topicwas ‘Worldwide Migration’. The YLE encourages students toparticipate actively in a series of lectures, debates and workshopson the issue. In addition to the formal conference programme, theYLE allows participants to form strong bonds with students fromall around the world through a busy, but fun, schedule of extracurricularactivities. The event will included two days’ stay inLondon with sightseeing, followed by a conference and workshopswhich took place in the beautiful seaside town of Sidmouth at St John’s School. The week culminated in a camping trip to RiverDart Country Park.
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One of ISA’s objectives is to further world peace and international understanding through education. Promoting international understanding in schools worldwide allow children to build bridges between different cultures and help them become responsible future global leaders. We are very excited that we can count on 3 new school members that will help ISA reach these objectives.
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We are staring this 2017 with great news! We have 3 new members, SEK Guadalajara (Mexico), SEK Los Valles (Ecuador) and IES Ljubljana (Slovenia). Please give them a warm welcome. We are happy to say that they have sent us articles about special events that they have celebrated in their schools. ISA needs to keep growing and encouraging the importance of international education and understanding. We would like to ask that all ISA members share our mission with fellow educators and help us create a stronger network.
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ISA and The Global Goals
Working together we can make this happen.
ISA 65 years ago was founded to help build a better world by promoting international education. And now ISA can be part of The Global Goals initiative. In, September of 2015 World Leaders announced their commitment to helping the Global Goals for Sustainable Development. 17 goals to achieve 3 extraordinary things in the next 15 years. End extreme poverty. Fight inequality and injustice. Fix climate change. These goals are about making our world better and we should encourage our students to become the generation that changes the world. You will find some great articles in this issue that support these goals.
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Education is the best instrument to build a better world. Living in peace is achieved by working together and celebrating our cultural diversity and similarity.
