Stockbridge American International School celebrated International Education Week
The Road to Lasting Peace: Youth Empowerment towards Global Citizenship (Davao) and Inclusivity in Diversity: Empowering the Citizens of the World (GSC). October is known as the United Nations Month. With this, last October 25-29, 2021, Stockbridge American International School once again celebrated International Education Week. This was a celebration of cultural diversity and similarity as we remain true and committed to building young global business leaders with the premier quality education that is of international standards.
This year’s theme is “The Road to Lasting Peace: Youth Empowerment towards Global Citizenship (Davao) and Inclusivity in Diversity: Empowering the Citizens of the World (GSC). We belong to one world; we are the citizens of the world, and thus we should learn to accept, to understand, and to respect one’s culture, differences and similarities, and uniqueness. We should embrace diversity, for we are one. To promote camaraderie and unity amongst the Stockbridge community, and the importance of open-mindedness on different ideologies, varied activities were prepared for all the students to enjoy. Each was made sure to be as inclusive as possible to everyone. We Dance as one, Pieces to Places, Poetry Out Loud, and World of Art were some of the excitements during the week-long celebration.
The event started by conducting pre-event activities such as the flavors of culture for countries Mexico and Japan to explore each country’s unique dishes, and a Kickoff activity where the students gathered have a forum about the UN’s Sustainable Developmental Goals for the year 2030 that made the students be aware and be mindful of the different issues to be addressed by UN (United Nations).
In the week-long event, it started with the Wonders of Imagination activity: a storytelling session for PreK and Kindergarten students that highlighted the uniqueness of everyone around the world. All the Stockbridge students were able to show how creative they were in making some crafts during the International Dot Day.
We also had amiable competitions namely Writing with you: A poem for Us – a competition divided into three components: Poem Composition, Digital Poster Making, and Poem Recital, which was participated by students from first grade to seventh grade. Next, we had the Stockbridge Virtual Grand Tour: Let’s go Places – a competition wherein the students had to make a virtual tour video-sharing interesting facts and showing beautiful places of the country assigned to them.
Our dear students had proven once again that they are global leaders; indeed they are our Pride and they carry our school with PRIDE – Passion, Respect, Integrity, Dynamism, and Excellence. They completed and accomplished the purpose of our International Education Week with smiles on their faces and memories in their heart. As a global and international school, we continue to serve as a venue to foster a culture and environment that celebrates diversity and encourages cultural awareness. With this, we invited the Hui Lai Elementary School in Taiwan for international collaboration. The event, Learn and Play: Friends all over the World, brought the students from both schools in one worthwhile celebration. This international collaboration was even featured in the Taichung Municipal Education Bureau newspaper!
Stockbridge as member of ISA International Schools Association firmly believes that “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.”
