Student leaders Isabella Monzayet, Kyle Kelsey, Lia Ouzounidou, and Omar Perez as well as Adrianna Truby, Associate Head of School for Academic Affairs, have written on the concept of intercultural dialogue in a soon-to-be-published field guide that will reach hundreds of schools and thousands of students around the world.
Left to right: Adrianna Truby, Lia Advent, Simona Montana, Sofia Reed Gomes, D. Christian Gustafson
Over the past two years, Palmer Trinity School has been one of 22 schools that have shaped a global dialogue program connecting thousands of students with their peers from nearly 100 schools across North America and more than 25 countries around the world. As one of the Global Education Benchmark Group (GEBG)’s Dialogue Leading Partner Schools, Palmer Trinity School has had student and adult representation on committees that have shaped the curricula of these virtual student dialogues, developed and facilitated dialogues, and—most recently—contributed to a new publication entitled Intercultural Dialogue: A Field Guide for Educators & Schools.
This over 100-page publication, the first of its kind in the K-12 Global Education field, helps educators and student leaders seeking to bring dialogue into their classrooms and programs access model practices that help their students and peers learn competencies like perspective-taking and intercultural communication. 22 schools from within the GEBG Network have contributed to this publication; from those 22 schools, 22 school educator-leaders and 54 student leaders were directly involved in the drafting of various sections of the publication throughout the course of the past two years. This publication will be accessible in the coming months to nearly 400 GEBG Member Schools and will likely impact thousands of educators and students around the world.
The Global Education Benchmark Group (GEBG), a leading organization of K-12 schools that researches and establishes model practices in the field of global education, has developed and hosted these dialogues with the generous support of the E.E. Ford Foundation. The National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS) has also strongly supported the development of the field guide through the contribution of a Foreword by NAIS Present, Debra Wilson, and through invaluable copy-editing.
Leading Partner Schools
- Academy of Notre Dame de Namur (PA, USA)
- Appleby College (ON, Canada)
- Buckingham Browne & Nichols School (MA, USA)
- Brewster Academy (NH, USA)
- Castilleja School (CA, USA)
- Columbus School for Girls (OH, USA)
- Flintridge Preparatory School (CA, USA)
- Friends Seminary (NY, USA)
- Groton School (MA, USA)
- Holton Arms School (MD, USA)
- Holy Innocents Episcopal School (GA, USA)
- Lower Canada College (QC, Canada)
- McDonogh School (MD, USA)
- Miami Country Day School (FL, USA)
- Pace Academy (GA, USA)
- Palmer Trinity School (FL, USA)
- Polytechnic School (CA, USA)
- Providence Day School (NC, USA)
- Rye Country Day School (NY, USA)
- St Andrew’s Episcopal School (MS, USA)
- St Mary’s Episcopal School (TN, USA)
- St. Mark’s School (MA, USA)
About GEBG
The Global Education Benchmark Group (GEBG) is a leading non-profit association of K-12 schools that researches and establishes model practices in the field of global education and supports schools to bring global perspectives, global issues, and global competencies into their teaching and learning. GEBG’s work assists schools as they establish structures and programs that develop student knowledge, skills, and empathic orientation required of global citizens who seek a more just and sustainable world and are able to thrive in increasingly interconnected world systems.
Cover and Acknowledgements pages of publication in this folder.
Program logos can be found in this folder.
About Palmer Trinity School:
Palmer Trinity School—a coeducational, Episcopal day school—is dedicated to promoting academic excellence that integrates knowledge, compassion, global citizenship, and social responsibility. Providing a supportive environment, Palmer Trinity School serves students from a broad range of socio-economic, ethnic, and religious backgrounds in grades 6-12. For more information about the school, visit www.palmertrinity.org. To follow Palmer Trinity School on Facebook, click here.
