Miye Aoki-Kramer is a senior at Garfield High School in Seattle. She has had a very international education from Kindergarten at John Stanford International School (where she was in Japanese Immersion) to Hamilton, then on to Garfield. During her junior year, she lived and went to school for a year in Italy. You'll be hearing more from her as she continues to update the blogs and brings other student voices to Internationaledwa!
Learn what it takes to have a career in the Foreign Service! Students can attend a Careers in the Foreign Service panel from 3:45-5:00 PM on Thursday, April 9, 2015 at the Diplomacy Begins Here regional summit. The cost is $5. Speakers: Ambassador Lewis Lukens – Diplomat in Residence for the Northwest, U.S. Department of State Ms. Thao Hong – Boeing Commercial Airplanes & Ret. Foreign Service Officer Ambassador Roger A. Meece –…
Chief Sealth International High School in Seattle recently hosted two important language events for students learning Japanese and Chinese. Washington State Japanese Immersion Day Camp On March 21, 2015, 85 high school students from 11 schools around Washington state participated in a Japanese immersion camp at Chief Sealth International High School. They were joined by 24 Japanese students on exchange through a Japanese government program called Kakehashi, and participated in cultural classes such…
On March 6 and 7, 2015, nearly 200 middle and high school students from 20 schools from 4 states participated in the inaugural Washington State Global Issues Network Conference. The aim of the conference was to bring youth together to share ideas for taking action on critical global issues. See the conference website for the list of the 20 global issues. Student teams who attend the conference presented workshop sessions about action projects that they have…
The Global Leadership Summer Institute for Educators, designed by teachers for teachers, will take place August 3-7, 2015 at Seattle University. Join K-12 teachers from all around the region for a week-long workshop, and walk away with free resources, new approaches, and a community of support to begin integrating global issues and sustainable solutions into your classroom. Educators will learn to build a democratic classroom where students enter as learners and leave as…