 | Travel Health Information Available Online
Please visit our Upper School page for travel health information. We have posted the GSL Health Form Part 2 that you will take with you on your travel health consultation, Dr. Kris Sherwood's presentation slides from the March 5th meeting, and information on local travel health clinics and resources.
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Lakeside's GSL program combines on-site service learning with cultural immersion in mostly rural areas in the developing and near-developing world. A global pre-trip curriculum, in addition to service learning projects at home and abroad, enable our students to better understand other cultures by experiencing them firsthand and appreciating them on their own terms.
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GOALS
- To foster global awareness and citizenship through values of mutual respect, cross-cultural understanding, equity, and justice;
- To connect with people through collaborative projects that test the knowledge and ability students already possess but may not yet have used;
- To inspire and empower students to be agents of change both in their local communities and in the international arena.
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UPPER SCHOOL
At the upper-school level (grades 9-12), the GSL program includes:
- 5 days of pre-trip curriculum directly preceding the trip;
- Four-week on-site summer service learning in China, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, India, Morocco, Peru and Senegal, mostly in rural areas;
- Twenty-four hours of post-trip domestic service learning related to overseas projects.
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MIDDLE SCHOOL
At the middle-school level (grades 6-8), Lakeside’s GSL program includes:
- 2 days of pre-trip curriculum;
- A two-week project for rising seventh graders at the Broetje Orchards in eastern Washington;
- A two-week project for rising eighth graders on the Makah Indian reservation; or
- A two-week project for rising ninth graders on a Costa Rican ranch dedicated to sustainable living;
- 1 day of post-trip curriculum.
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Through active service and study, Lakeside’s Global Service Learning program seeks to develop in students the awareness of, respect for, and understanding of different countries and cultures as well as the common issues facing our global community. Our goal is to inspire and empower students to be agents of change both in their local communities and in the international arena.
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Please visit the Upper School and Middle School GSL pages in addition to site specific pages for more information.
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| | The GSL program defines service as work done by students together with people living in the developing world (including parts of the U.S.), with the goals of helping others improve their lives, of fostering an understanding between cultures, and of nurturing an appreciation for the strengths, challenges, and complexities of those cultures. The projects are subsidized by the Living Our Mission campaign funds, enabling all students to participate.
Service learning comprises at least two-thirds of the total time spent on a Lakeside School GSL project. Up to ten percent of the total time in the country will be devoted to nurturing an academic understanding of that country. |
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