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Creating Change at Claremont School: Advocating for Accessibility
Startled by the different barriers that impact students’ ability to be members of our school community, Student Equity Leaders committed to creating change within their school to promote accessibility using One World’s Agents of Change Curriculum.
Students from Brooklyn and Acapulco pledge to achieve radical non-violence in their communities
8th graders from East New York Middle School of Excellence in Brooklyn, New York and a group of 7th graders from Escuela Secundaria General No.4 in Acapulco-Guerrero, Mexico Students from Brooklyn and Acapulco pledge to achieve radical non-violence in their communities.
One World Celebrating World Environment Day
On June 5th (EST), One World United and Virtuous sponsored and assisted Westchester Green County USA (WGC USA) to celebrate World Environment Day with environmental clubs around the world.
One World’s 2023 Communities of Learning & Practice: Climate Change
Our Global One World Community came together on Saturdays from March 4th to April 1st to be part of our annual COLP (Communities of Learning and Practice). Over 100 OneWorlders
One World 2040
Students from Claremont School in Ossining, New York met their global peers from Escuela Francisca Arizaga Toral in Cuenca, Ecuador and inspired each other to collaborate on EcoActs.
Schools Are Rewarded for Most Eco Acts Around World
Even though Experimental Primary School of Taicang just joined the One World Sustainability Program this year, they found a creative way to reduce their carbon footprint.
One Worlders around the Globe Celebrate Earth Day
One Worlders from all over the world sent in their Earth Day celebrations and shared them with each other. Watch the video!
Merging Expertise between Champion Academy in China and One World
In a pilot program between Champion and One World, students attended the second annual COLP2023 (Community of Learning and Practice). Among them, Yihang Tang, Tina (Xinyu Jiang), Rui Ding, Yifang Xu, Wenhao Kong are considered “Students of Best Performance” for their active participation during and after COLP.
One World + Westchester Green County USA
The Westchester Green County USA project is being led by three talented and passionate student leaders to help students, teachers and administrators measure, reduce and offset our school’s carbon emissions through the Dual Pledge, no matter where you are in the world.
Character.org annual conference
One of the highlights of this past October was the Character.org annual conference that members of One World’s leadership attended. As always, there were great ideas and takeaways shared with the educational community.
Hispanic Heritage Month Celebration
We celebrated the end of Hispanic Heritage Month (October 14th) by conducting a global connection between Grady Elementary (Elmsford, New York, USA), Escuela Nicolas Sojos (Cuenca, Ecuador), and Centro Educativo Años Maravillosos (CEAM) (Guerrero, Mexico).
Global Peace Foundation Partnership Helps Connect One World Schools through Global Connections
Through a partnership with Global Peace Foundation-Brazil, our Global Connections Program was able to bring together schools in Mexico and Brazil.
Global Coffee Chat
As a launch to our Global Connections Fall Cohort, we hosted teachers from around the world through our inaugural Global Coffee Chat. There were representatives from Brazil, China, Ecuador, Kenya, Mexico, the UK and the US.
Exploring Culture and Traditions between students from Ossining, New York and Cuenca, Ecuador
The fourth grade dual-language classroom from Ossining, NY, USA and the fourth grade students from Cuenca, Ecuador presented and learned about each other’s unique and diverse cultures.
Introducing Classrooms – Ossining, NY and Guerrero, Mexico
Students from Claremont school in Ossining, New York and students from Centro Educativo Años Maravillosos (CEAM) in Guerrero, Mexico were introduced to each other through the Global Connections program and learned about each other.