WHO IS A Globalite?

“Non Scholae Sed Vitae Discimus,” translated as, “We learn not for school, but for life.

First and foremost, NMH Global School is a place where we build relationship and create a sense of belonging for all our students. We focus on the trait of mindfulness in order to develop traits such as empathy, focus, and emotion regulation. We develop and deliver activities to small advisory-like groups of students on this specific topic. But in doing this work, we don’t miss the obvious. Students bring something with them to school every day, and what they need cannot be addressed by a series of activities on this trait or that trait. Instead, we need to meet them where they are, with whatever they are carrying. We don’t need to be searching for the content to provide to our students. The kids are the content. 

We aspire to shaping young people who are the best they can be. The ideal Child that we wish to see graduating from school is not perfect or infallible. Instead: A  place where all students have meaningful opportunities to solve authentic, relevant problems. Our world is changing, and the workplace of the future is vastly different from that of the past. Students are changing, too. Our generation Z children have grown up Googling everything they need to know.

They are looking for meaning in their educational experience, yet they aren’t articulate enough to say what is they want or need.

Our system runs the risk of producing students who learn what the rules of school are, stick safely inside the box, don’t take risks, and therefore can’t collaborate well or solve complex problems.

How can we create those experiences that work against this trend and truly equip our students to be difference makers? Project-Based Learning affords our students the opportunity to tackle meaningful problems in the adult world that matter to them, and to sustain their inquiry in creating some public product that requires key knowledge, understanding, and “success skills” – such as collaboration and critical thinking.

Each core academic content area – English, Math, Social Studies, and Science – implements a project. Being overachievers, we’ll also see projects in other areas such as world language, art, and music. You as a community can be a great support for this work, and we look forward to partnering with you so that you can help our students see more connections between their work and the “real world.”

Building relationship and creating a sense of belonging. Ensuring that all students make academic growth. Creating experiences where students engage in solving authentic and challenging problems. These are the only things we are going to work on this year, and perhaps they will be the only things we ever need to work on.