Michael Cascianelli, Schoolwide Enrichment Model Coordinator at Istituto Marymount School in Rome, Italy brings us this guest blog post on the Renzulli Learning System in an Italian context: During the last month I had the immense opportunity to try the Renzulli Learning System (RLS) as a platform for students, as a differentiating tool for [...]
Dominic A. Cipollone, Principal at the New Venture Community School 219 in the Bronx, New York brings us the following guest blog post on summer learning loss and bridging the achievement gap: Our country is in love with summer vacation. As educators, we all know about the countdown. It will be starting soon, hey for [...]
LPI Learning April 2017 Newsletter Global Education Experiences Newsletter In this month’s newsletter, an opportunity for educators to take the Renzulli Profiler for free, summer teaching opportunities with Summer Discover Junior’s Renzulli Creativity Programs at Yale and UCLA, a spotlight on GeoVisions summer high school service program in Thailand and more! Renzulli Challenge- Interested in [...]
January 2017 Introducing the Global Education Experiences Newsletter We are delighted to launch our monthly newsletter - Global Education Experiences - which will highlight participant experiences and inform our readers about program updates and Global Education news. We hope this newsletter will become a valuable resource for international education and travel opportunities. Happy New [...]
School Spotlight: Lutheran High School Association Last year we partnered with the Lutheran High School Association of St. Louis where we currently have 24 international students placed with fantastic host families between the two high schools. The Lutheran High School Association is comprised of 2 high schools- Lutheran High School North and Lutheran High School [...]
Meet Christine, she is one of our Global Education Coordinators (GEC's) who is currently supervising 24 students and is also hosting two male students this academic year. Christine is doing a phenomenal job making sure the students and families are all having an enjoyable year together. Read her story about her families hosting experience, the [...]
Students have arrived, everyone is settling into their routine, and Fall is upon us! Like any other family, you want your family and host student to have a great time. Here are some fall activities to look forward to that everyone will enjoy! Apple Picking and Pumpkin Carving Fall is all about apple pies, apple [...]
This year we partnered with the Lutheran High School Association in St. Louis to assist them as they moved from a dorm program to a home stay program with their international students. There were a total of 24 international students attending Lutheran High School North and Lutheran High School South this year. Our placement team [...]
Last month, I had the honor or guiding a group of high school students through Hua Hin, Thailand. We had the chance to teach at a local elementary school, work with Rescue Paws and at an elephant sanctuary all while touring the beautiful area. Our Life-Changing Summer in Thailand program brought together students from [...]
Families from across the US participated in our host family survey to tell us about their hosting experience, and here are the results! Percentage of Students by Region Host families who took our survey told us where their student originated from. Above is a chart that illustrates which regions were sending over the majority of [...]
