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News image Delivering a Global Education for Tomorrow, Today - delivering-a-global-education-for-tomorrow-today Blog | homepagefeaturedarticle | Homepage Featured Article
Delivering a Global Education for Tomorrow, Today
The world around us is changing, and it is changing fast. Gartner, the global IT analyst, predicts that by next year, 85% of all customer service interactions will be managed without human presence and 100 million consumers will shop in augmented reality, using one of the 50 billion ‘things’ that will be connected to the internet.
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News image Four Village Students Recognized as National Merit Semifinalists - four-village-students-recognized-as-national-merit-semifinalists News | highschool | High School | Homepage Featured Article
Four Village Students Recognized as National Merit Semifinalists
Congratulations to Pavithr G., Vaani G. Divyesh K. and Leyah M. who are National Merit Semifinalists.
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News image Aloha from Hawai’i! A Summer Adventure Photographing the Islands - aloha-from-hawaii-a-summer-adventure-photographing-the-islands News | homepagefeaturedarticle | High School | Homepage Featured Article
Aloha from Hawai’i! A Summer Adventure Photographing the Islands
This July, 12 Village Vikings ventured to Hawai’i for this year’s MIT Reveal Challenge. Their mission? Explore unique scientific sites and learn how photography relates and adds to the scientific world. During this ten-day trip, friendships were formed, discoveries were made, and fun new experiences were shared among all.
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News image Aspiring Doctor invited to The Congress of Future Physicians and Medical Scientists - aspiring-doctor-invited-to-the-congress-of-future-physicians-and-medical-scientists News | homepagefeaturedarticle | High School | Homepage Featured Article | School Wide
Aspiring Doctor invited to The Congress of Future Physicians and Medical Scientists
Village aims to teach the value of learning so that when students leave at the end of the day or for summer break, the curiosity and drive to inquire remains. Viking Audrey A. exemplifies an inquisitive learner. She is currently a rising sophomore, but her maturity and ambition would have one believe otherwise.
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News image Student Passionate to End Tobacco Use Interns at MD Anderson Cancer Center - student-passionate-to-end-tobacco-use-interns-at-md-anderson-cancer-center News | homepagefeaturedarticle | High School | Homepage Featured Article
Student Passionate to End Tobacco Use Interns at MD Anderson Cancer Center
Rising senior Puneetha G. was recently invited to speak at the MD Anderson Texas Educators Summit on teen tobacco use and cessation programs. This issue is one that Puneetha has been passionately working to resolve.
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News image Conrad Spirit of Innovation Winner | The Village School - teams-ai-idea-wins-2019-conrad-spirit-of-innovation-challenge News | homepagefeaturedarticle | High School | Homepage Featured Article
Team’s AI Idea Wins 2019 Conrad Spirit of Innovation Challenge
Recently, Village Vikings Olivia B., Omar I., Divyesh K. and Roberto M. competed in the Conrad Spirit of Innovation Challenge which is a science and business competition founded in honor of astronaut Pete Conrad.
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News image High School Interns at MasterWord Services Explore Specific Interests - high-school-interns-at-masterword-services-explore-specific-interests News | homepagefeaturedarticle | After Class Enrichment (ACE) | featured | High School | Homepage Featured Article | School Wide
High School Interns at MasterWord Services Explore Specific Interests
Our partnership with MasterWord Services, a company that specializes in language support services, provides incredible opportunities for students to gain experience as business professionals in different fields of interest.
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News image Student Innovators Travel to Poland to Speak on Harnessing their Inventiveness - student-innovators-travel-to-poland-to-speak-on-harnessing-their-inventiveness News | homepagefeaturedarticle | featured | High School | Homepage Featured Article
Student Innovators Travel to Poland to Speak on Harnessing their Inventiveness
Each year, in collaboration with MIT, teams of students participate in a challenge with a given prompt. They merge science and technology to find creative solutions to complex problems. This year, six Village students and science teacher Mila Taylor were invited to present their solutions and speak on “Harnessing the Inventiveness in Us” at the 2019 NAE MIT STEAM Festival in Warsaw, Poland.
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News image TED-Ed Village Talks- Club Founded by Students - ted-ed-village-talks-club-founded-by-students News | ace | After Class Enrichment (ACE) | featured | Homepage Featured Article
TED-Ed Village Talks- Club Founded by Students
In December of 2017, students Vy T. and Tom N. were interested in beginning the first TED-Ed club at The Village School, so they applied with the TED-Ed Student Talks program, which allows students to initiate and apply to be an official TED organization. Over the past two years, Vy and Tom have led club meetings, recruited speakers, advised members, and organized events like the recently held TED-Ed Village Talks.
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News image Then and Now: Kindergarten Kiddo to Lacrosse Recruit and Scholarship Recipient - then-and-now-kindergarten-kiddo-to-lacrosse-recruit-and-scholarship-recipient News | highschool | High School | Homepage Featured Article
Then and Now: Kindergarten Kiddo to Lacrosse Recruit and Scholarship Recipient
Class of 2019’s Teddy E. began at Village as a kindergartener. His variety of interests were nurtured throughout his years here. As goalie for the Varsity lacrosse team for four years with a passion for engineering, Teddy is now a graduating senior, signing to play lacrosse at Maine Maritime Academy as he studies marine engineering there.
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News image University of Houston's Think Tank 2019 Won by Village School Junior - university-of-houstons-think-tank-2019-won-by-village-school-junior News | featured | High School | Homepage Featured Article
University of Houston's Think Tank 2019 Won by Village School Junior
Junior Aaryan P.’s pitch of his fully-functioning business Tide Media won first place at The UH Bauer College of Business’s 2019 pitching competition.
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News image Student Accepted Into Medical Program | The Village School - student-accepted-into-competitive-dual-bs-do-medical-program News | highschool | High School | Homepage Featured Article
Student Accepted into Competitive Dual B.S./D.O. Medical Program
Class of 2019 Senior Sharan S. was recently accepted into a highly competitive B.S./D.O. Program at Nova Southeastern University (NSU). Out of 8,000 applications, 800 were called to attend and interview on-campus at the NSU's Shark Preview Weekend. There were only 80 spots available for the medical school and Sharan was one of two participants accepted from the state of Texas.
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News image 10th grade Entrepreneurs Take 2nd Place at The University of St. Thomas Pitching Competition - 10th-grade-entrepreneurs-take-2nd-place-at-the-university-of-st-thomas-pitching-competition News | highschool | featured | High School | Homepage Featured Article
10th grade Entrepreneurs Take 2nd Place at The University of St. Thomas Pitching Competition
At this weekend's University of St. Thomas Bold Ideas Pitching Competition, three Village School 10th graders won 2nd place. Vivian T.'s project took 2nd place for Entrepreneurship and Mariela A. and Beatriz D won 2nd Place in Social Entrepreneurship for their business idea. We had a total of 65 STEAM Superhero product models/prototypes developed and presented by our high school students, competing against 19 college teams.
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News image 2019 Village School Annual Fashion Show - 2019-village-school-annual-fashion-show News | finearts | Fine Arts | Homepage Featured Article
2019 Village School Annual Fashion Show
The Village School hosted the 3rd annual fashion show, entitled, "Pixelated" on March 7th from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
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News image Students Intern with Houston Fashion Designer - students-intern-with-houston-fashion-designer Blog | highschool | High School | Homepage Featured Article
Students Intern with Houston Fashion Designer
Two of our own Village School Entrepreneurship Diploma students, Hajra A. and Kurumi T., had the unique opportunity to intern for critically acclaimed Houston fashion designer, Danny Ngyuen Couture and assist with his most recent fashion show fresh off the Paris runway. From seating arrangement design to readying the models to walk the runway, the students experienced first-hand the behind the scenes work and preparation required to execute such a premier event.
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News image Entrepreneurship Student Receives Award for Innovative Business Solution - entrepreneurship-student-receives-award-for-innovative-business-solution Blog | highschool | featured | High School | Homepage Featured Article
Entrepreneurship Student Receives Award for Innovative Business Solution
Entrepreneurship student, Divyesh K. attended the University of Houston's’ EXPLORE Business Summer Institute hosted by the Bauer College of Business this summer and received second place for his teams innovative business solution.
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News image Student Brings Home Purdue PREFACE Honors - student-brings-home-purdue-preface-honors Blog | highschool | athletics | High School | Homepage Featured Article
Student Brings Home Purdue PREFACE Honors
Student-athlete Ashley Turnage attended the Purdue University PREFACE Engineering program this summer and returned home with 4 Top Honors.
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News image UNICEF Global Goals Student Summit - unicef-global-goals-student-summit Blog | featured | Global Campus | High School | Homepage Featured Article | School Wide | Village In The Press
UNICEF Global Goals Student Summit
In collaboration with UNICEF, secondary school students from Nord Anglia Education, the world’s leading premium schools organization, have converged in New York City for seminars, debates and speaking opportunities, including presentations at the High-Level Political Forum at the Headquarters of United Nations.
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News image Class of 2018 IB Scores - class-of-2018-ib-scores Blog | highschool | featured | High School | Homepage Featured Article | School Wide
Class of 2018 IB Scores
The Village School is proud to announce that students achieved strong results in the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme for the 2017/18 academic school year. Village high school student Angela Z. scored 44 out of 45 points, which is the highest in Village history. Alex L. also had a high score of 43 out of 45 points. Below are a few other highlights:
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