The Village School had 43 art recognitions between the middle and high school who won either a Gold Key, Silver Key, or Honorable Mention in the 2019-2020 Scholastic Art Competition!
We are very proud to share the results of our Seniors at the British International School of Chicago, South Loop. Our students achieved exceptional results in this year’s International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme (IBDP).
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
A powerful online tool is spurring students into building more robust charity and social service programmes designed to create a greater, positive impact in their local communities.
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.
NAIS Dublin’s head of primary Lisa Cannell shares how it’s a daily privilege to watch a child learn and why it’s important for young people to have an education that enriches both the mind and soul.
NAIS Dublin’s head of primary Lisa Cannell shares how it’s a daily privilege to watch a child learn and why it’s important for young people to have an education that enriches both the mind and soul.
The Village School’s 2018 yearbook, "The Viking: Wait, What", has been recognized for excellence and featured in the 2019 Jostens Look Book, celebrating the best-of-the-best in yearbook design and coverage.
Where you go is not who’ll you’ll be, were comments that sparked debate recently in the media and got many of us thinking, does that statement ring true for the university you choose? Windermere Preparatory School’s International Student Advisor Ruth Lahnston, Counselor Nancy Gerena and British International School Chicago, South Loop’s Director of Counseling Lindsay Kafitz say students should choose a university that is the best fit for them.