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The Village School Difference
When you visit The Village School for the first time, you’ll notice it immediately.
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News image Village siblings create cookbook to show healthy eating can be delicious - village-siblings-create-cookbook-to-show-healthy-eating-can-be-delicious News | featured | Elementary | Homepage Featured Article | School Wide
Village siblings create cookbook to show healthy eating can be delicious
Village siblings Shirin and Sam Bekker wanted to share their healthy recipes with people around the world. In order to do this, they began developing a cookbook to show people around the world how healthy eating can be delicious.
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News image Village’s High School Dean of Students writes heartwarming children’s book - villages-high-school-dean-of-students-writes-heartwarming-childrens-book News | homepagefeaturedarticle | featured | High School | Homepage Featured Article
Village’s High School Dean of Students writes heartwarming children’s book
Jennifer Thomas, Village High School's Dean of Students, recently wrote a children’s book focused on the difficulty siblings face when one goes off to college. Her book, See You in Tomorrow, is based on her son’s real-life experience when his older brother left for school.
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News image The Village School Hosts French and Vietnamese Consulate Representatives - the-village-school-hosts-french-and-vietnamese-consulate-representatives News | villageinthepress | featured | Homepage Featured Article | School Wide | Village In The Press
The Village School Hosts French and Vietnamese Consulate Representatives
In an effort to cultivate strong relationships with foreign countries represented in our diverse and international community, The Village School recently launched a program called Consular Connections. As part of this new program, we hosted several representatives from both the French Embassy and General Consulate, as well as the Vietnamese General Consulate in Houston.
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News image Village School Student Develops App to Help Fight Skin Related Prejudice and Colorism - village-school-student-develops-app-to-help-fight-skin-related-prejudice-and-colorism News | featured | High School | Homepage Featured Article | School Wide
Village School Student Develops App to Help Fight Skin Related Prejudice and Colorism
Audrey Ajakaye, a junior at Village knows first-hand how it feels to be subjected to skin related prejudice and colorism. So, when the opportunity presented itself in Audrey’s junior year at The Village School to create an innovative project, she drew on her own personal experiences and knew she wanted to focus on how skin issues impact people’s mental health.
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News image College Board Recognizes Village Seniors - college-board-recognizes-village-seniors News | schoolwide | School Wide
College Board Recognizes Village Seniors
The Village School is extremely proud to recognize some of its current Grade 12 students for being recognized by the College Board Recognition Program.
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News image Virtual learning presents opportunities to innovate - virtual-learning-presents-opportunities-to-innovate News | featured | After Class Enrichment (ACE) | Homepage Featured Article | School Wide
Virtual learning presents opportunities to innovate
Early this year, learning all over the world took an unexpected turn as students and teachers had to quickly shift to virtual learning. At The Village School, many students began to ideate on how to use their time and talents to make an impact. Seeing virtual learning as an opportunity rather than a drawback, the following students came up with incredible ideas, leveraging the virtual space for continued learning over the summer.
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News image Student Spotlight: Crocheting for a cause - student-spotlight-crocheting-for-a-cause News | featured | Fine Arts | High School | Homepage Featured Article | School Wide
Student Spotlight: Crocheting for a cause
Dana is a Viking with a very diverse set of interests. She is a two-sport varsity athlete, has a passion for art and is a bright IB Diploma candidate, planning to pursue Neuroscience in the future. Most rewarding of all her pursuits though is a non-profit she started called Crochet Children’s Fund. Through her non-profit, Dana sells stuffed animals she crochets and donates the proceeds to local children’s hospitals.
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News image Student Spotlight: Baking cakes (almost) too pretty to eat - student-spotlight-baking-cakes-almost-too-pretty-to-eat News | featured | Fine Arts | Homepage Featured Article | Middle School
Student Spotlight: Baking cakes (almost) too pretty to eat
At Village, students pursue excellence in all they do, even extending into their extracurriculars and hobbies. For 8th grader Charlie, his combined artistry and love for baking has him creating masterpieces almost too exquisite to eat! Many different Village Vikings have gotten to enjoy his delicious creations and he’s always glad for the chance to share. We got to connect with this ambitious and eloquent baker, and hear all about his unique gift turned small business.
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News image Student Spotlight: Going green with a new way to clean - student-spotlight-going-green-with-a-new-way-to-clean News | featured | High School | School Wide | Village In The Press
Student Spotlight: Going green with a new way to clean
A senior at The Village School, Anastacia Y. already has a fully-functioning business to her name. She is the founder and owner of Elcove, an environmentally conscious company that provides a variety of cleaning product capsules and reusable bottles. Elcove’s toxin-free products aim to replace the single-use plastic bottles often found in grocery store cleaning aisles.
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News image Stanford-bound Senior, Divyesh Khatri, Named Semifinalist for the U.S Presidential Scholars Program - stanford-bound-senior-divyesh-khatri-named-semifinalist-for-the-us-presidential-scholars-program News | schoolwide | School Wide
Stanford-bound Senior, Divyesh Khatri, Named Semifinalist for the U.S Presidential Scholars Program
Congratulations to senior, Divyesh Khatri, who has been named one of 621 semifinalists in the 2020 U.S. Presidential Scholars Program. The semifinalists were selected from nearly 5,600 candidates expected to graduate from U.S. high schools in the year 2020.
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News image Vikings are Making a Difference - vikings-are-making-a-difference News | featured | Homepage Featured Article | School Wide
Vikings are Making a Difference
As we near the end of 1 month of staying home, our Vikings from every division are sharing encouraging messages and tips on how to continue staying safe and protecting our families and community.
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News image Village Students Discuss the Conrad Challenge at the 2020 Spring SLECoP Convening - village-students-discuss-the-conrad-challenge-at-the-2020-spring-slecop-convening News | featured | School Wide
Village Students Discuss the Conrad Challenge at the 2020 Spring SLECoP Convening
On Tuesday, March 3, 2020, three Village students spoke to a professional gathering of over 400 people about their experience with entrepreneurship in the Conrad Challenge.
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News image A Little Bit of Genius Podcast Series - a-little-bit-of-genius-podcast-series News | schoolwide | School Wide
A Little Bit of Genius Podcast Series
Nord Anglia Education launched a brand-new podcast series called A Little Bit of Genius. In this series, student hosts discuss the theme of creativity with fascinating guests in a number of diverse fields. Nord Anglia’s podcast series is just one of the many incredible opportunities that we offer to students to ensure their education inspires them.
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News image Village Students Shine at the Houston Area MUN Conference - village-students-shine-at-the-houston-area-mun-conference News | highschool | High School
Village Students Shine at the Houston Area MUN Conference
On Thursday, January 23rd and Friday, January 24th, VHSMUN attended the Houston Area MUN with over 1100 delegates from Houston and across Texas.
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News image Scholastic Art and Writing 2019-20 Award Winners - scholastic-art-and-writing-2019-20-award-winners News | schoolwide | School Wide
Scholastic Art and Writing 2019-20 Award Winners
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!
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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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