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Global Citizenship

The Head-Royce School Global Education Program Mission

The mission of the Global Education Program at Head-Royce is to instill in our community a deeper understanding of and appreciation for cultures and people around the globe. An element in the School’s broad mission of scholarship, diversity and citizenship, our program seeks to prepare students to address the complex issues other countries face in a rapidly changing and increasingly interconnected world.

Student Travel Multimedia Projects

Colin Russell's narrated trip to India to volunteer with

Little Flock Children's Home(Summer 2010)

Riva Kahn Hallock's video of her time in Belize

working with Coral Reef Conservation (Summer 2010)

Global Education Curriculum

The international and global curriculum begins with the study of people around the world in Lower School literature, social studies, science and the study of Spanish and French. In Middle School, the focus deepens with the formal World Languages curriculum that includes Chinese and Latin in addition to those above and a two-year Global Studies course beginning in Eighth Grade, focusing on Africa, Latin American, China, Russia, India and globalization. In the Upper School, there are, in addition to the core curriculum, special senior elective offerings on topics that range from Japanese Literature to Asia Rising. Throughout the K-12 curriculum the science and math departments speak a truly international language, and the fine arts frequently incorporates cultural content from other nations.

Global Certificate Student Projects

2012-2013 Cohort

Gay Marriage: A Global Comparison	A nation left behind: understanding the reasons behind paraguay’s current political, economic, and social status through my personal experiences
America’s War on Democracy: The Often Told (But Still Unknown) Story of Iranian Oil	The Lake Children: Child Slavery on Lake Volta, Ghana
Reconciling with Sexism in France: Understanding How One Country Can Hold Such Negatives and Positives	“La Tierra Diversa de Nicaragua” The Diverse Land of Nicaragua
ERICH MENDELSOHN: AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE LIKEABILITY OF BUILDINGS	Innovation in Developing Countries
Sharks: A Species Endangered By Humans

2011-2012 Cohort

Energy in Nepal	Reassessing the Closure Date of the American Frontier Using San Francisco as a Bellwether	Finding a Family: Ama Ghar Children’s Home and Nepal’s Orphanage System
Land of the Greying Sun: An Essay on Japan’s Aging Society	A Veiled Future: The Headscarf’s Role in the Turkish Republic	All of the Obstacles in My Way: The World’s Disillusion with its Supply of Freshwater
Identity’s Place in International Adoption: The Consequences of an ‘Enabling Violation’	The Daily Runway: The Origin of “Beauty” and the Struggles to Achieve It	School for Success: Reflections on the Nepalese Education System
More than Hemlines: Gender Bias in Malawi Today

Travel, Study, and Service Programs


International Academic Programs	Domestic Off-Campus Programs		Summer Programs

To explore questions or find more information on our Global Citizenship initiatives, please email global@headroyce.org

Global Partnerships

To see a list of the Speakers who have visited HRS as part of our Global Speakers Program, click here.