HK EDUCATOR
Trip of a lifetime
activities include student-led clubs such as baking, yoga, music, fitness, arts & crafts and poetry.
Matthieu Aemisegger discusses life aboard one of the world’s most unique international boarding schools. By Melanie Cox
On the Sørlandet we have a tradition called watch wars. Each watch consists of ten students competing against other watches in karaoke, a spelling bee, trivia, maritime events, and best of all tug of war.
A+ World Academy is owned by the Sørlandet Foundation which operates the 90 year old Norweigen ship Sørlande. Our campus is the oldest active fully rigged tall ship in the world. A+ World Academy is a high school and gap year program that sails to 20 cities in 14 countries on four different continents. The education program entails attending one year or graduating the A+ World Academy in two years with the AP Capstone Diploma. The Sørlandet Boarding School experience is like no other because students develop life skills such as leadership, resilience, grit, accountability, and teamwork…characteristics that will lead them to success in both university and in life.
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An education at sea offers the opportunity to be part of a close-knit community with a role as a team player. This involves taking part in ship “watches” as part of the mariner crew and participating in scrubbing, cleaning, and sharing the duties on board.
The graduates of A+ World Academy are outstanding because they have completed a rigorous and unique program at sea on the oldest active fully rigged tall ship in the world!
Our students don’t just worry about getting to class on time, they deal with real issues such as monitoring water consumption, environmental impacts and living in a socially conscious way to reduce pollution. A+ World Academy students are pushed to their limits in every aspect including intellectual, social, physical, and cultural while learning to be proactive problem solvers with practical experience and developing a global perspective. It’s not all work and study, favourite
Curious to know more about A+ World Academy students program and the Sørlande Boarding School experience? Get on board at aplusworldacademy.org
