People and places
Pictured at the global Round Square conference, taking place at Rockport School, Holywood, Northern Ireland are (left to right): Campbell Kuruk from St. John’s Ravenscourt School, Canada; Tomisin Bewaji from St. Mary’s, Colchester, England; Sophie Shiel, Head Girl, Rockport School; Rohaan Vasa from Bayview Glen School, Canada, Karen Zhang from Keystone Academy, China and Rajveer Batra from DAIS Dhirubhai Ambani International School, India.
First international Round Square Conference hosted in Northern Ireland George Vance reports on a landmark event
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Rockport School became the first school in Ireland – North or South – to be accepted within the Round Square community, which now boasts an internationally diverse network of 200 like-minded schools in 50 countries on six continents. Marking five years since that point, in March 2019 over 160 students and 40 teachers from 30 schools across the globe descended on Northern Ireland to visit famous sites, including the Giant’s Causeway and Crumlin Road Gaol, and meet with students from fellow Round Square schools. A programme of events for the conference was developed by Rockport that are reflective of Round Square’s ideals: Autumn |
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Situated in Craigavad, Holywood, Rockport School earlier this year hosted the first-ever Round Square International Conference to take place in Northern Ireland or Ireland. Founded in 1906, Rockport is Northern Ireland’s only fully independent day and boarding school, catering for students between the ages of 2½ and 18. Round Square was created in 1966 by educator and philosopher Kurt Hahn, who also established Gordonstoun School in Scotland. Schools hoping to join Round Square must demonstrate their commitment not only to academic excellence, but also to the personal development and responsibility of their students. In 2014,
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