a publication from Woodlands Academy of the Sacred Heart
Mes Amies № 06
2013 Fall ISSUE
Woodlands Academy students traveled to Vienna, Austria, this fall for the annual Sacred Heart exchange with Sacré Coeur Wien. Pictured (from left) » ALLIE SILGE ’16, CAROLINA RODRIGUEZ BORJAS ’16, LUCY WALKER ’16, KRISTEN CLAIR ’16, ELLERY TAYLOR ’16, LILIA SWIFT ’16, MIA HAGNELL ’16, EMMA WARD ’16, ELEANORE VAN MARWIJK KOOY ’16, MADDY MORRIS ’16, LUCY BARNHART ’16
Global Education, Exchange Programs Flourish
W
oodlands Academy
The Sacred Heart network is a huge
Currently, there are Sacred Heart
is on the move with
advantage since there are schools
schools with summer programs in
its expanding global
on six continents and 43 coun-
Chile, Australia, Taiwan and Mexico.
education and exchange programs.
tries. Woodlands has exchange
Students can go on one exchange
Global education is a key focus of
programs in five continents and 12
a year, but can do two if one is
the Strategic Plan, which states,
countries: Taiwan, Australia, Chile,
over the summer.
in part, that Woodlands Academy
Mexico, Spain, Austria, England,
will expand, enhance, and hone its
Ireland, Scotland, France, Japan
understanding of, commitment to,
and Canada, and the list continues
and development of global educa-
to expand.
tion for the 21st Century.
EXPLORING Vienna
The exchange programs are cost effective in that students pay just for their airfare and spending money. They stay in homes of other Sacred Heart families who host them.
To influence our world, we must understand it. – SAINT MADELEINE SOPHIE BARAT
Another goal of the Woodlands
ELEANORE VAN MARWIJK KOOY ’16 prepares to board the guided boat tour destination Durnstein.
program is to do international service which Perlick hopes to piggyback with other Sacred Heart schools.
Global Education Director Amy
“Every day I have emails from all
Perlick said, “The exchange pro-
over the world, thanks to our net-
Woodlands also is exploring the
gram is the cornerstone of our
work. It’s ideal. We all are part of
possibilities of faculty exchanges
global education program. We not
the same big family and can call on
within the U.S. and international
only want to send our students
the network for anything.”
networks.
Students usually go on exchange
Another new project is participa-
during their sophomore year, and
tion in the National Association
all exchanges, with one exception,
of Independent Schools Challenge
abroad to explore different languages and cultures, but vice versa, to expose our students to new friendships and cultures.”
on a beautiful, and seemingly unending,
are individual. The Sacré Coeur
20/20 through which U.S. schools
“Any time you can expand a young
Wien in Vienna exchange is the
partner with an international
person’s world, you are opening all
exception. Started in 2008, this
school to solve a global problem.
sorts of possibilities to her. I think
program consists of sending 10 to
Woodlands will partner with Wold-
with technology, there is so much
12 Woodlands students to Vienna in
ingham School in London, for the
information available to students,
fall, while 12 students from Vienna
2014-15 school year.
but they don’t always know what to
visit Woodlands in spring.
do with it. Once they travel outside their home country, they begin to think very creatively about the process for change and how they can use technology to make those changes.”
Global Exchange Director AMY PERLICK
Perlick is excited about her new
Woodlands is trying to cultivate
role and all of the possibilities.“I
more exchanges in the southern
can’t stop thinking about things I
hemisphere so students have more
want to do – insights I want stu-
opportunities for exchange during
dents to learn and knowledge I’d
our summer months.
like teachers to impart.”
street in Durnstein
FROM LEFT
» LUCY BARNHART ’16,
ALLIE SILGE '16, and MADDY MORRIS ’16 walk the grounds of Belvedere Palace. ELEANORE VAN MARWIJK KOOY gives a personal account of her visit to Vienna on our WA WORLD page. VISIT
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