Global Learners

Global Learners Global Learners offers immersive arts and culture camps, and a micro school for 5th-8th graders.

The Global Learners middle school program is full of kind-hearted, creative, curious, compassionate, and hilarious stude...
07/23/2026

The Global Learners middle school program is full of kind-hearted, creative, curious, compassionate, and hilarious students, and we have one opening for the 2026–27 school year.

We're especially excited to connect with families of 7th or 8th grade girls who are looking for a close-knit learning community. If your daughter is looking for genuine friendships and a place where learning is engaging, meaningful, and personalized, she'd feel right at home with our welcoming students and incredible parent community.

Our curriculum grows from real student interests, creating meaningful connections across traditional academic subjects. This coming school year we'll be exploring topics including photographic chemistry, artistic interior design, the history and science of illusions, and botany. Along the way, students build strong skills in language arts, math, science, and social studies through hands-on projects, meaningful discussions, and field trips that are carefully woven into our curriculum. Rather than separating learning into isolated subjects, we integrate core academics into engaging real-world projects that help students understand not just what they're learning, but why it matters.

With a small class size, every student is truly known and supported. We tailor learning to each student's strengths and needs while encouraging them to ask big questions, follow their curiosity, and create work they're proud of. The friendships that grow here are something truly special. Our students learn, create, and grow together.

If this sounds like the kind of education your family has been searching for, I'd love to meet you! Join us for our upcoming open house, or reach out to schedule a visit and see the Global Learners space for yourself.

Uganda is one of those countries that no student could quite place before we started our week's adventure. Hearty food, ...
07/15/2026

Uganda is one of those countries that no student could quite place before we started our week's adventure. Hearty food, beautiful paper beads, wooden stools, cow-horn jewelry, and an exploration of bark cloth filled our week with experiences that connected us to this beautiful country and its many cultures. Uganda is home to more than 40 spoken languages and over 50 ethnic groups, each with its own unique traditions. We explored the country's varied geography, and students were surprised to learn that the White Nile begins its journey in Uganda, that mountains rise high enough to support glaciers there even though the country lies along the equator, and that Uganda is home to an incredible array of wildlife, including lions, elephants, and mountain gorillas.

Greece is such an incredible center of history and culture, and it was so much fun connecting the ancient Greece that al...
07/03/2026

Greece is such an incredible center of history and culture, and it was so much fun connecting the ancient Greece that all of our campers were so excited about with the modern Greece they knew very little about. We created beautiful marble mosaics and polymer clay evil eye charms - both art forms with roots in ancient Greece that remain an important part of Greek culture today. We cooked a delicious Greek feast, complete with dolmades made from grape leaves picked from our own vines. We also toured the Elizabethan Theatre at OSF with an expert who drew fascinating connections between the origins of organized theater in ancient Greece and the theater we enjoy here today. Another fabulous week full of memories made!

I can't stop looking at these amazing mosaics the Global Learners created at camp this week! We used real marble from Tu...
06/26/2026

I can't stop looking at these amazing mosaics the Global Learners created at camp this week! We used real marble from Turkey, Greece, and Italy - all natural stone colors, carefully nipped to the right size and held in place with mortar.

I'll post more photos from our week exploring Greece when I get a chance, but I couldn't wait to share these. This is one of my all-time favorite student projects.

For our first week of summer camp, we explored the beautiful Southeast Asian country of Laos. We crafted folding lantern...
06/24/2026

For our first week of summer camp, we explored the beautiful Southeast Asian country of Laos. We crafted folding lanterns from rattan and botanical mulberry paper and wove our own rice baskets. On Tuesday, we cooked a delicious feast of Lao larb, sticky rice, and tropical fruit. Most of the campers had never tasted jackfruit, papaya, or rambutan before.

To make our week truly special, the amazing people at Puck's Donuts of Phoenix welcomed us and shared their Laotian heritage and refugee story with us. A huge thank you to them for taking the time! They make the best donuts, and now we know that it's their connection to Laos that makes them extra uniquely delicious.

To wrap up our school year we celebrated the students with a small ceremony, sending our 8th grader off to high school. ...
06/20/2026

To wrap up our school year we celebrated the students with a small ceremony, sending our 8th grader off to high school. Then we headed to Lost Creek Lake for some boating and tubing fun - with a big thank you Captain Marcus. I'm looking forward to welcoming back these awesome Global Learners in the fall. We have just one spot open, and have an amazing, creative, connected class that I can't wait to share future adventures with. Have a wonderful summer!

Our Indigenous Cultures of Oregon unit ended with each student presenting a Tribe to the class. Projects varied from mod...
06/11/2026

Our Indigenous Cultures of Oregon unit ended with each student presenting a Tribe to the class. Projects varied from model cedar plank houses and a miniature canoes, to baskets, beadwork, and even a story written in the Takelma language. I'm so proud of these students and all their hard work as they wrote research essays, put together presentations, and worked on their visuals!

We finished up our school year with a couple of great units, and although I'm a little behind on posting, I wanted to sh...
06/11/2026

We finished up our school year with a couple of great units, and although I'm a little behind on posting, I wanted to share some photos from our fun Kitchen Chemistry unit!

Our experiments included making our own popping boba, using red cabbage to measure acidity, holding a cookie-baking competition with variable ingredients, and even creating our own casein plastic from milk and vinegar. It was an engaging way to explore chemistry through everyday foods and materials.

Day 3: We set our alarms for 5:45am and made it to the beach for an early morning low tide. We found ocher and leather s...
05/02/2026

Day 3: We set our alarms for 5:45am and made it to the beach for an early morning low tide. We found ocher and leather stars, a variety of crabs, sea anemones, chitin and even a sea cucumber. Then we enjoyed a hot breakfast on the beach thanks to our amazing chaperones, before heading up to the Crescent City lighthouse. We enjoyed Thai food for lunch. On our way home we wandered along a botanical trail to see darlingtonia carnivorous plants, and dipped our hands and faces into the Illinois River. A perfect ending to an amazing adventure!

Day 2: We began our day with an amazing tour of the End of Trails museum, learning about Native American culture. Then w...
05/02/2026

Day 2: We began our day with an amazing tour of the End of Trails museum, learning about Native American culture. Then we headed into the treetops at the Trees of Mystery, with the sky walk and gondola. Perfect weather made for a lovely picnic and walk on the beach! The later afternoon found us petting a shark, watching sea lions and marveling at interesting fish and invertebrates at the Ocean World aquarium. A full day of learning and laughter!

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