Global Perspectives

A global perspective is woven into the fabric and mission of The Key School and Key students explore diverse points of view and make international connections at all grade levels. As students engage in projects, activities and the curriculum, as the School incorporates lessons learned from the diverse experiences and perspectives of teachers, students, alumni, and parents, and as the Key community looks beyond its campus to make meaningful connections with schools and cultures throughout the world, Key School is honoring the commitment made in its Mission Statement to:

Prepare students for the challenges they will face and the responsibilities they will assume within an interconnected, complex, pluralistic world community.

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  • Key welcomes Daniel Nguyen for 2013-2014

    Posted May 1, 2013
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    Selected from a highly competitive applicant pool of more than 1,600 students pursuing a year’s study in the US, Daniel will join Key’s eleventh grade next year. An excellent student with a stellar academic record, Daniel’s achievements and his gift for languages are complemented by his broad array of interests and talents that include playing the ukulele and guitar, drawing and digital design, and basketball and soccer.

    Would you be interested in hosting Daniel for the 2013-2014 school year?

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  • Tanzania Service Adventure Trip

    Posted November 28, 2012

    We are pleased to announce the offering of the Tanzania Service Adventure trip to rising ninth through current twelfth grade students for this coming summer. This trip will build on our longstanding relationship with Chumbageni Primary School in Tanga, Tanzania. Click to view presentation and itinerary.

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  • Key Adds Arabic to Course Offerings

    Ms. El-Warraki addresses her class
    Posted March 21, 2012

    The findings of the School-wide foreign language committee, corroborated by the popularity of the Arabic activity in the Upper School, inspired the launch of Arabic I as a formal course this fall. Taught by Sherine El-Warraki—an experienced teacher and a long-time member of the Key community—this addition further diversifies the Upper School offerings in foreign language, which have long included Latin, French and Spanish.

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  • International Partnership Strengthened: George and Wendy Waymouth Visit Tanzania

    George and Wendy Waymouth at Chumbageni Primary School in Tanga, Tanzania
    Posted March 21, 2012

    Instrumental in initiating the tri-school collaboration known as the Chums partnership six years ago, veteran teachers George and Wendy Waymouth continue to be a powerful team in the sustained effort to maximize global learning experiences for students at Key.

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  • Service Learning Takes Students to Cape Eleuthera

    Key students in Cape Eleuthera at the firehouse they helped restore
    Posted March 21, 2012

    Accompanied by Outdoor Education Head Brian Michaels, teacher Dan Schoos, and veteran Outdoor Education teacher Lee Schreitz ’70, twelve Upper School students participated in the twelve-day trip, which combined an international community service project with a five-day sea-kayaking adventure.

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  • European Union Ambassador Engages Audience at Key

    Posted November 7, 2011

    More than two hundred members of the greater Annapolis community braved a rainy evening in October to meet European Union Ambassador João Vale de Almeida, who spoke at Key as part of the Annapolis Forum Speaker Series, sponsored by What’s Up Annapolis? magazine.

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  • Key Cookbook Supports Chums

    Posted October 19, 2011

    Key Cooks is a collection of favorite recipes gathered from students, parents, alumni, faculty and staff, and friends of Key School. Filled with delicacies from around the world, this community cookbook is available for $10 (plus tax). Orders can be placed in the Bookstore or by emailing Margie Ross in the Communication Office. Order by October 28 for delivery in early November.

    All proceeds earned from the sale of Key Cooks will support Chums, a partnership among Key School, Somers Park Primary School in Malvern, England, and Chumbageni Primary School in Tanga, Tanzania.

    Click here for a sneak peek of Key Cooks.

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  • Travel With Teachers George & Wendy Waymouth

    Posted July 22, 2011

    Key School teachers George and Wendy Waymouth are blogging about their summer travels to Key’s partner school, Chumbageni Primary School, in Tanga, Tanzania. Visit the Chums blog to stay in touch with the Waymouths!

  • Professionals from China Visit Key

    Posted June 3, 2011

    A delegation of sixty-five professionals from Beijing University’s National School of Development visited Key last week. Accompanied by four interpreters from the University of Maryland’s School of Public Policy, the group from China was interested in learning about independent school education and considering ways academic institutions in China could follow a similar model. The group toured campus and met with Head of School Marcella Yedid, Director of Finance and Operations Ken Piel, Middle School Division Head Dave Magnus, Lower School Division Head Emily Legum, and three eighth grade students: Molly Glime, Matthew Jarriel and Maria Som. Happening upon class discussions held outside, classroom debates in Civics, and Key’s renowned Orff Schulwerk classes in session, the visitors were truly intrigued by all they saw while at Key. Click here to read an article, published on GreaterAnnapolisPatch.com.

  • Press Release: 65 Professionals from China to Visit The Key School

    Posted May 13, 2011

    Annapolis, Md. – More than 60 professionals from China’s Beijing University will visit The Key School on May 25 as part of a program led by the University of Maryland’s School of Public Policy.

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In The Gallery

Upper School Summer Adventure: Bahamas Service and Paddle Trip
June 28 - July 9, 2011

This was a twelve-day outdoor education summer trip. The experience combined an international community service project, working alongside local Bahamians, with a five-day, community building coastal sea-kayaking adventure. For the activities and curriculum on the trip, Key School was partnered with The Island School which is located on Cape Eleuthera, one of the underdeveloped outer-islands of the Bahamas. The Island School offers a well-established semester program for high school students, and focuses on experiential/outdoor learning, environmental sustainability and hands-on service experiences.

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Highlights

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  • Oh the Places You’ll Go!

    Posted December 16, 2009
    Alumni experiences abroad were the focus of this year’s Alumni and Senior Class Dinner.
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  • Belize 2008

    The Mayan ruins of Xunantunich
    Posted December 16, 2009
    Ten Upper School students traveled to the small Central American nation of Belize this past spring break, led by Upper School Head Todd Casey and Middle School teacher Travis Greenlee. This trip fulfilled their long-time dream to incorporate service-based international travel into the program at Key.
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  • Meeting Three of The Lost Boys of the Sudan

    Amal with Key students
    Posted December 16, 2009
    The Parents’ Association’s Multi-Cultural Committee hosted a thought provoking and inspiring Parent Forum in November. The evening centered on the viewing of God Grew Tired of Us, an award-winning documentary that gives viewers a glimpse into the lives of John Bul Dau, Daniel Abol Pach and Panther Blor, three of the estimated 26,000 boys who fled their villages during the late 1980s as civil war ravaged southern Sudan.
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  • Second Graders Discover Marco Polo

    2nd graders at the student-made gondola display
    Posted December 16, 2009
    Equipped with their burgeoning reading and writing skills and new found knowledge of world geography, Key's second graders set out on a journey of discovery with Marco Polo.
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  • Teaching in China

    Mrs. Schrader at the Great Wall of China
    Posted December 16, 2009
    At the invitation of the International School of Beijing, Lower and Pre-School Orff Schulwerk coordinator Jacque Schrader spent a week this fall teaching in China.
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  • Home to Pakistan

    Posted December 16, 2009
    Around a campfire at Assateague in May, Shumaila Jan, Key's eleventh grade student from Hunza (a village in the foothills of the Himalayas in northeastern Pakistan), sat with her friends and teachers as they all reflected on their year. This past year not only provided Shumaila with a window into a new culture, but also it afforded members of our community the opportunity to learn a great deal about life and customs in a very different region of the world.
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  • Teaching in Australia

    Posted December 16, 2009
    Continuing his international teaching, Fine and Performing Arts Department Head Rick Layton traveled to Melbourne, Australia, this past spring, where he was invited to teach by the Victorian Orff Schulwerk Association.
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  • Pre-School “Chums” Honored with Challenge 20/20 Award

    Dancing in Tanzania
    Posted October 13, 2006
    The Key School’s youngest students are reaching out and making global connections as members of the Chums Partnership, a collaboration between students at Key and students in Tanzania and England.
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  • Latin America Symposium

    Key parent Eric Swanson, from the World Wildlife Fund, speaks to eighth grade students about environmental issues in Latin America
    Posted December 16, 2009

    Question: Where can one go to experience the cultural nuances of the countries of Latin America—the sights, music, language, food, and clothing—while also learning about the life experiences of mestizos, university professors, subsistence farmers, coal miners, eco-tourism workers, German immigrants, and Haitian political activists?

    Answer: The Latin America Symposium at The Key School.

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Resources

CHUMS Partnership

Click here to view information about Key School's partnership with Somers Park Primary School in Malvern, England, and Chumbageni Primary School in Tanga, Tanzania.