International Programs
Our Mission
The mission of the International Program at Cannon School is to promote global competency by broadening the experiences of students through travel, summer exchange, study, and service; to provide an avenue for thinking globally and acting locally; to develop a culture that encourages individual summer exchange and group travel.
Trips and Exchanges
The purposes of trips and exchanges include:
- Develop global competency
- Cultural exchange
- Practice a foreign language
- Student exchange immersion
- Historical perspectives
- Scientific inquiry
- Personal growth
- Service opportunity
- Earn the Global Studies Certificate
- Global Studies competitions
Current families may contact Dr. Sylvia Simard-Newman, Upper School Coordinator of Global Studies, for more information on how to receive the US Global Studies Certificate.
Global Studies Certificate
The aim of the Global Studies Certificate is to provide recognition for students who are globally minded and show the qualities of a global citizen.
They have completed World History I and II, World Language I and II and the three requirements listed in the appropriate link below to obtain the certificate during Senior Night:
- For students graduating through 2023, please review these requirements for the Global Studies Certificate.
- Starting with the Class of 2024, please refer to these requirements for the Global Studies Mastery Credits.
Program Coordinator
International Programs Links
Cultural Competencies Framework
Cannon School Teacher Global Education Badge Program
Teachers have the opportunity to earn the Global Education Badge if they complete at least 100 hours of professional development in global studies and a Capstone on a global issue such as creating a new Winterm, a new unit in a year-long course or organizing a student travel abroad program. The badge is sponsored and supported by the North Carolina Global Education Benchmark Group. Each teacher displays their badge on his/her classroom door.
The following teachers are recipients of the Global Education Badge:
2017
Dr. Simard-Newman
Claudia Velandia
Lirong Wang
2018
Melissa Fox
Mike Hoffman
Mark Kmidowski
Stephanie Ranson
John Riley
2019
Dr. Jady Arriaga
Laura Huffman
Heather Oswald
Aimee Pfitzner
2020
Natalie Legra
Ellen Loflin
Keith West
2021
Kenan Mattsson
Michelle Zelaya
2022
Lidia Calles-Gholdston
Fabio Hurtado
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