Now accepting applications for
SWBA
2012 - 2013 School year
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Students Without Borders Academy
Designed to provide 21st century perspective.
Education is changing. The world for which we are preparing students today is fundamentally different from the one many of us experienced growing up. Today's societies are marked by new global economic, cultural, technological and environmental trends that are part of a rapid and uneven wave of globalization. The Students Without Borders Academy addresses these changes and prepares students for the challenges of the 21st Century.
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A desk is a dangerous place from which to watch the world.
John le Carre
SWB-A is a Global Citizenship Program
of School District #22 - Vernon.
The Students Without Borders Academy ( SWBA.CA ) is a program of education for Global Citizenship. SWB-A uses online learning, webinars, skype, state of the art software, dynamic student travel abroad, camp setting, field study, Smithsonian Tropical Reseach Institutes, language study in Spanish, and Indigenous peoples studies exploring Embera and Kuna culture. SWB-A explores conservation of sea turtles, reefs and rain forests. SWB-A students visit the Red Cross, the United Nations, The Peace Corps and International Universities in the Ciudad del Saber. SWB-A is a full semester 20 credit program of School District #22 in Vernon BC.
