DISCOVER INDIA

Curriculum Guide 2022 - 2023

Each year the High School augments the learning experiences on campus by offering our students an opportunity to explore India. Each year small groups of students and faculty members travel to various locations in India to explore different facets of Indian culture and geography. We believe that such a program provides our students with unique cultural, personal, interpersonal, and environmental experiences not available on the AISC campus, and from which our students will learn, reflect, and grow as individuals.

Our Discover India goals are fivefold:

● Provide exposure to India in order to nurture a better understanding and appreciation of Indian culture, geography, and people. ● Strengthen the bonds of community among our High School students and faculty, as well as foster the development of an understanding of interdependence and shared responsibility. ● Foster attitudes of responsible global citizenship by involving students in environmental stewardship and service learning projects throughout India. ● Provide students and faculty members with opportunities for reflection, creative expression, self awareness, and self-reliance. ● Provide students and faculty members with opportunities to develop new interests and aspirations.

These experiences take place early in the school year to encourage the development of positive relationships among new and returning students. We provide a range of experiences in an attempt to meet a wide range of interests. Attendance on a Discover India trip is mandatory. Days missed from Discover India will count as regular A Day or B Day absences. More information about Discover India can be found on the High School’s Discovery program webpage.

DISCOVERY CREW

Discovery Crew is the HS Advisory program, a place where students connect with one HS faculty member and each other to foster positive and trusting relationships in a non-academic setting. Crew lessons are themed around one of the Wellbeing Framework components, prompting student discussions and reflections related to academics, self-advocacy, social identities, self-understandings, and meaningful collaborations.