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St. George’s hosted a group of 22 Chinese middleschool students from the YK Pao School in Shanghai— where former SG Director of Global Programs Tony Jaccaci is head—for a special three-week program on campus July 8-26. The program was a joint venture with the Pennfield School in Portsmouth, R.I. Recent alums Anna Millar ’13, Mary Behan ’10 and Ian Tigh ’10 were back on the Hilltop to serve as teaching assistants and residential advisors in Wheeler and Buell dormitories. The YK Pao students spent each morning with science teacher Dr. Bob Wein, who taught the STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) course for the program while history teaching fellow Cassie Rudden taught English and humanities. Pennfield hosted the students in the afternoon.
GCIP students experience work, culture in Paris, London and Madrid Taking part in the GCIP Madrid program for three weeks this summer were Hannah Macaulay ’14, Katherine Bauer ’14, Margaret Schroeder ’14, Tim Howe ’14, John DeLuca ’14 and Ito Orobator ’14. Now in its second year, the Spanish Language immersion program included visits to the ancient city of Toledo, the city of Segovia, many museums and restaurants.
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s part of the Global Cultural Initiatives Program, this summer French Department Chair Allison de Horsey led groups of students to Paris and London, while Spanish teacher Amy Dorrien-Traisci led a group to Madrid. Both programs featured both sightseeing, internships with local companies and homestays with local families. Taking part in the Paris program this year were (right) Hayley Durudogan ’14, Maggie Maloy ’14, Lilly Scheibe ’15, Mary Keith ’14, Maddie Parker ’13 and Wendy Huang ’14. Now in its fourth year, the GCIP program has established a strong relationship with the prestigious Curie Institute, a boon to young science students. This year Wendy interned at the Intitute’s Génétique de la Suppression Tumorale lab; Mary interned in the Structural Motility lab; Maddie worked in the Stem Cells and Tissue Homeostasis lab; and Lilly interned in the Notch Signaling in Stem Cells and Tumors lab. Meanwhile, Maggie worked for the French companies, NLB Conseil, an executive search and talent management agency, and Hayley interned at Tg Communications, a public relations firm. “Both companies have welcomed SG students into their offices in the past and have graciously imparted their expertise and professional wisdom to the interns,” de Horsey said.
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