’18 Global Education Transforms the Curriculum

Founded in 2009, Holton’s Global Education program is a pillar of the student experience. All education is global, and the program helps students cultivate knowledge, skills, and perspective they’ll need to understand and address the shared global challenges that their generation will inherit. Holton weaves global perspectives throughout the curriculum, works with established institutions to infuse our culture with students from a variety of countries, and has created a range of opportunities for students to travel within the United States and internationally to strengthen their language skills, develop deeper understanding of and empathy for other cultures, and learn about issues of global significance.

In 2018, Jones traveled to Peru on a Junior Journey trip, one of several global education trips made during her time as head. Another transformational trip was a Junior Journey to India in 2013.

“No program has more significant impact on our ability to develop leaders who will make the world a better place,” she said. “I’m very proud of our Global Education Program and exceedingly grateful for all the people who make it so successful, not the least of whom are the students themselves.”

"So many adjectives spring to mind to describe Susanna: a well-informed intellect, disciplined, forthright, unafraid to make necessary, hard decisions, and most importantly, she always prioritized our students, collectively and individually. Susanna knew she needed to lead and, with her team, manage a well-run dynamic organization, the focus of which always was on the nurturing growth of our girls. She accomplished this, and I wish I’d found her source of unlimited energy during the remarkable years we worked together! "

Martha Dippell ’68, former Chair of the Board of Trustees

Learn Well, Live Well, Lead Well

A highlight of the past sixteen years is the development and implementation of Learn Well, Live Well, Lead Well (LW3). This spiraled approach to robust and rigorous curriculum stands out among our peers as some of the best-in-class, while unique offerings like Seminar are distinctive to Holton. LW3 manifests through school-wide goals and competencies across all subjects, along with the innovative 3-12 spiraling curriculum known as Seminar. This evolution of the School’s pedagogy is deeply rooted in Mrs. Holton’s desire to cultivate the unique potential of young women through the “education not only of the mind, but of the soul and spirit.”