Our Vision in Action
Students will enter into an international community with the knowledge and skills to practice freedom of thought, expression, and persons.
How does our vision live in The Green School?
Spring 2025: Costa Rica
Being able to converse and write in more than one language is one of the most in-demand skills sought by employers today. At the same time, students can earn a prestigious distinction through the New York State Seal of Biliteracy—an achievement recognized as equivalent to taking advanced coursework.
At The Green School, we offer a Spanish Language pathway that not only builds strong skills in speaking, writing, and listening but also connects students to real-world global issues. Through this pathway, students have the opportunity to participate in international travel to Costa Rica—an international leader in sustainable practices and ecotourism. While immersed in Spanish language and culture, students explore how ecotourism shapes local communities and impacts the global economy. These powerful learning experiences inspire students to go above and beyond the requirements for the Seal of Biliteracy and return home ready to share new perspectives and ideas with our school community.
Spring 2024: Dominican Republic
Our students understand that language is the very medium of thinking, and that, to be a thoughtful member of any international community, they have a responsibility of practicing multiple languages while at UAGC.
While in the Dominican Republic, our students fully immersed themselves by learning and improving their Spanish. They worked with younger students to also teach them English while engaging in community service work at neighborhood schools in Cabarete. This approach towards practicing language really highlighted the beauty of being able to express yourself in multiple languages to reach a wider audience.
Spring 2023: Puerto Rico
It all began with an idea. The idea that, in order for students to become international citizens, they needed to actually go to the places they were researching and learning about.
Thus began Green Travels. Our staff and students collaborated to develop a Human Rights trip to Puerto Rico in the Spring of ‘22, where students engaged in community service activities that helped address the issues with food instability due to the pandemic’s interference with the island’s ability to import goods.
Immersed in the culture, language, and the needs of this community, our students established meaningful relationships and learned a lot about themselves and the world that they are a part of.
This trip inspired our next trip to a nearby location, the Dominican Republic in the Spring of ‘23, and now to farther shores: Costa Rica.
