New School Prep and Rollins College Join Forces With Namibia Project
Posted on: Friday, 26 October 2007, 18:00 CDT
New School Preparatory and Rollins College have joined in a groundbreaking community engagement partnership. Students at both institutions will experience the business aspect of philanthropy. Together, the schools will assist in setting up and running a charitable organization to aid an underprivileged child in attending the Waldorf School in Windhoek, Namibia. Rollins College and New School Preparatory have already entered into a partnership agreement with the Windhoek Waldorf School to foster support for needy students and institute a teacher exchange between Namibia and Orlando.
Professor Nancy Decker, Rollins College German Department Head said, "This is a groundbreaking project because it melds two groups, elementary school and college, groups that do not typically work together. The cross-curricular aspect of the project makes it unique."
New School is a Kindergarten through Grade 8 preparatory school that provides a rigorous academic program infused with the arts. An important aspect of being a New School student is being an informed and proactive world citizen. Through this global service learning project, students are going to take this to a new level. The Rollins College and New School Preparatory partnership will put New School Preparatory students at the top end of the hierarchy of community service programs, as they will not receive services from, but rather be true partners with, their college counterparts.
This community engagement project has brought African Studies into the curriculum at New School Preparatory and has empowered Rollins College students of German to learn about fundraising and about the challenges Namibia has faced since its independence in 1990. Those challenges are particularly visible in the work of the Waldorf School Windhoek. The University of Nambia has agreed to oversee the project on the Namibian side.
The Waldorf School sees itself as a meeting place of the various ethnic and linguistic groups that make up Namibia. To provide for greater diversity, the school maintains a boarding facility for children coming from the rural areas who cannot return home each day. As a private school, the Waldorf School Windhoek does not receive any financial support from the state. The school is open to children coming from all economic backgrounds, irrespective of the families' economic circumstances.
For further information regarding the project call New School Preparatory at 407-246-0556.
Source: Business Wire
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