Student Activities

Students at all levels and from every NEASC constituency have been invited to share their reflections on the purpose of education on the occasion of the Association’s 125th anniversary year (concluding with the 126th annual meeting in December 2011). The Committee invites your students to engage in discussing the purpose of education and to compare their perspectives with others at all grade levels and in other nations, so that we can reflect on their role as NEASC’s ‘the next generation.’

The student activities for the following schools are available online.

Western Academy of Beijing  People’s Republic of China Independent School, grades Nursery-12 Founded: 1994; Accredited: 1998   Juniors P. Krummenacher ’11 and F. Liu ’11 produced a 12-minute video depicting WAB students’ remarks on the purposes of education drawn from school-wide interviews and surveys held in the academic year 2009-2010. This resulted in a 5-category profile to identify a coherent student view of average to excellent schools. http://media.wab.edu/media/23/Listening_to_Students/
The Brimmer and May School Chestnut Hill, MA Independent School, grades PK-12 Founded: 1880; Accredited: 1929 A series of four videos focused on Global Education: Is It All About Grades?, Skills for the Real World, Technology and the Advance of Education, and Setting Global Standards. http://www.brimmerandmay.org/
Westwood International School Botswana Elementary and Middle School, grades K-7 Founded: 1988; Accredited: 1998 Education, a 2-minute video clip, created by Ye Zi, Chen Sima, and Amy Wingreen, IB1 school students. http://www.westwoodis.com/tok_presentations.html
Kennebunkport Consolidated Elementary School Kennebunkport, ME Public Elementary School, grades K-5 Founded: 1953; Accredited: 1998 Ezine, Volume 3, June 2010 Online magazine created by the school’s 5th grade class. Based upon the question designed by the 125th Committee, the students discuss the importance of education, and what they envision education will be in the future. http://kport.rsu21.net/kcs.shtml
St. Sebastian's School Needham, MA Independent, grades 7-12 Founded: 1941; Accredited: 1963 St. Sebastian's Journal, Fall 2009 The school’s literary journal commemorating the 125th Anniversary of the New England Association of Schools and Colleges. The Journal solicited essays from students, grades 9-12, that addressed the question, “What do you want education to provide for you?” http://www.stsebs.org/
Tokyo International School Japan Founded: 1997; Accredited: 2003 The Middle School students Tokyo International School were empowered to digitally author a video sharing their perspective on what is the purpose of education and the standards by which the purpose should be assessed. http://www.tokyois.com
Endicott College Beverly, MA Founded: 1939; Accredited: 1952 A video of Endicott undergraduates: G. Payne, A. Berry, and S. Zelenovic, expressing their thoughts on education for a November 2009 student forum in Istanbul, Turkey. http://www.endicott.edu