Enrichment

Global Summit 2022

The theme of the 2022 Global Summit was preserving language and culture on a global scale. After recently traveling to Hawai'i I was able to work with the Global Pathways Board to coordinate a Lei-making workshop for students, so they could experience the culture that I was able to engage with during my travels. Furthermore, I had the wonderful opportunity to participate in a Henna Workshop both at the Global Summit and during a Global H4. Students also were able to speak with natives from Rwanda using the "Portal." This was a fantastic opportunity as I had the pleasure to ask questions about everyday life and cultural customs in Rwanda.

The main event of the day was the group salsa dancing lessons. I had to opportunity to learn the very basics of salsa dancing and practice with my peers in a large, rotating circle. In this way, I was able to meet and interact with all of my peers in the Global Pathways program, as well as the teachers and administrators who help to fund and organize for the program.

Global Summit 2024

The 2024 Global Summit was prepared to address the UN Sustainable Goals of Life Underwater (#14) and Life on Land (#15). As a part of the planning committee for this Summit, with the help of my peers, I was able to design a sushi making station, as well as a scavenger hunt around the town of Andover. The sushi station was designed to add a cultural twist to informing our perspective on how life underwater is intertwined with life on land - with the use of seaweed, and fish. The scavenger hunt was centered around how the development and industrialization of our planet has harmed the oceans and life underwater. Students searched for pollutants on land - such as plastic waste, straws, the production of smog - that may eventually become harmful to life underwater.

The keynote speaker of the day was Dr. Micah Miller who is the Director of the Arctic Program and the Loon Program at the Biodiversity Research Institute. After a lecture, students engaged in an activity to simulate the difficulties that professionals like Dr. Miller face in restoring and protecting Loons and endangered arctic life.

AHS Jazz Band & Saxophone Quartet

My participation in the Andover High School Jazz Band for all four years of high school as well as my current participation as the Alto Saxophonist in the Saxophone Quartet has deeply enriched my global perspective. Like tasting food from another country or culture, rehearsing and performing music from various backgrounds has contributed greater context to my global perspective. From performances of Samba, Latin, Afro-Cuban, (i.e. Invitation arr. Erik Morales) in Jazz Band, to performances of American in Paris by George Gershwin, my musical background has played an integral role in diversifying my global knowledge.

TaeKwonDo

TaeKwonDo is a Korean Martial Art form that began to emerge in the middle 20th century after Korea's liberation from Japan. TaeKwonDo literally translates to "the way of the fist and foot." I began TaeKwonDo right after I moved to Andover in Kindergarten. The cultural significance of the art form, and the new perspectives of thought and respect it echoed made it so fascinating from day one. Now, as the captain of the competing demonstration team of my Do Jang, I have had the opportunity to perform in countless local festivals and larger scale competitions in New York and Rhode Island. The diverse set of peers I am constantly surrounded by while practicing and performing continues to change my beliefs and provide a manifold perspective of the world.

I also had the fantastic opportunity to complete ~3 Global H4s each year. The most notable among all of the workshops I participated in throughout my time in Global Pathways included the Snowflake Workshop, Candle-Making Workshop, and Glocalmole. I also participated in multiple Global Leadership workshops (2+) per year as well as other workshops.

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