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New Silicon Valley School is
enrolling students now from K-8
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pening in Fall 2010, the Global School of
Silicon Valley offers a 21st century education
to prepare young people to become citizens
of the world. First of its kind in the south bay, the Global
School will ensure that its students are empowered to
develop to their full potential.
Nestled against the Santa Cruz Mountains, and
conveniently located on the border of Los Gatos and
Campbell, the Global School takes advantage of its
11 acre campus to educate students beyond the four
walls of the classroom. The Schools network of 21
campuses in eight countries affords students and staff
the unique opportunity to connect and share with peers
internationally. With their wisdom, experience, creativity,
and compassion the teachers will motivate students to
take ownership of their education and become the kind of
problem solvers we need in our global community.
Global School teachers bring their passion and
individual approaches to ignite intellectual curiosity among
the students so that every individual recognizes his or
her own strengths. All the teachers have had extensive
experience in the classroom and they infuse their multiple
talents into the learning environment. Many of them
hold advanced degrees and have taught and travelled
internationally.
The Global School program is based on a unique
tailoring of the curriculum of our network of international
Global Schools to incorporate the California Standards
and best practices of high performing Independent
Schools in the U.S. This blend provides a comprehensive
program that aims to live up to the Schools goal, which
is to provide Learning Beyond Boundaries. Students will
receive a well rounded curriculum in their daily schedule
(8:00 AM to 4:00 PM) that includes Math, Science,
Language Arts, History, Multi-Cultural Studies, along with
the choice of three languages, performance and visual
arts, technology, PE, and homework support and tutoring.
Starting in kindergarten, students can choose between
Mandarin, Spanish, and Hindi. Also, hands-on learning will
take place daily in the new science lab that provides a
thought provoking environment where students employ
their natural curiosity as they learn and explore. With
small class sizes, teachers can use innovative approaches
that address the individual learning style of students.
In addition, the Global School will provide an extensive
extra-curricular program which will include speech
and debate, sports, crafts, outdoor, and leadership
opportunities. The Global experience will ensure that
students become strong oral communicators who possess
the confdence to express their views and convictions.
Team building, character development, and interpersonal
skills are valued highly at the Global School.
The Global School Faculty and Staff form a team of
committed individuals who share a passion for building a
Local School with Global Perspective
Global Perspective continues on page 2
WHATS INSIDE: Why Global School is best for your Childrens Future?...3 GSSV Sets Out To Raise The Standards
of Excellence...4 How to tell Good School Math from Bad?...5 Meet our Teachers, Staff & Executives...6-7
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T
he vision of the Global School
of Silicon Valley is to educate
students to be independent
thinkers, confdent in expressing
their convictions, and ready to
embrace the challenges that living in
todays world brings.
Our beautiful 11 acre campus,
nestled in the shadow of the Santa
Cruz Mountains, provides a learning
environment that complements our
comprehensive academic curriculum.
In the courtyard, eleven trees from
around the globe encircle a custom designed mosaic of
the world, creating the perfect setting for cross-disciplinary
learning: As they sit studying plant biology, shielded from
the sun by the branches of the Chinese Fringe Flower tree
here in Silicon Valley, our students are able to cultivate an
innate awareness of cultural harmony.
Beginning in Kindergarten, our staff encourages the
students to develop personal responsibility for themselves
and their community. Essential skills in writing and
communication are reinforced in a global context across
the curriculum. In order to strengthen cross-cultural
understanding, students are encouraged to learn Mandarin,
Spanish or Hindi.
The use of the latest technological teaching tools within
every classroom affords our students the opportunity to
build relationships while collaborating across continental
boundaries. Technology takes students beyond the four
walls of the classroom.
Our tutoring programs, woven into the daily schedule,
support student success and allow each of them to
achieve their full potential.
The Global School team of experienced and dedicated
teachers brings wisdom, compassion, and creativity to
each classroom, and to students, preparing them to take
ownership of their education, building on their strengths,
stimulating their natural curiosity and inspiring a love of
learning.
Global School Team
Global School of Silicon Valley Campus Address:
1921 Clarinda Way, San Jose, CA 95124
our messaGe
new community where students learn to effectively use
their education for personal and real life applications, as
well as to prepare for the demands of a changing, global,
technological society.
Parents are included and encouraged to form a
partnership where their views and concerns are valued as
essential to the development of the individual child.
The Global School of Silicon Valley welcomes students.
The Admissions Process is designed to help families learn
all about the exceptional education offered at the School.
Parents are encouraged to initiate an inquiry by calling
408.358.4773 or emailing admissions@myglobalschool.org
and arranging a tour of our campus and a conference with
the Director of Admissions or by registering through our
website online for our next Open House.
As appeared in May, 2010 edition of M Magazine
Global Perspective from page 1
About GlobAl SChool of SiliCon VAlley: the Global School of Silicon Valley is an independent, co-educational day school offering an
international based curriculum for kindergarten through grade 8, which is initiated by a Singapore based non-proft foundation. located on
eleven acres of land in Silicon Valley, on the border of los Gatos and southwest San Jose. the Global School plans to get fully accredited by the
Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC).
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Endorsements:
Tina Benitez In real life, we
have a need for sensibility
to our environment and
to each other, the Global
School sets the stage for
developing that mind
set. The Global School
philosophy accentuates
opening the minds of
these children to a
broader responsibility to
each other.
Tam Gaskell I believe the
education from Global
School to be a new and
better alternative for my
children. Hands on science
and language offerings
make it very attractive.
Rashmi Patel The
challenging curriculum of
the Global School builds
my daughters knowledge
and confdence. Learning
from her peers in the
classroom and in other
countries gives her an
awareness of how and
what children across the
other side of the world
are doing.
Global perspecTive 1. connect with students around the
world and exchange ideas.
academic curriculum 2. designed and implemented to
meet standards anywhere in the world.
socializaTion 3. an environment where children learn to
cope and communicate with confdence.
arTs 4. draw, sing, design, perform and express yourself every day.
ForeiGn lanGuaGe 5. learn to read, write and speak a
second language from kindergarten.
TechnoloGy 6. get lessons about technology and computers
every day.
physical educaTion 7. vital to train and serve the physical
as well as intellectual self every day.
environmenT 8. grow and nurture your own garden of plants
and greens at school.
place 9. a brand new beautiful campus to enjoy and be proud of.
help 10. know you have tutoring and homework support available
at school every day.
Why Global school
is best for your
childrens Future?
GlobAl SChool MiSSion: the Global School of Silicon Valley is committed to providing students
an exemplary educational experience that focuses on holistic development, creativity and
entrepreneurship, while nurturing them into globally aware and responsible citizens committed
to the spirit of excellence.
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By Dr. Rick Bhandari, uC berkeley
T
he change has already come. By
the 1990s, Americans changed
our industrial systems to meet
the new standards of Japanese just-
in-time production. This decade, we
have begun to change our accounting
systems in accordance with European
and international standards. In the next
decade, it is possible that biotechnological innovation
will be dominated by those scientists operating in less
restrictive national regulatory environments.
The point is that to do the best we can no longer be
certain that leading edge or internationally accepted
practices will have been innovated within our national
boundaries. No one doubts that America will remain an
innovative leader, but the future will belong to those who
are free of our once well-justifed hubristic assumptions.
Yet our openness to the world is not like a suit that one
can put on at the appropriate age. It has to be built into
the dispositions, comportment and common sense from
childhood on.
It has already been found that children have an
unfortunate tendency to congregate more with those
whose accents are similar to theirs than even with those
who look like them. Children have to be taught to be
comfortable with differences from their frst school
years so that they are open to the world rather than
comfortable only in fxed territories and closed spaces.
The Global School of Silicon Valley (GSSV) aims to give
children a disposition to openness in the service of the
highest standards of excellence. Children will grow up
loving the surprise of a new accent, the smells of a new
dish, and the colors of a new fashion. This may seem trivial
but it is not, for what is at stake is the development of
internal mental structures and schemata which condition
the child to fnd pleasure in the novel and the different
rather than in what has already been experienced.
For a mind to be revolutionary its basic internal
structure has to dispose it to fnding experience and
knowledge that do not confrm what it already knows.
The best way to do this is to put children in complex
environments of cultural and global difference. These are
the students who will be able to look at the limits of their
own cultures from the perspective of what the great
Adam Smith called an impartial spectator and push their
cultures to new heights of innovation and excellence.
The Global School of Silicon Valley is part of a world
wide archipelago of schools. We are confdent that it will
be the place where some of our greatest future leaders
and global citizens will be formed.
Gssv sets out To The
standards of excellence
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Dr. Keith Devlin, Stanford university
and Academic Advisor to Global School
T
he US ranks much worse
than most of our economic
competitors in the mathematics
performance of high school students.
Many attempts have been made to
improve this dismal performance, but
none have worked. To my mind (and I
am by no means alone in thinking this), the reason is clear.
Those attempts have all focused on improving basic math
skills. In contrast, the emphasis should be elsewhere.
Mathematics is a way of thinking about problems and
issues in the world. Get the thinking right and the skills
come largely for free.
Numerous studies over the past thirty years have
shown that when people of any age and any ability level
are faced with mathematical challenges that arise naturally
in a real-world context that has meaning for them, and
where the outcome directly matters to them, they rapidly
achieve a high level of competence. How high? Typically
98%, thats how high. I describe some of those studies
in my book The Math Gene (Basic Books, 2000). I also
provide an explanation of why those same people, when
presented with the very same mathematical challenges in
a traditional paper-and-pencil classroom fashion, perform
at a lowly 37% level.
The evidence is clear. Its not that people cannot think
mathematically. Its that they have enormous trouble
doing it in a de-contextualized, abstract setting.
So why the continued focus on skills? Because
many people, even those in positions of power and
infuence, not only are totally unaware of the fndings
I just mentioned, they dont even understand what
mathematics is and how it works. All they see are the
skills, and they think, wrongly, that is what mathematics
is about. Given that for most people, their last close
encounter with mathematics was a skills-based school
math class, it is not hard to see how this misconception
arises. But to confuse mathematics with mastery of skills
is the same as thinking architecture is about bricklaying, or
confusing music with mastering the musical scale.
Of course basic skills are important. But they are
merely the tools for mathematical thinking. In the pre-
computer era, an industrial society like the United States
needed a large workforce of people with mastery of
basic math skills who could carry out tasks assigned
to them by others. But in todays workplace, the coin
of the realm is creative problem solving, making use of
mathematical thinking when it is required.
If you are a parent working for an innovative,
competitive company, there is a simple litmus test to see
whether your childs school is approaching mathematics
education in a way that at least stands a chance of being
successful. Call by and ask to look in on the math class. If
what you see looks very much like your workplace, with
people sitting round tables talking and trying out ideas,
or grouped round a white board arguing, then there is
a good chance your child is being well prepared for life
in the twenty-frst century. If what you see are rows of
students facing the teacher, supposedly listening to her
words, or else working silently at their desks, then its
likely your child is being prepared for a world that is long
since gone.
Of course, there is more to it than that. But as a quick
and dirty frst test, it does remarkably well.
Want to know more? Check out the talk math teacher
Dan Meyer gave at the TED conference in March of this
year, at www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlvKWEvKSi8 and
read my colleague Jo Boalers book (aimed at parents)
Whats Math Got to Do With It?
Mathematician Dr. Keith Devlin is a co-founder and executive Director
of Stanford universitys h-StAR institute and a co-founder of the
Stanford Media X research network. he is a World economic forum
fellow, a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of
Science, and the Math Guy on national Public Radio. he is also an
academic advisor to Global School.
how to tell Good school
math education from bad
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meeT our Teachers & sTaFF
marianne
KenT-sToll
Principal
Marianne has dedicated
the last twenty-fve years of
her life to education. Prior
to joining the Global School,
Marianne served for the last
nine years as Assistant Head
of Georgiana Bruce Kirby Preparatory School.
Marianne has extended her passion for education
and global outreach to a remote village in
Tanzania, East Africa where she and her husband
work to improve education and renovate schools.
Marianne is eager to assume the role of
founding Principal because the Global School
is a place where devotion to global citizenship
and passion for reaching ones full potential
inform all aspects of the curriculum.
JeFF hicKs
Curriculum Coordinator
fourth Grade teacher
Starting as a professional
theatre and music teacher/
director, Jeff s experiences
in the theatre have brought
him to over thirty public and
private schools from Santa
Cruz to San Francisco as a
director, musical director, and drama/choir teacher.
Prior to joining the Global School, Jeff taught
2nd, 3rd, and 4th grade at Almaden Preparatory
School as well as special education in Cupertino
Union School District. Jeff has integrated both
technology and public speaking skills into daily
lessons and classroom activities.
Jeff appreciates the Global Schools emphasis
on strong communication skills: Through
the building of our classroom community,
we all are able to feel open to express our
ideas, convictions, and creativity.
miKe
sbarbaro
Director, Science Program
Sixth Grade teacher
Mike Sbarbaro is a
passionate, kid-at-heart
teacher who has been in the
Middle School classroom
for thirteen years. Eleven
of those thirteen years were focused on science
and social studies in an accelerated private school
program. For the past two years, he has been
teaching science and math in a charter school for
at-risk children.
Mikes role as science instructor will include
seeking new and innovative ways to teach science
in the context of real-life applications.
Mike looks forward to teaching students in
the new science lab where he can naturally
employ students curiosity to explore and ask
questions.
mina marmol
Art & Spanish teacher
Mina brings us more than twenty years of
experience in teaching Art and Spanish. She has
worked to develop art programs that focus on
world cultures and allow students to experiment
with a variety of mediums. In addition to teaching
Spanish, Mina has also translated texts for bi-
lingual students.
Mina looks forward to developing an art
curriculum at the Global School where art
is valued as a vital means for developing
confdence through self expression and as a
way to appreciate other cultures.
deborah
leveridGe
Second Grade teacher
With twenty fve years
of teaching experience
and a Bachelors Degree
in Education (Ohio State),
Deborah comes to the
Global School of Silicon
Valley ready to offer her wisdom and innovation.
Her past experiences include creating an
emergent Pre-K program for a top Fortune 500
company, and nine years of teaching kindergarten,
frst, and second grades for a private elementary
school in the Silicon Valley.
Deborahs dedicaation to teaching is refected
in her statement: I believe that I owe it to my
students to bring consistency, diligence, and
warmth to my job
maria Jones
first Grade teacher
Maria Jones has been
working as an international
educator for over 12
years. Graduating with a
B.Ed. Honours (Education
and Philosophy) from the
University of Wales, she
was schooled in and trained
under the British National Curriculum. Her
professional range of experience is as equally
diverse as the countries in which she has worked.
She has held a multitude of positions: classroom
teacher (grades 1-6), World Religion Curriculum
Co-ordinator, Teacher Trainer, and Special Needs
Unit Manager.
Maria says she cant wait to start teaching
at the Global School, a place where teachers
instill a love of life-long learning.
debra elricK
Kindergarten teacher
Debra comes to the
Global School with over
twenty-fve years experience
in early childhood and
elementary education. Her
passion and dedication to
the development of children
are evident in the harmony
that she creates in the classroom. Debra balances
teaching essential skills with allowing room for
students to explore and develop their creativity.
At the core of Debras teaching lies the belief
that, Children need to come to school happy
and leave happy. I want a classroom where
children look forward to coming and learning.
I want the children to learn to be eager and
hungry for more.
Admissions inquiries:
admissions@myglobalschool.org
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nidhi Khanna
fifth Grade teacher
Nidhi Khanna began her career in education
in 2002, working in the Bay Area with leading
private schools. Nidhi holds a BA in International
Management from American College in Dublin,
Ireland. She was educated all around the world
while growing up in South America, Europe, and
Asia. Nidhi has worked extensively in educating
children from rural communities in India.
Nidhi comes to the Global School with a
unique cultural perspective and fuency in multiple
languages, including Hindi and Spanish. She is
excited about teaching the 5th grade and helping
to develop a comprehensive language program
that includes cultural appreciation and interactive
learning.
Nidhi believes that The purpose of
education is to open the door to ideas and
thoughts, with excitement, creativity, and
above all unabashed curiosity.
Jim burris
Music & Drama teacher
Music and theater have been Jim Burris lifelong
passions. Jim has over thirty years of experience
in music education and theater directing. He looks
forward to starting a chorus and directing plays
as well as to teaching music theory and drama
at the Global School. Outside the classroom Jim
volunteers as a mentor and guide for troubled
young people.
Jim looks forward to doing what he does best
which is helping students discover their unique
talent and ability to contribute to a community
or a performance.
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aTul
TemurniKar
Chairman
Atul Temurnikar
co-founded the
Singapore based
Foundation (GIF)
in Sept 2002, and is
the founding Trustee
and Chairman for GIF worldwide
operations. GIF has now grown to
be the Largest Pan-Asian educational
institution with its Global Indian
International Schools (GIIS) spread
over 8 countries namely Singapore,
Malaysia, Japan, Thailand, UAE,
Vietnam, India and United States.
Under Temurnikar s leadership, the
Global Indian Foundation has grown
from just 48 students in 2002 to a
multinational community organization
with 21 schools across the world.
We are delighted to bring our
proven, world-class educational
offering to the worlds hub of
innovation and entrepreneurship.
narpaT
bhandari
Ceo
Narpat Bhandari
is a seasoned
entrepreneur,
scientist, and
educator. He also
serves as an advisor
and board member to several
electronics companies. He has taught
a range of electronics courses at
numerous institutions, including UC
Extension, University of Southern
California, Purdue University, and
Northeastern University. From 1993
to 1995 Narpat Bhandari served as
a board member of the federal Indo-
US. Subcommission on Education
and Culture, a program of the United
Sates Information Agency. Bhandari
is a trustee of the University of
California Santa Cruz Foundation
and the American Association of
Physicians of Indian Origin, a San
Francisco Bay Area organization.
He is the co-founder and a charter
member of The Indus Entrepreneurs
(TIE) of Santa Clara. He held a
global chair for the group from its
inception until 1996. He received the
entrepreneur of the Year award in
1992 from the National federation of
Indian Associations.
The use of the latest
technological teaching tools
will enable our students to
communicate and learn with other
children around all 21 campuses,
making Walt Disneys dream of
65 years ago Its a Small World a
reality.
danny
domiray
Director
Prior to entering
the feld of
education about
ten years ago,
Danny worked
his way through
corporate ranks in networking and
telecommunications ending with his
last job as a Director of sales and
engineering at Lucent Technologies.
Later he changed course becoming
a substitute math and Spanish
teacher while pursuing a graduate
degree in business. Subsequently, as
a revived entrepreneur Danny went
on to establish an accredited private
tutoring program that eventually
grew to 17 locations nationwide. In
2008 Danny returned to California as
the West Coast Director for Kaplan
Education before joining the Global
Foundation in October of 2009.
Speaking passionately from the
heart, Danny exclaims, teaching
is happiness, and being a teacher
is the pursuit of happiness.
meeT our execuTives
vallabhi
pariKh
Computer technology
hindi teacher
Vallabhi Parikhs two
Masters Degrees in
Psychology and Education--
Instructional Technology
have given her the chance to
discover unique ways of combining education and
technology.
In addition to her experience in technology
education, Vallabhi has taught reading, project-
based learning, multiple intelligences, and
differentiated instruction to a variety of grade
levels.
At the Global School of Silicon Valley, Vallabhi
will teach a comprehensive computer technology
curriculum that is integrated across the disciplines.
Vallabhi is excited about joining the global
team. She says, It is a place where students
will collaborate and learn about other cultures.
susannah
vauGhan
Associate Director of
Admissions
Susannah is an advocate
of providing opportunities
that allow individuals to
strengthen and develop
their character and minds.
For the past decade, she has served several non-
proft organizations where enhancing education
and ensuring the health and welfare of young
students has been her passion. She has voluntarily
lead and supported many committees and
projects that foster confdence to explore new
interests, encourage mutual understanding and
cultural harmony and complement the academic
curriculum. Susannah holds a Master of Science
degree from the University of Brighton, UK and a
double honors Bachelor degree in Manufacturing
Engineering and Economics from the University of
Birmingham, UK.
The vision of the Global School of
Silicon Valley is to educate students to be
independent thinkers, confdent in expressing
their convictions, and ready to embrace the
challenges that living in todays world brings.
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