Global Education

Starting in Grade 9 or 10, students can choose to engage in an intensive study of global problems and responses: environmental, socio-economic, diplomatic, and intellectual. Students who follow this course of study can choose to graduate with a Global Studies Distinction.

King offers language, cultural, athletic or service-oriented  programs with a homestay component through our partner schools. Our rotating offerings may include programs in China, France, Japan and Spain. We also host students and teachers from our partner schools on King's campus for two to three weeks. Students interested in longer exchange opportunities have the ability to take part in a semester of study abroad at our partner schools.

• Model U.N.: Brown, Harvard, Beijing, and England Model U.N. conferences
• Global Leadership Summit
• Global Youth Initiative & Global Citizen Summit at Harvard
• Global Citizens Initiative Fellowship
• Human Rights Cohort with RFK Human Rights
• Community engagement with partner organizations: Building One Community, Children's Learning Center, Soundwaters, Orphaned Starfish Foundation

Read more about our Interdisciplinary Learning with Global Education, King Cares and Athletics within the Upper school here.

King School is an associate partner school with Global Citizen's Initiative (GCI). We are highly committed to the common goal of preparing students to function across cultures, and to become citizens of the world. Several King students participated in the one-year long GCI fellowship since 2015. The fellowship equips young global citizens with the mindset, skills, and resources necessary to become effective and ethical global leaders. GCI Seminar is a professional development opportunity for educators to learn the GCI method during the GCI Youth Summit. Educators learn to design and implement an ethics-based leadership curriculum grounded on project-and discussion-based methodologies.

Window into the world

Window into the World are multidisciplinary, all-school events that bring musicians, artists, film producers, and heritage speakers into classes and on stage to provide instructive workshops.

Global Classroom at the United Nations

King partners with the International Cinema Education organization (I.C.E.) to offer an annual Global Classroom. The Global Classroom is a tailor-made program for high school students which uses films, literature and private U.N. briefings as catalysts to facilitate discussions about international events, global finance, cross-cultural affairs, and critical thinking

Guest Speaker Series

Guest speakers enable students to understand a global challenge through memorable testimonies and meaningful analyses by experts. Prior speakers are from Sudan, Rwanda, Afghanistan, the United Nations, the World Food Programme and RFK Human Rights Defenders

Students can learn Spanish (PreK - Grade 12), French (Grades 5-12), and Chinese (Grades 5 -12).

GEBG Student Dialogues

The Global Education Benchmark Group offers a student dialogue program where students from member schools may connect with peers around the world. This year's student dialogues are focused on current events and require little to no preparation prior to the session. "The overarching goal connecting all student dialogues is to provide a space in which students can discuss what matters to them, to share challenges and opportunities they face, and to collectively develop ways in which they might use their talents and passions to act as leaders now and into the future."