NAIS Leading Edge Award

Ben and Kristin are back from the annual NAIS (National Association of Independent Schools) conference in Denver. Ben presented two workshops with Facing the Future to standing-room-only crowds on global issues in the classroom, including Global Health Connections and Service Learning. He highlighted the work being done at Explorer West and brought attention to our recent Leading Edge award for Environmental Sustainability. Kristin was on hand to receive the award and participated in several workshops on campus wide sustainability initiatives.

There was an impressive lineup of speakers including Jim Collins (author of Good to Great), Azar Nafisi (author of Reading Lolita in Tehran), Paul Rusesabagina (subject of the movie, Hotel Rwanda), Lisa Ling (special correspondent for National Geographic and the Oprah Winfrey Show), and Erik Weihenmayer (blind climber who has climbed the highest summits on each continent - including Mt. Everest). Pleas stop by the office to see the latest addition to our growing "trophy case".