Mr. de Groot's Address

Mr de Groot's address to our Upper School stressed the importance of global awareness and cultural awareness as strategies for avoiding cultural, lingual, and geographical goof-ups.

In his interactive presentation, Mr. de Groot provided real life examples of how a lack of global or cultural awareness resulted in negative and often embarrassing consecuences major corporations.

Mr. de Groot ended his message by challenging our student body to become more aware of global issues and open to learning about other cultures.

For more information about Mr. de Groot and his involvement in the international community here in Atlanta please visit:

Global Education Matters

Question of the week

Have any of the presidential candidates addressed the importance of global awareness and cultural awareness as part of thier Presidential campaign? If so, who? and what was the nature of their message?

NEW: The Global Leadership Speakers Series

The entire Upper School community gathered together on the morning of January 29th, 2008 to listen to an interactive and energetic presentation from Mr. Eric de Groot, Principal of "Global Educations Matters" based out of Atlanta.

The presentation marked the beginning of the newest program, "The Global Speakers Series", which is sponsored by The Office of Multicultural Affairs and the Global Awareness Club. This new addition to the US events schedule provides our students with a valuable opportunity to hear from influential leaders from throughout the Atlanta area as they present on such topics as global awareness, cultural sensitivity, cross-cultural communication and collaboration and finally engaged global citizenship.

The ultimate goal is to better prepare our Upper School students to thrive in a diverse, international, interdependent 21st century world.

See more information about Mr. de Groot's message in the post below.

President Chavez, The Voice of Latin America or Neighborhood loud mouth?

Question of the week

Dear Walker Community,

Hugo Chavez, President of Venezuela, has been a controversal figure in politics within our region for more than a few years. His criticism of The United States in the media and in the UN's General Assembly paired with his threats regarding oil supply and relations with Iran have made him the focus of attention for many of our newspapers and classroom discussions. He often speaks as if on behalf of Latin America and developing nations against what he has stated as "American imperialism". This brings us to our question of the week:

Is Hugo Chavez truly the voice of Latin America or is he just the loud mouth of the neighborhood? We invite your comments and thoughts.

Questions of the week

Does the United Nations effectively fulfill its mission?

For more information about the United Nations Click here
United States State Department Web Blog Click here
The United Nations Cyber School Bus Click here

Civil Rights leaders gather to plan D.C. march

Several African-American civil rights leaders including the Rev. Al Sharpton and Martin Luther King III gathered yesterday in Atlanta to announce a march on Washington to demand that federal authorities intervene in the "huge outbreak" of hate crimes nationwide.

Click here for article

Feel free to provide your thoughts.

"Lecture on China as an Emerging Global Powerhouse"

The Office of Multicultural Affairs has the honour of attending a lecture this evening, at Emory University on the topic of "China as an Emerging Global Powerhouse". The lecture will be led by Dr. Mary Brown Bulluck and President Emerita of Agnes Scott College.

We would love any of your comments or thoughts on the topic.

Walker Cleanup Day

Please take a look at the following link to see the Walker Cleanup day.

You tube video Walker Cleanup Day

For more information please see Mr. Cooper.