PolyGlobal

List of 6 items.

• Coursework

  Globally oriented courses are available to all Upper School students and are an integral part of the completion of a PolyGlobal certificate. Course titles include World Music, AP English Lit and Composition: Family Ghosts and Witches: The Good, the Banned and the Wicked, AP English Lit and Composition: The Pursuit of Happiness, Climate Change, Neuroscience and Humanities: Food, Statistics in Action, Economics, French IV, AP French Language and Culture, Spanish IV, PE Modern Latin America, AP Spanish Language and Culture, Comunidad Global en Accion, and AP Chinese Language and Culture.

• Cultural Interaction

  PolyGlobal's foremost goal is to foster dialogue with people from a variety of regions around the world. We can learn about the views and values of other cultures through events, online exchanges, and face-to-face contact. PolyGlobal’s travel program is the highlight for many of our Upper School students. These travel programs focus on cultural immersion, face-to-face interaction, and service learning, and build on the partnerships that we have created with schools and organizations. In addition, Poly hosts schools from China, Finland, France, Italy, Japan and Taiwan with whom we have established relationships.

• Events

  Each school year, PolyGlobal presents a series of school-sponsored cultural programs which are open to all students, parents, faculty, and staff. These events include guest speakers, films, trips to museums, festivals, art and dance performances, and panel discussions.

• Service

  To complete the cycle of learning and interaction, global studies implies service to others. Just as our Community Outreach programs support many local agencies and causes, PolyGlobal aims to broaden the Upper School’s outreach into the global community.

• Global Scholars

  Upper School students have the opportunity to explore and deepen their study of global issues and cultures through participation in the Global Scholar program, which begins during the second semester of their junior year and ends with the conferring of a Global Scholar certificate at the end of their senior year.

  
  To become a Global Scholar, a student must:

  • Successfully complete 4 PolyGlobal-approved... classes in at least two different disciplines (including Facing Global Challenges senior seminar);
  • Study four years of a modern language*;
  • Attend 12 PolyGlobal evening/weekend events (six during senior year);
  • Participate in a PolyGlobal approved cultural/linguistic immersion program**;
  • Create and maintain a blog from spring of junior year to end of project;
  • Serve as a Global Ambassador visiting schools and PolyGlobal series speakers);
  • Complete and present an individualized Global Scholar capstone project.

  *Latin students can take three years of Latin and one year of a modern language, if the student demonstrates language proficiency in a modern world language.
  
  

  **Students who cannot travel can fulfill that requirement through hosting international students or attending a cultural immersion experience in the Los Angeles area.

• PolyGlobal Alliance

  In the summer of 2012, the 50-year-old Poly AFS Board made the decision to focus its fundraising efforts on PolyGlobal's travel programs, providing speakers and culturally enriching opportunities and raising awareness of and promoting dialogue on global issues in the Poly parent community. In addition, PolyGlobal Alliance has committed to bringing cultural exchange and enrichment to the campus every year by identifying Poly host families, supporting numerous events for the local AFS chapter, and seeking ways to support and celebrate Poly’s exchange student.