Round Square
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 Round Square logo |
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| Type | International Organization of Member Schools |
| Membership | New schools inducted by election of member schools |
| Official languages | Working language is English |
| Website | http://www.roundsquare.org |
The Round Square Conference of Schools is a worldwide association of more than 80 schools that allows students to travel between schools,tour foreign countries, involve themselves in community service and discover cultures along the way.
[edit] History
The title "Round Square" is derived from a 17th century building at Gordonstoun School in Scotland. The building was built in the 17th century as an estate square to house horses, carriages and equipment for the estate. It was built to a circular design of similar buildings the designer, Sir Robert Gordon, had seen on his travels in Italy. That lead to the odd name (really a paradox), the "Round Square".[1]
[edit] Philosophy
Similar to Outward Bound, Round Square schools share an educational philosophy, based on the teachings of Kurt Hahn, that supports the growth of the "whole person". This philosophy is based upon the Round Square "IDEALS" (a backronym that represents the six pillars around which Round Square schools function):[2]
The common goal is to develop every student into a whole person through academic, physical, cultural and spiritual experiences.
There are more than 60 Round Square schools located around the globe in Africa, Australasia, Continental Europe, India, the Middle East, North America, South America, and the United Kingdom.
[edit] Round Square Activities
[edit] Student Exchanges
Students at any Round Square school may go on an exchange for a semester to any of the other schools, and thus both schools benefit from the experience of direct interaction with people from another part of the world.
[edit] Round Square International Service Projects
Round Square International Service (RSIS) Projects embody all six pillars through community service projects, such as raising a new building. Over a school break, students from different Round Square schools will converge on a single location, which is often one of the less privileged schools, where they will work together on a project. The materials required for these projects are raised through the Prince Alexander Fund, and do not require funding from attending students.
[edit] Regional Projects
Regional Projects are similar to RSIS projects but are by invitation only.
[edit] Conferences
There are a variety of conferences that allow student delegates to meet from around the world and progress Round Square.
[edit] Annual International Conferences
Annually, a conference is held at a member school. All schools are invited to attend and it is at these conferences that the Annual General Meeting is held and the future of Round Square is decided. It is also an opportunity for student delegates to meet and discuss issues related to the IDEALS principles. The most recent was held in the United Kingdom in 2011 and the next conference will take place in 2012. The theme of the conference will be, "We Walk Together."
[edit] Regional Conferences
Usually, a school will host an annual conference for other member schools within its region.
[edit] Young Round Square Schools
Conferences are held for students in middle school. These conferences are annual and are divided by region.
[edit] Member schools
The following schools are members of Round Square:[3]
[edit] Australia
- The Armidale School[3]
- Ballarat Grammar School[3]
- Billanook College[3]
- Bunbury Cathedral Grammar School[3]
- Ivanhoe Grammar School (Ridgeway)[3]
- Ivanhoe Grammar School (Plenty)[3]
- MLC School[3]
- Mowbray College[3]
- Presbyterian Ladies College, Sydney
- Radford College
- Scotch Oakburn College[3]
- The Southport School (TSS)[3]
- St Philip's College[3]
- Trinity Anglican School[3]
- Westminster School[3]
- New England Girls School, Armidale
[edit] Bangladesh
[edit] Bermuda
[edit] Botswana
[edit] Canada
- Appleby College[3]
- Ashbury College[3]
- Bayview Glen School[3]
- Bishop's College School[3]
- Collingwood School[3]
- Glenlyon Norfolk School[3]
- Lakefield College School[3]
- Lower Canada College[3]
- Rothesay Netherwood School[3]
- Sedbergh School, Québec[3]
- St. Clement's School[3]
- St. Mildred's-Lightbourn School[3]
- Stanstead College[3]
- Strathcona-Tweedsmuir School [3]
[edit] Colombia
- Colegio Anglo Colombiano
[edit] Denmark
[edit] England
- Abbotsholme School[3]
- Box Hill School[3]
- Cobham Hall[3]
- Felsted School
- Wellington College
- Westfield School, Newcastle upon Tyne[3]
- Windermere School[3]
[edit] France
[edit] Germany
[edit] Hong Kong
[edit] India
- Sarala Birla Academy[3]
- The Doon School[3]
- The Sanskar Valley School Bhopal[3]
- Bangalore International School[3]
- Dhirubhai Ambani International School[3]
- The Assam Valley School[3]
- The British School, New Delhi
- The Daly College[3]
- The Lawrence School, Lovedale[3]
- The Lawrence School, Sanawar[3]
- Mayo College, Ajmer[3]
- Rajkumar College, Rajkot[citation needed]
- The Scindia School[3]
- Welham Boys' School[3]
- The Punjab Public School, Nabha[3]
- Birla Balika Vidyapeeth, Pilani[citation needed]
- Vivek High School, Chandigarh[3]
- Pathways World School, Aravali, Gurgaon[3]
- Maharani Gayatri Devi Girls' Public School,jaipur,rajasthan[3]
- Rashtriya Indian Military College[3]
- Scindia Kanya Vidyalaya[3]
- Vidya Devi JIndal School[3]
[edit] Japan
[edit] Jordan
[edit] Kenya
[edit] Oman
Pakistan - The Lyceum School
[edit] Peru
- Markham College (Lima)[3]
[edit] Republic of Korea
[edit] Scotland
[edit] Singapore
[edit] South Africa
- Bridge House School[3]
- Dainfern College
- St Cyprian's School[3] (Girls)
- St. George's Grammar School[3]
- St Stithians College[3] (Boys)
- St Stithians College[3] (Girls)
- Stanford Lake College[3]
- Tiger Kloof Educational Institute[3]
- Penryn College[3][4]
[edit] Switzerland
[edit] Thailand
[edit] Turkey
[edit] United Arab Emirates
[edit] United States of America
- The Athenian School[3]
- Deerfield Academy[3]
- The Hotchkiss School[3]
- Chadwick School[3]
- Cate School[3]
- Westtown School[3]
- Saint Andrew's School[3]
[edit] Former Members
Anavryta National School in northern Athens, Greece, was a member from 1949 till 1981, when the original boarding school was dissolved and replaced by an experimental high school with a classics and humanities orientation.
St Andrew's College (New Zealand) was also a member until 2007.
[edit] References
- ^ "'Round square' page on Gordonstoun website". http://www.gordonstoun.org.uk/senior-school/boarding/round-square-house/. Retrieved 2007-10-01.
- ^ "Round Square IDEALS symbolism". RoundSquare.org. Archived from the original on 2006-07-14. http://web.archive.org/web/20060714191552/http://www.roundsquare.org/IDEALS.htm. Retrieved 2006-08-24.
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- ^ http://www.roundsquare.org/index.php?id=481
