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The Village School Difference

When you visit The Village School for the first time, you’ll notice it immediately.

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Village siblings create cookbook to show healthy eating can be delicious

Village siblings Shirin and Sam Bekker wanted to share their healthy recipes with people around the world. In order to do this, they began developing a cookbook to show people around the world how healthy eating can be delicious.

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Village’s High School Dean of Students writes heartwarming children’s book

Jennifer Thomas, Village High School's Dean of Students, recently wrote a children’s book focused on the difficulty siblings face when one goes off to college. Her book, See You in Tomorrow, is based on her son’s real-life experience when his older brother left for school.

The Village School Hosts French and Vietnamese Consulate Representatives

In an effort to cultivate strong relationships with foreign countries represented in our diverse and international community, The Village School recently launched a program called Consular Connections. As part of this new program, we hosted several representatives from both the French Embassy and General Consulate, as well as the Vietnamese General Consulate in Houston.

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Village School Student Develops App to Help Fight Skin Related Prejudice and Colorism

Audrey Ajakaye, a junior at Village knows first-hand how it feels to be subjected to skin related prejudice and colorism. So, when the opportunity presented itself in Audrey’s junior year at The Village School to create an innovative project, she drew on her own personal experiences and knew she wanted to focus on how skin issues impact people’s mental health.

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College Board Recognizes Village Seniors

The Village School is extremely proud to recognize some of its current Grade 12 students for being recognized by the College Board Recognition Program.

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Virtual learning presents opportunities to innovate

Early this year, learning all over the world took an unexpected turn as students and teachers had to quickly shift to virtual learning. At The Village School, many students began to ideate on how to use their time and talents to make an impact. Seeing virtual learning as an opportunity rather than a drawback, the following students came up with incredible ideas, leveraging the virtual space for continued learning over the summer.

Student Spotlight: Crocheting for a cause

Dana is a Viking with a very diverse set of interests. She is a two-sport varsity athlete, has a passion for art and is a bright IB Diploma candidate, planning to pursue Neuroscience in the future. Most rewarding of all her pursuits though is a non-profit she started called Crochet Children’s Fund. Through her non-profit, Dana sells stuffed animals she crochets and donates the proceeds to local children’s hospitals.

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Student Spotlight: Baking cakes (almost) too pretty to eat

At Village, students pursue excellence in all they do, even extending into their extracurriculars and hobbies. For 8th grader Charlie, his combined artistry and love for baking has him creating masterpieces almost too exquisite to eat! Many different Village Vikings have gotten to enjoy his delicious creations and he’s always glad for the chance to share. We got to connect with this ambitious and eloquent baker, and hear all about his unique gift turned small business.

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Student Spotlight: Going green with a new way to clean

A senior at The Village School, Anastacia Y. already has a fully-functioning business to her name. She is the founder and owner of Elcove, an environmentally conscious company that provides a variety of cleaning product capsules and reusable bottles. Elcove’s toxin-free products aim to replace the single-use plastic bottles often found in grocery store cleaning aisles.

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Q&A with Alum and Founder of Simplisimi, Clarissa

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Bridging Graduation Ceremonies, Spring 2020

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Stanford-bound Senior, Divyesh Khatri, Named Semifinalist for the U.S Presidential Scholars Program

Congratulations to senior, Divyesh Khatri, who has been named one of 621 semifinalists in the 2020 U.S. Presidential Scholars Program. The semifinalists were selected from nearly 5,600 candidates expected to graduate from U.S. high schools in the year 2020.

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Vikings are Making a Difference

As we near the end of 1 month of staying home, our Vikings from every division are sharing encouraging messages and tips on how to continue staying safe and protecting our families and community.

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Village Students Discuss the Conrad Challenge at the 2020 Spring SLECoP Convening

On Tuesday, March 3, 2020, three Village students spoke to a professional gathering of over 400 people about their experience with entrepreneurship in the Conrad Challenge.

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8th Grade Student, Byungho Lee, Wins TJGT Player of the Year!

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A Little Bit of Genius Podcast Series

Nord Anglia Education launched a brand-new podcast series called A Little Bit of Genius. In this series, student hosts discuss the theme of creativity with fascinating guests in a number of diverse fields. Nord Anglia’s podcast series is just one of the many incredible opportunities that we offer to students to ensure their education inspires them.

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Village Students Shine at the Houston Area MUN Conference

On Thursday, January 23rd and Friday, January 24th, VHSMUN attended the Houston Area MUN with over 1100 delegates from Houston and across Texas.

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Scholastic Art and Writing 2019-20 Award Winners

The Village School had 43 art recognitions between the middle and high school who won either a Gold Key, Silver Key, or Honorable Mention in the 2019-2020 Scholastic Art Competition!

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Delivering a Global Education for Tomorrow, Today

The world around us is changing, and it is changing fast. Gartner, the global IT analyst, predicts that by next year, 85% of all customer service interactions will be managed without human presence and 100 million consumers will shop in augmented reality, using one of the 50 billion ‘things’ that will be connected to the internet.

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The Village School Difference

Village siblings create cookbook to show healthy eating can be delicious

Village’s High School Dean of Students writes heartwarming children’s book

The Village School Hosts French and Vietnamese Consulate Representatives

Village School Student Develops App to Help Fight Skin Related Prejudice and Colorism

College Board Recognizes Village Seniors

Virtual learning presents opportunities to innovate

Student Spotlight: Crocheting for a cause

Student Spotlight: Baking cakes (almost) too pretty to eat

Student Spotlight: Going green with a new way to clean

Q&A with Alum and Founder of Simplisimi, Clarissa

Bridging Graduation Ceremonies, Spring 2020

Stanford-bound Senior, Divyesh Khatri, Named Semifinalist for the U.S Presidential Scholars Program

Vikings are Making a Difference

Village Students Discuss the Conrad Challenge at the 2020 Spring SLECoP Convening

8th Grade Student, Byungho Lee, Wins TJGT Player of the Year!

A Little Bit of Genius Podcast Series

Village Students Shine at the Houston Area MUN Conference

Scholastic Art and Writing 2019-20 Award Winners

Delivering a Global Education for Tomorrow, Today