Creating Connections

At Annual NCGS International Girls' Forum, Students Learn To Be Citizens of the World

As we often say, today's girls are tomorrow's leaders. But leadership doesn't end at any one country's borders. A global perspective is called for, the ability to see oneself as a global citizen. It is for this reason that we invite students from NCGS schools in the U.S., Canada, Great Britain, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand to attend the NCGS Annual Conference each year. As delegates for their peers, they attend a special International Girls Forum and also sit in on Conference meetings and share their views with the adult attendees.

2007

"A truly unique experience, which has brought together different people from different cultures and backgrounds, and helped us to celebrate not only our diversity, but also our similarities..."  More...

2006: Daughters of International Girls' Schools

The young women who attended the 2006 NCGS International Girls' Forum, as part of the Annual Conference last summer in Boston are busy following up on a project they developed during the Forum. Called 'DIGS,' for Daughters of International Girls' Schools, the initiative is designed to create a global network of girls discussing current events and taking action on women's issues. More...

2005: The Well-Being of Girls

Ten juniors from NCGS member schools in the U.S., Canada, and South Africa met in Nashville for four days of learning, connecting, brainstorming and sharing. Collected here are their essays, outlining their impressions of the Forum, the issue of wellness, and the girls' school experience in general.   More...

2004: "... The More I Feel Like Myself"

This year's NCGS International Girls' Forum, hosted by the Hamlin School, Convent of the Sacred Heart Schools and the San Domenico School in San Francisco, California, brought member school students together with their counterparts from Canada, Australia and New Zealand. More...

2003: Girls Around the World

"One of the most important things we can do is take awareness of each other and what we've learned back to our schools and classmates." More...