Congratulations to Ods't Gijmink for being nominated as "Member of Dalton international".

Congratulations to Openbare Daltonschool Ods't Gijmink for being nominated as “Member of Dalton International”. This nomination rightly reflects high standards of Dalton education along with your input in our worldwide activities. We appreciate your constant efforts to make our community a diverse and inclusive sector. Thank you for working in, and promoting a Dalton-inspired approach to education within Dalton International community across the world.

We wish you further success in working with Dalton influence on international level.

Children's Day in Shenzhen Dalton International School.

 Last week Shenzhen Xinhua School had an unique way to celebrate children’s day. "Happiness" was the main theme of the event. This day the whole school community in Shenzhen Xinhua Dalton School experienced the Chinese folk customs culture.

The Dragon Boat Festival and Mid-Autumn Festival are a time of competition and collaboration for Dalton junior school students to discuss history, geography, Taoism and Chinese language together, as well as a traditional cultural knowledge development activity jointly planned and organized by the Junior School Integrated Arts Group and Chinese Group.

The Third Chinese Traditional Culture Knowledge Competition was held in the theatre on June 2. The moments that best exemplify Dalton's spirit of freedom and cooperation are truly ubiquitous.

In the theatre, the "Dragon Boat Racing; Ride the Storm" was the most eye-catching scene on stage, with several boats in a row, and was the most unusual form of points presentation for this competition.

Children’s Day celebrated together with Dalton International and Dragon Boat Festival are much more than just a carnival.

Each festival for Dalton students is as unique, creative and beautiful as each student is.

Dalton's teachers, on the other hand, are overjoyed to see their students happy, cooperative, having shared social experience.

Dalton Austria in Holland.

Dalton International welcomed yesterday a delegation from Austrian Dalton Association. The president of Dalton Austria, Simone Reichenberger has arrived with the group of eleven teachers from Sternschule in Deutschlandsberg (International Dalton School, member of Dalton International), to a study visit co-organized by Dalton International.

Yesterday we have participated in the visit to International Dalton School ‘”De Maten”, which hosted the Austrian group. Thank you so much Jenny Valk, director of the school and Eline van der Vegt for your hospitality and guidance. Thank you for presenting a personalized feedback and a demonstartion of children's responsibility in action. The presentation about learning lines and digital portfolio was very valuable. Thank you to lovely children guides who showed us around your Dalton school, demonstrated the attitude of openness, responsibility as well as brilliant level of English.

Thank you, a wonderful delegation from Dalton Austria for sharing with us the story about your country, your Dalton Vision and your school. It was for us all an amazing Dalton experience.

We hope to see you soon in the near future!

Below the photo from the study visit:

Stay tuned for International Dalton Cafe!

 During our autumn online International Dalton Café, the participants will have the opportunity to listen to one of our special guests Huib Wursten. Huib is a Senior Associate Partner of Hofstede Insights and the intellectual father of “7 Mental Images”. He has been working In public and private organizations in over 85 countries. In his latest article on Mental images and nation building. The pyramid system, he analyses the attributes of the Pyramid value system and match them with one of the most important goals for nation building: creating an “”imagined community”.

Stay tuned for more information about our online autumn meeting!

In the meantime, make yourself familiar with the latest Huib’s article:

https://culture-impact.net/culture-and-nation-building-journal/

Happy International children's day from Dalton International.

 Helen Parkhurst wrote over one hundred years ago: “The secret of education, so Emerson tells us lies in respecting the pupil. It is not for you to choose what he shall know, what he shall do. It is chosen and fore-ordained and he alone hold the key to his own secret….nature love analogies, not repetitions….respect the child”.

Today, we would like to wish every child a respect, natural growth of their talents, harmonious and holistic development of their personalities, achieving successes and learn on their own mistakes without fear.

We wish all children in the world an easy path to self-discovery and self- awareness without fear remembering that every child is unique, every child is special. Life needs as Parkhurst said “fearless human beings”. Let’s enable our children free growth of their spirits and personalities.

On this special day, Dalton International wish all children not be afraid to be themselves, enjoy life in your own way and go forth unafraid!