In February, Physical Education Teacher Nicola Clarkson and Upper School Spanish Teacher Laura Mungavin represented RCDS at Global Education Benmark’s Global Summit on Climate Education at the Drew School in San Francisco, CA. 

Held in partnership with the Klingenstein Center at Columbia University’s Teachers College, the summit was centered around developing and empowering students as active and engaged global citizens in the era of climate change. 

As Sustainability Coordinators for the Middle and Upper School respectively, Ms. Clarkson and Ms. Mungavin enjoyed meeting with other education professionals to discuss ways schools can respond to climate change and intentionally implement student action in their learning design. 

Ms. Mungavin also served on a panel discussion titled “Climate Education Across the Curriculum,” where she discussed the development, pedagogies, and impact of her “Environmental Issues in the Spanish Speaking World” course, which is offered every other year to Upper School students.