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==History== | ==History== | ||
Between 1962 and 1963 [[Jocelin Winthrop Young]] and [[Roy McComish]] listed all the schools which they considered to have adopted the educational ideas of [[Kurt Hahn]] or had included them at their foundation.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=Our History|url=https://www.roundsquare.org/being-round-square/who/our-history-and-kurt-hahn/ |access-date=2024-05-24 |website=Round Square}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.schule-schloss-salem.de/en/about-us/history/|title= History of Schule Schloss Salem: The Kurt Hahn Archive and a journey through time |website=Schule Schloss Salem|language=en|access-date=2019-12-10}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Gordonstoun {{!}} Our history |url=https://gordonstoun.org.uk/our-history |access-date=2022-07-19 |website=gordonstoun.org.uk |language=en}}</ref> These schools were: in Scotland, Rannoch School and Dunrobin School; in England, [[Abbotsholme School]], Battisborough and [[Milton Abbey]]; in Germany [[Louisenlund]]; in Switzerland [[Aiglon College]], in Ghana [[Achimota School]]; in India [[The Doon School]]; and the soon to open [[Athenian School]] in California. [[Schule Schloss Salem|Salem]], [[Gordonstoun School|Gordonstoun]], [[Anavryta Experimental Lyceum|Anavryta]] and [[Box Hill School|Box Hill]] were 'taken for granted' as the already established and pre-eminent Hahnian schools.<ref>Jocelin Winthrop-Young 28/3/1999 - accessible https://www.jocelinwinthropyoung.com/work/round-square/</ref> | Between 1962 and 1963 [[Jocelin Winthrop Young]] and [[Roy McComish]] listed all the schools which they considered to have adopted the educational ideas of [[Kurt Hahn]] or had included them at their foundation.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=Our History|url=https://www.roundsquare.org/being-round-square/who/our-history-and-kurt-hahn/ |access-date=2024-05-24 |website=Round Square}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.schule-schloss-salem.de/en/about-us/history/|title= History of Schule Schloss Salem: The Kurt Hahn Archive and a journey through time |website=Schule Schloss Salem|language=en|access-date=2019-12-10}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Gordonstoun {{!}} Our history |url=https://gordonstoun.org.uk/our-history |access-date=2022-07-19 |website=gordonstoun.org.uk |language=en}}</ref> These schools were: in Scotland, Rannoch School and Dunrobin School; in England, [[Abbotsholme School]], Battisborough and [[Milton Abbey]]; in Germany [[Louisenlund]]; in Switzerland [[Aiglon College]], in Ghana [[Achimota School]]; in India [[The Doon School]]; [[Welham Girls' School, Dehradun]] and the soon to open [[Athenian School]] in California. [[Schule Schloss Salem|Salem]], [[Gordonstoun School|Gordonstoun]], [[Anavryta Experimental Lyceum|Anavryta]] and [[Box Hill School|Box Hill]] were 'taken for granted' as the already established and pre-eminent Hahnian schools.<ref>Jocelin Winthrop-Young 28/3/1999 - accessible https://www.jocelinwinthropyoung.com/work/round-square/</ref> | ||
On 5 June 1966, Kurt Hahn's 80th birthday was celebrated at Schule Schloss Salem, and as the headmaster of the school Winthrop Young invited the headmasters of Box Hill School, Gordonstoun, Louisenlund, Anavryta, Battisborough, the Athenian School, and the recently opened [[Atlantic College]], to discuss the establishment of a Hahn schools conference.<ref name=":0"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://gordonstoun.org.uk/our-history|title=Gordonstoun {{!}} Our history|website=gordonstoun.org.uk|language=en|access-date=2019-11-29}}</ref><ref name=":1">The muscles of friendship - Speech by Jocelin Winthrop Young on the occasion of his retirement in October 1992 - Accessible https://www.jocelinwinthropyoung.com/work/round-square/</ref> This meeting was chaired by [[Constantine II of Greece|King Constantine]] and during its course an agreement was reached on naming the conference "The Hahn Schools", it was then decided that the first conference would be held at Gordonstoun in 1967.<ref name=":1"/> At this first conference at Hahn's insistence the name "The Hahn Schools" was dropped in favour of a new name "The Round Square" after an iconic building at Gordounstoun.<ref name=":2"/> Six of the schools that attended this first conference and were the founding members of the Round Square: [[Box Hill School]], [[Gordonstoun]], [[Anavryta Experimental Lyceum]], [[Schule Schloss Salem]], [[Aiglon College]] and [[Abbotsholme School]]. At the | On 5 June 1966, Kurt Hahn's 80th birthday was celebrated at Schule Schloss Salem, and as the headmaster of the school Winthrop Young invited the headmasters of Box Hill School, Gordonstoun, Louisenlund, Anavryta, Battisborough, the Athenian School, and the recently opened [[Atlantic College]], to discuss the establishment of a Hahn schools conference.<ref name=":0"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://gordonstoun.org.uk/our-history|title=Gordonstoun {{!}} Our history|website=gordonstoun.org.uk|language=en|access-date=2019-11-29}}</ref><ref name=":1">The muscles of friendship - Speech by Jocelin Winthrop Young on the occasion of his retirement in October 1992 - Accessible https://www.jocelinwinthropyoung.com/work/round-square/</ref> This meeting was chaired by [[Constantine II of Greece|King Constantine]] and during its course an agreement was reached on naming the conference "The Hahn Schools", it was then decided that the first conference would be held at Gordonstoun in 1967.<ref name=":1"/> At this first conference at Hahn's insistence the name "The Hahn Schools" was dropped in favour of a new name "The Round Square" after an iconic building at Gordounstoun.<ref name=":2"/> Six of the schools that attended this first conference and were the founding members of the Round Square: [[Box Hill School]], [[Gordonstoun]], [[Anavryta Experimental Lyceum]], [[Schule Schloss Salem]], [[Aiglon College]] and [[Abbotsholme School]]. At the second Round Square conference held at Box Hill, the principles of the association were established and [[co-education]] was the first of the sequence of conference themes that were discussed.<ref name=":1"/> At a later conference held at Box Hill in 1980, the Round Square International Service (RSIS) was created to promote and organise overseas voluntary service projects in much the same way as the project in Cephalonia.<ref name=":1"/> Winthrop Young retired as headmaster of Salem in 1974 but continued to run the Round Square association as Honorary Secretary and later as Director until he retired from that position in 1992.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.jocelinwinthropyoung.com/life | title=Life |website=jocelinwinthropyoung.com}}</ref> | ||
==Activities== | ==Activities== | ||
[[File:Ngina Kenyatta Opening Speech at RSIC 2024.jpg|thumb|RSIC | [[File:Ngina Kenyatta Opening Speech at RSIC 2024.jpg|thumb|RSIC Kenya 2023 Opening Ceremony, opening speech featuring her right honorable [[Ngina Kenyatta]]]]Round Square schools encourage students to take part in a range of community service activities both locally and internationally. Many projects are run through the school and further opportunities are available via the Round Square Region, Network and Worldwide Organisation.<ref>{{cite book | ||
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| isbn = 9780975575826}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Higham |first1=Rupert |last2=Djohari | first2=Natalie |date=5 March 2018 |title=From voting to engaging: promoting democratic values across an international school network |journal=Oxford Review of Education |volume=44 |issue=6 |pages=669–685 |doi=10.1080/03054985.2018.1433649 |s2cid=150049210 |url=https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/75546/1/Prepublication_Higham_Djohari_From_voting_to_engaging.pdf }}</ref> Notable events including the Round Square International Conference (RSIC), where as the most recent 2024 conference took place in [[ | | isbn = 9780975575826}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Higham |first1=Rupert |last2=Djohari | first2=Natalie |date=5 March 2018 |title=From voting to engaging: promoting democratic values across an international school network |journal=Oxford Review of Education |volume=44 |issue=6 |pages=669–685 |doi=10.1080/03054985.2018.1433649 |s2cid=150049210 |url=https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/75546/1/Prepublication_Higham_Djohari_From_voting_to_engaging.pdf }}</ref> Notable events including the Round Square International Conference (RSIC), where as the most recent 2024 conference took place in [[Colombia]], with five schools hosting. There were a total of 904 delegates – 662 students and 242 adults.<ref>{{cite web | title=RSIC2024 Colombia in Numbers | url=https://www.roundsquare.org/articles/rsic2024-in-numbers/ }}</ref> The next conference is set to take place in September 2025 in Dubai. It will be organized by three schools ([[GEMS Modern Academy]], The Millennium School, and [[The Indian High School, Dubai]]) and is expected to attract over 1,200 delegates. | ||
== Round Square IDEALS == | == Round Square IDEALS == | ||
Round Square schools are characterised by a shared belief in an approach to education built around six themes, | Round Square schools are characterised by a shared belief in an approach to education built around six themes, the IDEALS, drawn from the theories of the educationalist Kurt Hahn.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Living the Round Square IDEALS |url=https://www.roundsquare.org/being-round-square/what/ideals/}}</ref> | ||
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| [[Bridge House School]] || [[South Africa]] | | [[Bridge House School]] || [[South Africa]] | ||
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| | | British Overseas School || [[Pakistan]] | ||
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| [[Brookhouse School]] || [[Kenya]] | | [[Brookhouse School]] || [[Kenya]] | ||
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| [[:es:Colegio_Craighouse|Craighouse School]] || [[Chile]] | | [[:es:Colegio_Craighouse|Craighouse School]] || [[Chile]] | ||
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| [[Dainfern College]] || South Africa | | [[Dainfern College]] || South Africa | ||
| [[Podar Pearl School ]] || Qatar | |||
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| [[Daly College]] || India | | [[Daly College]] || India | ||
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| [[Green Hills Academy]] || [[Rwanda]] | | [[Green Hills Academy]] || [[Rwanda]] | ||
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| [[Hackley School]] || United States | | [[Hackley School]] || United States | ||
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| [[International School of Kenya]] || Kenya | | [[International School of Kenya]] || Kenya | ||
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| [[Inventure Academy]] || India | | [[Inventure Academy]] || India | ||
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| [[King's Academy]] || Jordan | | [[King's Academy]] || Jordan | ||
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| [[Kinross Wolaroi School]] || Australia | | [[Kinross Wolaroi School]] || Australia | ||
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| [[Okinawa Amicus International School]] || Japan | | [[Okinawa Amicus International School]] || Japan | ||
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|Olive Tree International Academy | | Olive Tree International Academy || China | ||
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| [[Oxley College (Burradoo)|Oxley College]] || Australia | |||
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| [[Palmer Trinity School]] || United States | | [[Palmer Trinity School]] || United States | ||
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| [[Providence Day School]] || United States | | [[Providence Day School]] || United States | ||
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| [[Rajmata Krishna Kumari Girls' Public School]] || India | | [[Rajmata Krishna Kumari Girls' Public School]] || India | ||
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| [[RDFZ]] || China | | [[RDFZ]] || China | ||
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| [[The English School (Colegio de Inglaterra)]] || Colombia | | [[The English School (Colegio de Inglaterra)]] || Colombia | ||
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|[[Hutchins School|The Hutchins School]] | |[[Hutchins School|The Hutchins School]] | Australia | ||
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| [[The Hyderabad Public School, Begumpet|The Hyderabad Public School]]|| India | | [[The Hyderabad Public School, Begumpet|The Hyderabad Public School]]|| India | ||
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| [[The Southport School]]|| Australia | | [[The Southport School]]|| Australia | ||
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| [[Tiger Kloof Educational Institution]]|| South Africa | | [[Tiger Kloof Educational Institution]]|| South Africa | ||
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| [[Woodleigh School, Melbourne|Woodleigh School]]|| Australia | | [[Woodleigh School, Melbourne|Woodleigh School]]|| Australia | ||
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| [[Wyoming Seminary]]|| United States | | [[Wyoming Seminary]]|| United States | ||
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Round Square is an international network of schools, based on the educational concepts of Kurt Hahn, and named after a distinctive building at Gordonstoun. Founded by a group of seven schools in the late 1960s, by 1996 it had grown to 20 member schools worldwide, and has since expanded to over 200 schools.[1] Round Square is incorporated in England as a Company Limited by Guarantee, and is a registered charity.
History
Between 1962 and 1963 Jocelin Winthrop Young and Roy McComish listed all the schools which they considered to have adopted the educational ideas of Kurt Hahn or had included them at their foundation.[2][3][4] These schools were: in Scotland, Rannoch School and Dunrobin School; in England, Abbotsholme School, Battisborough and Milton Abbey; in Germany Louisenlund; in Switzerland Aiglon College, in Ghana Achimota School; in India The Doon School; Welham Girls' School, Dehradun and the soon to open Athenian School in California. Salem, Gordonstoun, Anavryta and Box Hill were 'taken for granted' as the already established and pre-eminent Hahnian schools.[5]
On 5 June 1966, Kurt Hahn's 80th birthday was celebrated at Schule Schloss Salem, and as the headmaster of the school Winthrop Young invited the headmasters of Box Hill School, Gordonstoun, Louisenlund, Anavryta, Battisborough, the Athenian School, and the recently opened Atlantic College, to discuss the establishment of a Hahn schools conference.[3][6][7] This meeting was chaired by King Constantine and during its course an agreement was reached on naming the conference "The Hahn Schools", it was then decided that the first conference would be held at Gordonstoun in 1967.[7] At this first conference at Hahn's insistence the name "The Hahn Schools" was dropped in favour of a new name "The Round Square" after an iconic building at Gordounstoun.[2] Six of the schools that attended this first conference and were the founding members of the Round Square: Box Hill School, Gordonstoun, Anavryta Experimental Lyceum, Schule Schloss Salem, Aiglon College and Abbotsholme School. At the second Round Square conference held at Box Hill, the principles of the association were established and co-education was the first of the sequence of conference themes that were discussed.[7] At a later conference held at Box Hill in 1980, the Round Square International Service (RSIS) was created to promote and organise overseas voluntary service projects in much the same way as the project in Cephalonia.[7] Winthrop Young retired as headmaster of Salem in 1974 but continued to run the Round Square association as Honorary Secretary and later as Director until he retired from that position in 1992.[8]
Activities
Round Square schools encourage students to take part in a range of community service activities both locally and internationally. Many projects are run through the school and further opportunities are available via the Round Square Region, Network and Worldwide Organisation.[9][10] Notable events including the Round Square International Conference (RSIC), where as the most recent 2024 conference took place in Colombia, with five schools hosting. There were a total of 904 delegates – 662 students and 242 adults.[11] The next conference is set to take place in September 2025 in Dubai. It will be organized by three schools (GEMS Modern Academy, The Millennium School, and The Indian High School, Dubai) and is expected to attract over 1,200 delegates.
Round Square IDEALS
Round Square schools are characterised by a shared belief in an approach to education built around six themes, the IDEALS, drawn from the theories of the educationalist Kurt Hahn.[12]
| Themes | Expectations | |
|---|---|---|
| I | Internationalism | Discover and embrace similarities and differences between countries and cultures, promoting lasting transnational understanding and respect. |
| D | Democracy | Develop a personal compass for equality, fairness, justice, self-discipline, responsibility and a desire to do what is right for the greater good. |
| E | Environmentalism | Broaden horizons to understand mankind's place in the universe, the forces that shape our surroundings, and the impact we have. |
| A | Adventure | Push beyond perceived limits, cross boundaries, and discover that they are capable of more than they thought possible. |
| L | Leadership | Recognise that successful leaders are driven by a desire to be of service to others and to nurture, guide, develop and help them to improve and succeed. |
| S | Service | Ready and willing to volunteer and be involved where we are needed, applying and developing skills and understanding in support of individuals and communities both close to home and further afield. |
Member schools
| School name | Country |
|---|---|
| Athenian School | United States |
| Abbotsholme School | United Kingdom |
| Aiglon College | Switzerland |
| Box Hill School | United Kingdom |
| Gordonstoun School | United Kingdom |
| Schule Schloss Salem | Germany |
References
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- ↑ The Good Schools Guide, Amanda Atha and Sarah Drummond, pp.343 (Macmillan 1996)
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