ROUND SQUARE

The 'Round Square' Conference of Schools is a worldwide association of schools whose students share a commitment, beyond academic excellence, to personal development and responsibility through service, challenge, adventure and international understanding.
The title "Round Square" is derived from a seventeenth century building at Gordonstoun School in Scotland. The Round Square philosophy originated with Dr. Kurt Hahn, who believed that schools should have a greater purpose - beyond preparing students for college and university. At Gordonstoun, Hahn strived to educate young people for life in the fullest sense.
Similar to Outward Bound (another Hahnian organization), Round Square schools share an educational philosophy that supports the growth of the "whole person". This philosophy is based upon the Round Square "'IDEALS'" (an acronym that represents the six pillars around which Round Square schools function):^[1]

★ 'I'nternationalism

★ 'D'emocracy

★ 'E'nvironment

★ 'A'dventure

★ 'L'eadership

★ 'S'ervice
The common goal is to develop every student into a whole person through, academic, physical, cultural and spiritual experiences.
There are more than 50 Round Square schools located around the globe in Africa, Australasia, Continental Europe, India, the Middle East, North America, South America, and the United Kingdom.
Students at any of these schools may go on exchange for a semester to any of the other schools, and thus both schools benefit from the experience of direct interaction with people from another part of the world.
Round Square International Service Projects embody all six pillars through community service projects, such as raising a new building. Over a school break, students from different Round Square schools will converge on a single location, which is often one of the less privileged schools, where they will work together on a project.

Contents

Member Schools

Australia

Bermuda

Botswana

Canada

England

France

Germany

India

Japan

Kenya

New Zealand

Oman

Peru

Scotland

South Africa

Switzerland

Thailand

United States of America

References

External links

Member Schools

The following schools are members of Round Square:^[2]
Main articles: :Category:Round Square schools

Australia

★ The Armidale School

★ Ballarat Grammar School

★ Billanook College

★ Bunbury Cathedral Grammar School

★ Ivanhoe Grammar School (Ridgeway)

★ Ivanhoe Grammar School (Plenty)

★ MLC School

★ Mowbray College

★ The Presbyterian Ladies' College, Sydney (PLC Sydney)^[3]

★ Scotch Oakburn College

★ The Southport School (TSS)

★ St Philip's College

★ Trinity Anglican School

★ Westminster School (Australia)

Bermuda

★ Bermuda High School for Girls

Botswana

★ Maru a Pula School

Canada

★ Appleby College

★ Ashbury College

★ Bayview Glen School

★ Bishop's College School

★ Collingwood School

★ Elmwood School (Ottawa)

★ Glenlyon Norfolk School

★ Lakefield College School

★ Rothesay Netherwood School

★ Sedbergh School, Québec

★ St. Clement's School

★ St. Mildred's Lightbourn School

★ Stanstead College

★ Strathcona-Tweedsmuir School

England

★ Abbotsholme School

★ Box Hill School

★ Cobham Hall

★ Hellenic College of London

★ Wellington College

★ Westfield School

★ Windermere St. Anne's School

France

★ L'Ermitage

Germany

★ Schule Birklehof

★ Schule Schloss Salem

★ Stiftung Louisenlund

India

★ The Assam Valley school

★ The Doon School

★ The Daly College

★ Lawrence School (Lovedale)

★ Mayo College

★ Mayo College Girls School

★ Scindia School

★ Vidya Devi Jindal School

★ Vivek High School

★ Welham Boys' School

Japan

★ Tamagawa Gakuen

Kenya

★ Starehe Boys' Centre and School

New Zealand

★ St Andrew's College

Oman

★ Indian School (Al-Ghubra)

Peru

★ Markham College (Lima)

Scotland

★ Gordonstoun School

South Africa

★ Bridge House School

★ St Cyprian's School (Girls)

★ St George’s Grammar School

★ St Stithians College (Boys)

★ St Stithians College (Girls)

★ Stanford Lake College

★ Tiger Kloof Educational Institute

Switzerland

★ Aiglon College

Thailand

★ The Regent's School

United States of America

★ The Athenian School

★ Baylor School

★ Deerfield Academy

★ The Hotchkiss School

References

1. Round Square IDEALS symbolism
2. Member Schools in the Round Square
3. P.L.C: Round Square (2007). [1].

External links

★ Round Square website