UHS International High School

For those who have seen the Earth from space, and for the hundreds and perhaps thousands more who will, the experience most certainly changes your perspective. The things that we share in our world are far more valuable than those which divide us.
- Donald Williams, Astronaut, USA

Urbana High School has the honor to be a pilot school in the Illinois International High School Initiative. IHS schools have an integrated curriculum that includes coursework with enhanced international content. In addition, they have extra curricular activities with an international focus.

Current Newsletter

School Events

Global Fest
A Multi-Cultural Event
Urbana High School
Urbana, Illinois 61801
March 14 & 15, 2003
March 12 & 13, 2004
March 18 & 19, 2005
March 17 & 17, 2006
March 9 & 10, 2007

Global Fest Manual-2007
(For those interested in attending - PDF file)

Thanksgiving Dinner
UHS Student Senate
November 2002
November 2003
November 2004

OXFAM Banquet
Students For World Improvement Club
March 2003
2004
2005

Asia Night
Asian -American Club
March 2003
March 2004

2004 Global Door Contest

Student Global Announcements

Video Conferences
Sri Lanka - victims of tsunami - March 2005
Landmines - "Rats to the Rescue" - Sept. 2006
Sudan Crisis - "Genocide in Sudan - What Should We Do?" - December 2006

Dominican Republic Service Learning Project
June 2007

Global Visitors

Ruijun Zheng Guest Speaker from China October 2002	Visiting Teachers - Kyrgyzstan Ms. Elmira Salimovna Kim Ms. Aikynai Dardakovna Yusupova March 2003	Native American Drums & Dancing Larry Lockwood March 11, 2004
Mr. Ben Cox and two other Freedom Riders spoke at an assembly May 9, 2004	Eth-no-tech Southeastern Asia Folktales May 20, 2004	Visiting Administrator - Uruguay Ms. Elena Arrestia 2004
Mexican Traditional Music Presentation Krannert Center Urbana, Illinois 61801	Gail Ross Cherokee Story Teller March 2005	I Nyoman Sumandhi Balanese Dalang September 29, 2005
Tsukasa Taiko Japanese Taiko drum performance March 31,2006	Speaker - Dr. Sahar Tawfiq Author from Cairo spoke to classes on April 4, 2006	Foday Musa Suso Gambian Griot Kora Player November 7,2006
	Visiting teacher from China February 2007-May 2008 Junli Wei

Exchange Students

Guch i Domiani Attending UHS from Argentina 2005	Heather Stewart Visited New Zealand 2005	Cierra Hall Visited Japan 2005
Gabriel Blinderman Visited Japan 2005	Christie Turino Visited Brazil 2005	Christina Somlo Visited Equador 2005

Extra Curricular Activities/Clubs

Multicultural Club

Interact

Amnesty International Club

Staff Events

International High School Forum
"What is an International High School: A Look at Internationalizing High School Curricula"
Urbana, Illinois - February 2003

International Studies Schools Association Conference
San Antonio, Texas - February 2003
Atlanta, Georgia - February 2004
Denver, Colorado - February 2005

International High School Conference
"Global Studies Forum"
Evanston, Illinois - March 2003
Bloomington, Illinois - 2004
Champaign, Illinois - 2005

International Economics Workshop for Middle and Secondary School Teachers
Oakbrook, IL - December 2002

Fullbright-Hays Educator Trip to Ghana
Teachers in Ghana, Africa
Summer 2002

iEARN Conference
Japan - July 2003
Slovakia - 2004

http://www.iearn.org/

Newsletters

Spring 2008-Latin America

Resources

Center for Global Studies
University of Illinois

http://www.cgs.uiuc.edu

Steve Witt
swwitt@uiuc.edu

Center for African Studies
University of Illinois

http://www.afrst.uiuc.edu/

email: African@uiuc.edu

Jamie McGowan
jmcgowan@uiuc.edu

Center for East Asian and Pacific Studies
University of Ilinois

http://www.eaps.uiuc.edu/

email: eaps@uiuc.edu

Ann Prescott
aprescott@uiuc.edu

Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies
University of Illinois

http://www.clacs.uiuc.edu/

email: latam@uiuc.edu

Renata Johnson
renata@uiuc.edu

European Union Center
University of Illinois

http://www.ips.uiuc.edu/eu/

email: eucenter@uiuc.edu

Kerri Taylor
krtaylor@uiuc.edu

Program in South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies
University of Illinois

http://www.psames.uiuc.edu

email: psames@uiuc.edu

Marilyn Booth
mbooth@uiuc.edu

Russian and East European Center
University of Illinois

http://www.reec.uiuc.edu/

email: reec@uiuc.edu

Lynda Park
lypark@uiuc.edu

Center for International Business Education and Research
University of Illinois

http://www.ciber.uiuc.edu/

email: ciber@uiuc.edu

Lynnea Johnson
lsjohnso@uiuc.edu

The Program in Arms Control, Disarmament, and International Security
University of Illinois

http://www.acdis.uiuc.edu/

email: acdis@uiuc.edu

Matt Rosenstein
rosenstn@uiuc.edu

iEARN
International Education and Resource Network

http://www.iearn.org/

SEAsite
Interactive Learning Resources for Souteast Asian Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
Northern Illinois University

www.seasite.niu.edu

email: cseas@niu.edu

UHS Library Resources

http://www.usd116.org/uhs/library/global.htm

Culture Grams

http://onlineedition.culturegrams.com/

UHS Guidance Resources

http://www.usd116.org/uhs/guidance/

Internationizing Your School Checklist

Reprinted with permission from Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction

CSIET - Council on Standards for International Educational Travel

http://www.csiet.org/

Asia Society

http://www.asiasociety.org/

The Longview Foundation

http://www.longviewfdn.org/

InternationalEd

http://www.internationaled.org/

Friends of International Education - Wisconsin

http://www.friendsofinternationaled.org/

Kansas in the World

http://www.kansasintheworld.org/kcies/

Kansas Schools Online Survey

http://www.kansasintheworld.org/kcies/iefocus.asp

Center for International Understanding - North Carolina

http://ciu.northcarolina.edu/content.php/system/index.htm

CHOICES - Brown University

http://www.choices.edu/

Newseum - Newspapers in foreign languages

http://www.newseum.org/

Global Nomads Video Conferencing

http://www.gng.org/

Global Leap Video Conferencing

http://www.global-leap.com/

World Date and Time

http://www.timeanddate.com/

International Engagement, Communications and Protocol

http://www.ips.uiuc.edu

Alison Walter
abwalter@uiuc.edu

Voice of America News

http://www.voanews.com/

Urbana High School
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Urbana, Illinois 61801

Phone: 217-384-3505
Fax: 217-384-3532
Attendance: 384-3522

Urbana School District 116
205 N. Race Street
Urbana, Illinois

Phone: 217-384-3600
Fax: 217-337-4973