The Saratogian – Jennie Grey
“Confucius once said, “If your plan is for one year, plant rice. If your plan is for 10 years, plant trees. If your plan is for 100 years, educate children.” Local educator Margaret Sharkey has taught children all over the world, and now her lifelong dream has come true as she helps open the bilingual G.L.O.B.E. School in Saratoga this fall. There, academically gifted elementary students can learn in both Mandarin Chinese and English…“What’s so exciting and creative about immersion schools is that you’re teaching language and content at the same time,” Sharkey said…The school will develop global perspectives and renaissance thinking in its children through an arts-infused, multidisciplinary approach to inquiry-based learning. All that translates into teaching kids to become bright, active global citizens.”(more)