School for Ethics and Global Leadership

The School for Ethics and Global Leadership
SEGL
Motto "Change Yourself. Change the World."
Established 2006
Type Semester-long, boarding school
Founder Noah Bopp
Students 24
Location Washington, DC, USA
Campus Dupont Circle
Website www.schoolforethics.org[1]

Located in Washington, DC, The School for Ethics and Global Leadership (SEGL) is a selective, semester-long residential program for intellectually motivated high school juniors from across the United States. The program selects students who have shown outstanding character, promise for leadership, and scholastic ability and provides them with a unique curriculum that emphasizes ethical thinking, leadership development, and international affairs.[2][3]

History

High school educator Noah Bopp founded SEGL in response to the September 11, 2001 attacks.[4] SEGL matriculated its first class of students on August 29, 2009. Since its inception, the school had graduated over 200 students. The first class to graduate from SEGL will be graduating from colleges and universities across the country in 2014.

School Life

Students at SEGL take courses based on a unique block schedule. Students take Ethics and Leadership for two hours on Monday, all day Wednesday, and for two hours on Friday. Other courses have regular 50 minute and longer block periods. Offered at SEGL is the opportunity to take Arabic and Chinese introductory courses to language and culture. Along with the specialized SEGL curriculum, students take courses that mirror their sending school requirements.

Visits to and by prominent guest speakers are common. Recent guests have included Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, General Stanley A. McChrystal, Egil "Bud" Krogh, Carl Wilkens, Lissa Muscatine, Ambassador Mark Dybul, Senator Chuck Schumer, former White House Press Secretary Mike McCurry, NRA President David Keene, and Governor Michael Dukakis.[5]

The school's academic building is a block from Dupont Circle.[6] The residential building is half a block from the U.S. Supreme Court and one block from the U.S. Capitol building on Capitol Hill.[7]

Trustees

Dudley Lacy is the SEGL board chair. He took over from J. Matteson Ellis, SEGL's founding board chair, in May, 2012. Paige Cottingham Streater is the current board vice chair. Harold Eugene Batiste III is SEGL board vice chair emeritus. James Warren is the board's legal counsel.[8]

References

  1. ↑ "The School for Ethics and Global Leadership". Retrieved 25 January 2013.
  2. ↑ http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/independent_schools/2013/04/term-away_programs_a_sampler_of_independent_school_exotica.html
  3. ↑ "School for Ethics and Global Leadership uses D.C. as setting to teach ethics". Retrieved 25 January 2013.
  4. ↑ O'Connell, Jonathan (January 30, 2009). "School for Ethics and Global Leadership uses DC as a setting to teach ethics". Washington Business Journal. Retrieved 30 June 2012.
  5. ↑ "General Stanley McChrystal, Former White House Chief Of Staff Josh Bolton, And Former Ceo Robert Kamerschen Visit Segl For Blockbuster “Crisis Management” Week". Retrieved 25 January 2013.
  6. ↑ "Contact SEGL". Retrieved 30 June 2012.
  7. ↑ "Students SEGL". Retrieved 30 June 2012.
  8. ↑ "Leadership SEGL". Retrieved 30 June 2012.

1. Carnegie Council for Ethics and International Affairs. "Noah Bopp" http://www.cceia.org/people/data/noah_bopp.html

2. "Jordanian Academy supports U.S. School for Ethics." Independent School Magazine, Summer 2009.