Cover Story
Keystone held its first Global Issues Network (GIN) conference in October 2018 to discuss the issue of global water scarcity
Like many Keystone students, Cindy’s under-
this in his recent essay on world schools: “Learn
standing of service through her experience in from, and assimilate, new ideas and practices …
the residential community and outside of the the possibilities are numerous [but] learning
Academy walls has made it easier to do her project. from the world should be exciting, productive,
“Problems like creating influence in our community challenging, and uplifting in a data demonstrable
can be solved by reaching out to our Keystone com-
manner.”
munity, and to ask help from staff who have related
experience or have the passion of doing service. As Keystone students, faculty, and staff continue
This allowed me to keep the project in shape, and to plant trees of service all over the campus and
to develop it over time.”
beyond, we extend our branches to those who
are not immediately reachable. We redefine what
Ultimately, what makes a world school is a com- service means to each of us, individually and
munity that learns from each other and for the collectively, and it is a spirit of service that every
world. Head of School Malcolm McKenzie explains member of our community embodies.
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