have a new appreciation for the students and their
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stamina,” he said of his experience on the boat. “I
got seasick, too!”
He tied knots and pulled riggings and credited
the first and second mates—Brian Barnes and
Rachel Bahm—and Captain Deborah Hayes with
being “sympathetic teachers.”
When he returned to TCIS, he prepared for
what the school calls its Group 4 project, designed
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to connect students with science in their local
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community. TCIS offers the International Bac-
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calaureate Program, offered in 125 countries T
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across the globe, in which students take six sub- Y
jects; write an extended essay; participate in the
Theory of Knowledge course, which aims to
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encourage students to be critical thinkers and to PHOT
teach students basic epistemology; and complete
Tony Jaccaci, Warren Williams, Holly Williams, Jeremy Goldstein, Bob
at least 50 hours in each area of CAS (Creative,
Weston, Betsy Durning, Mike Hansel and Linda Evans spent time in
Action, Service).
Beijing (above) in June, and also visited Korea and Japan. The school plans
to offer a trip to Asia to faculty members every two years.
Upon his return, Boyer also re-immersed him-
self in the Christian culture of the school, a culture
that distinguishes TCIS from St. George’s, accord-
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ing to Boyer.
“At TCIS, many teachers pray before class,” he
said. “Not all of our students are Christian. We
don’t push it, but we’re very open about it.”
It’s not the goal of the school to make all stu-
dents Christians, he added. “But we want to pro-
vide the opportunity.”
Boyer coached the girls’ volleyball team. “Our
break was ‘Let’s praise the Lord!’” he said.
Asked about leaving the country where he’s lived
for so long, he said he will always have a place for
Korea in his heart, but he’s nostalgic about the past.
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“Korea’s lost a little of its culture. It’s losing its
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ties to the past,” he said. “Our young people don’t
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have the memory of the suffering their elders went
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through to pull themselves up after the Korean War.”
Sam Livingston ’10, Graham Anderson ’11 and Maxine Muster ’09 spent
Boyer will take a new job this fall as a biology June 22-27 in Costa Rica as part of an Institute for Student Leaders forum
teacher at the Shanghai American School’s Pu- offered by N.A.I.S. (The National Association of Independent Schools).
dong campus, and he’s excited by the opportunity.
English teacher Patricia Lothrop went along as a chaperone. The ISL trips
“Korea isn’t a tourist destination, but Shanghai is,”
bring together students from public and private schools around the world to
develop their skills in global leadership, ethics, advocacy, problem-solving
he said. “I’m sure we’ll have a lot of visits from
and entrepreneurship.
family and friends.”
—Suzanne McGrady
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