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Making a Difference in Our World

At SBMS, our community reaches beyond borders and across continents. Many of our teachers and staff have extensive international travel experience and bring connections to global organizations and causes back to our school. Additionally, teachers and staff take students on international expeditions (non-school sponsored), helping to strengthen our school's global outreach. Many students return to school with new passions, often creating fundraising events to support the causes and people they met along their journey.

Making a Difference in Our World

At SBMS, our community reaches beyond borders and across continents. Many of our teachers and staff have extensive international travel experience and bring connections to global organizations and causes back to our school. Additionally, teachers and staff take students on international expeditions (non-school sponsored), helping to strengthen our school's global outreach. Many students return to school with new passions, often creating fundraising events to support the causes and people they met along their journey.

KIVA.org

Our 7th grade students learn about global awareness, economics, and micro-finance unit while exploring issues of international aid and development. Using kiva.org, students research and choose a micro-loan recipient and each make a loan of $25. In the process, students learn about the physical and political geography, government, and economic issues of countries around the world. Over the past 12 years, 516 SBMS students have made loans totaling over $127,000 to 4,831 individuals.