Floortje Dessing, famous television host in the Netherlands, visited Belize in one of her recent episodes of 'Floortje naar het Einde van de Wereld' (Floortje to the End of the World). There she met Tati, who resides with her parents, living in a house which...
She did it! Kate Doyle, UWC Maastricht Director of Secondary School, ran the Paris marathon and raised money for a scholarship for a student from Ukraine to attend UWC Maastricht! Three other staff members are running marathons too. Support them and the scholarship fund via https://www.gofundme.com/f/scholarship-for-uwc-maastricht “The...
Our Primary School students hosted a fundraising event and raised over €2000! This money will be donated to giro555.nl. The event was an effort to raise funds for relief in Ukraine, but also a moment of togetherness with music and poetry. There were homemade crafts from...
Fahima Elmi, UWC Maastricht Class of '20, features this issue of Harper's Bazaar. Together with Dutch Princess Laurentien! They met for an interview to speak about social involvement, female empowerment and Princess Laurentien being an example to Fahima! You can read the interview here. Harper's Bazaar...
4 UWC Maastricht staffmembers decided to join forces in terms of fundraising, while taking on a personal challenge! Each of them will run a marathon and use it as an opportunity to raise funds for a scholarship for a student from Ukraine to attend UWC...
As a global movement that makes education a force for peace, our mission and our work come into sharp focus when crises emerge like they have in Ukraine. At the same time it is heartwarming to see that, even during times of war, our school...
Our Year 5 kids had some visitors over this morning! Students from Basisschool De Vlinderboom were there as part of a language exchange programme and they played games together. In English and in Dutch, because those are the two languages kids from both schools are...
Mark your calendar for 26 March: TEDxUWC Maastricht is happening again! “This year’s theme is Beneath the Mask. Many of us have felt trapped behind a mask that conceals who we really are. Now more than ever, we are being asked to let our guards down...
At UWC Maastricht, our actions and language communicate compassion and commitment to communities. We work at all levels – personally, locally, regionally, nationally – to make the world a better place. Today we, our whole community, participated in NLDoet! More than 1000 UWCM'ers worked with and...
CHANGEMAKERS started today! A project in which 120 students from UWC Maastricht and Porta Mosana College are committing to society in the coming period. Through trainings, they learn to discover their own talents and practice with new skills such as networking and project management. After this,...
