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During the 2003-2004 academic year, high school and grade school classes created paper tiles (drawings) and sent these works (along with emails) to other schools throughout the world to encourage international dialog and cross cultural understanding. Like the "public art component," upon receiving their counterparts' set of tiles, each class created a mosaic like installation at their own institution. Thanks to Smart Meeting Design, each of the participating classes also received free virtual space to create their own web pages for the project. While engaging K-12 classes in different world-wide sites to take partake in the project, TransCultural Exchange also set up virtual, international student exchanges to encourage dialogue and personal contact among the students. Whenever possible, TransCultural Exchange also invited the artists participating in The Tile Project, Destination: The World to meet with the students.

PARTICIPATING HIGH SCHOOLS (grades 7 - 12)

AUSTRALIA: Baulkham Hills High School, Baulkham Hills
Contact: Emma J Stevens

DENMARK: Aabenraa Friskole, Aabenraa
Contact: Bente Sloth-Møller

ECUADOR: Colegio Americano de Quito, Quito
Contact: Carla Vorbeck

FINLAND: Kaurialan Lukio, Hämeenlinna
Contact: Liisa Vartiainen

INDIA: Dhirubhia Ambani International School
Contact: Mohua Ray

INDIA: New Era High School, Mumbai
Contact: Shital Mehta

MEXICO: Instituto Educativo Olinca, IB World School, Mexico City
Contact: Charles Kerbel

THE UNITED STATES:

Illinois:
North Side Prep High School, Chicago
Contact: Ginny Sykes, Jorge Lucero

Maryland:
The Stadium School, Baltimore
Contact: Mary Welliver-Dillon

Massachusetts:
Avon Middle-High School, Avon
Contact: Virginia Mahoney

Washington, DC:
Francis Cardozo High School
Contact: George Tezlow


PARTICIPATING GRADE SCHOOLS (grades k - 6):

DENMARK: Varnes School, Aabenraa
Contact: Aase Sangild

INDIA:
Dhirubhia Ambani International School, Mumbai
Contact: Mohua Ray

MEXICO: Instituto Educativo Olinca, IB World School, Mexico City
Contact: Charles Kerbel

NORWAY: Prinsdal School, Oslo
4a, teacher Gretha Falch
4b, teacher Marit Solvang
4c, teacher Knut Pedersen
Contact: Knut Pedersen

PHILIPPINES: Westfields International School, Angeles City, The Philippines.K-2, 3-4 and 5-6 grades (3 classes)
Contact: Ms. Violeta J. de Jesus

THE UNITED STATES:

California:
Ohlone Elementary School, Palo Alto
Contact: Bill Overton

Creative Arts Charter School, San Francisco
Contact: Leslie Keir

Seneca Center, San Leandro <website>
Contact: Missy Keadle

Santee School, San Jose
Contact: Lydia Sweger

Illinois:

Frank Hall Elementary School, Aurora
Contact: Louise Golden

Ravenswood School, Chicago
Contact: Kitty Conde

Iowa:
Tipton Elementary School, Tipton
Contact: Mary Ann Haley

Massachusetts:

Pauline A. Shaw School, Dorchester
Contact: Sharon Pierce

Wildwood Elementary School, Amherst
Contact: Julie Rivera

Somerville Charter School, Somerville
Contact: Doug Anderson

Prospect Hill Academy, Somerville, MA
Contact: Betty Levinson

William E. Norris School, Southampton
Contact: Leslie di Curcio

New York:
Fieldston Lower School, Fieldston Rd, Bronx
Contact: Diane Churchill

North Carolina:
Davidson Elementary, Davidson
Contact Lynn D. Andrus

West Virginia:
Maxwell Hill Gifted Center, Beckley
Contact: Susy Calvert

This program is supported in part by the Somerville Arts Council, a local agency supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council.

VIRGIN ISLANDS: The Good Hope School, St. Croix, Virgin Islands
Contact: Phyllis Biddle

If you are interested in being included in our next project, please contact us at tce@transculturalexchange.org.

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