Signature Programs

Global Scholar Diploma

The FVS Global Scholar Diploma challenges students to develop an international perspective through a curriculum and set of experiences that focus on global understanding. Students who earn the GSD will have the knowledge, skills and attitudes to grasp the nature of global interdependence, and pursue education and careers in the international arena. GSD students and faculty collaborate in moving beyond mere tolerance of diversity in our school and local community to genuine engagement as school and world citizens.

See the GSD requirements. (PDF)

See a list of capstone projects for the Class of 2017.

Capstone Projects

Class of 2017 Capstone Presentations

Izzy Nuñez: Solving Food Inequality: Global Case Studies and an Action Project (Izzy's capstone has a scholarly, fieldwork, and action component)

Class of 2017 Annotated Bibliography

Izzy Nuñez: Solving Food Inequality: Global Case Studies and an Action Project

Class of 2016 capstone project papers*

Claire Blood-Cheney: Myth and Modern Mayhem: The Effect of Greece’s Distinguished Past on its Future

Class of 2016 GSD essays

This I Believe by Samantha Pratt

Class of 2014 capstone project papers*

Nora Blood-Cheney: Global Water Issues Through Local Lenses in Colorado Springs and Rajasthan (PDF)
Austin Krug: Economic Reforms in China: A Summary of the Challenges Xi Jinping Faces in Adapting and Modernizing His Country's Economy (PDF)
Sarah Eustace: The World's Nuclear Future: Peace or War?(link to Prezi)
Chris Peel: Ethnographic Politics: The Future of the Nation State (link to Prezi)

*You may not cite these papers without the author's permission.

GSD Faculty

List of 1 members.

Brittany Harrison

bharrison@fvs.edu
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Brittany Harrison joined the Fountain Valley School faculty in 2018 after 8 years of working in both secondary and higher education. Brittany is the Director of the Global Education Program at FVS, teaching Global Citizenship as well as mentoring students' research for their Senior Capstone Project. Brittany also contributes as a Spanish teacher in the World Language Department.

Brittany previously taught Spanish, linguistics, literature and music courses at Middleburg Academy outside of Washington, DC where she also served as the World Language Department Chair for 5 years. Beyond the classroom, Brittany has worked with young people as an international trip leader, translator, ESL teacher, advisor, cross country coach, swim coach, and a case manager for individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities.

Brittany is a self-proclaimed lover of the outdoors. If she cannot be found in her classroom she is most likely running, biking, or hiking the plethora of trails in the Colorado Rockies with her partner, Jennifer, and two dogs Arlo & Griffin. Brittany also loves to travel the world, having been to 15 countries on four continents. According to Brittany, the best way to get to know the world around you and to fuel up for adventures is through food, and she is most happy when cooking for or breaking bread with family and friends.

Global Scholar Diploma

Capstone Projects

GSD Faculty

List of 1 members.

Brittany Harrison