The Global Alliance of Leading-Edge Schools (
Abbreviation
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: GALES) is an informal organization of leading preparatory and secondary schools from around the world. It was initiated in the year 2010. All the schools are among the top institutions in their respective countries. The Global Alliance of Leading-Edge Schools have discussions which aim to bring together a group of students who want to look beyond the parochial concerns of their own schools and national associations, and to talk through some key issues facing education, the world, and themselves as educational leaders.
Members
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African Leadership Academy
The African Leadership Academy (ALA) is an educational institution located in the outskirts of Johannesburg, South Africa, for students between the ages of 16 to 19 years old, with current alumni coming from 46 countries.
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South Africa
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Beijing No.4 High School (
China
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Dalton School
The Dalton School, originally the Children's University School, is a private, coeducational college preparatory school in New York City and a member of both the Ivy Preparatory School League and the New York Interschool. The school is located in ...
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Gymnázium Jana Keplera
The Gymnázium Jana Keplera (English: ''Johannes Kepler Grammar School'' or ''Johannes Kepler Gymnasium'') is a public gymnasium located in Prague 6 district in Prague, Czech Republic. It offers eight-year and four-year programmes covering both ...
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Czech Republic
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Jianguo High School (
Taiwan
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Karachi Grammar School
Karachi Grammar School ( ur, ) is an independent, English-medium school located in 3 different campuses across Karachi. The main and oldest campus is located in Saddar, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. It is a highly selective, coeducational day school ...
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Pakistan
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Langkaer Gymnasium (
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Lycee Louis le Grand (
France
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Marlborough College
Marlborough College is a Public school (United Kingdom), public school (English Independent school (United Kingdom), independent boarding school) for pupils aged 13 to 18 in Marlborough, Wiltshire, England. Founded in 1843 for the sons of Church ...
(United Kingdom)
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Minjok Leadership Academy (
South Korea
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Montgomery Bell Academy
Montgomery Bell Academy (MBA) is a preparatory day school for boys in grades 7 through 12 in Nashville, Tennessee.
History
MBA was established in 1867 in the aftermath of the American Civil War. It is the successor to two schools: the Western Mi ...
(United States)
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Punahou School
Punahou School (known as Oahu College until 1934) is a private, co-educational, college preparatory school in Honolulu, Hawaii. More than 3,700 students attend the school from kindergarten through twelfth grade, 12th grade. Protestant missionar ...
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United States
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Raffles Institution
Raffles Institution (RI) is an independent educational institution in Singapore. Founded in 1823, it is the oldest school in the country. It provides secondary education for boys only from Year 1 to Year 4, and pre-university education for both ...
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Singapore
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Scotch College, Melbourne
(For God, for Country, and for Learning)
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Australia
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Sir-Karl-Popper-Schule
The Sir-Karl-Popper-Schule is an integral part of a public secondary school named Wiedner Gymnasium located in the 4th district of Vienna. It is a special branch with federally granted experimental status for highly gifted pupils comprising grad ...
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Austria
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Suankularb Wittayalai School
Suankularb Wittayalai School (โรงเรียนสวนกุหลาบวิทยาลัย) (also known as Suankularb College) literally ''Rose Garden College'' is an all-boys secondary school for grades 7 through 12 in Bangkok, T ...
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Thailand
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Malay College Kuala Kangsar
The Malay College Kuala Kangsar (abbreviated MCKK; ; ) is a premier boarding school, residential school in Malaysia. It is an elite all-boys and all-Malay people, Malay school in the royal town of Kuala Kangsar, Perak. It is sometimes dubbed "the ...
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Malaysia
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Winchester College
Winchester College is a public school (fee-charging independent day and boarding school) in Winchester, Hampshire, England. It was founded by William of Wykeham in 1382 and has existed in its present location ever since. It is the oldest of the ...
(United Kingdom)
* Xavier School, Metro Manila (
Philippines
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* Maurick College (
The Netherlands
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Conferences
GALES' first summit, titled TiltShift,
was held at Singapore's Raffles Institution (RI), from June 12, 2011 to June 18, 2011, where members of the organization discussed on aspects pertaining to the popular topic of global warming.
On June 14, 2011, a conference, in collaboration with OnePeople.sg, on the aspects of racial harmony, was organized by GALES and held in Singapore.
References
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External links
TiltShift Summit Website
International educational organizations