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HOW IT ALL BEGAN

In 2006, I began teaching an International Relations course at CdM.  The course was extremely impactful for the students in the class and looked to be in on its way to becoming a regular school offering until budget cuts reprioritized campus electives.  On the heels of the creation of the Performing and Multi-Media Academy, PAMA, the first in what would become many proposals for a global studies academy began. Each year thereafter I pitched the academy proposal and pushed for the creation of a geography course and resurrection of International Relations.  

Beginning in 2012, NMUSD began looking to implement 2 academies at each of the high schools which breathed new life into the academy proposal.  With a change in administration, there was new momentum and support for the idea of a global studies academy and in 2013 we began to put the proposal into action.  After almost a decade of nurturing the idea of the academy, by the 2014-2015 school year we welcomed the first Academy of Global Studies students and the first academy courses were offered.  In 2018, we welcomed the first AGS graduating class!

-Laura Mayberry
​AGS Founder/Director



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  • ABOUT
    • About Us
    • What is AGS?
    • Mission Statement
    • Signature Academies
  • REQUIREMENTS
    • Requirements
    • - Courses
    • - AP Capstone
    • - Cultural Studies
    • - Biliteracy Seal
    • - Speaker Series
    • - Misc.
  • APPLICATION
    • Apply to the Academy
    • FAQs
  • NEWS
    • Events
    • Speakers
    • Travel
    • Trips
  • Service Learning
    • AP We / We School
    • Thirst Project >
      • AGS Wells