Round Square: Overview

The Regent's School, Pattaya, has been a member of the Round Square organisation since 2001. The school was formally inducted into Round Square at St. Philip's College in Alice Springs, Australia, where the 2001 International RS Conference was hosted. To be a Round Square School we had to demonstrate how the six pillars of RS are delivered through different areas of educational practice in the school. The six pillars of Round Square are the IDEALS:

Internationalism
Democracy
Environmental awareness
Adventure
Leadership
Service to others

The IDEALS of RS are the basis of what should be a vibrant and challenging holistic education. They initially came from the educational philosophy of Kurt Hahn, a German educationalist who taught at Gordonstoun School in Scotland. It was at Gordonstoun that the idea of Round Square was hatched and the name of the organisation derived from the building in which the first Round Square meeting was held, known as The Round Square Building.

There are over 60 Round Square schools located throughout the world, representing each of the six habitable continents. Every Round Square school is the same in that they believe in the six IDEALS but at the same time each school can be very different and unique in how they choose to implement the IDEALS in their own community, culture and environment. This combination of unity and diversity encourages Round Square Schools to look beyond a basic academic education and enables them to prepare their students for success in an ever more complex and difficult world.

At The Regent's School, Pattaya, we do not hold back! Round Square is everywhere and is involved in almost everything we aim to achieve, from Early Years all the way up to graduation and the end of the IB Diploma in Year 13. It is found in the boarding programme, teacher induction and training, and performance management; it involves the administrative staff, parents, friends and of course the school's community. Everyone has the opportunity to be involved, learn more about themselves and ultimately to make a difference locally, nationally, or globally.

The Regent's School, Pattaya, is all about partnerships and through Round Square these partnerships are being created and cemented all the time.

Please click here to read about Round Square in The Secondary School, or here to read about Round Square in The Primary School. Alternatively, feel free to browse the Round Square pages using the links at the top of the page.